2015 U-12 Baseball World Cup

2015 U-12 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Country	Republic of China
Dates	July 23 - August 2
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runner-up	Chinese Taipei
Third place	Nicaragua
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Games played	50
Attendance	53,022 (1,060 per game)
Best BA	Davis Diaz (.571)
Most HRs	Jack Ryan (3)
Most SBs	Andrew Sato (11)
Best ERA	Lesther Medrano (0.00)
Most Ks (as pitcher)	Hao-En Chen; Naoki Ito; Ernesto Cabrera (18)
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The 2015 12U Baseball World Cup was an under-12 international baseball tournament held from July 23 to August 2 in Taipei City, Taiwan.^[1]

Teams

Twelve teams qualified for the tournament. The number in parentheses is their nations ranking in the WBSC World Rankings^[2] prior to the start of the tournament.

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil	Australia
Chinese Taipei ¹	France
Cuba	Japan
Russia	Mexico
South Korea	Nicaragua
Venezuela	United States

First round

Group A

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chinese Taipei	5	0	1.000	--
Cuba	4	1	.800	1.0
Venezuela	3	2	.600	2.0
South Korea	2	3	.400	3.0
Brazil	1	4	.200	4.0
Russia	0	5	.000	5.0

Group B

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
United States	5	0	1.000	--
Nicaragua	4	1	.800	1.0
Japan	3	2	.600	2.0
Mexico	2	3	.400	3.0
Australia	1	4	.200	4.0
France	0	5	.000	5.0

2nd Round

Super Round

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chinese Taipei	4	1	.800	--
United States	4	1	.800	--
Nicaragua	3	2	.600	1.0
Cuba	2	3	.400	2.0
Venezuela	1	4	.200	3.0
Japan	1	4	.200	4.0

Consolation Round

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB
Mexico	5	0	1.000	--
South Korea	4	1	.800	1.0
Brazil	3	2	.600	2.0
Australia	2	3	.400	3.0
France	1	4	.200	4.0
Russia	0	5	.000	5.0

Medal Rounds

Both the Gold and Bronze medal game were played at Tainan Municipal Stadium in Tainan.

Bronze-medal game

Sunday, August 2nd 14:00	Cuba	0–2	Nicaragua	Tainan Municipal Stadium Attendance: 3,100

Gold-medal game

Sunday, August 2nd 18:30	United States	7–2	Chinese Taipei	Tainan Municipal Stadium Attendance: 11,000

Final rankings

Rk	Team	W	L
	United States	8	1
Lost in Gold medal game
	Chinese Taipei	7	2
Failed to qualify for Gold medal game
	Nicaragua	7	2
4	Cuba	5	4
Failed to qualify for Bronze medal game
5	Venezuela	5	3
6	Japan	3	5
Failed to qualify for Super Round
7	Mexico	5	3
8	South Korea	4	4
9	Brazil	3	5
10	Australia	2	6
11	France	1	7
12	Russia	0	8