Japan national under-18 baseball team

Japan Baseball U-18
Information
Country Japan
FederationBaseball Federation of Japan
ConfederationBaseball Federation of Asia
WBSC ranking
Current 1 Steady (11 November 2025)[1]
Best result 1st (1 time, in 2023)
Medal record
U-18 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Taiwan

The Japan national under-18 baseball team is the national under-18 team representing Japan in international baseball competitions. The organization is currently ranked 1st in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation.[2] They compete in the bi-annual U-18 Baseball World Cup. They have finished 2nd in the tournament four times.[3]

Competitive record

U-18 Baseball World Cup record
Year Round Position W L RS RA
1982 Final 2nd
1999 5th
2004 Final 2nd
2012 Round 2 6th 5 4 38 25
2013 Final 2nd 7 2 70 19
2015 Final 2nd 8 1 81 5
2017 Super Round 3rd 6 3 52 24
2019 Super Round 5th 5 3 55 23
2021 Super Round 3rd 6 3 43 38
2023 Final 1st 7 2
2025 Final 2nd 8 1
Total

See also

References

  1. ^ "WBSC World Rankings". WBSC. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Rankings". WBSC. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ^ "U-18 Baseball World Cup". www.wbsc.org. WBSC. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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