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Roster Announced

2nd IBAF 15U Baseball World Cup team members

6/23/201415U

The members of the Samurai Japan 15U National Team, who will appear in the 2nd IBAF 15U Baseball World Cup, have been chosen.
However, the city for the tournament has been changed.

2nd IBAF 15U Baseball World Cup 15U National Team members
2nd IBAF 15U Baseball World Cup

Summary of Tournament

Tournament Name 2nd IBAF 15U Baseball World Cup
Schedule July 31 - August 10, 2014 (Local dates)
Location Mazatlan City, Culiacan City, Mexico
Number of participating countries 18 Countries

Tournament form

Group A Group B Group C
Chinese Taipei (4th) United States (1st) Cuba (3rd) *Previous runner up
Italy (11th) Japan (2nd)*First appearance Venezuela (10th) *Previous winner
Mexico (12th) Panama (13th) Australia (14th)
Brazil (15th) Germany (19th) Argentina (22nd)
Czech Republic (27th) New Zealand (28th) Hong Kong (29th)
Tunisia (75th) South Africa(31st) Lithuania (54th)

*Numbers in parentheses are IBAF World Rankings(Current as of April 6, 2014)

1st Round

After a round robin within each group, the two highest placed teams will go on to the 2nd round.

2nd Round

The two highest ranked teams from each group from the 1st round, 6 teams total, will participate in an irregular round robin.(*)
*The teams will not play opponents from the 1st round. The results from the 1st round will be reflected in the 2nd round.
The 1st and 2nd place teams within the group will move on to the final. The 3rd and 4th place teams will move on to a deciding game.

3rd place runoff game

To be held between the 3rd and 4th place teams from the 2nd round

Final

To be held between the 1st and 2nd place teams from the 2nd round

PARTNERS

DIAMOND PARTNERS

  • NIPPON EXPRESS
  • MUFG

OFFICIAL TITLE PARTNER

  • ラグザス株式会社

OFFICIAL PARTNERS

  • JTB
  • KONAMI
  • 興和株式会社
  • 花王 SUCCESS
  • JAPAN AIRLINES
  • コカ・コーラ

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

  • LAWSONticket
  • UNIQLO
  • mizuno