18U BWC: Korea defends clean slate against Australia

02/09/2012

Seoul (Korea). Korea broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning en route to a 7-1 victory over Australia on Sunday afternoon. It was the first time that the host of the XXV IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship played at Mokdong Stadium, as they were able to improve to 3-0. The team from Down Under only threatened in the beginning and couldn’t come back at the end. They are now 1-2 and in danger to miss a ticket for the final round.

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18U BWC: Korea stuns United States at Jamsil Stadium

18U BWC: Korea stuns United States at Jamsil Stadium
01/09/2012

Seoul (Korea). Korea stunned Team USA 8-2 on Saturday afternoon at Jamsil Stadium to earn their second win at the XXV IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship. The host kept the opposing bats cold all game, after the Americans had scored 17 runs on Friday. They took the lead in the third and never looked back, blowing the contest open with four runs in the sixth.

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18U BWC: Koshien Phenom Shintaro Fujinami leads Japan past Chinese Taipei

01/09/2012

Seoul (Korea). At the Japanese High School Tournament Koshien on August 23, Shintaro Fujinami led his Osaka Toin High School to the championship, throwing two-hit complete game shutouts on consecutive days in the semi-finals and finals.

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China wins 12U Asian Championship

01/09/2012

China’s Jinniu team (from Chengdu, capital city of SichuanProvince) made history by winning the first 12U Asian Championshipcrown for China.
It was a time for joyous celebration for the players and the Chengdu City home crowd, when the last out was recorded to assure their 14-11 triumph over the Chinese Taipei team in the final.

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Japan, Korea and Canada celebrate big Wins on Saturday

01/09/2012

Seoul (Korea). Fans at the XXV 18U Baseball World Championship saw exciting games on the second day of first-round play on Saturday. In the morning Canada celebrated a second straight walk-off win at Mokdong, coming back against a strong Italian team, scoring the winning run in the ninth. Nearly at the same time Australia erased a three-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth, before falling down to Venezuela in the tenth.

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Tokyo hosts IBAF Technical Commissioner Clinic

01/09/2012

The two-day IBAF Technical Commissioner (TC) Clinic was held until August 25. It was led by Jim Baba (Canada), Technical Commissioner and Tournament Commission Chair of the IBAF, assisted by TC Koji Aso (Japan). Following the class session at Shinagawa Prince Hotel (Photo) and official dinner on day one, the participants visited the Baseball Hall of Fame at the Tokyo Dome next morning and […]

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Osaka Toin clinches national High School title in Japan

01/09/2012

Osaka Toin won the 94th National High School Baseball Championship at Hanshin Koshien Stadium on Thursday August 23, again smashing the ambitions of Aomori Prefecture’s Kosei Gakuin to win a national title.

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XXV IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship finally under way

31/08/2012

Seoul (Korea). After the rained out first day of the XXV IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship, competition at Jamsil and Mokdong Stadiums in Seoul, Korea started finally with six games on Friday. In Group A Australia opened the tournament with an easy victory over Colombia. In the afternoon Korea edged out Venezuela in a close duel. In the evening defending champion Chinese Taipei shut out the Czech Republic.

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18U BWC: Chinese Taipei shuts out Czech Republic

31/08/2012

Seoul (Korea). Defending champion Chinese Taipei won its first game at the XXV IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship in Seoul, Korea. In the evening game at Jamsil Stadium they shut out the Czech Republic 6-0 to celebrate a successful start. The European underdog kept the score in check throughout the entire game, but failed to get on the board despite a couple of good opportunities.

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18U BWC: Korea beats Venezuela to give Host first Victory

31/08/2012

Seoul (Korea). The host of the XXV IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship had a perfect start into the tournament. Korea beat Venezuela 2-1 thanks to a pair of third-inning runs and a solid pitching performance, as four pitchers combined to throw a four-hitter. They also out-hit their opponents 12-4, but a couple of base running mistakes on both sides denied more scores.

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