The WBSC Baseball5 World Cup Hong Kong 2024 is set for a repeat of the 2022 final with defending champions Cuba due to play Japan in the 2024 final at 18:00 at the Central Harbourfront Event Space in Hong Kong, China on Saturday following the final day of the Super Round and Placement Round on Friday.
Cuba beat Japan 9-1, 6-2 in Mexico City two years ago and still look the team to beat, despite losing their first set ever in World Cup history on Thursday against Japan.
The last day of the Super Round was completed with Cuba beating France 17-2, 11-3, Japan overcoming Chinese Taipei 6-1, 4-3 and Venezuela outscoring Mexico beating 4-3, 10-2 without affecting the final top six positions.
Mexico City 2022 bronze medallists Chinese Taipei finished fifth and Mexico sixth.
The WBSC Baseball5 World Cup Hong Kong 2024 bronze medal game between Venezuela and France will take place at 15:00.
Venezuela and France will both be hoping to collect their first WBSC Baseball5 World Cup medal after finishing fourth and ninth respectively in 2022.
The final
day of the Placement Round saw Tunisa, Lithuania and China finished tied with a
4-1 win-loss record with Tunisia confirmed in seventh place, Lithuania in eight
and China ninth after the TQB calculation.
Hong Kong,
China; South Africa and Australia finished 10th, 11th and
12th respectively.
Hong Kong, China improved on their Mexico City 2022 result where they finish 12th collected two victories compared to one win, two years ago. European champions Lithuania went up from 11th to eighth with four wins compared to two in Mexico, while South Africa couldn’t improve on their seventh place result from Mexico.
Tunisia, despite claiming four wins – two more compared to Mexico 2022 where they played in the Super Round - dropped one place from sixth to seventh.
Medal game participants confirmed
Super Round & Placement Round schedule announced
Cuba first team to book Super Round spot after riveting Day Two action
Defending champions Cuba led Pool A with two wins from as many games after the first day with France and Mexico unbeaten in Group B
Spectacular Opening Ceremony on the first day of competition
This is the second edition of the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup after Mexico City 2022
Cuba are the defending champions, with Japan having finished second and Chinese Taipei third
There are 10 teams returning from Mexico 2022. Australia and China have replaced Kenya and Korea
This the the first time a WBSC World Cup is staged in Hong Kong, China
Hosts Hong Kong finished 12th in Mexico two years ago
The next edition of the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup will take place in Italy in 2026.
The next WBSC Youth Baseball5 World Cup will take place in Mexico in 2025.
The number of teams participating in the next editions of the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup and WBSC Youth Baseball5 World Cup will increase from 12 to 16 teams.
Baseball5 will also feature at the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026
Stats leaders sees Yahya Gara (TUN) with the leading hitting average (.714) and most home runs (70), Haila Gonzalez (CUB) with the most RBIs (31) and Briandy Molina (CUB) with the most runs (34).
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