11/09/2024 2 Minute Read

WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup 2024 Super Round & Placement Round Schedules announced

The top six finishers of the Opening Round will play the Super Round over three days, following which the first and second-place teams advance to the World Championship Final and the third and fourth-placed teams competing for the bronze medal. The Super Round opens on Thursday, September 12.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the Super Round and Placement Round schedules of the WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup 2024 following the completion of the Opening Round in Shaoxing, China. The nine Super Round games and nine Placement Round games are scheduled from September 12 to 14 at the Shaoxing Baseball and Softball Sports Culture Center.

World No. 24 China and No 6 Korea will open the Super Round at 10:00 (local time) on Thursday, September 12. The other two games are scheduled at 19:00 (local time): No. 5 Venezuela v No. 1 Japan (Field 1) and No. 10 Puerto Rico v No. 17 Nicaragua (Field 2).

On Friday, September 13, and Saturday, September 14, the Super Round Games are scheduled for Field 1 at 14:30 (local time) and Fields 1 and 2 at 19:00 (local time).

At the end of the Super Round, the top two finishers will advance to the U-23 World Championship Final, while the third and fourth-place finishers will play for the bronze medal.

Meanwhile, world No. 15 Australia, No. 7 the Netherlands, No. 11 Colombia, No. 3 Chinese Taipei, Great Britain (No.18) and South Africa (No. 31) will contest the Placement Round with Great Britain and South Africa starting proceedings on September 12 at 10:00 (local time) on Field 2. The other two games are scheduled at 14:30 (local time): Netherlands v Australia (Field 1) and Chinese Taipei v Colombia (Field 2).

Standings WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup 2024

#		W	L	PCT	GB
1	PUR Puerto Rico	4	1	.800	0
2	JPN Japan	4	1	.800	0
3	CHN China	3	2	.600	1
4	AUS Australia	3	2	.600	1
5	COL Colombia	1	4	.200	3
6	GBR Great Britain	0	5	.000	4

#		W	L	PCT	GB
1	NCA Nicaragua	5	0	1.000	0
2	VEN Venezuela	3	2	.600	2
3	KOR South Korea	3	2	.600	2
4	NED Netherlands	2	3	.400	3
5	TPE Chinese Taipei	2	3	.400	3
6	RSA South Africa	0	5	.000	5

#		W	L	PCT	GB
1	PUR Puerto Rico	5	0	1.000	0
2	JPN Japan	4	1	.800	1
3	CHN China	2	3	.400	3
3	NCA Nicaragua	2	3	.400	3
5	KOR South Korea	1	4	.200	4
5	VEN Venezuela	1	4	.200	4

#		W	L	PCT	GB
1	NED Netherlands	4	1	.800	0
2	TPE Chinese Taipei	3	2	.600	1
3	AUS Australia	3	2	.600	1
4	COL Colombia	2	3	.400	2
5	GBR Great Britain	2	3	.400	2
6	RSA South Africa	1	4	.200	3

So far in the tournament, Nicaragua has showcased the best pitching staff, allowing a 1.00 earned run average (ERA). Defending champions Japan follow with 1.97. Puerto Rico have 2.50, China 2.88, Korea 3.20 and Venezuela 3.82.

China's Wei Zhao has the best ERA (1.40) and the most innings pitched (10), along with Australia's Ky Jackson. Jackson is also the strikeout leader, tied at 10 with Great Britain's Oliver Duthie.

Leaders WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup 2024

Batting
Pitching

PUR	VILLEGAS ROSADO Edgardo	.500
JPN	YOSHIKAWA Kaito	.412
TPE	TSENG Yu-Ching	.400
COL	HENAO ORTEGA Jean Pierre	.389
JPN	NISHIMURA Shinnosuke	.381

TPE	LIU Chun-Wei	2
AUS	MAGUIRE Solomon	2
JPN	MURAKAMI Yuichiro	2
RSA	PRETORIUS Darian	1
GBR	VIERA Max Anthony	1

PUR	GONZALEZ CARILLO Luis Emilio	9
AUS	MAGUIRE Solomon	9
JPN	NISHIMURA Shinnosuke	9
NED	MARLIN Gedionne	7
NED	COLLINS Darryl	7

PUR	LABOY MELENDEZ Jorhan Gabriel	18
KOR	CHOI Hyunseok	15
NCA	ZAPATA Axel	15
GBR	SOHOSKY Zac	13
GBR	DUTHIE Oliver Sam	13

CHN	ZHAO Wei	17.0
PUR	LABOY MELENDEZ Jorhan Gabriel	16.0
CHN	WANG Xiang	15.0
GBR	SOHOSKY Zac	12.0
NCA	OROZCO Stanling	11.1

CHN	ZHAO Wei	0.82
PUR	LABOY MELENDEZ Jorhan Gabriel	0.88
CHN	WANG Xiang	1.40

Tournament Leaders

Statistics include all games.

Statistics are updated in real time.

Statistics are subject to change once box scores are marked as official.

Puerto Rico has the best batting average (.293) among the teams qualified for the Super Round, followed by Venezuela (.286), Nicaragua (.276), Japan (.237), China (.228) and Korea (.207).

Puerto Rico's Eduardo Villegas has the best batting average of the Opening Round (.583). Two more players are above or at .500: Tucker Stockman (Great Britain, .545) and Korea's Daeseon Jeong.

Chun-Wei Lu of Chinese Taipei is the only hitter with two home runs.