2011 World Youth Baseball Championship

The 2011 World Youth Baseball Championship was an under-16 international baseball competition held in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico from August 19 to August 28, 2011.[1] This event is considered a test event for the 2011 Pan American Games baseball event.

2011 World Youth Baseball Championship
Tournament details
CountryMexico
Dates19 August - 28 August
Teams11
Final positions
Champions United States (5th title)
Runner-up Cuba
Third place Japan
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Games played34
Attendance55,069 (1,620 per game)

Teams

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Eleven teams participated in the tournament. Originally, the Philippines would appear in Group A, but the team withdrew one week before the tournament.[2]

Group A Group B
 
Australia
 
Cuba
 
Brazil
 
Dominican Republic
 
Chinese Taipei1
 
Indonesia
 
Mexico
 
Japan
 
United States
 
Netherlands
 
Venezuela

^1 Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)

Round 1

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Group A

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Standings

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Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
  United States 4 0 1.000 70 21
  Mexico 2 2 .500 2 22 30
  Chinese Taipei 2 2 .500 2 32 35
  Australia 1 3 .250 3 35 54
  Brazil 1 3 .250 3 29 48

Schedule and Results

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August 19, 2011 Mexico   8 – 6   Chinese Taipei Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 2500
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August 19, 2011 Australia   11 – 21 (F/8)   United States Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 2000
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August 20, 2011 Chinese Taipei   7 – 6   Brazil Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 600
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August 20, 2011 Mexico   5 – 3   Australia Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 1200
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August 21, 2011 Chinese Taipei   6 – 19 (F/7)   United States Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 617
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August 21, 2011 Brazil   7 – 6 (F/10)   Mexico Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 1372
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August 22, 2011 Brazil   15 – 19   Australia Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 150
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August 22, 2011 United States   14 – 3 (F/7)   Mexico Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 3700
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August 23, 2011 Australia   2 – 13 (F/7)   Chinese Taipei Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 200
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August 23, 2011 United States   16 – 1 (F/5)   Brazil Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 400
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Group B

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Standings

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Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
  Cuba2 4 1 .800 51 18
  Venezuela 4 1 .800 63 41
  Japan 3 2 .600 1 36 16
  Netherlands 3 2 .600 1 50 24
  Indonesia 1 4 .200 3 12 68
  Dominican Republic3 0 5 .000 4 0 45

Schedule and Results

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August 19, 2011 Dominican Republic   0 – 9 (Forfeit)   Indonesia Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
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August 19, 2011 Cuba   0 – 9 (Forfeit)   Netherlands Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
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August 19, 2011 Venezuela   10 – 9 (F/10)   Japan Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 2500
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August 20, 2011 Netherlands   21 – 2 (F/5)   Indonesia Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 1400
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August 20, 2011 Cuba   6 – 5   Japan Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 3000
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August 20, 2011 Dominican Republic   0 – 9 (Forfeit)   Venezuela Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
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August 21, 2011 Netherlands   0 – 3   Japan Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 3200
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August 21, 2011 Cuba   9 – 0 (Forfeit)   Dominican Republic Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
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August 21, 2011 Indonesia   1 – 21 (F/5)   Venezuela Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 500
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August 22, 2011 Dominican Republic   0 – 9 (Forfeit)   Netherlands Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
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August 22, 2011 Japan   10 – 0 (F/7)   Indonesia Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 120
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August 22, 2011 Venezuela   4 – 20   Cuba Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 4000
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August 23, 2011 Indonesia   0 – 16 (F/5)   Cuba Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 100
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August 23, 2011 Netherlands   11 – 19   Venezuela Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 2500
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August 23, 2011 Japan   9 – 0 (Forfeit)   Dominican Republic Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
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^2 The team from Cuba did not arrive in time in Mexico for the tournament and lost their first game due to forfeit, which was scheduled against the Netherlands.[3]

^3 The team from the Dominican Republic did not arrive in Mexico and lost all their games due to forfeit.[4]

Round 2

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Group C

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Standings

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Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
  Cuba 5 1 .833 53 31
  United States 5 1 .833 91 49
  Japan 4 2 .667 1 41 31
  Mexico 3 3 .500 2 34 45
  Chinese Taipei 3 3 .500 2 45 40
  Venezuela 3 3 .500 2 61 75
  Netherlands 1 5 .167 4 31 53
  Australia 0 6 .000 5 35 67

Schedule and Results

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August 25, 2011 United States   14 – 3 (F/5)   Netherlands Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 350
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August 25, 2011 Venezuela   2 – 9   Chinese Taipei Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 150
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August 25, 2011 Mexico   0 – 6   Japan Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 800
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August 25, 2011 Cuba   9 – 2   Australia Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 1200
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August 26, 2011 Japan   10 – 9   Australia Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 1000
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August 26, 2011 Chinese Taipei   7 – 2   Netherlands Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 130
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August 26, 2011 United States   18 – 17   Venezuela Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 3500
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August 26, 2011 Cuba   11 – 7   Mexico Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 350
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August 27, 2011 Cuba   7 – 4   Chinese Taipei Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 6000
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August 27, 2011 Venezuela   9 – 8   Australia Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 200
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August 27, 2011 United States   6 – 8 (F/10)   Japan Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 800
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August 28, 2011 Mexico   11 – 5   Netherlands Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 5000
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Group D

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Standings

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Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
  Brazil 2 0 1.000 33 2
  Indonesia 0 2 .000 2 2 33

Schedule and Results

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August 25, 2011 Brazil   17 – 2 (F/6)   Indonesia Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 30
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August 26, 2011 Indonesia   0 – 16 (F/7)   Brazil Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 200
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August 27, 2011 Brazil     Indonesia Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno

Round 3

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Bronze medal game

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August 28, 2011 Japan   8 – 7   Mexico Alberto Romo Chávez Baseball Stadium, Aguascalientes
Attendance: 3000
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Gold medal game

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August 28, 2011 United States   9 – 0   Cuba Pan American Baseball Stadium, Lagos de Moreno
Attendance: 2300
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Final standings

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References

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