World Youth Baseball Championship
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The IBAF AA World Youth Championships is an under-16 international baseball
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 competition sponsored by the International Baseball Federation
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 (IBAF), which was first held in 1989 in Japan
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. It is one of several tournaments considered by the IBAF to be considered a minor world championship, and as such the results of the tournaments have an impact on the IBAF World Rankings
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The IBAF World Rankings is a ranking system for men's national teams in baseball, currently led by Cuba. The teams of the member nations of IBAF , baseball's world governing body, are ranked based on their tournament results with the most successful teams being ranked highest...

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Results

Year Final Host Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze

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Chinese Taipei
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Venezuela
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IBAF withdrew its sanction of the tournament.

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2009 World Youth Baseball Championship
The 2009 World Youth Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament scheduled to start on 15 August 2009. It was the 14th time the World Youth Cup has taken place...

 
Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...


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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. This event is considered a test event for the 2011 Pan American Games baseball event.-Teams:...

 
Mexico
Mexico
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Medal table

1 5 1 1 7
2 4 3 2 9
3 2 1 1 4
4 1 5 1 7
5 1 2 2 5
6 1 0 1 2
7 0 1 1 2
8 0 1 0 1
9 0 0 3 3
10 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1

See also

  • Baseball World Cup
  • Intercontinental Cup
    Intercontinental Cup (baseball)
    The Intercontinental Cup is a baseball tournament between the members of the International Baseball Federation . It was first held in 1973 in Italy, and was held every other year following until 1999....

  • International Baseball Federation
    International Baseball Federation
    The International Baseball Federation is the worldwide governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee as overseeing, deciding and executing the policy of the bat-and-ball sport of baseball at the international level...

  • World Junior Baseball Championship
    World Junior Baseball Championship
    The IBAF AAA World Junior Championships is an under-18 international baseball competition sponsored by the International Baseball Federation , which was first held in 1981 in United States...


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