2001 World Youth Championship

The 2001 World Youth Championship was the 10th edition of the World Youth Championship. Played from August 3 through August 12 in Monterrey, Mexico, it was won by the USA.

Round-Robin Results

Pool A

•  United States 4-0, 48 runs, 5 runs allowed
•  Mexico 3-1, 25, 17
•  Chinese Taipei 2-2, 32, 20
•  South Korea 1-3, 17, 32
•  South Africa 0-4, 6, 54

Pool B

•  Cuba 5-0, 54, 15
•  Australia 4-1, 60, 24
•  Venezuela 3-2, 51, 31
•  Japan 2-3, 29, 32
•  Czech Republic 1-4, 17, 58
•  Russia 0-5, 4, 55

Quarterfinals

• USA 2, Japan 1; Jeff Flaig hits a 2-run homer in the 7th and strikes out 2 of 3 batters in the 9th for the save and the game-winning RBI
• South Korea 3, Cuba 2
• Australia advances
• Venezuela advances

The two top teams face major scares, with Cuba being eliminated and the USA barely hanging on to move to the semifinals

Semifinals

• USA 14, Australia 6; Lastings Milledge homers twice
• Venezuela defeats South Korea

Finals

• USA 6, Venezuela 2; Andy Beal allows 5 hits and strikes out 14 in the win.
• Australia defeats South Korea in the Bronze Medal game

All-Tournament Team

• C: Jayron Larrinaga, Cuba - .529, 10 RBI in round-robin
• 1B: Ryan Hastie, Australia - .500, .900 SLG, 10 R, 11 RBI in round-robin
• 2B: Chris Valaika, USA - .444
• SS: Jeff Flaig, USA - .536, 3 HR, 12 RBI
• 3B: Carlos Arrieche, Venezuela - .429, 8 R in round-robin
• OF: Michael Rogers, USA - .667 in round-robin, 0.00 ERA in 5 IP, 1-0
• OF: Dong-kuk Shim, South Korea
• OF: Lastings Milledge, USA - .522, 3 HR, 10 RBI