World University Baseball Championship

The World University Baseball Championship is an international baseball championship for national under-23 teams. It was established in 2002 and was played biannually until it was canceled for 2012 due to lack of teams. It was then reinstated in 2018. It is run by the WBSC and is sponsored by Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU, International University Sports Federation). he FISU had previously sponsored baseball at two Universiades in the early 1990s. The event has been competitive in its first several editions. It has become an outlet for players too old for the Junior World Championships but not yet active on a professional level. Many of the performers have appeared in Major League Baseball, Nippon Pro Baseball or the Cuban National Series.

Tournament results

Year	Host City	Dates	Teams	MVP	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002	Messina, Italy	August 2 - August 11	10	Orelvis Avila	Cuba	United States	Japan
2004	Tainan City, Taiwan	July 24 - August 1	7	Ryan Zimmerman	United States	Japan	South Korea
2006	La Habana, Cuba	August 6-August 16	11	J.P. Arencibia	United States	Chinese Taipei	Cuba
2008	Czech Republic (several sites)	July 17-July 27	7	Blake Smith	United States	Japan	Chinese Taipei
2010	Japan (several sites)	July 30-August 7	8	Alfredo Despaigne	Cuba	United States	Japan
2018	Chiayi, Taiwan	July 5-July 15	8		Japan	Chinese Taipei	South Korea

Competing nations

Bold indicates host nation

Nation	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2018	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia						7	1	0	0	0
The Bahamas			11				1	0	0	0
Canada	9	6		5	5		4	0	0	0
China	7				7		2	0	0	0
Chinese Taipei	4	4	S	B	6	S	6	0	2	1
Cuba	G		B		G		3	2	0	1
Czech Republic	8	5	10	6		5	5	0	0	0
France	10						1	0	0	0
Template:HKG						8	1	0	0	0
Italy	6		5				2	0	0	0
Japan	B	S	4	S	B	G	6	1	2	2
				7			1	0	0	0
Mexico		7	7				2	0	0	0
Nicaragua			8				1	0	0	0
Puerto Rico			6				1	0	0	0
Russia						6	1	0	0	0
South Korea	5	B		4	4	B	5	0	0	2
					8		1	0	0	0
United States	S	G	G	G	S	4	6	3	2	0
			9				1	0	0	0