Youth World Championship

The World Youth Championship (also called the IBAF 16U Baseball World Championship and previously the AA Baseball World Cup) is run by the IBAF and has been played 15 times through 2011. The tournament consists of players age 16 or under and was played annually in its early years, but is now a biannual tournament. The IBAF withdrew support for the 2007 tournament when Venezuela refused to issue visas to the Taiwan team; Australia and the Netherlands had already backed out due to security concerns. The tourney was held anyways with reduced membership.

Year-by-Year Results

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Site
1989	Japan	Chinese Taipei	China	Japan
1990	Japan	Brazil	Cuba	Mexico
1991	Chinese Taipei	Japan	Brazil	Australia
1993	Brazil	Chinese Taipei	South Korea	Brazil
1994	Cuba	Dominican Republic	Brazil	Mexico
1995	Cuba	Brazil	United States	Brazil
1996	South Korea	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	Japan
1997	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	Australia	Taiwan
1998	United States	Chinese Taipei	Venezuela	USA
2001	United States	Venezuela	Australia	Mexico
2003	United States	Chinese Taipei	Cuba	Taiwan
2005	Cuba	United States	Australia	Mexico
2007	United States	Brazil		Venezuela
2009	United States	Cuba	Mexico	Taiwan
2011	United States	Cuba	Japan	Mexico

Medal Totals (not counting 2007, when the IBAF did not sponsor the event and one major power did not compete):

•  United States 5 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
•  Cuba 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze
•  Japan 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
•  Chinese Taipei 1 Gold, 5 Silver, 1 Bronze
• Brazil 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze
•  South Korea 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
•  Venezuela 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
•  Dominican Republic 1 Silver
•  Australia 2 Bronze
•  China 1 Bronze
•  Mexico 1 Bronze