The Korean Under-18 Baseball 5 national team advances to the Youth World Cup.
He finished third in the Asian Cup and won the right to participate in the 2023 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Youth Baseball 5 World Cup. 스포츠토토
The Korea Baseball Softball Association announced on the 11th that the under-18 national team led by coach Cha Myung-joo placed third at the 2023 Youth Baseball 5 Asia Cup held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
. ) I got the right to advance to the Youth Baseball 5 World Cup.”
The 2023 Youth Baseball5 Asia Cup is the first age-specific competition for Baseball5 held in Asia. Seven countries participated: Korea, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore.
Korea previously lost to Malaysia on the 8th, but won the second match against India. After losing to Taiwan and China on the 9th, they defeated Hong Kong and Singapore on the 10th to advance to the final tournament in 4th place.
In the semi-finals on the 11th, the last day of the tournament, Korea lost to Taiwan, the first place in the preliminary round, and faced Malaysia in the third place match. Taiwan defeated China in the final and became the inaugural champion.