U-18 Baseball World Cup

The U-18 Baseball World Cup (formerly the Junior World Championship) has been played since 1981 as the premier international competition players under 18 years of age. It was an annual event until 1997, played in 1999 and 2000 and after that, it was played every other year except for being played in both 2012 and 2013. Numerous future All-Stars from Major League Baseball, the Cuban National League, Nippon Pro Baseball and other circuits have played in the event over the years. The event has also been known as the "AAA" World Championship, 18U Baseball World Championship and 18U Baseball World Cup. It is organized by the IBAF.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	teams	Hosts
1981	South Korea	United States	Australia	11	Newark, OH
1982	United States	Japan	Mexico	12	Knoxville, TN
1983	Chinese Taipei	United States	Canada	8	Johnstown, PA
1984	Cuba	United States	Chinese Taipei	10	Kindersley, SK
1985	Cuba	United States	Chinese Taipei	8	Albany, NY
1986	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	United States	8	Windsor, ON
1987	Cuba	United States	Canada	7	Windsor, ON
1988	United States	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	8	Sydney
1989	United States	Cuba	Australia	12	Trois-Rivières, QC
1990	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	United States	11	Havana, Havana
1991	Canada	Chinese Taipei	United States	10	Brandon, MB
1992	Cuba	United States	Chinese Taipei	20	Monterrey
1993	Cuba	United States	Chinese Taipei	8	Windsor, ON
1994	South Korea	United States	Chinese Taipei	10	Brandon, MB
1995	United States	Chinese Taipei	Australia	8	Boston, MA
1996	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	United States	10	Sancti Spíritus
1997	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	Canada	11	Moncton, NB
1999	United States	Chinese Taipei	Cuba	12	Kaohsiung City
2000	South Korea	United States	Cuba	12	Edmonton, AB
2002	Cuba	Chinese Taipei	United States	12	Sherbrooke, QC
2004	Cuba	Japan	South Korea	11	Taipei City
2006	South Korea	United States	Canada	12	Sancti Spíritus
2008	South Korea	United States	Cuba	12	Edmonton, AB
2010	Chinese Taipei	Australia	Cuba	12	Thunder Bay, ON
2012	United States	Canada	Chinese Taipei	12	Seoul
2013	United States	Japan	Cuba	12	Taichung City
2015	United States	Japan	South Korea	12	Osaka, Osaka
2017	United States	South Korea	Japan	12	Thunder Bay, ON
2019	Chinese Taipei	United States	South Korea	12	Busan
2022	United States	Chinese Taipei	Japan	12	Bradenton, FL/Sarasota, FL
2023	Japan	Chinese Taipei	South Korea	12	Taipei/Taichung
2025	United States	Japan	Chinese Taipei	12	Naha/Itoman

Medal Count

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia	0	1	5
Canada	1	1	5
Cuba	11	2	5
Japan	1	5	2
South Korea	5	1	4
Taiwan	3	10	7
USA	11	12	6