The 2017 WBSC U12 Baseball World Cup, the only World Championship at this age level in all of sports, is set to commence on Friday, July 28 in Tainan, Taiwan with six games. Europe will be represented by Germany and the Czech Republic. Two-time defending champion USA and 2011’s debut winner Chinese Taipei, as well as Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, Panama, Nicaragua and Brazil also will be participating.
As in the previous editions the Peanuts will serve as mascot to the tournament, which see the round robin first round going played until Tuesday, August 1. Two days later the top three of each pool advance to the Super Round Robin with the top two teams meeting in the Gold Medal Game on Sunday, August 6.
Schedule Day 1:
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