by International Baseball Federation, www.ibaf.org
TAICHUNG. For a second straight day at the XXVI 18U Baseball World Cup all six games on the schedule were rained out in Taichung Saturday. All six games on Friday were postponed as well due to the inclement weather in the region following tropical storm Kong-Rey.
The Technical Commission in cooperation with the Local Organizing Committee already re-scheduled all 12 postponed games, which will be made up from Monday to Wednesday. Sunday’s schedule will be played as originally planned, if the weather situation allows it.
When competition at the XXVI 18U Baseball World Cup finally gets underway on Sunday Chinese Taipei will clash with Japan in the afternoon. Other games at 12.30pm are between Czech Republic and Canada as well as Colombia and Australia. In the evening starting from 18.30pm Venezuela squares off with Mexico, USA takes on Italy and Korea faces Cuba.
Updated First Round Schedule
Group | Game | Day | Date | Time | Home | Visitor | Field |
A | 13 | Sunday | 01. Sep | 12:30 | Czech Rep | Canada | Dou-Liou |
B | 14 | Sunday | 01. Sep | 12:30 | Colombia | Australia | Taichung |
A | 15 | Sunday | 01. Sep | 12:30 | Chinese Taipei | Japan | Intercontinental |
B | 16 | Sunday | 01. Sep | 18:30 | USA | Italy | Dou-Liou |
A | 17 | Sunday | 01. Sep | 18:30 | Venezuela | Mexico | Taichung |
B | 18 | Sunday | 01. Sep | 18:30 | Korea | Cuba | Intercontinental |
A | 19 | Monday | 02. Sep | 10:00 | Mexico | Japan | Dou-Liou |
A | 23 | Monday | 02. Sep | 10:30 | Canada | Venezuela | Taichung |
A | 24 | Monday | 02. Sep | 10:30 | Czech Rep | Chinese Taipei | Intercontinental |
B | 22 | Monday | 02. Sep | 14:00 | Korea | Colombia | Dou-Liou |
B | 20 | Monday | 02. Sep | 14:30 | Cuba | Italy | Taichung |
B | 21 | Monday | 02. Sep | 14:30 | Australia | USA | Intercontinental |
A | 10 | Monday | 02. Sep | 18:00 | Japan | Venezuela | Dou-Liou |
A | 8 | Monday | 02. Sep | 18:30 | Mexico | Czech Rep | Taichung |
A | 9 | Monday | 02. Sep | 18:30 | Canada | Chinese Taipei | Intercontinental |
B | 7 | Tuesday | 03. Sep | 10:30 | USA | Korea | Taichung |
B | 11 | Tuesday | 03. Sep | 10:30 | Italy | Australia | Dou-Liou |
B | 12 | Tuesday | 03. Sep | 10:30 | Cuba | Colombia | Intercontinental |
A | 25 | Tuesday | 03. Sep | 14:30 | Canada | Mexico | Dou-Liou |
A | 29 | Tuesday | 03. Sep | 14:30 | Japan | Czech Rep | Taichung |
A | 30 | Tuesday | 03. Sep | 17:30 | Chinese Taipei | Venezuela | Intercontinental |
B | 28 | Tuesday | 03. Sep | 18:30 | Colombia | Italy | Dou-Liou |
B | 26 | Tuesday | 03. Sep | 18:30 | Korea | Australia | Taichung |
B | 27 | Tuesday | 03. Sep | 21:30 | USA | Cuba | Intercontinental |
A | 1 | Wednesday | 04. Sep | 12:30 | Venezuela | Czech Rep | Dou-Liou |
A | 2 | Wednesday | 04. Sep | 12:30 | Japan | Canada | Taichung |
B | 3 | Wednesday | 04. Sep | 12:30 | Italy | Korea | Intercontinental |
B | 4 | Wednesday | 04. Sep | 18:30 | Australia | Cuba | Dou-Liou |
B | 5 | Wednesday | 04. Sep | 18:30 | Colombia | USA | Taichung |
A | 6 | Wednesday | 04. Sep | 18:30 | Chinese Taipei | Mexico | Intercontinental |
Complete Schedule and Live Scoring – TV Broadcast Schedule
Be advised that the schedule can be changed on short notice due to the inclement weather. Check www.18ubaseballworldcup.org for updates on the schedule and the weather situation
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