The WBSC U23 Baseball World Cup in Monterrey concluded its first round on Tuesday. Panama and Japan are the dominating teams during the preliminary phase, reaching the Super Round Robin with perfect 5-0 records. Korea, Mexico, Australia and Nicaragua also advanced to the final round. The European participants Austria and Czech Republic went a combined 1-9 and will meet in the opener of the consolation round on Thursday.
Results:
| October 28, 2016 | ||||
| Away Team Home Team | ||||
| GAME #1 | aut 1 : 8 aus | Box | ||
| GAME #2 | arg 0 : 10 tpe | Box | ||
| GAME #3 | jpn 6 : 1 nca | Box | ||
| GAME #4 | rsa 1 : 14 ven | Box | ||
| GAME #5 | cze 1 : 6 kor | Box | ||
| GAME #6 | mex 1 : 3 pan | Box | ||
| October 29, 2016 | ||||
| Away Team Home Team | ||||
| GAME #7 | arg 13 : 3 aut | Box | ||
| GAME #8 | tpe 3 : 15 jpn | Box | ||
| GAME #9 | nca 5 : 6 aus | Box | ||
| GAME #10 | pan 17 : 3 cze | Box | ||
| GAME #11 | rsa 3 : 17 kor | Box | ||
| GAME #12 | ven 0 : 4 mex | Box | ||
| October 30, 2016 | ||||
| Away Team Home Team | ||||
| GAME #13 | aut 0 : 15 nca | Box | ||
| GAME #14 | aus 8 : 7 tpe | Box | ||
| GAME #15 | pan 11 : 3 ven | Box | ||
| GAME #16 | cze 12 : 4 rsa | Box | ||
| GAME #17 | jpn 10 : 2 arg | Box | ||
| GAME #18 | kor 6 : 1 mex | Box | ||
| October 31, 2016 | ||||
| Away Team Home Team | ||||
| GAME #19 | pan 9 : 1 rsa | Box | ||
| GAME #20 | nca 10 : 5 tpe | Box | ||
| GAME #21 | ven 2 : 7 kor | Box | ||
| GAME #22 | arg 2 : 15 aus | Box | ||
| GAME #23 | aut 0 : 16 jpn | Box | ||
| GAME #24 | mex 14 : 4 cze | Box | ||
| November 1, 2016 | ||||
| Away Team Home Team | ||||
| GAME #25 | nca 6 : 0 arg | Box | ||
| GAME #26 | kor 4 : 5 pan | Box | ||
| GAME #27 | aus 2 : 11 jpn | Box | ||
| GAME #28 | cze 12 : 13 ven | Box | ||
| GAME #29 | rsa 0 : 15 mex | Box | ||
| GAME #30 | tpe 3 : 0 aut | Box | ||
Standings:
| Group A | W | L | Pct | GB |
| PAN | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — |
| KOR | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.0 |
| MEX | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 |
| VEN | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 |
| CZE | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 |
| RSA | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 |
| Group B | W | L | Pct | GB |
| JPN | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — |
| AUS | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.0 |
| NCA | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.0 |
| TPE | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.0 |
| ARG | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.0 |
| AUT | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.0 |
Complete coverage of the U23 Baseball World Cup can be found at www.wbsc.org