- USA's grand slam knocks out Japan 8-1; defending 12U World Champion Chinese Taipei shut out Venezuela 8-0. - A sellout crowd of over 10,000 is expected to pack Tien-Mou Stadium in Taipei City to witness TPE and USA battle for the gold medal. - The 12U (12 and under) Baseball World Cup is the only world championship across all sports in this youth category. ![]() The 14-nation 12U (12 and under) Baseball World Cup is the only world championship across all sports in this youth category. Team USA (7-1), competing for the first time in the 12U BWC, used a grand slam by Spring Hill, Florida's Colton Olasin to sail away from the previously undefeated Japan 9-1 and earn a spot in the gold medal game.
A sellout crowd of over 10,000 is expected to pack Tien-Mou Stadium in Taipei City for the Gold Medal finale. The start of the game is slated for Sunday, July 28 at 14:00 local time.
The Japan (7-1) and Venezuela (7-1) national teams will meet Sunday at 10:00 local time in the Bronze Medal game.
The 12U BWC is part of a global strategy to continue to internationalize baseball and softball and allow more boys and girls the opportunity to participate in sport - to benefit, socialize and learn respect and fair play from sport and to seek an active and healthy lifestyle.
Together, baseball and softball are played in more than 140 countries and comprise one of the largest youth bases of athletes in the sporting world.
A total number of 65 million athletes of all ages worldwide play baseball and/or softball at various levels.
If included in the 2020 Olympics and eventual Youth Olympic Games, softball and baseball would be unlike any other sport on the Olympic Programme, bringing new and unique sporting skills and qualities to Olympic fans and viewers as the only bat and ball sport at the Games, helping to balance and diversify the Olympic programme and Olympic Games experience, as well as tapping into one of the largest pools of young boy and girl athletes.
# # # USA 9, JPN 1: Box score; TPE 8, VEN 0: Box score
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