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Chinese
Taipei, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, United States and Venezuela advance to U-15
Baseball World Cup showdown.
MAZATLAN,
Mexico -- The opening round of the 2014 U-15 Baseball World Cup has
concluded, with six of the eighteen participating National Teams advancing
to the 'Super Round Robin', which starts tomorrow (6 August) at Teodoro
Mariscal Stadium in Mazatlán.
The
most elite selection of 15-year-old baseball players in the world have been
competing for their countries in the II 15U Baseball World Cup -- the highest level of competition in
baseball for this age group -- which began on 31-July across Sinaloa,
Mexico in the cities of Culiacan, Los Mochis and Mazatlán.
After
an Opening Round-Robin that consisted of forty-give games in five days,
Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, United States and Venezuela have
emerged from group-play as the six nations that will compete for a place in
the gold medal final on Sunday, 10 August. (See Final Opening Round-Robin
Group Standings.)
Chinese
Taipei won Group A,
registering a record of 5-0 versus Brazil, Czech Republic, Italy, Guatemala
and host Mexico. Mexico (4-1) defeated Brazil (3-2) in a key heads-up
battle on the final day (4 August) of the Round Robin to join Chinese
Taipei as the two countries moving out of Group A to the Super Round Robin
semifinal.
The
United States (5-0) defeated Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Panama and South
Africa to win Group B
with a perfect record of (5-0). World No. 13 Panama (4-1) triumphed over
No. 2 Japan (3-2) on the final day of the round-robin to earn a place in
the Super Round Robin.
Cuba
defeated the defending 15U World Champion, Venezuela -- in addition to
Argentina, Australia, Hong Kong, Lithuania -- to finish atop Group C. Venezuela
rebounded, (4-1) defeating Australia (3-2) in a decisive match-up to earn
Group B's final ticket to the Super Round Robin.
SUPER
ROUND ROBIN SCHEDULE
World
No. 1 USA versus World No. 3 Cuba will highlight Day 1 of the 'Super Round
Robin' (6 August); No. 4 Chinese Taipei will play No. 13 Panama, while No.
10 Venezuela takes on No. 12 Mexico.
Opening
round head-to-head contests (i.e., CUB vs. VEN -- MEX vs. TPE -- and PAN vs
USA) will carry over and not be repeated, meaning CUB, USA and TPE will
start the Super Round Robin with a record of 1-0. MEX, PAN and VEN will
start the Super Round Robin with a 0-1 win-loss record and have to play
perfect baseball to make it to the gold medal final.
The top
two finishers in the 'Super Group', after four days of competition will
play for the gold medal on Sunday at 18:00.
Games
will be broadcast via AYM Sports' six cable channels and online at www.internetv.tv.
A
bronze medal match will also be played at 10:00 on Sunday.
Over
the next four days in Culiacan, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Germany,
Italy and Japan will compete against each other to determine 7-12th place
classification.
Czech
Republic, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Lithuania, New Zealand and South Africa
will be grouped in Los Mochis to compete for 13-18th place.
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