World University Baseball Championship
# World University Baseball Championship

The World University Baseball Championship is an under-23 international college baseball competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and was first held in 2002 in Italy. Until 2013, it was sanctioned by the then-International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and was one of several tournaments considered by the IBAF to be a minor world championship, and as such the results of the tournaments affected the IBAF World Rankings. For its men's world rankings, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) -- successor to the IBAF—now uses the results of WBSC's biennial 23U Baseball World Cup (instead of the World University Championship).

## History

The fifth World University Baseball Championship was held from July 29 to August 8, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan and was organized by the All Japan University Baseball Federation.

## Results

| Year | Final Host | Medalists | Medalists | Medalists |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Final Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2002 Details | Messina | Cuba | United States | Japan |
| 2004 Details | Tainan City | United States | Japan | South Korea |
| 2006 Details | Havana | United States | Chinese Taipei | Cuba |
| 2008 Details | Brno | United States | Japan | Chinese Taipei |
| 2010 Details | Tokyo | Cuba | United States | Japan |
| 2012 | Taoyuan | FISU cancelled the tournament due to an insufficient number of teams participating. | FISU cancelled the tournament due to an insufficient number of teams participating. | FISU cancelled the tournament due to an insufficient number of teams participating. |
| 2018 Details | Chiayi | Japan | Chinese Taipei | South Korea |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
