{{Short description|College baseball competition}} {{Infobox sports league |current_season=2018 |logo= |pixels= |caption= |sport=Baseball |founded=2002 |teams=8 (in 2018) |continent=International |champion={{nowrap|{{bb|JPN}} (2018)}} |most_champs={{bb|USA}} (3 titles) }}
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.<ref name="ibaf world ranking notes">{{cite web|url=http://ibaf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Files_-_world_rankings/4221-IBAF_World_Rankings_Notes.pdf |title=IBAF World Ranking Notes |access-date=24 July 2009 |date=13 January 2009 |publisher=IBAF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509034100/http://ibaf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Files_-_world_rankings/4221-IBAF_World_Rankings_Notes.pdf |archive-date=May 9, 2019 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fisu.net/en/Baseball-2010-1699.html|title=International university sports federation - summer winter universiades|website=www.fisu.net|access-date=2016-08-16|archive-date=2010-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215085748/http://fisu.net/en/Baseball-2010-1699.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Results== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;" !rowspan=2 width=5%|Year !rowspan=2 width=10%|Final Host |width=1% rowspan=9 style="border-top:none;border-bottom:none;"| !colspan=3|Medalists |- !width=17%|Gold !width=17%|Silver !width=17%|Bronze |- |{{by|2002}}<br>''Details'' |{{flagicon|ITA}}<br>Messina |'''{{bb-big|CUB}}''' |{{bb-big|USA}} |{{bb-big|JPN}} |- style="background: #D0E6FF;" |{{by|2004}}<br>''Details'' |{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>Tainan City |'''{{bb-big|USA}}''' |{{bb-big|JPN}} |{{bb-big|KOR}} |- |{{by|2006}}<br>''Details'' |{{flagicon|CUB}}<br>Havana |'''{{bb-big|USA}}''' |{{flagicon|TPE|univ}}<br>Chinese Taipei |{{bb-big|CUB}} |- style="background: #D0E6FF;" |{{by|2008}}<br>''Details''
|{{flagicon|CZE}}<br>Brno |'''{{bb-big|USA}}''' |{{bb-big|JPN}} |{{flagicon|TPE|univ}}<br>Chinese Taipei |- |{{by|2010}}<br>''Details'' |{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>Tokyo |'''{{bb-big|CUB}}''' |{{bb-big|USA}} |{{bb-big|JPN}} |- style="background: #D0E6FF;" ||{{by|2012}}<br> |{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>Taoyuan |colspan=3|FISU cancelled the tournament due to an insufficient number of teams participating.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fisu.net/en/Cancellation-2012-World-University-Baseball-Championship-3133.html?mbID=4642|title=Cancellation 2012 World University Baseball Championship|access-date=2016-08-16}}</ref> |- |{{by|2018}}<br>''Details'' |{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>Chiayi |'''{{bb-big|JPN}}''' |{{flagicon|TPE|univ}}<br>Chinese Taipei |{{bb-big|KOR}} |}
==Medal table== {{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = | event = | team = | gold_USA = 3 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 0 | name_USA = {{bb|USA}} | gold_CUB = 2 | silver_CUB = 0 | bronze_CUB = 1 | name_CUB = {{bb|CUB}} | gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 2 | bronze_JPN = 2 | name_JPN = {{bb|JPN}} | gold_TPE = 0 | silver_TPE = 2 | bronze_TPE = 1 | name_TPE = {{flagteam|TPE|univ}} | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 2 | name_KOR = {{bb|KOR}} }}
==See also== *Baseball awards *Baseball at the Summer Universiade *U-23 Baseball World Cup
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.fisu.net/en/FISU-Baseball-3558.html FISU Baseball World University Championships]
{{International Baseball}} {{FISU World University Championships}}
Category:World University Baseball Championship Category:International baseball competitions Baseball Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2002