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A talented team of youngsters will put on the green and gold for the first time in their baseball careers as they represent Australia in the 2023 WBSC Under 12 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan from July 28th to August 6th.

The Australian squad finds themselves in Group A, featuring powerhouses Japan, Mexico and Chinese Taipei. The top three finishers of each group in the Open Round will then advance to the Super Round, while the other six teams will play the Placement Round.

The first and second-place teams of the Super Round will play for the U-12 World Title, while the third and fourth-place finishers will compete for a bronze medal.

Fresh off the 2023 Australian Little League Championships, the World Cup provides an opportunity for Australian players to showcase their abilities and cement their status as global baseball contenders.

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Team Australia will depart for the 2023 Under 12 World Cup with 18 talented young players set to make their international debut. The team, selected across the Australian summer of baseball, will take up the final wild card spot within the event issued by the WBSC.

Australia was no match for Czech Republic in their final game of the 2019 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan, falling 9-2 at ASPAC B on Saturday.

A lack of offence and command issues on the mound hurt Australia’s chances of finishing the World Cup with a third-straight win.

Australia may not have given up much to Fiji during their WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup contest in Taiwan yesterday, but beforehand it was a different story.

The team surprised Fiji ahead of their consolation game in Shan-Hwa by presenting each of the South Pacific nation’s 16 players with a fielding glove as they look to help grow the game in Oceania.

Australia’s WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup finale against the Czech Republic tomorrow will start earlier and be broadcast as a result of schedule changes.

The consolation game will now start at 9.30am local time (11.30am AEST, 11am ACST, 9.30am AWST) after the WSBC was forced to reschedule several games following heavy rain in Taiwan on Friday.

Australia has recorded its second win in as many days after powering past Fiji 15-0 at the 2019 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan this afternoon.

Josh Nati drove in five runs and Austin Moyle and Will Kent three each as Australia improved to 2-2 in the consolation round.

Australia has broken through for its first win of the 2019 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan, toppling South Africa in their consolation round game on Thursday afternoon.

Josh Nati and Lachlan Vella homered as Australia prevailed 7-4 at Tainan’s ASPAC B.

Australia will play South Africa in its opening game of the 2019 WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup consolation round in Taiwan tomorrow.

The WBSC overnight announced the schedule for the second round of the World Cup, which will see Australia play out the event in the consolation round games after finishing sixth in Group B during the opening round.