Japan Pulls Out Of U15 World Cup Baseball Tournament Due To Epidemic Taiwan Wins Second Consecutive Third Place

The third-place match at the U15 World Cup was originally scheduled for today, but was cancelled due to a lack of players from Japan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Taiwan won 7-0, making it the second consecutive third-place team.

The U15 World Cup baseball match was held in Mexico. Taiwan team also had a good performance this time. It was scheduled to play the third-place match with Japan team today. According to the regulations of the conference, if more than 6 players in the team are diagnosed with COVID-19, the team cannot play normally.

Taiwan, which had already played Japan in the rematch, showed resilience, falling behind in the early part of the game but rallying late to win 6-4, Japan's first loss of the tournament.

Taiwan, which has finished third for the second time in a row and is the fourth team ever to finish third in the U15 division (including the IBA World League), is scheduled to arrive in Taiwan at 5:50 a.m. Monday.