u23 men's baseball world cup kicks off in shaoxing, 12 strong teams from five continents gather
2024-09-06
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shaoxing, september 6 (china news service) (guo tianqi) the 2024 u23 men's baseball world cup kicked off in shaoxing, zhejiang on the 6th. 12 baseball teams from five continents, including china, japan, colombia, australia, britain, and south africa, competed fiercely here. this is the first time that the u23 men's baseball world cup has been held in mainland china. the event has also become one of the highest-level baseball events held in mainland china.
on september 6, the 2024 u23 men's baseball world cup kicked off in shaoxing, zhejiang. the australian team defeated the colombian team 4:2. the picture shows the scene of the game. photo by guo tianqi
it is reported that the participating teams come from asia, america, europe, oceania and africa. according to the competition rules, the 12 teams are divided into two groups, and the two groups will conduct a round-robin tournament. the top three teams in each group will advance to the super round-robin tournament. the results of the teams that advance to the super round-robin tournament will be brought in and used to determine the four teams that qualify for the finals and the final ranking.
among them, the host chinese team is in group a with australia, puerto rico, colombia, britain, and japan, which is currently ranked first in the world. chinese taipei team is in group b with south korea, nicaragua, the netherlands, south africa, and venezuela.
in the opening match of the morning session, the world's 15th-ranked australian team and the 11th-ranked colombian team took the lead in the no. 1 field. at the end of the first inning, the australian team was temporarily behind 1:2. afterwards, the australian team actively looked for scoring opportunities, and received a walk in the fourth inning, and then hit a single, scoring one point and tying the opponent. in the fifth inning, the australian team relied on tacit cooperation to take the advantage of the bases loaded, and the colombian pitcher sent another walk, allowing the australian team to overtake the score. in the sixth inning, the colombian team was double-played with the bases loaded, missing an important scoring opportunity.
in the end, the australian team, which had better coordination, defeated the colombian team 4:2 and got off to a good start. in another match at the same time, the south african team lost to the nicaraguan team 1:8.
after the game, australian captain blake james carville said: "we didn't adjust well at the beginning, but then the bowlers got into the state and got better and better, and finally we turned the situation around."
in the evening match, the host chinese team, ranked 24th in the world, will appear to face the british team. this is also the first time the two teams have met in an international arena.
it is worth mentioning that the event was held at the hangzhou asian games venue - shaoxing baseball (softball) sports and cultural center. "shaoxing has a world-class baseball stadium. after the baptism of the asian games, this stadium will continue to serve the development of chinese baseball in the years to come." riccardo fraccari, president of the world baseball and softball federation, said, "we are very excited about the future development of chinese baseball and look forward to more world cup events being held in various parts of china in the future." (end)
