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The 2017 USA Baseball 12U National Team capped off its summer by winning its third-consecutive World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-12 Baseball World Cup in Tainan, Taiwan, with a 7-2 victory over the host-country Chinese Taipei.
The 15U National Team finished the 2017 COPABE Pan Am “AA” Championships with a 7-1 record. The U.S. earned the number one seed entering the championship game against the Dominican Republic, but the gold medal-game was cancelled due to weather, and USA Baseball earned its third consecutive gold medal in the event.
There is only one word to describe the 18U National Team – and USA Baseball in general – in 2017: Dominant. From beginning to end the 18U Team was in control en route to its fourth consecutive world championship and seventh consecutive international gold medal after winning at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup.
F EBR UA RY 2 018 — USA BASEBA LL N A MED WBS C BAS EBA LL WORLD #1 USA Baseball reclaimed the top spot in the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Baseball World Rankings in 2017. Following a year in which Team USA swept its international competitions at the 12U, 15U, 18U, Collegiate and Professional levels, the U.S. is ranked number one for the first time since 2014. USA Baseball had its most successful year in 2017, setting a record for most annual Baseball World Ranking points amassed with 2,127. The U.S. swept through its international competition with gold medals at the World Baseball Classic, WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup, COPABE Pan Am U-15 Championships and the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup; in addition to the Collegiate National Team winning all three of its international friendship series against Chinese Taipei, Cuba and Japan. It is the first time in international baseball history a federation has won all of its international competitions in a calendar year.
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