Reporter Han Nam-jik = The Korean under-18 Baseball 5 national team finished third in the Asian Cup and won the right to participate in the 2023 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Youth Baseball 5 World Cup.
The Korea Baseball Softball Association said on the 11th, “The under-18 national team led by coach Myung-Joo Cha finished third at the 2023 Youth Baseball 5 Asia Cup held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.” I got my hands on,” he said. 안전놀이터
The 2023 Youth Baseball 5 Asia Cup is the first age-specific competition in the Baseball 5 event held in Asia, with seven countries participating: Korea, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore.
Korea lost to Malaysia on the 8th, but won the second game against India.
After consecutive losses to Taiwan and China on the 9th, they defeated Hong Kong and Singapore on the 10th to advance to the final tournament in 4th place.
In the semi-finals on the 11th, the last day of the tournament, Korea lost to Taiwan, the first place in the qualifying round, and was pushed back to the third place match, but won the bronze medal by beating Malaysia.
Taiwan defeated China in the final and became the inaugural champion.