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The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced the official schedule of the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2025, presented by RAXUS, which will take place from 5 to 14 September in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
All games can be watched on GameTime live and on demand.
The Baseball Federation of Japan (BFJ) and NPB Enterprise will co-host the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2025, presented by RAXUS with the support of the High School Baseball Federation.
The Okinawa Cellular Stadium, a 15,000-seat venue in Naha, will be the main field. Nishizaki Stadium, a 12,000-seat facility in Itoman, approximately seven kilometres or a 15-minute drive from the Airport area in Naha, will be the second venue.
The WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup has the traditional WBSC Baseball World Cup format, with 12 teams split into two groups.
World No. 1 Japan, No. 6 Korea, No. 9 Puerto Rico, No. 10 Cuba, No. 14 Italy and No. 31 South Africa will compete in Group A.
Group B includes No. 2 Chinese Taipei, No. 5 USA, No. 8 Panama, No. 12 Australia, No. 17 Germany and No. 20 China.
The five-day Opening Round will include six games per day. The games are scheduled at 10:30, 14:30, and 18:30 (all times are local), except for Game 15, Japan vs. Cuba, which is planned at 14:00 due to a request by broadcasters. The tournament will open on Friday, 5 September. Cellular Stadium will host the Opening Ceremony before the 18:30 game between Japan and Italy.
At the end of the Opening Round and after a rest day, the top three finishers of each group will compete in the Super Round, while the other teams will play in the Placement Round. The Super Round and the Placement Round are scheduled to take place on 11, 12 and 13 September.
The first and second-place teams of the Super Round will play the World Championship Final on Sunday, 14 September, at 16:00 (local time). The third and fourth-place finishers will play for bronze at 11:00 (local time). Cellular Stadium will host the medal games and the Closing Ceremony after the World Championship Final.
Japan are the defending U-18 World Champions.
