Summary of the 2nd Congress (2019)
Japan entered Group B and won against Chinese Taipei, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico, finishing in first place with 3 wins and 0 losses. Although they lost to the United States in the Super Round, they won against South Korea, Mexico, and Australia, and finished in first place with a total of 4 wins and 1 loss. They defeated South Korea in the final and won their first championship.
- Tournament period
- November 2-17, 2019
- Host country/region
- Japan, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, Mexico
- Trial fitting method
- The 12 teams will be divided into 3 groups and 4 teams to play a league match (opening round), and the top 2 teams from each will play a league match (results will carry over from the opponents they played in the super round/opening round). 1st and 2nd place will advance to the final, and 3rd and 4th place will advance to the third place match.
Japan national team members (team they belonged to at the time)
pitcher
- 11 Takayuki Kishi (Tohoku Rakuten)
- 13 Taisuke Yamaoka (Orix)
- 17 Hiroshi Otake (Yomiuri)
- 18 Shun Yamaguchi (Yomiuri)
- 19 Yasuaki Yamazaki (Yokohama DeNA)
- 20 Kai Noo (Fukuoka Softbank)
- 21 Shota Imanaga (Yokohama DeNA)
- 22 Yudai Ohno (Chunichi)
- 28 Rei Takahashi (Fukuoka Softbank)
- 43 Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Orix)
- 47 Kota Nakagawa (Yomiuri)
- 57 Shinya Kayama (Fukuoka Softbank)
- 90 Reito Taguchi (Yomiuri)
catcher
- 10 Seiji Kobayashi (Yomiuri)
- 27 Tsubasa Aizawa (Hiroshima)
- 62 Takuya Kai (Fukuoka Softbank)
infielder
- 1 Tetsuto Yamada (Tokyo Yakult)
- 2 Sosuke Genda (Saitama Seibu)
- 3 Hideto Asamura (Tohoku Rakuten)
- 4 Ryosuke Kikuchi (Hiroshima Toyo)
- 5 Shuta Tonosaki (Saitama Seibu)
- 6 Hayato Sakamoto (Yomiuri)
- 7 Nobuhiro Matsuda (Fukuoka Softbank)
outfielder
- 8 Kensuke Kondo (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham)
- 9 Yoshihiro Maru (Yomiuri)
- 23 Yukyo Shuto (Fukuoka Softbank)
- 34 Masanao Yoshida (Orix)
- 51 Seiya Suzuki (Hiroshima)
Director/Coach
- 80 Director Atsunori Inaba
- 88 Makoto Kaneko Head Coach and Batting Coach
- 81 Yoshinori Tateyama Pitching Coach
- 84 Yoshinori Murata Battery Coach
- 82 Hirokazu Ibata Infield defense/base running coach
- 87 Masaharu Shimizu Outfield defense/base running coach
Match results/rankings
Group A match results
Netherlands
0–9
America
dominican republic
1–6
Mexico
dominican republic
14–4
Netherlands
Mexico
8–2
America
America
10–8
dominican republic
Netherlands
2–10
Mexico
Group A ranking
1 person
Mexico
3 wins, 0 losses
2 people
America
2 wins, 1 loss
3 people
dominican republic
1 win, 2 losses
4 digits
Netherlands
0 wins, 3 losses
Group B match results
Venezuela
4–8
Japan
puerto rico
1–6
Chinese Taipei
puerto rico
0–4
Japan
Chinese Taipei
3–0
Venezuela
Venezuela
7–1
puerto rico
Japan
8–1
Chinese Taipei
Group B ranking
2 people
Chinese Taipei
2 wins, 1 loss
3 people
Venezuela
1 win, 2 losses
4 digits
puerto rico
0 wins, 3 losses
Group C match results
Canada
3–0
Cuba
Australia
0–5
South Korea
Australia
2–3
Cuba
Canada
1–3
Australia
Cuba
0–7
South Korea
Group C ranking
2 people
Australia
1 win, 2 losses
4 digits
Cuba
1 win, 2 losses
super round
Chinese Taipei
0–2
Mexico
Australia
2–3
Japan
America
1–5
South Korea
Australia
0–3
Mexico
Chinese Taipei
7–0
South Korea
America
4–3
Japan
Australia
2–1
America
Mexico
1–3
Japan
Chinese Taipei
2–3
America
Mexico
3–7
South Korea
Australia
1–5
Chinese Taipei
super round standings
3 people
Mexico
3 wins, 2 losses
4 digits
America
2 wins, 3 losses
5 people
Chinese Taipei
2 wins, 3 losses
6 bits
Australia
1 win, 4 losses
3rd place match
America
2–3
Mexico
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