The 1989 World Youth Baseball Championship was the inaugural edition of the under-15 international baseball competition held in Japan from 24 July to August 1989. Players aged 13 to 15 competed in the eight-nation round-robin tournament.
Squad
Brazil Coach: Huguiyoski Sugeta Center fielder: Marcelo Takao Tanaka Right fielder: Ricardo Momose
Canada Pitcher: Rob Peronne, Ray Solomon, Kevin Briand, Patrick Lussier, Stephane Chagnon, Martin Lavigne, Mario Rouleau, Patrick Dupuis Catcher: Andrew Halpenny, Jamie Dimitroff Infielder: Brad Robinson, J. J. Hyde, Neil Szeryk, Jody Brown, Alain Lachance, Pascal St. Pierre Outfielder: Louis Lachance, Dominic Therrien, John Evans, Chris Vetor Two players were excluded from the above roster.
China Gao Lijun
Japan 1st baseman: Kouta Soejima (副島孔太) 3rd baseman: Kei Shibata Shortstop: Akihito Suzuki (鈴木章仁) Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yota Tawa
South Korea Incomplete Catcher: Chang Sung Kook, Lee Jin Suk
Taiwan Pitcher: 9洪邦政, 林怡宏, 林信助, 陳宗男, 吳俊良 (Wu Chun-liang) Catcher: 鄭文賢, 石金受, 王文智 Infielder: 33陳慶國 (Chen Ching-kuo), 陳懷山, 曾信彰 (Tseng Hsin-chang), 洪啟峰, 陳光輝, 郭子偉 Outfielder：游明傑, 18龐玉龍, 朱志強, 35藍德威 Head coach: 陳友彬 Assistant coaches: 劉明光、蔡景峰
United States Incomplete Widd Workman, Frank Harmer, Mike Rennack, Chris Smith Left fielder: Geoff Jenkins
Venezuela Incomplete Center fielder: Robert Marcano
Preliminary round
There is only one game on 29 July. All the other teams were idle. The records until 27 July was Venezuela 3-0, China and Taiwan 2-1, the United States, Brazil, and Japan 1-1, South Korea 1-3, and Canada 0-3.
The United States became 2-2. The results of the other matches are unknown.
Only Venezuela was ideal on 31 July. After the matches of 31 July, the records are Japan and Taiwan 4-1, Venezuela and China 3-2, South Korea 3-3, the United States 2-3, Brazil 1-3, and Canada 0-5.
The Boston Globe report is at 9 - 3, but South China Morning Post as 9 - 1.
Some games were postponed by rain and later canceled because they would not affect teams' placing. After the end of the round-robin matches, the records are Japan and Taiwan 5-1, China and Korea 4-3, Venezuela 3-4, the United States and Brazil 2-4, and Canada 0=5.
Placement matches
The matches were held at 10:00 at Jingu Stadium
3rd-place match
Final
Final standings
Rank Team45578
All-Star Team
Right-handed pitcher: Wu Chun-liang (吳俊良) (TWN) Left-handed pitcher: Gao Lijun (CHN) Catcher: Chang Sung Kook (장성국) (KOR) 1st baseman: Kouta Soejima (JPN) (副島孔太) 2nd baseman: Tseng Hsin-chang (TWN) (曾信彰) 3rd baseman: Kei Shibata (JPN) Shortstop: Akihito Suzuki (JPN) (鈴木章仁) Center fielder: Marcelo Takao Tanaka (BRA) Right fielder: Ricardo Momose (BRA) Left fielder: Geoff Jenkins (USA)
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