The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with the Mexican Baseball Federation and respective Local Organizing Committee (LOC), today announced the postponement of the 2020 WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup® to 24 September to 3 October 2021. The world-championship event had been set to take place this year from 30 September to 9 October in the Mexican cities of Ciudad Obregon and Los Mochis. The 12 qualified teams competing for baseball’s world title in the U-23 category will remain as follows. Africa (1): No. 24 South Africa. Americas (4): No. 5 Mexico (host, defending World Champion), No. 7 Cuba, No. 8 Venezuela, No. 15 Nicaragua. Asia (3): No. 1 Japan, No. 4 Chinese Taipei and No. 22 China. Europe (2): No. 16 Czech Republic and No. 19 Germany. Oceania (1): No. 39 New Zealand. Wild Card (1): No. 3 Korea. Mexico won the last U-23 Baseball World Cup, which was held in Barranquilla, Colombia, in October 2018. It was Mexico’s first-ever official world title in the sport ...