After 15 years since 2008, the members of the world youth team aiming to regain the top have been confirmed.메이저놀이터
On the 18th, the Korea Baseball Softball Association (hereinafter ‘association’) confirmed 20 players to participate in the 31st World Youth Baseball Championship (U-18 Baseball World Cup) through a press release.
First, Chungam High School coach Lee Young-bok was selected as the coaching staff, while Yulgok High School coach Moon Yong-soo, Cheongju High School coach Kim In-cheol, and Gunsan Sangil High School coach Seok Soo-cheol joined the national team. Head coach Moon Yong-soo will serve as the national team’s head coach, coach Kim In-chul as pitching coach, and head coach Seok Soo-cheol, known as the ‘action leader’, will assist coach Lee Young-bok as fielder and runner coach.
The roster of players is even more colorful. Cho “Jotani” Dae-hyeon (Gangneung High School) and “Jeontani” Jeon Mi-re (Gyeongbuk High School 3), who are very active on the high school stage as a pitcher, were included, and Jangchung High School left and right ace duo Hwang Jun-seo and Yuk Seon-yeop were also selected. Including ace Kim Taek-yeon (Incheon High School) nicknamed “Little Oh Seung-hwan,” left-hander Bae Chan-seung (Daegu High School) and right-hander Park Geon-woo (Chungam High School), who are showing off unusual performances as second-year students, joined the team.
The line is also quite good. ‘Geopo’ Lee Sang-jun (Gyeonggi High School), who won the World Power Showcase, and Lee Yul-ye (Gangneung High School), a sophomore who participated as a bullpen catcher in last year’s competition, will be active as the host. In addition, infield prospects such as Park Ji-hwan (Seoul High School), Yeo Dong-geon (Seoul High School), and Jung An-seok (Whimungo High School) are raising expectations as keystone duo, and Lee Chung-heon (Chungam High School), who has mobility and defensive power, including ‘Little Red Horse’ Lee Seung-min (Whimungo High School). ) will serve as the axis of the outfield.
A total of 12 countries will participate in the World Youth Championships, and Korea will be placed in Group A and will play the qualifying round against Taiwan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Australia and the Czech Republic. Group B consists of USA, Japan, Venezuela, Panama, Netherlands and Spain.
The top 3 teams from the Preliminary Round will advance to the Super Round, and the top 2 teams will advance to the final round by summing up their opponents’ records (2 matches) and the Super Round scores (3 matches) from the Preliminary Round.
The Korean national team has not been able to win the championship for 15 years since winning the championship in 2008. 2017, when Kang Baek-ho (KT) played an active part in reaching the finals, was the latest. Last year, they lost to Japan in the 3rd and 4th place matches and failed to win medals.
