The World University Baseball Championship is an under-23 international college baseball competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and was first held in 2002 in Italy. Until 2013, it was sanctioned by the then-International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and was one of several tournaments considered by the IBAF to be a minor world championship, and as such the results of the tournaments affected the IBAF World Rankings.[1] For its men's world rankings, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) -- successor to the IBAF—now uses the results of WBSC's biennial 23U Baseball World Cup (instead of the World University Championship).
Current season, competition or edition: 2018 | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| No. of teams | 8 (in 2018) |
| Continent | International |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Japan (2018) |
| Most titles |  United States (3 titles) |
The fifth World University Baseball Championship was held from July 29 to August 8, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan and was organized by the All Japan University Baseball Federation.[2]
| Year | Final Host | Medalists | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| 2002 Details |
 Messina |
 Cuba |
 United States |
 Japan | |
| 2004 Details |
 Tainan City |
United States |
Japan |
 South Korea | |
| 2006 Details |
 Havana |
United States |
 Chinese Taipei |
Cuba | |
| 2008 Details |
 Brno |
United States |
Japan |
Chinese Taipei | |
| 2010 Details |
Tokyo |
Cuba |
United States |
Japan | |
| 2012 |
Taoyuan |
FISU cancelled the tournament due to an insufficient number of teams participating.[3] | |||
| 2018 Details |
Chiayi |
Japan |
Chinese Taipei |
South Korea | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |