U-23 Baseball World Cup

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age-restricted baseball competition international baseball tournament

The U-23 Baseball World Cup is an international tournament organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation that features national baseball teams composed of players under 23 years old competing for a world title.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup	4
21U Baseball World Cup	1
U-23 Baseball World Cup canonical	1
WBSC Baseball World Cup	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2909145 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U-23 Baseball World Cup
Context triple: [Cuba national under-23 baseball team, internationalCompetition, U-23 Baseball World Cup]

A. Baseball World Cup
The Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament organized by the IBAF that served for decades as the sport’s premier global competition before being superseded by the World Baseball Classic.
B. WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup
The WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup is an international youth baseball tournament featuring national teams of players aged 12 and under competing for a world championship title.
C. World Baseball Classic
The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament featuring national teams from around the globe, widely regarded as the sport’s premier world championship event.
D. WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup
The WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup is an international youth baseball championship featuring national teams of players under 15 years old competing for a world title.
E. WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup
The WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup is the premier international men’s softball championship, featuring top national teams competing for the world title under the governance of the World Baseball Softball Confederation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U-23 Baseball World Cup
Target entity description: The U-23 Baseball World Cup is an international tournament organized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation that features national baseball teams composed of players under 23 years old competing for a world title.

A. Baseball World Cup
The Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament organized by the IBAF that served for decades as the sport’s premier global competition before being superseded by the World Baseball Classic.
B. WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup
The WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup is an international youth baseball tournament featuring national teams of players aged 12 and under competing for a world championship title.
C. World Baseball Classic
The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament featuring national teams from around the globe, widely regarded as the sport’s premier world championship event.
D. WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup
The WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup is an international youth baseball championship featuring national teams of players under 15 years old competing for a world title.
E. WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup
The WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup is the premier international men’s softball championship, featuring top national teams competing for the world title under the governance of the World Baseball Softball Confederation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	age-restricted baseball competition ⓘ international baseball tournament ⓘ
abbreviation	U-23 BWC ⓘ
ageCategory	U-23 ⓘ under-23 ⓘ
ageLimit	23 ⓘ
category	WBSC international competitions ⓘ linked to: WBSC world cups world championship baseball tournaments ⓘ
competitionLevel	under-23 ⓘ
competitionPhase	finals ⓘ group stage ⓘ super round ⓘ
confederation	WBSC Africa ⓘ WBSC Americas ⓘ WBSC Asia ⓘ WBSC Europe ⓘ WBSC Oceania ⓘ
continentScope	global ⓘ
eligibility	players holding nationality of represented country ⓘ players under 23 years old ⓘ
firstEditionHostCity	Taichung ⓘ
firstEditionHostCountry	Chinese Taipei ⓘ
firstEditionYear	2014 ⓘ
format	national team tournament ⓘ
formerName	21U Baseball World Cup ⓘ linked to: U-23 Baseball World Cup
frequency	biennial ⓘ
gender	men ⓘ
governingBody	World Baseball Softball Confederation ⓘ
governingBodyHeadquartersCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
governingBodyPredecessor	International Baseball Federation ⓘ
governingBodyWebsite	https://www.wbsc.org ⓘ
hasOfficialRankingWeight	true ⓘ
medalAwarded	bronze medal ⓘ gold medal ⓘ silver medal ⓘ
objective	determine world champion at U-23 level ⓘ
organizer	World Baseball Softball Confederation ⓘ
organizerAbbreviation	WBSC ⓘ
rankingImpact	counts toward WBSC world rankings ⓘ
rulesBasis	professional baseball rules ⓘ
scope	world ⓘ
selectionBasis	national selection ⓘ
shortName	WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup ⓘ linked to: U-23 Baseball World Cup
sport	baseball ⓘ
teamComposition	amateur players ⓘ minor league players ⓘ professional players ⓘ
teamType	national teams ⓘ
tournamentType	World Cup ⓘ

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