United States national under-18 baseball team

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The United States national under-18 baseball team is the country’s top youth squad that represents the U.S. in international under-18 baseball competitions and world championships.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
USA Baseball 18U National Team	4
United States national under-18 baseball team canonical	2
USA Baseball 18U National Team events	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3594742 — 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: United States national under-18 baseball team
Context triple: [United States national baseball team, hasYouthProgram, United States national under-18 baseball team]

A. USA Baseball 15U National Team
The USA Baseball 15U National Team is the official United States national baseball team for players aged 15 and under, competing in international youth tournaments and development events.
B. United States national baseball team
The United States national baseball team is the senior men's team that represents the U.S. in international baseball competitions, including events like the World Baseball Classic and the Olympics.
C. USA Baseball 12U National Team
The USA Baseball 12U National Team is the official United States youth baseball squad for players 12 years old and under that competes in international tournaments and development events.
D. Cuba under-18 national baseball team
The Cuba under-18 national baseball team is the country's junior-level squad that represents Cuba in international under-18 baseball competitions and develops young talent for the senior national team.
E. USA Baseball Women’s National Team
The USA Baseball Women’s National Team is the official national squad that represents the United States in international women’s baseball competitions.
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: United States national under-18 baseball team
Target entity description: The United States national under-18 baseball team is the country’s top youth squad that represents the U.S. in international under-18 baseball competitions and world championships.

A. USA Baseball 15U National Team
The USA Baseball 15U National Team is the official United States national baseball team for players aged 15 and under, competing in international youth tournaments and development events.
B. United States national baseball team
The United States national baseball team is the senior men's team that represents the U.S. in international baseball competitions, including events like the World Baseball Classic and the Olympics.
C. USA Baseball 12U National Team
The USA Baseball 12U National Team is the official United States youth baseball squad for players 12 years old and under that competes in international tournaments and development events.
D. Cuba under-18 national baseball team
The Cuba under-18 national baseball team is the country's junior-level squad that represents Cuba in international under-18 baseball competitions and develops young talent for the senior national team.
E. USA Baseball Women’s National Team
The USA Baseball Women’s National Team is the official national squad that represents the United States in international women’s baseball competitions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national under-18 baseball team ⓘ youth national baseball team ⓘ
abbreviation	U-18 ⓘ
ageCategory	under-18 ⓘ
ageLimit	18 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	USA Baseball 18U National Team ⓘ linked to: United States national under-18 baseball team
competitionFormat	tournament play ⓘ
competitionLevel	international ⓘ
competitionType	youth ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
gender	male ⓘ
governingBody	USA Baseball ⓘ
governingBodyType	national governing body for baseball in the United States ⓘ
governingConfederation	World Baseball Softball Confederation ⓘ
homeCountryOlympicCommittee	United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee ⓘ
jerseyType	national team uniform of the United States ⓘ
minimumAgeRequirement	typically 16 ⓘ
notableRole	development pathway for future U.S. senior national team players ⓘ development pathway for future professional baseball players ⓘ
organizedBy	USA Baseball ⓘ
playerPool	draft-eligible prospects ⓘ high school baseball players ⓘ
playerStatus	amateur ⓘ
primaryObjective	compete for world championships at the under-18 level ⓘ develop elite youth baseball talent in the United States ⓘ
represents	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
representsInCompetition	U-18 Baseball World Cup ⓘ international under-18 baseball competitions ⓘ
selectionBasis	top youth baseball players in the United States ⓘ
selectionMethod	national trials and training camps ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
trainingCity	Cary, North Carolina ⓘ linked to: Cary
trainingLocation	USA Baseball National Training Complex ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States national baseball team → hasYouthProgram → United States national under-18 baseball team ⓘ

USA Baseball 12U National Team → relatedTeam → USA Baseball 18U National Team ⓘ