Follow Canada LIVE at the IBAF 18U World Championship

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Seoul, Korea-The Junior National Team will open the 25th IBAF 18U Baseball World Championship tomorrow at Mokdong Stadium in Seoul, Korea when they take on Panama at 5am ET.

The 12-team tournament has Canada, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Italy, Czech Republic and Panama in Group B, while Group A features host Korea, Australia, Netherlands, Venezuela, Colombia and the Unites States.

You can follow all tournament games LIVE on Game Tracker by clicking on the link below:

http://www.ibaf.org/en/competition/53f63b49-49b3-437f-9f81-dcc5f0ab06a0/results

Tournament schedule, rosters, stats and standings are also available at the above link.

The Korean Baseball Federational also has created a tournament website which can be found at this link:

http://www.worldbaseball2012.kr/

And for news, notes and updates directly from Seoul, please give a follow to Baseball Canada on Twitter:

www.twitter.com/baseballcanada

Canada is coming off a 4th place finish at the last IBAF 18U World Championship which was held in Thunder Bay, Ontario in 2010. The last time Canada medalled at this event came back in 2006 when a squad led by Brett Lawrie and Phillippe Aumont collected the bronze medal in Cuba.

Canada's lone gold medal came on home soil when the event took place in Brandon, Manitoba in 1991 when a team that featured the likes of Stubby Clapp and Jason Dickson took home the gold medal.

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