Players under 12 are preparing for the pre-mundial. Author: Luis Carlos Palacios

With nine teams, including Cuba, Aguascalientes, Mexico, will host the Pan American Under-12 Baseball Championship from May 19 to 28, whose first four places secure spots at this year’s World Championship in Chinese Taipei.

According to the schedule released by the organizers, the Cubans will debut against the Dominicans (19), and then meet with Venezuela (20), USA (21), Colombia (22), Puerto Rico (23), Mexico (25). , Brazil (26) and close the preliminary stage against Panama (27). The date of rest is scheduled for the 24th.

The winners of the first two places will discuss gold on Sunday 28, some time after the third and fourth places clash for the bronze metal, although these four teams have already received their tickets for the World Championship.

In continental tournaments, Cuba is gaining five medals (3-1-1) and is third in the historical ranking, behind Venezuela (12-3-4) and Mexico (6-8-2).

The last edition, held in Colombia in 2019, was dominated by the hosts, followed by the Dominicans and Brazilians, in that order. Cuba has not won a title since 1997 and its last podium was bronze in 2018, an event also held in Aguascalientes.

The 7th World Championship will be held in Tainan, Chinese Taipei from July 28 to August 6. Globally, the big winner is the United States, the current monarch with four titles.

Source: Juventud Rebelde