After eight years of hiatus, FISU (International University Sports Federation) World University Baseball Championship is coming back.

From July 6th to 15th, eight countries (Taiwan, USA, Japan, Korea, Australia, Czech Republic, Hong Kong and Russia) will be competing in Chiayi City, Taiwan.

The tournament will be televised on FOX Sports in Taiwan, or alternatively, baseball fans around the world can stream the games on YouTube via SSUtv Sports.

2018 World University Baseball Championship Schedule

During the first phase, the teams are divided into two group of four teams for round robin group play.

Group A – Taiwan, Korea, Australia, Czech Republic.

Group B – USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Russia.

6th July 2018 09:00 – Hong Kong vs USA. 13:00 – Japan vs Russia. 17:00 – Korea vs Czech Republic.

7th July 2018 09:00 – Czech Republic vs Australia. 13:00 – Russia vs Hong Kong. 17:00 – Taiwan vs Korea.

8th July 2018 09:00 – Australia vs Korea. 13:00 – Japan vs USA. 17:00 – Taiwan vs Czech Republic.

9th July 2018 09:00 – Hong Kong vs Japan. 13:00 – USA vs Russia. 17:00 – Australia vs Taiwan



From July 11th to 13th, second phase (super round & consolation round) will start featuring cross group play between group A and B. After the super round, the winner and the final ranking will be determined from July 14th to 15th.

Team Taiwan Roster

Name Position University 林鋅杰 (Lin Hsin-Chieh) RHP Kainan University 劉軒荅 (Liu Hsuan-Ta) RHP NTSU 賴智垣 (Lai Chih-Yuan) RHP TUS 魏碩成 (Wei Shuo-Cheng) LHP Far East University 林安可 (Lin An-Ko) LHP Culture University 鄭浩均 (Cheng Hao-Chun) RHP NTSU 江國豪 (Chiang Kuo-Hao) RHP TUS 蘇俊璋 (Su Chun-Chang) RHP Culture University 廖乙忠 (Liao Yi-Chung) RHP Kainan University 蘇勝鴻 (Su Sheng-Hung) RHP Culture University 高宇杰 (Kao Yu-Chieh) Catcher NTSU 姚冠瑋 (Yao Kuan-Wei) Catcher Culture University 施冠宇 (Shih Kuan-Yu) Infielder Culture University 李凱威 (Li Kai-Wei) Infielder Culture University 朱祥麟 (Chu Hsiang-Lin) Infielder Kainan University 王政順 (Wang Cheng-Shun) Infielder NTSU 劉致榮 (Liu Chih-Jung) Infielder Culture University 李承恩 (Li Chen-En) Infielder NTSU 張文賢 (Chang Wen-Hsien) Infielder TUS 楊志翔 (Yang Chih-Hsiang) Outfielder Culture University 洪瑋漢 (Hung Wei-Han) Outfielder TUS 王詩聰 (Wang Shih-Tsung) Outfielder NTSU

Before They Were Famous: Notable Alumni

The following players what do they all have in common? Gerrit Cole, Tomoyuki Sugano (菅野 智之), Lin Hung-Yu (林泓育), Na Sung-Bum (나성범) and Yoenis Cespedes.

Well, all of them have represented their countries at the FISU World University Baseball Championship back in the day. So, perhaps we will see some future stars in the 2018 FISU World University Baseball Championship.