South Africa book WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup ticket after being crowned Africa champions
World No. 23 South Africa claimed the Africa ticket to the WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2026 after being crowned WBSC Africa U-15 Baseball Champions at the Africa Qualifier at the Nairobi Baseball Field of Dreams in Kenya on Sunday.
South Africa completing an undefeated run in the three-day WBSC Africa U-15 Baseball Championship, which also featured hosts and world No. 63 Kenya, No. 55 Uganda and South Sudan.
On the final day of competition, South Africa produced two commanding performances to seal the title. In the morning fixture, they defeated Uganda 6-0 before closing the tournament with a 20-1 victory over hosts Kenya. The results completed South Africa’s unbeaten run of six wins from six games.
WBSC Africa U-15 Baseball Championship results:
Day 1
KEN 0-19 UGA
RSA 13-0 SSD
KEN 2-28 RSA
SSD 9-0 UGA
Day 2
RSA 9-4 UGA
KEN 2-15 SSD
UGA 23-7 KEN
SSD 0-9 RSA
Day 3
SSD 16-13 KEN
UGA 8-7 SSD
UGA 0-6 RSA
RSA 20-1 KEN
Final Standings
1) RSA (6 wins, 0 defeats)
2) UGA (3 wins, 3 defeats)
3) SSD (3 wins, 3 defeats)
4) KEN (0 wins, 6 defeats)
South Africa will make its ninth appearance at the WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup, and its fourth in a row. The nation’s best result on the global stage was an eighth-place finish in 2003, when nine teams participated in the competition.
With their bronze medal, South Sudan will make the WBSC Men's Baseball World Ranking for the first time in history.
The WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2026
Nine teams have qualified so far for the WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup 2026:
- No. 18 Germany and No. 16 Czechia qualified through the U-15 European Championship
- No. 2 Chinese Taipei and No. 1 Japan qualified through the XII BFA U-15 Asian Championship
- No. 5 Venezuela won the South American Qualifier
- No. 9 Cuba won the WBSC Americas Caribbean Qualifier.
- No. 3 USA swept the WBSC Americas Central and North American Qualifier.
- No. 11 Australia won the WBSC Oceania Qualifier at the Dededo Sports Complex in Macheche, Guam, undefeated.
- No. 23 South Africa won the Africa Qualifier
WBSC Americas will announce two more teams, with a wild card completing the field of 12 teams for the VII WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup.