The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and Major League Baseball (MLB) announced a global professional players’ agreement for the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup 2017. 

The champioship will be staged 1-10 September in Thunder Bay, Canada.

As part of the new MLB-WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup partnership, MLB affiliated players (born 1999-2001) are eligible to participate with their respective National Teams.

Twelve nations — Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, South Africa and the United States — will be competing in the official junior baseball world championship, and the respective national governing bodies will have until 27 August to finalize their rosters for the U-18 Baseball World Cup.

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