Regarding the World Cup of baseball under the age of 23 to be held in Mexico from next month, BFJ = All Japan Baseball Federation, which oversees amateur baseball, announced that it will not dispatch a representative from Japan because the infection status of the new coronavirus cannot be predicted. ..
The World Cup for baseball under the age of 23 was held in Mexico from 23rd to October 2nd next month with 12 teams participating, and the Japanese national team made up of professional baseball players was scheduled to participate.
However, the BFJ and the Japanese Baseball League, which oversees adult baseball, said that they could not get the understanding of their teams because they could not see the local infection situation and they would need to take quarantine measures for two weeks after returning to Japan. Announced that it will not be dispatched to.
At the 2nd tournament held in Colombia in 2018, Japan challenged with a mixed team of professionals and working people under the supervision of Atsunori Inaba and was runner-up.
According to the BFJ, in addition to Japan, South Africa, New Zealand and China have also declined to participate in the tournament.