Pan American U12 World Cup qualifier will be played in Panama City in October

(Press Release; WBSC-AMERICAS BASEBALL).- The Pan American tournament, qualifier for the U12 World Cup, will finally be held in Panama City.

Twelve teams will compete in the event that will be played at the National Rod Carew stadium and the Andy Alonso stadium, the latter made of synthetic grass, in Panama City from October 19 to 27.

Twelve teams will participate in total, eleven of them are looking for three places for the World Cup of the category to be held the following year, Panama is already automatically qualified for hosting the World Cup qualifier.

Panama will share Group A with Mexico, the United States, Colombia, Nicaragua and Ecuador, while Group B will be made up of Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Argentina.

Panama successfully organized the U18 World Cup qualifier in August, so together with WBSC Americas they once again challenge themselves to leave the best impression of the upcoming U12 tournament.

Less than two months separate the start of the competition from now, so the twelve nations begin to work on their national teams for that important challenge at the end of October.

In the last World Cup qualifier held in Aguasclientes, Mexico, the United States and Venezuela competed in the final, again America seeks to be among the first three in the world as happened with these two nations in the last World Cup.

More than 200 players are expected for this competition that features the twelve countries seeking the position to compete among the best in the world in the U12 category.

(Media Department; Guillermo Yáber Llanos)