After an uncertain start in the U-15 Caribbean Championship of baseballthe Cuban team has in their hands the possibility of classifying the Universal Tournament of the category, which will have Italy as a stage next year.
In its most recent presentation in the Continental Justa, with headquarters in the Dominican Republic, those led by Alexander Urquiola bent the cast of Puerto Rico by KO of 13-2, and thus caused a triple draw at the top of the table, reports The agency Latin press (PL).
Before the closing date of the tournament -a home run at double around the system of all against all -Cubans exhibit a balance of three successes and two setbacks, similar to that of Puerto Ricans and hosts.
He has just won, 13 races for 2 to Puerto Rico, the team #Cuba of baseball in Panamericano classification to the U-15 World Cup. With three wire victories, after giving the first two games against Dominican and Puerto Rico. Tomorrow in front of Aruba. Congratulations guys! pic.twitter.com/zmbervrcbb
– Cuba Embassy in the Dominican Republic (@embacuba_repdom) SEPTEMBER 10, 2025
The initial defeats between premises and Puerto Ricans put the representative of Cuba on the edge of the abyss, but successive victories, plus the unexpected defeat on Wednesday of the Quisqueyans before the already eliminated Aruba (4-6), gave him a break and the possibility of winning the fair.
The duel against the Arubeños is crucial, because in the other clash of the day they will face Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, and the loser will be out of the race for the ticket.
Issue of probabilities
According to the LID regulation, any draw will have to be defined by going to the result of bilateral duels, in which Cubans have divided honors with the other two candidates.
The next variant to undo the parity would be the Team quality balance (TQB), coefficient in which Cubans would take advantage of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, taking into account the markers of the matches.
In this way, the victory over Aruba in the farewell would clear the way to the World Cup, something that does not seem easy taking into account the performance of the rival in its most recent presentations, when they were close to submitting Puerto Rico and defeated the hosts.
In case of finishing in the second position, they would be waiting for the assignment of two wild cards to the runners -up of the three classifying tournaments based in America.
This cast will have as the first selection criter the number of teams participating in each fair, something that would put the Caribbean candidate at a disadvantage, since the other two calls were attended by five nations.
For South America, the World Cup quota won the Venezuela team, while Colombia was waiting for the desired Wild Card. A struggle between Mexico, the United States, Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica is raised.
