Final result
Cuba lost this game 0–11 — the heaviest defeat of their tournament.
Cuba at the 2021 WBSC U-23 World Cup: the full tournament, game by game
This post was published live, before the game was played. The WBSC video feed it carried has since been made private and no longer plays; the preview below is kept as originally published.
This was one game in Cuba’s 2021 U-23 World Cup campaign. The full tournament record — every result, the Super Round collapse and the bronze medal game — is here: Cuba at the 2021 WBSC U-23 World Cup.
What happened
Cuba opened the Super Round against Venezuela and were beaten 11–0. Venezuela went on to win the tournament, shutting out Mexico 4–0 in the final on 2 October. Cuba did not recover: they lost to Colombia the following day and finished the Super Round 2–3.
Venezuela were the team of the tournament. They came through the Super Round at 4–1 and then shut out the hosts 4–0 in the final on 2 October to take gold. This 11–0 win over Cuba was the most one-sided result of Cuba’s campaign, and it set the tone for a Super Round in which Cuba won once in three.
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