The best 15-year-old baseball players in the world – spanning five nations and two continents (Americas and Asia) — are represented on the WBSC U-15 All-World Team.

Reigning World Champions at the U-12 and U-18 levels, USA claimed their first world title in the history of the U-15 Baseball World Cup, with a 7-1 win over host Panama in front of over 8,000 fans at Estadio Kenny Serracín.

Ping-En Wu’s two-run triple in the fifth inning proved to be the difference for the Chinese Taipei National Team as they defeated rival Japan, 6-3, to finish third in the world.

China, Germany and South Africa all scored victories in the U-15 world championship in Panama, posting 1-7 overall records. Tie-breaking rules placed China 10th, Germany 11th and South Africa 12th.

At the last U-15 Baseball World Cup in 2016, Japan finished second in the world, earning the silver medal, while Chinese Taipei finished in seventh place and did not make it out of the Opening Round group stage.

The Panama U-15 National Team continued its hot streak, defeating Dominican Republic, 3-2, Saturday night to close the Super Round and set up Sunday’s World Championship Final with top-ranked USA.

The World Championship Final between Panama and USA will be live-streamed on the WBSC YouTube Channel.

USA’s win against Japan also puts Panama into Sunday’s finale For the Title of World Champion. Panama and the U.S. met in the bronze medal match at the 2016 edition in Iwaki, Japan, with the U.S. coming away on top.

Both Chinese Taipei and Cuba finish the Super Round with 2-3 records — Cuba will surrender its reign on baseball’s U-15 world title, which the nation has held since 2014.

Carlos Gonzalez’s grand slam in the first inning — minutes after an earthquake struck the region —  powered Panama past world No. 2 Japan in front of more than 5,000 spectators at Kenny Serracín Stadium Friday night.