2007 Baseball World Cup

2007 amateur baseball competition 6–18 November 18 5 4 Cuba United States 3 Cuba Japan Netherlands 68 USA Jayson Nix NLD 2005 2009 The 2007 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 37th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament was held, for the second time, in Taiwan (which played as Chinese Taipei), from November 6 to 18. The United States defeated Cuba in the final, winning its third title. There were 18 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals. Games were played in four cities: Taichung City (at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium and Taichung Baseball Field); Taipei City (at Tianmu Baseball Stadium); New Taipei City (Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium; and Yunlin (Douliu Baseball Stadium). At one time, Venezuela’s participation was in question due to possible sanctions to be considered by the International Baseball Federation in the wake of their refusal to grant visas to a youth team from Taichung to participate in the Youth World Baseball championships in August, 2007,IBAF strips Venezuela of baseball youth worlds over visas - Summary but they were allowed to participate. China was originally scheduled to participate in Pool B, but dropped out and was replaced by the Thai national team, who placed fifth behind China at the 2006 Asian Games. The next two competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12. Group A Table http://s29178.gridserver.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=50 IBAF 2007 Baseball World Cup standings 2007-11-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20071112102522/http://s29178.gridserver.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=50 2007-11-12 dead thumb|right +Pool A Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1 USA United States 6 1 18 2.70 2TPE Chinese Taipei 1 5 2 25 3.69 3JPN Japan 5 2 20 3.16 4MEX Mexico 4 3 32 5.24 5PAN Panama 1 3 4 39 5.85 6ITA Italy 3 4 31 4.73 7ESP Spain 1 6 63 9.00 8RSA South Africa 0 7 72 11.57 1 1Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.) 2 2The IBAF, in agreement with the IBAF Executive Committee, has ruled on Panama starting play with five players without insurance cover on Nov. 7 and 8 during the 37th Baseball World Cup: These five players were not eligible to play in the Games #3 and #11. The Panama team must forfeit both Games #3 and #11. The official result for Game #3 will be Spain 9, Panama 0. The official result for Game #11 will be USA 9, Panama 0. The official record and final standings will reflect these changes. Schedule With the exception of the opening game of the tournament, all group A games are played at Taichung Baseball Field, Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium and Douliu Baseball Stadium. thumb|right|The local crowd celebrates as Chinese Taipei defeat the visitors from Japan 6-1 in the opening round of the 2007 Baseball World Cup Team 1Team 2Time (Venue) November 7 ESP Spain 0-5 PAN Panama12:00 Intercontinental RSA South Africa 1-11 JPN Japan15:00 Taichung MEX Mexico 0-3 USA United States18:00 Intercontinental November 8 ITA Italy 11-1 ESP Spain12:00 Taichung USA United States 7-0 PAN Panama12:00 Intercontinental JPN Japan 15-3 MEX Mexico18:00 Taichung RSA South Africa 1-16 TPE Chinese Taipei18:00 Intercontinental November 9 ITA Italy 6-2 USA United States12:00 Taichung ESP Spain 7-4 RSA South Africa12:00 Intercontinental PAN Panama 3-2 MEX Mexico18:00 Taichung TPE Chinese Taipei 6-1 JPN Japan18:00 Intercontinental November 10 ESP Spain 4-8 TPE Chinese Taipei12:00 Intercontinental MEX Mexico 13-3 RSA South Africa12:00 Taichung ITA Italy 0-6 PAN Panama18:00 Taichung USA United States 5-1 JPN Japan18:00 Intercontinental November 11 RSA South Africa 0-8 ITA Italy12:00 Taichung TPE Chinese Taipei 5-9 MEX Mexico12:00 Intercontinental ESP Spain 2-12 USA United States18:00 Taichung JPN Japan 6-2 PAN Panama18:00 Intercontinental November 12 TPE Chinese Taipei 1-0 ITA Italy18:00 Tianmu November 13 USA United States 4-2 RSA South Africa12:00 Taichung ITA Italy 0-10 JPN Japan18:00 Douliu MEX Mexico 19-1 ESP Spain18:00 Taichung PAN Panama 0-10 TPE Chinese Taipei18:00 Intercontinental November 14 JPN Japan 4-3 ESP Spain12:00 Taichung MEX Mexico 11-2 ITA Italy12:00 Intercontinental PAN Panama 13-3 RSA South Africa18:00 Taichung TPE Chinese Taipei 7-10 USA United States18:00 Intercontinental Group B Table +Pool B Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1CUB Cuba 6 1 13 1.95 2AUS Australia 6 1 20 2.81 3NED Netherlands 5 2 22 3.30 4KOR 1997 South Korea 4 3 17 2.55 5CAN Canada 4 3 22 3.36 6VEN Venezuela 2 5 37 5.55 7GER Germany 1 6 52 7.80 8THA Thailand 0 7 108 20.68 Schedule All group B games are played either at Tienmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei City or at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in Taipei County. Team 1Team 2Time (Venue) November 7 CUB Cuba 3-2 AUS Australia12:00 Tianmu NED Netherlands 16-0 THA Thailand12:00 Xinzhuang KOR 1997 South Korea 5-0 CAN Canada18:00 Tianmu GER Germany 0-8 VEN Venezuela18:00 Xinzhuang November 8 VEN Venezuela 0-4 KOR 1997 South Korea12:00 Tianmu THA Thailand 0-18 CAN Canada12:00 Xinzhuang AUS Australia 4-3 NED Netherlands18:00 Tianmu GER Germany 3-7 CUB Cuba18:00 Xinzhuang November 9 KOR 1997 South Korea 18-2 THA Thailand12:00 Tianmu AUS Australia 7-4 VEN Venezuela12:00 Xinzhuang NED Netherlands 15-5 GER Germany18:00 Tianmu CUB Cuba 6-3 CAN Canada18:00 Xinzhuang November 10 VEN Venezuela 4-7 NED Netherlands12:00 Tianmu CAN Canada 10-0 GER Germany12:00 Xinzhuang CUB Cuba 7-2 KOR 1997 South Korea18:00 Tianmu THA Thailand 1-26 AUS Australia18:00 Xinzhuang November 11 AUS Australia 2-1 KOR 1997 South Korea12:00 Tianmu NED Netherlands 1-7 CAN Canada12:00 Xinzhuang GER Germany 2-0 THA Thailand18:00 Tianmu VEN Venezuela 0-10 CUB Cuba18:00 Xinzhuang November 13 THA Thailand 1-11 CUB Cuba12:00 Tianmu AUS Australia 4-2 GER Germany12:00 Xinzhuang CAN Canada 6-3 VEN Venezuela18:00 Tianmu KOR 1997 South Korea 1-5 NED Netherlands18:00 Xinzhuang November 14 CUB Cuba 1-2 NED Netherlands12:00 Tianmu GER Germany 1-8 KOR 1997 South Korea12:00 Xinzhuang CAN Canada 6-7 AUS Australia18:00 Tianmu VEN Venezuela 17-3 THA Thailand18:00 Xinzhuang Knockout rounds November 16 18:00 (Xinzhuang) USA United States 3 KOR 1997 South Korea 1 November 16 12:00 (Tianmu) TPE Chinese Taipei 3 NED Netherlands 6 November 16 12:00 (Xinzhuang) AUS Australia 0 JPN Japan 3 November 16 18:00 (Tianmu) CUB Cuba 6 MEX México 0 November 17 18:00 (Tianmu) USA United States 5 NED Netherlands 0 November 17 18:00 (Xinzhuang) JPN Japan 3 CUB Cuba 5 November 18 16:30 (Tianmu) USA United States 6 CUB Cuba 3 November 18 10:00 (Tianmu) NED Netherlands 0 JPN Japan 5 5th to 8th 5th 7th November 17 12:00 (Tianmu) TPE Chinese Taipei 0 KOR 1997 South Korea 3 November 17 12:00 (Xinzhuang) AUS Australia 7 MEX Mexico 1 November 18 13:00 (Xinzhuang) KOR 1997 South Korea 5 AUS Australia 2 November 18 09:00 (Xinzhuang) TPE Chinese Taipei 4 MEX Mexico 6 Final standings Pos Team W L 18px USA 9 1 18px CUB 8 2 18px JPN 7 3 4 NED 6 4 5 KOR 6 4 6 AUS 7 3 7 MEX 5 5 8 TPE 5 5 9 CAN 4 3 10 PAN 3 4 11 ITA 3 4 12 VEN 2 5 13 GER 1 6 14 ESP 1 6 15 RSA 0 7 16 THA 0 7 Awards The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.http://www.mister-baseball.com/baseball-world-cup-allstar-team Baseball World Cup: Allstar Team 29 July 2009 19 November 2007 Mister-Baseball.com https://web.archive.org/web/20080529135827/http://www.mister-baseball.com/baseball-world-cup-allstar-team/ 29 May 2008 live http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/144056.html US beats Cuba to win gold at baseball World Cup - Summary 29 July 2009 18 November 2007 The Earth Times https://web.archive.org/web/20120902025832/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/144056.html 2 September 2012 live + All Star Team Position Player Catcher NED Sidney de Jong First Base JPN Yasuyuki Saigo Second Base USA Jayson Nix Third Base MEX Efren Rodriguez Espinosa Short Stop KOR 1997 Sohn Si-Hun Outfield AUS Trent Oeltjen CUB Frederich Cepeda USA Colby Rasmus Designated Hitter ITA Max di Biase + Tournament Awards Award Player MVP USA Jayson Nix Batting Award AUS Trent Oeltjen Fielding Award NED Hainley Statia Pitching Award JPN Tadashi SettsuCUB Aroldis Chapman See also List of sporting events in Taiwan References External links 2007 Baseball World Cup Main Schedule Official IBAF Website Category:Baseball World Cup Baseball World Cup, 2007 Baseball World Cup, 2007 Category:Sport in Taichung 2007 Category:November 2007 sports events in Asia