2008 Copa América (baseball)

America's Cup (disambiguation) Copa America (disambiguation) The 2008 Copa América de Béisbol was held in the Venezuelan cities of Puerto Ordaz and El Tigre, from September 26 to October 7. The tournament acted as a qualifier for the 2009 World Cup.Final Spots in World Cup on the line at Copa America October 2, 2008 Mister Baseball http://www.mister-baseball.com/final-spots-world-cup-line-copa-america/ 2010-08-13 2015-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115327/http://www.mister-baseball.com/final-spots-world-cup-line-copa-america/ dead The competition was used to select the teams that represented Central and South America — including the Caribbean — in the Baseball World Cup. Format and participation The tournament is split up into 2 groups. Group A consists of Venezuela, Nicaragua, Colombia, Netherlands Antilles and Mexico, and Group B consists of Puerto Rico, Brazil, Aruba, Guatemala and Panama. Cuba did not compete because they already qualified for the 2009 World Cup as they were Olympic competitors the same year.Cuba Not to Attend Baseball America Cup September 25, 2008 CRIENGLISH.com http://english.cri.cn/2886/2008/09/25/1042s408948.htm 2008-10-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20080926192559/http://english.cri.cn/2886/2008/09/25/1042s408948.htm 26 September 2008 dead Results Puerto Rico won the tournament, defeating Nicaragua 4:1 in the final.http://www.primerahora.com/deportes/beisbol/nota/puertoricosecoronaenelpremundialdebeisbol-236179 Puerto Rico se corona en el premundial de béisbol Primera Hora Spanish 2008-10-05 2008-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20081208191422/http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/beisbol/acciondeportiva/puerto_rico_se_corona_en_el_premundial_de_beisbol/236179 December 8, 2008 live Final Standing PlaceTeam16px|GoldPUR16px|SilverNIC16px|BronzeMEX4ANT5VEN6PAN7BRA8ABW9GUA and COL bb 2008 Americas Baseball champions PUR First Notable players C: César Quintero, Panama (.577/.593/.846) 1B: Carlos Rivera, Puerto Rico (MVP) (.375/.444/.719, 3 HR, 10 RBI) 2B: Ofilio Castro, Nicaragua (.480/.536/.640, 7 R, 7 RBI) SS: Andy González, Puerto Rico (.379/.455/.517, 8 R) 3B: Agustín Murillo, Mexico (.323/.353/.742, 4 2B, 3 HR, 7 R, 11 RBI) OF: Willie Vasquez, Venezuela (.414/.469/.483) OF: Ardley Jansen, Netherlands Antilles (.444/.467/.963, 4 HR, 8 R, 8 RBI) OF: Danilo Sotelo, Nicaragua (.385/.393/.462) DH: José Velázquez, Puerto Rico (.308/.379/.462) RHP: Johnny Gregorius, Netherlands Antilles (2-0, 0 R, 5 H in 15 IP) LHP: Raymond Martes, Netherlands Antilles (1-1, 5.02) See also Baseball awards#Americas Baseball at the Pan American Games Baseball at the Central American and Caribbean Games Baseball at the South American Games 2004 Americas Olympic Baseball Qualifying Tournament References Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Venezuela Category:2008 in Venezuelan sport Copa América Copa América Category:Ciudad Guayana Category:El Tigre Copa América