2009 Baseball World Cup

2009 World Baseball Classic December 2019 2009BaseballWorldCup.gif 150px 9–27 September 22 United States United States 4 Cuba Canada Puerto Rico 92 126799 USA Justin Smoak 27 September 2009 TWN 2007 PAN 2011 The 2009 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 38th 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 2009 tournament was held, for the first time, across a continent — with games played in 27 cities across eight European countries, from September 9 to 27. The final was a repeat of the previous BWC final, with the United States again defeating Cuba, winning its fourth title. Canada won the bronze medal, the nation's first medal in the tournament, after defeating Puerto Rico 6–2.Canada wins bronze at World Cup https://www.baseball.ca/canada-wins-bronze-at-world-cup Baseball Canada 26 September 2009 28 June 2023 There were 22 participating countries (which stands as the most ever in tournament history), with 20 teams split into five groups for the first round, after which "official" host Italy and 2007 European Champion Netherlands joined the advancing 14 teams in the second round. The next competition would be the last amateur championship held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12. Format Previous editions of the World Cup were held with no more than 18 teams. These teams were initially broken up into two pools, with the top teams from each pool qualifying for the final knockout stage. With 22 teams competing in the 2009 tournament, the format has been expanded into three phases. Teams that play from the first round and finish among the top eight teams of the tournament will now have played as many as 15 games, making it one of the longest campaigns for any international baseball tournament. All of the teams, with the exception of Italy and Netherlands, will compete in the first round (as hosts for the second-round games, Italy and Netherlands receive a bye through the first round). The teams will be broken into five pools of four teams each. Each pool will be held in a different country, with the hosts Czech Republic, Spain, Sweden, Croatia and Germany assigned to the corresponding pools. (Previously, Russia had been set as the host nation for Pool D, however they were replaced by Croatia in an announcement from the IBAF.)http://www.2009baseballworldcup.com/index.php?id=13&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=51&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=8&cHash=eb2e3551b5 IBAF Announces Relocation of One of the 2009 Baseball World Cup First Round Sites from Russia to Croatia 18 July 2009 17 July 2009 International Baseball Federation Games featuring Japan, Great Britain, Nicaragua and Croatia to be held in Zagreb from September 9–12 https://web.archive.org/web/20110707061829/http://www.2009baseballworldcup.com/index.php?id=13&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=51&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=8&cHash=eb2e3551b5 7 July 2011 live Unlike the 2009 World Baseball Classic, the pools will be conducted in single round-robin format.http://www.2009baseballworldcup.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Schedule/Page_1.pdf 2009 World Cup Game Schedule – 1st Round International Baseball Federation 19 June 2009 21 June 2009 Masaru Yokoo https://web.archive.org/web/20110707061754/http://www.2009baseballworldcup.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Schedule/Page_1.pdf 7 July 2011 dead The top two teams from each pool will automatically qualify for the second round, while four of the five third-place finishers will also qualify as wild cards.http://www.2009baseballworldcup.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Schedule/Page_2.pdf 2009 World Cup Game Schedule – 2nd Round International Baseball Federation 19 June 2009 Masaru Yokoo 21 June 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110707061809/http://www.2009baseballworldcup.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Schedule/Page_2.pdf 7 July 2011 In some respects, the first round is like a final qualifying tournament, similar to the format used for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The second round operates similarly to the first, but on an expanded scale. The field of teams is split into two pools, one hosted in Italy, the other in the Netherlands. The fourteen qualifiers from the first round are assigned to the pools, and commence a single round-robin competition. The top four teams from each pool then qualify for the third and final round.http://www.2009baseballworldcup.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Schedule/Page_3.pdf 2009 World Cup Game Schedule -Finals International Baseball Federation Masaru Yokoo 19 June 2009 21 June 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110707061822/http://www.2009baseballworldcup.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Schedule/Page_3.pdf 7 July 2011 The third round is broken into two parts: a partial round-robin and then four classification games, including the final. Each team will play four games during the round-robin phase, against the teams they have not yet faced (in Round 2) who also qualified – i.e. the teams from the Italian pool will face the teams from the Netherlands pool, but not each other. The teams are then ranked on their results in this phase and in games of the 2nd round between qualified teams, but in two groups based on the pool they qualified from. Each team then plays a classification game against their counterpart from the opposite group to determine their final placings in the tournament – i.e. the fourth place Italian qualifier faces the fourth place Netherlands qualifier to determine seventh and eighth positions, the third place qualifiers compete for fifth and sixth positions, and so on. The winner of the final classification game will be declared the winner of the World Cup for 2009. Tiebreaking procedures The IBAF employs a standard tiebreaking system across all tournaments it sanctions, though it will use a modified version for this World Cup. Ordinarily there are five criteria available to be used when two or more teams finish the tournament (or a section thereof) with the same winning percentage; if the first method does not split the teams involved, the next one is used, continuing down the list of methods until a distinction is achieved. The criteria used to determine the higher placed finishing team, in order, are: the team with the better head-to-head record for the teams involved the team with the better ratio of runs allowed per fielding inning subtracted from the ratio of runs scored per batting inning, referred to as the "Team Quality Balance", from the games involving the tied teams the team with the better "Earned Run Team Quality Balance" – the same as No. 2 but using only earned runs as opposed to all runs the team with the highest batting average from the head-to-head games a coin flip. For this World Cup though, a simplified method of tiebreaking will be used: the team with the better head-to-head record for the teams involved the team with the fewest runs allowed the team with the lowest earned run average the team with the highest batting average. In the case of determining the four wild card teams that will progress from the first to the second round, the first measure will automatically be skipped, as it will be impossible for the teams to have played against each other.http://hosting3.sportingpulse.com/www.ibaf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/The_Game/Norms_2009_Eng_final.pdf IBAF Official Competitions Technical/Organizational Norms 1 July 2009 10 September 2009 International Baseball Federation Yokoo Masaru https://web.archive.org/web/20091122152245/http://hosting3.sportingpulse.com/www.ibaf.org/fileadmin/user_upload/The_Game/Norms_2009_Eng_final.pdf 22 November 2009 dead Teams Twenty-two teams qualified for the tournament, either through finishing high enough in the 2007 World Cup, placing high enough in regional tournaments that doubled as qualifying tournaments for the event, or by automatic qualification by hosting some part of the tournament. Round 1Pool APool BPool CPool DPool E AUS 6th, 2007 World Cup CUB 18px 2007 World Cup CAN Qualified, 2008 Olympics CRO Replacing Russia, Host nation CHN Qualified, 2008 Olympics TPE Qualified, 2008 Olympics PUR 18px 2008 AmericasBaseball Cup AHO 4th, 2008 AmericasBaseball Cup GBR 18px 2007 EuropeanChampionship GER 4th, 2007 EuropeanChampionship CZE Host nation RSA African qualifier KOR 1997 5th, 2007 World Cup JPN 18px 2007 World Cup USA 18px 2007 World Cup MEX 18px 2008 AmericasBaseball Cup ESP 18px 2007 EuropeanChampionship SWE Host nation NIC 18px 2008 AmericasBaseball Cup VEN 5th, 2008 AmericasBaseball Cup Round 2 Pool F Pool G NED 18px 2007 European Championship ITA Host nation Round 1 Group A Qualified for the 2nd round Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card Team W L R RA PCT MEX 3 0 27 9 1.000 AUS 2 1 33 19 .667 TPE 1 2 15 16 .333 CZE 0 3 5 36 .000 9 September 2009 CZE 4–17 https://web.archive.org/web/20090916050001/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/001.htm AUS CZE Prague, Czech Republic 800 10 September 2009 TPE 0–8 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922222652/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/006.htm MEX CZE Prague, Czech Republic 700 11 September 2009 AUS 7–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20091018051751/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/012.htm TPE CZE Prague, Czech Republic 1,000 11 September 2009 MEX 9–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20090914120636/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/016.htm CZE CZE Prague, Czech Republic 1,200 12 September 2009 AUS 9–10 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926061700/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/023.htm MEX CZE Prague, Czech Republic 2,500 12 September 2009 CZE 1–10 https://web.archive.org/web/20120518120013/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/026.htm TPE CZE Prague, Czech Republic 2,500 Group B Qualified for the 2nd round Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card Team W L R RA PCT CUB 3 0 25 9 1.000 PUR 2 1 17 13 .667 ESP 1 2 22 10 .333 RSA 0 3 5 37 .000 9 September 2009 ESP 15 – 0 (F/6) https://web.archive.org/web/20090914131710/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/002.htm RSA ESP Barcelona, Spain 350 10 September 2009 PUR 0 – 10 (F/7) https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052635/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/008.htm CUB ESP Barcelona, Spain 1,500 11 September 2009 CUB 10–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052700/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/011.htm RSA ESP Barcelona, Spain 500 11 September 2009 ESP 3–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052720/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/018.htm PUR ESP Barcelona, Spain 1,500 12 September 2009 CUB 5–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052727/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/021.htm ESP ESP Barcelona, Spain 1,500 12 September 2009 RSA 0 – 12 (F/7) https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052735/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/028.htm PUR ESP Barcelona, Spain 150 Group C Qualified for the 2nd round Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card Team W L R RA PCT CAN 3 0 43 2 1.000 AHO 2 1 19 28 .667 KOR 1997 1 2 11 19 .333 SWE 0 3 10 34 .000 9 September 2009 SWE 8–10 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052743/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/003.htm AHO SWE Sundbyberg, Sweden 1,223 10 September 2009 CAN 9–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715132949/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/009.htm KOR 1997 SWE Sundbyberg, Sweden 662 11 September 2009 KOR 1997 5–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052812/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/014.htm SWE SWE Sundbyberg, Sweden 1,307 11 September 2009 AHO 0 – 15 (F/7) https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052825/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/019.htm CAN SWE Sundbyberg, Sweden 1,408 12 September 2009 KOR 1997 5–9 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052848/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/022.htm AHO SWE Sundbyberg, Sweden 1,722 12 September 2009 SWE 1 – 19 (F/5) https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052909/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/029.htm CAN SWE Sundbyberg, Sweden 2,091 Group D Qualified for the 2nd round Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card Team W L R RA PCT NIC 3 0 28 5 1.000 JPN 2 1 26 18 .667 GBR 1 2 11 20 .333 CRO 0 3 5 27 .000 10 September 2009 GBR 7–9 https://web.archive.org/web/20100307041108/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/005.htm JPN CRO Zagreb, Croatia 180 10 September 2009 CRO 1–10 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052940/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/007.htm NIC CRO Zagreb, Croatia 450 11 September 2009 NIC 10 – 0 (F/7) https://web.archive.org/web/20120529052956/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/013.htm GBR CRO Zagreb, Croatia 150 11 September 2009 JPN 13 – 3 (F/7) https://web.archive.org/web/20120529053017/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/017.htm CRO CRO Zagreb, Croatia 400 12 September 2009 JPN 4–8 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529053039/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/024.htm NIC CRO Zagreb, Croatia 380 12 September 2009 CRO 1–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529053053/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/027.htm GBR CRO Zagreb, Croatia 600 Group E Qualified for the 2nd round Team W L R RA PCT VEN 3 0 42 12 1.000 USA 2 1 26 14 .667 GER 1 2 16 22 .333 CHN 0 3 3 39 .000 9 September 2009 GER 14 – 1 (F/7) https://web.archive.org/web/20120529053105/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/004.htm CHN GER Regensburg, Germany 5,300 10 September 2009 USA 9 – 13 (F/11) https://web.archive.org/web/20100723005504/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/010.htm VEN GER Regensburg, Germany 4,200 11 September 2009 VEN 17 – 2 (F/5) https://web.archive.org/web/20120529053136/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/015.htm CHN GER Regensburg, Germany 6,100 11 September 2009 USA 9–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715133021/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/020.htm GER GER Regensburg, Germany 9,600 12 September 2009 CHN 0–8 https://web.archive.org/web/20120529053215/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/025.htm USA GER Regensburg, Germany 5,900 12 September 2009 GER 1 – 12 (F/8) https://web.archive.org/web/20120529053238/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/030.htm VEN GER Regensburg, Germany 6,900 Wild cards Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card Team Pool W L R RA PCT ESP B 1 2 22 10 .333 TPE A 1 2 15 16 .333 KOR 1997 C 1 2 11 19 .333 GBR D 1 2 11 20 .333 GER E 1 2 16 22 .333 Round 2 Group F Qualified for the 3rd round Team W L R RA PCT 1st TiebreakerHead–to–head record 2nd TiebreakerHead–to–head runs allowed 3rd TiebreakerHead–to–head recordhttp://2009baseballworldcup.com/index.php?id=13&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=2&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=206&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=8&cHash=cdca538f04 2009 IBAF Baseball World Cup Final Round Team Capsules International Baseball Federation 22 September 2009 24 September 2009 NED 6 1 44 23 .857 1–1 7 1–0 PUR 6 1 46 16 .857 1–1 7 0–1 CUB 6 1 42 10 .857 1–1 8 — VEN 3 4 26 37 .429 1–0 — — KOR 1997 3 4 30 24 .429 0–1 — — NIC 2 5 24 48 .333 1–0 — — ESP 2 5 31 47 .286 0–1 — — GBR 0 7 12 50 .000 — — — 13 September 2009 NED 4–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20120518120143/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/031.htm KOR 1997 NED Amsterdam, Netherlands 3,500 13 September 2009 CUB 6–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20090923130758/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/033.htm GBR NED Haarlem, Netherlands 327 13 September 2009 VEN 7–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20090923130243/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/034.htm NIC NED Rotterdam, Netherlands 250 13 September 2009 PUR 12 – 2 (F/7) https://web.archive.org/web/20090922174738/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/035.htm ESP NED Amsterdam, Netherlands 211 14 September 2009 KOR 1997 15 – 5 (F/8) https://web.archive.org/web/20090923130807/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/039.htm GBR NED Amsterdam, Netherlands 91 14 September 2009 ESP 8–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922174800/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/040.htm VEN NED Amsterdam, Netherlands 61 14 September 2009 NIC 1–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20090923125456/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/041.htm CUB NED Haarlem, Netherlands 350 14 September 2009 NED 5–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922222625/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/042.htm PUR NED Rotterdam, Netherlands 2,041 16 September 2009 PUR 3–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20120518120724/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/051.htm KOR 1997 NED Rotterdam, Netherlands 251 16 September 2009 GBR 1–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20090924003149/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/052.htm NIC NED Rotterdam, Netherlands 112 16 September 2009 ESP 5–10 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926182123/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/053.htm NED NED Haarlem, Netherlands 2,500 16 September 2009 CUB 10 – 0 (F/8) https://web.archive.org/web/20090923125501/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/054.htm VEN NED Amsterdam, Netherlands 479 17 September 2009 PUR 3–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922194338/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/055.htm GBR NED Haarlem, Netherlands 1,477 17 September 2009 NED 8–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926203625/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/056.htm VEN NED Haarlem, Netherlands 3,117 17 September 2009 ESP 0–10 https://web.archive.org/web/20090923125506/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/057.htm CUB NED Amsterdam, Netherlands 108 17 September 2009 NIC 2–7 https://web.archive.org/web/20120525131408/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/058.htm KOR 1997 NED Rotterdam, Netherlands 400 18 September 2009 ESP 5–9 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926181125/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/063.htm NIC NED Amsterdam, Netherlands 300 18 September 2009 CUB 2–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922222630/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/064.htm PUR NED Amsterdam, Netherlands 1,600 18 September 2009 VEN 4–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926182030/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/065.htm KOR 1997 NED Haarlem, Netherlands 334 18 September 2009 GBR 0–6 https://web.archive.org/web/20091016171159/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/066.htm NED NED Rotterdam, Netherlands 2,225 19 September 2009 GBR 3–10 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925161455/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/071.htm ESP NED Rotterdam, Netherlands 433 19 September 2009 KOR 1997 1–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20090923130821/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/073.htm CUB NED Rotterdam, Netherlands 1,400 19 September 2009 VEN 3–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926120106/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/074.htm PUR NED Haarlem, Netherlands 1,116 19 September 2009 NIC 4–8 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925224826/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/075.htm NED NED Amsterdam, Netherlands 3,000 20 September 2009 NIC 0 – 16 (F/7) https://web.archive.org/web/20090926152605/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/079.htm PUR NED Haarlem, Netherlands 406 20 September 2009 NED 3–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926195342/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/080.htm CUB NED Rotterdam, Netherlands 4,000 20 September 2009 VEN 6–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926010951/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/081.htm GBR NED Haarlem, Netherlands 800 20 September 2009 KOR 1997 2–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926014219/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/082.htm ESP NED Amsterdam, Netherlands 354 Group G Qualified for the 3rd round Team W L R RA PCT 1st TiebreakerHead–to–head record 2nd TiebreakerHead–to–head runs allowed 3rd TiebreakerHead–to–head record USA 7 0 60 15 1.000 — — — AUS 5 2 47 27 .714 1–1 8 1–0 CAN 5 2 50 29 .714 1–1 8 0–1 TPE 5 2 32 29 .714 1–1 9 — JPN 2 5 28 25 .286 1–1 9 — ITA 2 5 32 54 .286 1–1 10 — MEX 2 5 28 38 .286 1–1 12 — AHO 0 7 27 87 .000 — — — 13 September 2009 AUS 19 – 6 (F/7) https://web.archive.org/web/20090923125452/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/032.htm AHO ITA Piacenza, Italy 383 13 September 2009 ITA 2–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922174754/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/038.htm TPE ITA Florence, Italy 1,800 13 September 2009 JPN 9–3 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922174744/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/037.htm MEX ITA Parma, Italy 604 13 September 2009 USA 8–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922174754/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/038.htm CAN ITA Reggio Emilia, Italy 300 14 September 2009 MEX 6–3 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922205524/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/043.htm ITA ITA Bologna, Italy 500 14 September 2009 CAN 3 – 5 (F/10) https://web.archive.org/web/20090923130248/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/044.htm AUS ITA Novara, Italy 200 14 September 2009 AHO 1 – 11 (F/7) https://web.archive.org/web/20120518120506/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/046.htm USA ITA Verona, Italy 850 15 September 2009 TPE 5 – 4 (F/10) https://web.archive.org/web/20120518120658/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/047.htm AUS ITA Godo, Italy 450 15 September 2009 USA 4–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110820181931/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/048.htm JPN ITA Macerata, Italy 1,900 16 September 2009 Rescheduled from 14 September because of rain JPN 1 – 3 (F/10) https://web.archive.org/web/20090926010937/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/045.htm TPE SMR Serravalle, Republic of San Marino 120 16 September 2009 Rescheduled from 15 September because of rain MEX 2–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926190901/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/049.htm CAN ITA Turin, Italy 400 17 September 2009 TPE 3 – 14 (F/7) https://web.archive.org/web/20090923130815/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/059.htm USA ITA Turin, Italy 1,000 17 September 2009 CAN 3 – 2 (F/10) https://web.archive.org/web/20090926190945/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/060.htm JPN ITA Bologna, Italy 450 17 September 2009 AUS 5–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20090923130257/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/061.htm ITA ITA Parma, Italy 1,522 17 September 2009 MEX 9–8 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922194344/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/062.htm AHO SMR Serravalle, Republic of San Marino 300 18 September 2009 AHO 2 – 19 (F/6) https://web.archive.org/web/20091002213032/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/067.htm CAN ITA Godo, Italy 650 18 September 2009 ITA 6–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922174806/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/068.htm JPN ITA Novara, Italy 1,000 18 September 2009 TPE 1 – 0 (F/10) https://web.archive.org/web/20090922174812/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/070.htm MEX ITA Verona, Italy 600 19 September 2009 JPN 0–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926120025/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/072.htm AUS ITA Bologna, Italy 400 19 September 2009 AHO 3–12 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926152600/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/076.htm TPE ITA Novara, Italy 350 19 September 2009 CAN 16–7 https://web.archive.org/web/20091002213036/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/077.htm ITA ITA Reggio Emilia, Italy 817 19 September 2009 MEX 3–7 https://web.archive.org/web/20090923130309/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/078.htm USA ITA Vicenza, Italy 500 20 September 2009 AUS 6–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20090924172032/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/083.htm MEX ITA Macerata, Italy 1,300 20 September 2009 CAN 5 – 3 (F/6) Game ended because of rain https://web.archive.org/web/20120525132030/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/084.htm TPE ITA Parma, Italy 323 20 September 2009 JPN 10–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20120525132037/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/085.htm AHO ITA Verona, Italy 550 20 September 2009 ITA 3–12 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926195349/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/086.htm USA ITA Turin, Italy 1,000 21 September 2009 Rescheduled from 15 and 16 September because of rain ITA 7–6 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925161450/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/050.htm AHO ITA Vicenza, Italy 150 21 September 2009 Rescheduled from 18 September because of rain USA 4–3 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925152517/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/069.htm AUS ITA Bologna, Italy 250 Round 3 Semi finals Group 1 Team W L R RA PCT CUB 5 2 35 15 .714 PUR 4 3 24 20 .571 NED 3 4 36 38 .429 VEN 2 5 28 46 .289 Group 2 Team W L R RA PCT USA 7 0 48 14 1.000 CAN 4 3 32 28 .571 AUS 2 5 24 29 .289 TPE 1 6 19 56 .143 22 September 2009 CUB 2–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20100109173923/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/087.htm AUS ITA Grosseto, Italy 300 22 September 2009 PUR 0–3 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925161517/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/088.htm CAN ITA Nettuno, Italy 500 22 September 2009 USA 6–3 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925161528/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/089.htm VEN ITA Florence, Italy 170 22 September 2009 NED 11–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925161540/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/090.htm TPE ITA Stadio Primo Nebiolo Messina, Italy 350 23 September 2009 CAN 9–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926061630/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/091.htm VEN ITA Chieti, Italy 300 23 September 2009 AUS 5–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20100111003317/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/092.htm NED ITA Grosseto, Italy 250 23 September 2009 PUR 0–3 https://web.archive.org/web/20090926061655/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/093.htm USA ITA Florence, Italy 130 23 September 2009 TPE 0–8 https://web.archive.org/web/20090927054109/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/094.htm CUB ITA Nettuno, Italy 500 24 September 2009 USA 5–3 https://web.archive.org/web/20090927054546/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/095.htm CUB ITA Nettuno, Italy 2,000 24 September 2009 TPE 2–8 https://web.archive.org/web/20090927065914/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/096.htm PUR ITA Chieti, Italy 250 24 September 2009 CAN 11–5 https://web.archive.org/web/20090928034728/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/097.htm NED ITA Grosseto, Italy 250 24 September 2009 VEN 9–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20100113013557/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/098.htm AUS ITA Florence, Italy 104 25 September 2009 CUB 5–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20091001111617/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/099.htm CAN ITA Florence, Italy 1,100 25 September 2009 VEN 6–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20091004191639/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/100.htm TPE ITA Grosseto, Italy 200 25 September 2009 AUS 2–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20091001111625/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/101.htm PUR ITA Chieti, Italy 300 25 September 2009 NED 2–8 https://web.archive.org/web/20091001111636/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/102.htm USA ITA Nettuno, Italy 1,000 Final round 7th place game 26 September 2009 VEN 6–3 https://web.archive.org/web/20091002213103/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/103.htm TPE ITA Florence, Italy 110 5th place game 26 September 2009 NED 1–4 https://web.archive.org/web/20091223073736/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/104.htm AUS ITA Stadio Primo Nebiolo Messina, Italy 300 Bronze medal game 26 September 2009 PUR 2–6 https://web.archive.org/web/20091001111715/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/105.htm CAN ITA Grosseto, Italy 1,000 Final 27 September 2009 CUB 5–10 https://web.archive.org/web/20090930015056/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/games/106.htm USA ITA Stadio Steno Borghese, Nettuno, Italy 5,000 Final standings RkTeamW Total wins in the tournamentL Total losses in the tournamentTiebreakersUSA141Lost in the FinalCUB123Failed to qualify for FinalCAN1234PUR105Failed to qualify for bronze medal game5AUS966NED75Failed to qualify for 5th place game7VEN968TPE69Failed to qualify for Round 3RkTeamW Total wins in the tournamentL Total losses in the tournament1st Tiebreaker Record in Round 22nd Tiebreaker Runs allowed in Round 29KOR 1997463–4–10JPN462–525 RA11MEX552–538 RA12ESP372–547 RA13NIC552–548 RA14ITA252–554 RA15GBR190–750 RA16AHO280–787 RAFailed to qualify for Round 2RkTeamW Total wins in the tournamentL Total losses in the tournamentTiebreaker Runs allowed17GER12–18CRO0327 RA19SWE0334 RA20CZE0336 RA21RSA0337 RA22CHN0339 RA bb 2009 Baseball World Cup champions USA 4th Awards The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.2009 Baseball World Cup Final Report http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/BWC_Final.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120529053528/http://competition.baseballeurope.com/2009/world/stats/BWC_Final.pdf 29 May 2012 usurped 28 August 2009 + All Star Team Position Player Best Starting Pitcher CUB Norge Luis Vera Best Relief Pitcher CAN Trystan Magnuson Catcher NED Sidney de Jong First Base USA Justin Smoak Second Base CUB Héctor Olivera Third Base CAN Shawn Bowman Short Stop NED Hainley Statia Outfield CUB Alfredo Despaigne CUB José Dariel Abreu USA Jon Weber Designated Hitter USA Terry Tiffee + Tournament Awards Award Player MVP USA Justin Smoak Leading Batter ESP Paco Figueroa Best Earned Run Average (Pitcher) CAN Matt Kniginyzky Best Won/Loss Average (Pitcher) USA Todd Redmond Most Runs Batted In VEN René Reyes Most Home Runs CUB Alfredo Despaigne Most Stolen Bases ESP Paco Figueroa Most Runs Scored CAN Rene Tosoni Outstanding Defensive Player PUR Ángel Sánchez References 30em External links Official website Host website CEB World Cup Slideshow World Cup Category:Baseball World Cup Category:International baseball competitions hosted by the Czech Republic Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Germany Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Spain Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Italy Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Sweden Category:International baseball competitions hosted by the Netherlands Category:International sports competitions hosted by San Marino 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