Tournament details | |
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Country | Netherlands |
City | Haarlem |
Dates | 23 July – 1 August |
Teams | 6 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Netherlands (1st title) |
Runner-up | Cuba |
Third place | Japan |
Fourth place | Chinese Taipei |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Johnny Balentina |
The 2004 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 23 to August 1, 2004. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States.
In the end the team from the Netherlands won the tournament for the first time. [1]
Qualified for the final | |
Did not qualify for the final |
# | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
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1 | Cuba | 5 | 4 | 1 |
2 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 |
3 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 |
4 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 2 | 3 |
5 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 3 |
6 | United States | 5 | 1 | 4 |
^1 Chinese 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 The United States were represented by a semi-pro unaffiliated baseball team from Reno, Nevada named the Reno Astros.
July 23, 2004 | Chinese Taipei | 2 – 3 | United States | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 24, 2004 | Cuba | 1 – 10 | Japan | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 24, 2004 | Netherlands | 9 – 1 | Chinese Taipei | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 25, 2004 | Japan | 3 – 5 | Netherlands | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 25, 2004 | Italy | 8 – 0 | United States | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 26, 2004 | Italy | 3 – 5 | Cuba | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 27, 2004 | Cuba | 4 – 1 | Chinese Taipei | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 27, 2004 | United States | 5 – 7 | Japan | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 28, 2004 | Japan | 2 – 3 | Chinese Taipei | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 28, 2004 | Netherlands | 1 – 3 | Italy | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 29, 2004 | Italy | 2 – 9 | Netherlands | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 29, 2004 | United States | 1 – 4 | Cuba | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 30, 2004 | Chinese Taipei | 6 – 1 | Italy | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 30, 2004 | Cuba | 5 – 0 | Netherlands | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 31, 2004 | Italy | 1 – 7 | Japan | Haarlem, Netherlands |
July 31, 2004 | Netherlands | 6 – 0 | United States | Haarlem, Netherlands |
^3 Regarding a benefit game, the results didn't affect the standings.
August 1, 2004 | Cuba | 1 – 3 | Netherlands | Haarlem, Netherlands |
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Best Pitcher | Calvin Maduro |
Best Hitter | Davide Dallospedale |
Outstanding Defensive Player | Ralph Milliard |
Home run King | Hsin-Ming Wang |
Most Valuable Player | Johnny Balentina |
Most Popular Player | Dirk van 't Klooster |
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