Tournament details | |
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Country | Taiwan |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
Dates | 6–18 November |
Teams | 18 |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Cuba |
Third place | Japan |
Fourth place | Netherlands |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 68 |
MVP | Jayson Nix |
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, [1] 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.
Rank | Team | Wins | Losses | Runs Allowed | Run Ratio |
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1 | United States | 6 | 1 | 18 | 2.70 |
2 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 2 | 25 | 3.69 |
3 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 20 | 3.16 |
4 | Mexico | 4 | 3 | 32 | 5.24 |
5 | Panama | 3 | 4 | 39 | 5.85 |
6 | Italy | 3 | 4 | 31 | 4.73 |
7 | Spain | 1 | 6 | 63 | 9.00 |
8 | South Africa | 0 | 7 | 72 | 11.57 |
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.
Team 1 | Team 2 | Time (Venue) | ||||
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November 7 | ||||||
Spain | 0-5 | Panama | 12:00 Intercontinental | |||
South Africa | 1-11 | Japan | 15:00 Taichung | |||
Mexico | 0-3 | United States | 18:00 Intercontinental | |||
November 8 | ||||||
Italy | 11-1 | Spain | 12:00 Taichung | |||
United States | 7-0 | Panama | 12:00 Intercontinental | |||
Japan | 15-3 | Mexico | 18:00 Taichung | |||
South Africa | 1-16 | Chinese Taipei | 18:00 Intercontinental | |||
November 9 | ||||||
Italy | 6-2 | United States | 12:00 Taichung | |||
Spain | 7-4 | South Africa | 12:00 Intercontinental | |||
Panama | 3-2 | Mexico | 18:00 Taichung | |||
Chinese Taipei | 6-1 | Japan | 18:00 Intercontinental | |||
November 10 | ||||||
Spain | 4-8 | Chinese Taipei | 12:00 Intercontinental | |||
Mexico | 13-3 | South Africa | 12:00 Taichung | |||
Italy | 0-6 | Panama | 18:00 Taichung | |||
United States | 5-1 | Japan | 18:00 Intercontinental | |||
November 11 | ||||||
South Africa | 0-8 | Italy | 12:00 Taichung | |||
Chinese Taipei | 5-9 | Mexico | 12:00 Intercontinental | |||
Spain | 2-12 | United States | 18:00 Taichung | |||
Japan | 6-2 | Panama | 18:00 Intercontinental | |||
November 12 | ||||||
Chinese Taipei | 1-0 | Italy | 18:00 Tianmu | |||
November 13 | ||||||
United States | 4-2 | South Africa | 12:00 Taichung | |||
Italy | 0-10 | Japan | 18:00 Douliu | |||
Mexico | 19-1 | Spain | 18:00 Taichung | |||
Panama | 0-10 | Chinese Taipei | 18:00 Intercontinental | |||
November 14 | ||||||
Japan | 4-3 | Spain | 12:00 Taichung | |||
Mexico | 11-2 | Italy | 12:00 Intercontinental | |||
Panama | 13-3 | South Africa | 18:00 Taichung | |||
Chinese Taipei | 7-10 | United States | 18:00 Intercontinental |
Rank | Team | Wins | Losses | Runs Allowed | Run Ratio |
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1 | Cuba | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1.95 |
2 | Australia | 6 | 1 | 20 | 2.81 |
3 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 22 | 3.30 |
4 | South Korea | 4 | 3 | 17 | 2.55 |
5 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 22 | 3.36 |
6 | Venezuela | 2 | 5 | 37 | 5.55 |
7 | Germany | 1 | 6 | 52 | 7.80 |
8 | Thailand | 0 | 7 | 108 | 20.68 |
All group B games are played either at Tienmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei City or at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in Taipei County.
Team 1 | Team 2 | Time (Venue) | ||||
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November 7 | ||||||
Cuba | 3-2 | Australia | 12:00 Tianmu | |||
Netherlands | 16-0 | Thailand | 12:00 Xinzhuang | |||
South Korea | 5-0 | Canada | 18:00 Tianmu | |||
Germany | 0-8 | Venezuela | 18:00 Xinzhuang | |||
November 8 | ||||||
Venezuela | 0-4 | South Korea | 12:00 Tianmu | |||
Thailand | 0-18 | Canada | 12:00 Xinzhuang | |||
Australia | 4-3 | Netherlands | 18:00 Tianmu | |||
Germany | 3-7 | Cuba | 18:00 Xinzhuang | |||
November 9 | ||||||
South Korea | 18-2 | Thailand | 12:00 Tianmu | |||
Australia | 7-4 | Venezuela | 12:00 Xinzhuang | |||
Netherlands | 15-5 | Germany | 18:00 Tianmu | |||
Cuba | 6-3 | Canada | 18:00 Xinzhuang | |||
November 10 | ||||||
Venezuela | 4-7 | Netherlands | 12:00 Tianmu | |||
Canada | 10-0 | Germany | 12:00 Xinzhuang | |||
Cuba | 7-2 | South Korea | 18:00 Tianmu | |||
Thailand | 1-26 | Australia | 18:00 Xinzhuang | |||
November 11 | ||||||
Australia | 2-1 | South Korea | 12:00 Tianmu | |||
Netherlands | 1-7 | Canada | 12:00 Xinzhuang | |||
Germany | 2-0 | Thailand | 18:00 Tianmu | |||
Venezuela | 0-10 | Cuba | 18:00 Xinzhuang | |||
November 13 | ||||||
Thailand | 1-11 | Cuba | 12:00 Tianmu | |||
Australia | 4-2 | Germany | 12:00 Xinzhuang | |||
Canada | 6-3 | Venezuela | 18:00 Tianmu | |||
South Korea | 1-5 | Netherlands | 18:00 Xinzhuang | |||
November 14 | ||||||
Cuba | 1-2 | Netherlands | 12:00 Tianmu | |||
Germany | 1-8 | South Korea | 12:00 Xinzhuang | |||
Canada | 6-7 | Australia | 18:00 Tianmu | |||
Venezuela | 17-3 | Thailand | 18:00 Xinzhuang |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
November 16 18:00 (Xinzhuang) | ||||||||||
United States | 3 | |||||||||
November 17 18:00 (Tianmu) | ||||||||||
South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
United States | 5 | |||||||||
November 16 12:00 (Tianmu) | ||||||||||
Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||
Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||||||
November 18 16:30 (Tianmu) | ||||||||||
Netherlands | 6 | |||||||||
United States | 6 | |||||||||
November 16 12:00 (Xinzhuang) | ||||||||||
Cuba | 3 | |||||||||
Australia | 0 | |||||||||
November 17 18:00 (Xinzhuang) | ||||||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||||
November 16 18:00 (Tianmu) | ||||||||||
Cuba | 5 | Third place | ||||||||
Cuba | 6 | |||||||||
November 18 10:00 (Tianmu) | ||||||||||
México | 0 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||
Japan | 5 | |||||||||
5th to 8th | 5th | |||||
November 17 12:00 (Tianmu) | ||||||
Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||
November 18 13:00 (Xinzhuang) | ||||||
South Korea | 3 | |||||
South Korea | 5 | |||||
November 17 12:00 (Xinzhuang) | ||||||
Australia | 2 | |||||
Australia | 7 | |||||
Mexico | 1 | |||||
7th | ||||||
November 18 09:00 (Xinzhuang) | ||||||
Chinese Taipei | 4 | |||||
Mexico | 6 |
The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament. [3] [4]
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