2007 Baseball World Cup

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2007 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Dates6–18 November
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (3rd title)
Runner-upFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Third placeFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Fourth placeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Games played68
MVP Flag of the United States.svg Jayson Nix
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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.

Contents

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.

Group A

Table

[2]

USA-JPN at 2007 Baseball World Cup.JPG
Pool A
RankTeamWinsLossesRuns AllowedRun Ratio
1 Flag of the United States.svg United States 61182.70
2 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 52253.69
3 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 52203.16
4 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 43325.24
5 Flag of Panama.svg Panama 34395.85
6 Flag of Italy.svg Italy 34314.73
7 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 16639.00
8 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 077211.57
  • ^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 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:
    1. These five players were not eligible to play in the Games #3 and #11.
    2. The Panama team must forfeit both Games #3 and #11.
    3. The official result for Game #3 will be Spain 9, Panama 0.
    4. The official result for Game #11 will be USA 9, Panama 0.
    5. 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.

The local crowd celebrates as Chinese Taipei defeat the visitors from Japan 6-1 in the opening round of the 2007 Baseball World Cup TWN-JPN Crowd at 2007 Baseball World Cup.JPG
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
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 0-5 Flag of Panama.svg Panama 12:00 Intercontinental
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1-11 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 15:00 Taichung
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 0-3 Flag of the United States.svg United States 18:00 Intercontinental
November 8
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 11-1 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 12:00 Taichung
Flag of the United States.svg United States 7-0 Flag of Panama.svg Panama 12:00 Intercontinental
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 15-3 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 18:00 Taichung
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1-16 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 18:00 Intercontinental
November 9
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 6-2 Flag of the United States.svg United States 12:00 Taichung
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 7-4 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 12:00 Intercontinental
Flag of Panama.svg Panama 3-2 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 18:00 Taichung
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 6-1 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 18:00 Intercontinental
November 10
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4-8 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 12:00 Intercontinental
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 13-3 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 12:00 Taichung
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 0-6 Flag of Panama.svg Panama 18:00 Taichung
Flag of the United States.svg United States 5-1 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 18:00 Intercontinental
November 11
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 0-8 Flag of Italy.svg Italy 12:00 Taichung
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 5-9 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 12:00 Intercontinental
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2-12 Flag of the United States.svg United States 18:00 Taichung
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 6-2 Flag of Panama.svg Panama 18:00 Intercontinental
November 12
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 1-0 Flag of Italy.svg Italy 18:00 Tianmu
November 13
Flag of the United States.svg United States 4-2 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 12:00 Taichung
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 0-10 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 18:00 Douliu
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 19-1 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 18:00 Taichung
Flag of Panama.svg Panama 0-10 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 18:00 Intercontinental
November 14
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4-3 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 12:00 Taichung
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 11-2 Flag of Italy.svg Italy 12:00 Intercontinental
Flag of Panama.svg Panama 13-3 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 18:00 Taichung
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 7-10 Flag of the United States.svg United States 18:00 Intercontinental

Group B

Table

Pool B
RankTeamWinsLossesRuns AllowedRun Ratio
1 Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 61131.95
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 61202.81
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 52223.30
4 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 43172.55
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 43223.36
6 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 25375.55
7 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 16527.80
8 Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 0710820.68

[2]

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
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 3-2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 12:00 Tianmu
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 16-0 Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 12:00 Xinzhuang
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 5-0 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 18:00 Tianmu
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 0-8 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 18:00 Xinzhuang
November 8
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 0-4 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 12:00 Tianmu
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 0-18 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 12:00 Xinzhuang
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 4-3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 18:00 Tianmu
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3-7 Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 18:00 Xinzhuang
November 9
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 18-2 Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 12:00 Tianmu
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 7-4 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 12:00 Xinzhuang
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 15-5 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 18:00 Tianmu
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 6-3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 18:00 Xinzhuang
November 10
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 4-7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 12:00 Tianmu
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 10-0 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 12:00 Xinzhuang
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 7-2 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 18:00 Tianmu
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1-26 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 18:00 Xinzhuang
November 11
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2-1 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 12:00 Tianmu
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1-7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 12:00 Xinzhuang
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 2-0 Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 18:00 Tianmu
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 0-10 Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 18:00 Xinzhuang
November 13
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1-11 Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 12:00 Tianmu
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 4-2 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 12:00 Xinzhuang
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 6-3 Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 18:00 Tianmu
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 1-5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 18:00 Xinzhuang
November 14
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 1-2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 12:00 Tianmu
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 1-8 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 12:00 Xinzhuang
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 6-7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 18:00 Tianmu
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 17-3 Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 18:00 Xinzhuang

Knockout rounds

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
November 16 18:00 (Xinzhuang)
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg United States 3
 
November 17 18:00 (Tianmu)
 
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 1
 
Flag of the United States.svg United States 5
 
November 16 12:00 (Tianmu)
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 0
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 3
 
November 18 16:30 (Tianmu)
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 6
 
Flag of the United States.svg United States 6
 
November 16 12:00 (Xinzhuang)
 
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 3
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 0
 
November 17 18:00 (Xinzhuang)
 
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3
 
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 3
 
November 16 18:00 (Tianmu)
 
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 5 Third place
 
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 6
 
November 18 10:00 (Tianmu)
 
Flag of Mexico.svg México 0
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 0
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 5
 
 
5th to 8th5th
 
      
 
November 17 12:00 (Tianmu)
 
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 0
 
November 18 13:00 (Xinzhuang)
 
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 3
 
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg South Korea 5
 
November 17 12:00 (Xinzhuang)
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 2
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 7
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 1
 
7th
 
 
November 18 09:00 (Xinzhuang)
 
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 4
 
 
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 6

Final standings

PosTeamWL
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 91
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 82
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 73
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 64
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 64
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 73
7Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 55
8Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 55
9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 43
10Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 34
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 34
12Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 25
13Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 16
14Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16
15Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 07
16Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 07

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament. [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. IBAF strips Venezuela of baseball youth worlds over visas - Summary
  2. 1 2 "IBAF 2007 Baseball World Cup standings". Archived from the original on 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  3. "Baseball World Cup: Allstar Team". Mister-Baseball.com. 19 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  4. "US beats Cuba to win gold at baseball World Cup - Summary". The Earth Times. 18 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2009.