| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Baseball |
| Location | Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
| Established | 1984 |
| Final year | 2019 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Most championships |  Cuba (10) |
| Final champion | |
 Netherlands (2019) | |
The World Port Tournament was an international baseball tournament held at the Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament was held every other year (2005 excluded) in odd-numbered years since 1985, alternating with the Haarlem Baseball Week. The last edition of the tournament was held in 2019, with subsequent editions cancelled. [1] [2]
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The tournament was created by Bram Peper, who was asked by Cuban Dr. Oscar Ferdinand Mell to organize an international baseball tournament featuring baseball teams from all over the world in Rotterdam.[ citation needed ] The Netherlands national team competed frequently in the tournament, while semi-professional teams from the United States and other countries competed in early editions of the tournament. [3] [4] Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven competed in the 1993 tournament, won by a team of mostly American minor league players. [5] [6] The tournament used the organist and mascot from the minor-league Wilmington Blue Rocks in 1999. [7] The Netherlands won the most recent edition of the tournament.
