2007 Baseball World Cup

2007 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Taiwan
Dates 6–18 November
Teams 16 (from 5 continents)
Venues 4 (in 3 host cities)
Defending champions  Cuba (2005)
Final positions
Champions
  United States (3rd title)
Runner-up
  Cuba
Third place
  Japan
Fourth place  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Games played 68
Most Valuable Player United States Jayson Nix
← 2005
2009 →

The XXXVII International Baseball Federation (IBAF) Baseball World Cup was held in the Republic of China (Taiwan, competing under the name of Chinese Taipei) from November 6 through November 18, 2007. Four stadiums hosted. Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium and Taichung Baseball Field in Taichung City, Tianmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei City and Sinjhuang City all played host to the tournament. Sixteen teams participated. 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 Thailand, who placed fifth behind China at the Asian Games.

Group A

Table[2]

Pool A
Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Allowed Run Ratio
1 United States United States 6 1 18 2.70
2Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 5 2 25 3.69
3Japan Japan 5 2 20 3.16
4Mexico Mexico 4 3 32 5.24
5Panama Panama 3 4 39 5.85
6Italy Italy 3 4 31 4.73
7Spain Spain 1 6 63 9.00
8South Africa South Africa 0 7 72 11.57
  • ^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
Team 1 Team 2 Time (Venue)
November 7
Spain Spain 0-5 Panama Panama 12:00 Intercontinental
South Africa South Africa 1-11 Japan Japan 15:00 Taichung
Mexico Mexico 0-3 United States United States 18:00 Intercontinental
November 8
Italy Italy 11-1 Spain Spain 12:00 Taichung
United States United States 7-0 Panama Panama 12:00 Intercontinental
Japan Japan 15-3 Mexico Mexico 18:00 Taichung
South Africa South Africa 1-16 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 18:00 Intercontinental
November 9
Italy Italy 6-2 United States United States 12:00 Taichung
Spain Spain 7-4 South Africa South Africa 12:00 Intercontinental
Panama Panama 3-2 Mexico Mexico 18:00 Taichung
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 6-1 Japan Japan 18:00 Intercontinental
November 10
Spain Spain 4-8 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 12:00 Intercontinental
Mexico Mexico 13-3 South Africa South Africa 12:00 Taichung
Italy Italy 0-6 Panama Panama 18:00 Taichung
United States United States 5-1 Japan Japan 18:00 Intercontinental
November 11
South Africa South Africa 0-8 Italy Italy 12:00 Taichung
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 5-9 Mexico Mexico 12:00 Intercontinental
Spain Spain 2-12 United States United States 18:00 Taichung
Japan Japan 6-2 Panama Panama 18:00 Intercontinental
November 12
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 1-0 Italy Italy 18:00 Tianmu
November 13
United States United States 4-2 South Africa South Africa 12:00 Taichung
Italy Italy 0-10 Japan Japan 18:00 Douliou
Mexico Mexico 19-1 Spain Spain 18:00 Taichung
Panama Panama 0-10 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 18:00 Intercontinental
November 14
Japan Japan 4-3 Spain Spain 12:00 Taichung
Mexico Mexico 11-2 Italy Italy 12:00 Intercontinental
Panama Panama 13-3 South Africa South Africa 18:00 Taichung
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 7-10 United States United States 18:00 Intercontinental

Group B

Table[2]

Pool B
Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Allowed Run Ratio
1Cuba Cuba 6 1 13 1.95
2Australia Australia 6 1 20 2.81
3Netherlands Netherlands 5 2 22 3.30
4South Korea South Korea 4 3 17 2.55
5Canada Canada 4 3 22 3.36
6Venezuela Venezuela 2 5 37 5.55
7Germany Germany 1 6 52 7.80
8Thailand Thailand 0 7 108 20.68

Schedule

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)
November 7
Cuba Cuba 3-2 Australia Australia 12:00 Tianmu
Netherlands Netherlands 16-0 Thailand Thailand 12:00 Sinjhuang
South Korea South Korea 5-0 Canada Canada 18:00 Tianmu
Germany Germany 0-8 Venezuela Venezuela 18:00 Sinjhuang
November 8
Venezuela Venezuela 0-4 South Korea South Korea 12:00 Tianmu
Thailand Thailand 0-18 Canada Canada 12:00 Sinjhuang
Australia Australia 4-3 Netherlands Netherlands 18:00 Tianmu
Germany Germany 3-7 Cuba Cuba 18:00 Sinjhuang
November 9
South Korea South Korea 18-2 Thailand Thailand 12:00 Tianmu
Australia Australia 7-4 Venezuela Venezuela 12:00 Sinjhuang
Netherlands Netherlands 15-5 Germany Germany 18:00 Tianmu
Cuba Cuba 6-3 Canada Canada 18:00 Sinjhuang
November 10
Venezuela Venezuela 4-7 Netherlands Netherlands 12:00 Tianmu
Canada Canada 10-0 Germany Germany 12:00 Sinjhuang
Cuba Cuba 7-2 South Korea South Korea 18:00 Tianmu
Thailand Thailand 1-26 Australia Australia 18:00 Sinjhuang
November 11
Australia Australia 2-1 South Korea South Korea 12:00 Tianmu
Netherlands Netherlands 1-7 Canada Canada 12:00 Sinjhuang
Germany Germany 2-0 Thailand Thailand 18:00 Tianmu
Venezuela Venezuela 0-10 Cuba Cuba 18:00 Sinjhuang
November 13
Thailand Thailand 1-11 Cuba Cuba 12:00 Tianmu
Australia Australia 4-2 Germany Germany 12:00 Sinjhuang
Canada Canada 6-3 Venezuela Venezuela 18:00 Tianmu
South Korea South Korea 1-5 Netherlands Netherlands 18:00 Sinjhuang
November 14
Cuba Cuba 1-2 Netherlands Netherlands 12:00 Tianmu
Germany Germany 1-8 South Korea South Korea 12:00 Sinjhuang
Canada Canada 6-7 Australia Australia 18:00 Tianmu
Venezuela Venezuela 17-3 Thailand Thailand 18:00 Sinjhuang

Knockout Rounds

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
November 16 18:00 (Sinjhuang)        
 United States United States  3
November 17 18:00 (Tianmu)
 South Korea South Korea  1  
 United States United States  5
November 16 12:00 (Tianmu)
   Netherlands Netherlands  0  
 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei  3
November 18 16:30 (Tianmu)
 Netherlands Netherlands  6  
 United States United States  6
November 16 12:00 (Sinjhuang)
   Cuba Cuba  3
 Australia Australia  0
November 17 18:00 (Sinjhuang)
 Japan Japan  3  
 Japan Japan  3 Third place
November 16 18:00 (Tianmu)
   Cuba Cuba  5  
 Cuba Cuba  6  Netherlands Netherlands  0
 Mexico México  0    Japan Japan  5
November 18 10:00 (Tianmu)
5th to 8th 5th
November 17 12:00 (Tianmu)
 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei  0  
 South Korea South Korea  3  
 
November 18 13:00 (Sinjhuang)
     South Korea South Korea  5
   Australia Australia  2
7th
November 17 12:00 (Sinjhuang) November 18 09:00 (Sinjhuang)
 Australia Australia  7  Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei  4
 Mexico Mexico  1    Mexico Mexico  6

Awards

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

All Star Team
Position Player
Catcher Netherlands Sidney de Jong
First Base Japan Yasuyuki Saigo
Second Base United States Jayson Nix
Third Base Mexico Efren Rodriguez Espinosa
Short Stop South Korea Sohn Si-Hun
Outfield Australia Trent Oeltjen
Cuba Frederich Cepeda
United States Colby Rasmus
Designated Hitter Italy Max di Biase
Tournament Awards
Award Player
MVP United States Jayson Nix
Batting Award Australia Trent Oeltjen
Fielding Award Netherlands Hainley Statia
Pitching Award Japan Tadashi Settsu
Cuba Aroldis Chapman

References

  1. ↑ IBAF strips Venezuela of baseball youth worlds over visas - Summary
  2. 1 2 IBAF 2007 Baseball World Cup standings
  3. ↑ "Baseball World Cup: Allstar Team". Mister-Baseball.com. 19 November 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. 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 2009-07-31. Retrieved 29 July 2009.

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