2007 Baseball World Cup

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.

2007 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country Taiwan
Dates 6–18 November
Teams18 (from 5 continents)
Venues4 (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 played68
Most Valuable Player Jayson Nix
2005
2009

There were 18 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals. Games were played in three cities: Taichung City (at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium and Taichung Baseball Field); Taipei City; and Sinjhuang City.

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]

Pool A
Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Allowed Run Ratio
1 United States61182.70
2 Chinese Taipei 52253.69
3 Japan52203.16
4 Mexico43325.24
5 Panama 34395.85
6 Italy34314.73
7 Spain16639.00
8 South Africa077211.57
  • ^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 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 Douliou
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

Group B

Table

Pool B
Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Allowed Run Ratio
1 Cuba61131.95
2 Australia61202.81
3 Netherlands52223.30
4 South Korea43172.55
5 Canada43223.36
6 Venezuela25375.55
7 Germany16527.80
8 Thailand0710820.68

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

Knockout Rounds

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
November 16 18:00 (Sinjhuang)
 
 
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)
 
Netherlands6
 
United States 6
 
November 16 12:00 (Sinjhuang)
 
Cuba 3
 
Australia 0
 
November 17 18:00 (Sinjhuang)
 
Japan3
 
Japan 3
 
November 16 18:00 (Tianmu)
 
Cuba 5 Third place
 
Cuba 6
 
November 18 10:00 (Tianmu)
 
México0
 
Netherlands 0
 
 
Japan 5
 
 
5th to 8th5th
 
      
 
November 17 12:00 (Tianmu)
 
 
Chinese Taipei0
 
November 18 13:00 (Sinjhuang)
 
South Korea 3
 
South Korea 5
 
November 17 12:00 (Sinjhuang)
 
Australia 2
 
Australia 7
 
 
Mexico 1
 
7th
 
 
November 18 09:00 (Sinjhuang)
 
 
Chinese Taipei 4
 
 
Mexico 6

Awards

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

References

  1. IBAF strips Venezuela of baseball youth worlds over visas - Summary
  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 31 July 2009. 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 31 July 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
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