2009 Baseball World Cup

The 2009 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 38th 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 2009 tournament was held, for the first time, across a continent  with games played in 27 cities across eight European countries, from September 9 to 27. The final was a repeat of the previous BWC final, with the United States again defeating Cuba, winning its fourth title.

2009 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countries Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Italy
 Netherlands
 San Marino
 Spain
 Sweden
Dates 9–27 September
Teams22 (from 5 continents)
Defending champions United States (2007)
Final positions
Champions
 United States (4th title)
Runner-up
 Cuba
Third place
 Canada
Fourth place Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Games played92
Attendance126,799 (1,378 per game)
Most Valuable Player Justin Smoak
2007
2011

Last updated on 27 September 2009

There were 22 participating countries (which stands as the most ever in tournament history), with 20 teams split into five groups for the first round, after which "official" host Italy and 2007 European Champion Netherlands joined the advancing 14 teams in the second round.

The next competition would be the last amateur championship held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Format

Previous editions of the World Cup were held with no more than 18 teams. These teams were initially broken up into two pools, with the top teams from each pool qualifying for the final knockout stage. With 22 teams competing in the 2009 tournament, the format has been expanded into three phases. Teams that play from the first round and finish among the top eight teams of the tournament will now have played as many as 15 games, making it one of the longest campaigns for any international baseball tournament.

All of the teams, with the exception of Italy and Netherlands, will compete in the first round (as hosts for the second-round games, Italy and Netherlands receive a bye through the first round). The teams will be broken into five pools of four teams each. Each pool will be held in a different country, with the hosts Czech Republic, Spain, Sweden, Croatia and Germany assigned to the corresponding pools. (Previously, Russia had been set as the host nation for Pool D, however they were replaced by Croatia in an announcement from the IBAF.)[1] Unlike the 2009 World Baseball Classic, the pools will be conducted in single round-robin format.[2] The top two teams from each pool will automatically qualify for the second round, while four of the five third-place finishers will also qualify as wild cards.[3] In some respects, the first round is like a final qualifying tournament, similar to the format used for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The second round operates similarly to the first, but on an expanded scale. The field of teams is split into two pools, one hosted in Italy, the other in the Netherlands. The fourteen qualifiers from the first round are assigned to the pools, and commence a single round-robin competition.[3] The top four teams from each pool then qualify for the third and final round.[4]

The third round is broken into two parts: a partial round-robin and then four classification games, including the final. Each team will play four games during the round-robin phase, against the teams they have not yet faced (in Round 2) who also qualified – i.e. the teams from the Italian pool will face the teams from the Netherlands pool, but not each other. The teams are then ranked on their results in this phase and in games of the 2nd round between qualified teams, but in two groups based on the pool they qualified from. Each team then plays a classification game against their counterpart from the opposite group to determine their final placings in the tournament – i.e. the fourth place Italian qualifier faces the fourth place Netherlands qualifier to determine seventh and eighth positions, the third place qualifiers compete for fifth and sixth positions, and so on. The winner of the final classification game will be declared the winner of the World Cup for 2009.[4]

Tiebreaking procedures

The IBAF employs a standard tiebreaking system across all tournaments it sanctions, though it will use a modified version for this World Cup. Ordinarily there are five criteria available to be used when two or more teams finish the tournament (or a section thereof) with the same winning percentage; if the first method does not split the teams involved, the next one is used, continuing down the list of methods until a distinction is achieved. The criteria used to determine the higher placed finishing team, in order, are:

  1. the team with the better head-to-head record for the teams involved
  2. the team with the better ratio of runs allowed per fielding inning subtracted from the ratio of runs scored per batting inning, referred to as the "Team Quality Balance", from the games involving the tied teams
  3. the team with the better "Earned Run Team Quality Balance" – the same as No. 2 but using only earned runs as opposed to all runs
  4. the team with the highest batting average from the head-to-head games
  5. a coin flip.

For this World Cup though, a simplified method of tiebreaking will be used:

  1. the team with the better head-to-head record for the teams involved
  2. the team with the fewest runs allowed
  3. the team with the lowest earned run average
  4. the team with the highest batting average.

In the case of determining the four wild card teams that will progress from the first to the second round, the first measure will automatically be skipped, as it will be impossible for the teams to have played against each other.[5]

Teams

Twenty-two teams qualified for the tournament, either through finishing high enough in the 2007 World Cup, placing high enough in regional tournaments that doubled as qualifying tournaments for the event, or by automatic qualification by hosting some part of the tournament.

Round 1
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Pool E

Australia
6th, 2007 World Cup
Cuba
2007 World Cup
Canada
Qualified, 2008 Olympics
Croatia
Replacing Russia,
Host nation

China
Qualified, 2008 Olympics

Chinese Taipei
Qualified, 2008 Olympics
Puerto Rico
2008 Americas
Baseball Cup

Netherlands Antilles
4th, 2008 Americas
Baseball Cup

Great Britain
2007 European
Championship

Germany
4th, 2007 European
Championship

Czech Republic
Host nation
South Africa
African qualifier
South Korea
5th, 2007 World Cup
Japan
2007 World Cup
United States
2007 World Cup

Mexico
2008 Americas
Baseball Cup

Spain
2007 European
Championship

Sweden
Host nation
Nicaragua
2008 Americas
Baseball Cup

Venezuela
5th, 2008 Americas
Baseball Cup
Round 2
Pool F Pool G

Netherlands
2007 European Championship
Italy
Host nation

Round 1

Group A

Qualified for the 2nd round
Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card
Team W L R RA PCT
 Mexico302791.000
 Australia213319.667
 Chinese Taipei121516.333
 Czech Republic03536.000
9 September 2009 Czech Republic  4–17  Australia Prague, Czech Republic
Attendance: 800
Boxscore

10 September 2009 Chinese Taipei  0–8  Mexico Prague, Czech Republic
Attendance: 700
Boxscore

11 September 2009 Australia  7–5  Chinese Taipei Prague, Czech Republic
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore
11 September 2009 Mexico  9–0  Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic
Attendance: 1,200
Boxscore

12 September 2009 Australia  9–10  Mexico Prague, Czech Republic
Attendance: 2,500
Boxscore
12 September 2009 Czech Republic  1–10  Chinese Taipei Prague, Czech Republic
Attendance: 2,500
Boxscore

Group B

Qualified for the 2nd round
Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card
Team W L R RA PCT
 Cuba302591.000
 Puerto Rico211713.667
 Spain122210.333
 South Africa03537.000
9 September 2009 Spain  15 – 0 (F/6)  South Africa Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 350
Boxscore

10 September 2009 Puerto Rico  0 – 10 (F/7)  Cuba Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 1,500
Boxscore

11 September 2009 Cuba  10–5  South Africa Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
11 September 2009 Spain  3–5  Puerto Rico Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 1,500
Boxscore

12 September 2009 Cuba  5–4  Spain Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 1,500
Boxscore
12 September 2009 South Africa  0 – 12 (F/7)  Puerto Rico Barcelona, Spain
Attendance: 150
Boxscore

Group C

Qualified for the 2nd round
Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card
Team W L R RA PCT
 Canada304321.000
 Netherlands Antilles211928.667
 South Korea121119.333
 Sweden031034.000
9 September 2009 Sweden  8–10  Netherlands Antilles Sundbyberg, Sweden
Attendance: 1,223
Boxscore

10 September 2009 Canada  9–1  South Korea Sundbyberg, Sweden
Attendance: 662
Boxscore

11 September 2009 South Korea  5–1  Sweden Sundbyberg, Sweden
Attendance: 1,307
Boxscore
11 September 2009 Netherlands Antilles  0 – 15 (F/7)  Canada Sundbyberg, Sweden
Attendance: 1,408
Boxscore

12 September 2009 South Korea  5–9  Netherlands Antilles Sundbyberg, Sweden
Attendance: 1,722
Boxscore
12 September 2009 Sweden  1 – 19 (F/5)  Canada Sundbyberg, Sweden
Attendance: 2,091
Boxscore

Group D

Qualified for the 2nd round
Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card
Team W L R RA PCT
 Nicaragua302851.000
 Japan212618.667
 Great Britain121120.333
 Croatia03527.000
10 September 2009 Great Britain  7–9  Japan Zagreb, Croatia
Attendance: 180
Boxscore
10 September 2009 Croatia  1–10  Nicaragua Zagreb, Croatia
Attendance: 450
Boxscore

11 September 2009 Nicaragua  10 – 0 (F/7)  Great Britain Zagreb, Croatia
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
11 September 2009 Japan  13 – 3 (F/7)  Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
Attendance: 400
Boxscore

12 September 2009 Japan  4–8  Nicaragua Zagreb, Croatia
Attendance: 380
Boxscore
12 September 2009 Croatia  1–4  Great Britain Zagreb, Croatia
Attendance: 600
Boxscore

Group E

Qualified for the 2nd round
Team W L R RA PCT
 Venezuela3042121.000
 United States212614.667
 Germany121622.333
 China03339.000
9 September 2009 Germany  14 – 1 (F/7)  China Regensburg, Germany
Attendance: 5,300
Boxscore

10 September 2009 United States  9 – 13 (F/11)  Venezuela Regensburg, Germany
Attendance: 4,200
Boxscore

11 September 2009 Venezuela  17 – 2 (F/5)  China Regensburg, Germany
Attendance: 6,100
Boxscore
11 September 2009 United States  9–1  Germany Regensburg, Germany
Attendance: 9,600
Boxscore

12 September 2009 China  0–8  United States Regensburg, Germany
Attendance: 5,900
Boxscore
12 September 2009 Germany  1 – 12 (F/8)  Venezuela Regensburg, Germany
Attendance: 6,900
Boxscore

Wild cards

Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card
Team Pool W L R RA PCT
 SpainB122210.333
 Chinese TaipeiA121516.333
 South KoreaC121119.333
 Great BritainD121120.333
 GermanyE121622.333

Round 2

Group F

Qualified for the 3rd round
Team W L R RA PCT 1st Tiebreaker
Head–to–head record
2nd Tiebreaker
Head–to–head runs allowed
3rd Tiebreaker
Head–to–head record[6]
 Netherlands614423.8571–171–0
 Puerto Rico614616.8571–170–1
 Cuba614210.8571–18
 Venezuela342637.4291–0
 South Korea343024.4290–1
 Nicaragua252448.3331–0
 Spain253147.2860–1
 Great Britain071250.000
13 September 2009 Netherlands  4–2  South Korea Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 3,500
Boxscore
13 September 2009 Cuba  6–0  Great Britain Haarlem, Netherlands
Attendance: 327
Boxscore
13 September 2009 Venezuela  7–4  Nicaragua Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
13 September 2009 Puerto Rico  12 – 2 (F/7)  Spain Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 211
Boxscore

14 September 2009 South Korea  15 – 5 (F/8)  Great Britain Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 91
Boxscore
14 September 2009 Spain  8–1  Venezuela Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 61
Boxscore
14 September 2009 Nicaragua  1–4  Cuba Haarlem, Netherlands
Attendance: 350
Boxscore
14 September 2009 Netherlands  5–2  Puerto Rico Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 2,041
Boxscore

16 September 2009 Puerto Rico  3–2  South Korea Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 251
Boxscore
16 September 2009 Great Britain  1–4  Nicaragua Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 112
Boxscore
16 September 2009 Spain  5–10  Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands
Attendance: 2,500
Boxscore
16 September 2009 Cuba  10 – 0 (F/8)  Venezuela Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 479
Boxscore

17 September 2009 Puerto Rico  3–2  Great Britain Haarlem, Netherlands
Attendance: 1,477
Boxscore
17 September 2009 Netherlands  8–5  Venezuela Haarlem, Netherlands
Attendance: 3,117
Boxscore
17 September 2009 Spain  0–10  Cuba Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 108
Boxscore
17 September 2009 Nicaragua  2–7  South Korea Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 400
Boxscore

18 September 2009 Spain  5–9  Nicaragua Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
18 September 2009 Cuba  2–5  Puerto Rico Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 1,600
Boxscore
18 September 2009 Venezuela  4–1  South Korea Haarlem, Netherlands
Attendance: 334
Boxscore
18 September 2009 Great Britain  0–6  Netherlands Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 2,225
Boxscore

19 September 2009 Great Britain  3–10  Spain Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 433
Boxscore
19 September 2009 South Korea  1–5  Cuba Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 1,400
Boxscore
19 September 2009 Venezuela  3–5  Puerto Rico Haarlem, Netherlands
Attendance: 1,116
Boxscore
19 September 2009 Nicaragua  4–8  Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 3,000
Boxscore

20 September 2009 Nicaragua  0 – 16 (F/7)  Puerto Rico Haarlem, Netherlands
Attendance: 406
Boxscore
20 September 2009 Netherlands  3–5  Cuba Rotterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 4,000
Boxscore
20 September 2009 Venezuela  6–1  Great Britain Haarlem, Netherlands
Attendance: 800
Boxscore
20 September 2009 South Korea  2–1  Spain Amsterdam, Netherlands
Attendance: 354
Boxscore

Group G

Qualified for the 3rd round
Team W L R RA PCT 1st Tiebreaker
Head–to–head record
2nd Tiebreaker
Head–to–head runs allowed
3rd Tiebreaker
Head–to–head record[6]
 United States7060151.000
 Australia524727.7141–181–0
 Canada525029.7141–180–1
 Chinese Taipei523229.7141–19
 Japan252825.2861–19
 Italy253254.2861–110
 Mexico252838.2861–112
 Netherlands Antilles072787.000
13 September 2009 Australia  19 – 6 (F/7)  Netherlands Antilles Piacenza, Italy
Attendance: 383
Boxscore
13 September 2009 Italy  2–5  Chinese Taipei Florence, Italy
Attendance: 1,800
Boxscore
13 September 2009 Japan  9–3  Mexico Parma, Italy
Attendance: 604
Boxscore
13 September 2009 United States  8–0  Canada Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 300
Boxscore

14 September 2009 Mexico  6–3  Italy Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
14 September 2009 Canada  3 – 5 (F/10)  Australia Novara, Italy
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
14 September 2009 Netherlands Antilles  1 – 11 (F/7)  United States Verona, Italy
Attendance: 850
Boxscore

15 September 2009 Chinese Taipei  5 – 4 (F/10)  Australia Godo, Italy
Attendance: 450
Boxscore
15 September 2009 United States  4–2  Japan Macerata, Italy
Attendance: 1,900
Boxscore

16 September 2009 Japan  1 – 3 (F/10)  Chinese Taipei Serravalle, Republic of San Marino
Attendance: 120
Boxscore
16 September 2009 Mexico  2–4  Canada Turin, Italy
Attendance: 400
Boxscore

17 September 2009 Chinese Taipei  3 – 14 (F/7)  United States Turin, Italy
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore
17 September 2009 Canada  3 – 2 (F/10)  Japan Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 450
Boxscore
17 September 2009 Australia  5–4  Italy Parma, Italy
Attendance: 1,522
Boxscore
17 September 2009 Mexico  9–8  Netherlands Antilles Serravalle, Republic of San Marino
Attendance: 300
Boxscore

18 September 2009 Netherlands Antilles  2 – 19 (F/6)  Canada Godo, Italy
Attendance: 650
Boxscore
18 September 2009 Italy  6–4  Japan Novara, Italy
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore
18 September 2009 Chinese Taipei  1 – 0 (F/10)  Mexico Verona, Italy
Attendance: 600
Boxscore

19 September 2009 Japan  0–5  Australia Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 400
Boxscore
19 September 2009 Netherlands Antilles  3–12  Chinese Taipei Novara, Italy
Attendance: 350
Boxscore
19 September 2009 Canada  16–7  Italy Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 817
Boxscore
19 September 2009 Mexico  3–7  United States Vicenza, Italy
Attendance: 500
Boxscore

20 September 2009 Australia  6–5  Mexico Macerata, Italy
Attendance: 1,300
Boxscore
20 September 2009 Canada  5 – 3 (F/6)  Chinese Taipei Parma, Italy
Attendance: 323
Boxscore
20 September 2009 Japan  10–1  Netherlands Antilles Verona, Italy
Attendance: 550
Boxscore
20 September 2009 Italy  3–12  United States Turin, Italy
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore

21 September 2009 Italy  7–6  Netherlands Antilles Vicenza, Italy
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
21 September 2009 United States  4–3  Australia Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 250
Boxscore

Round 3

Semi finals

Group 1

Team W L R RA PCT
 Cuba523515.714
 Puerto Rico432420.571
 Netherlands343638.429
 Venezuela252846.289

Group 2

Team W L R RA PCT
 United States7048141.000
 Canada433228.571
 Australia252429.289
 Chinese Taipei161956.143
22 September 2009 Cuba  2–1  Australia Grosseto, Italy
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
22 September 2009 Puerto Rico  0–3  Canada Nettuno, Italy
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
22 September 2009 United States  6–3  Venezuela Florence, Italy
Attendance: 170
Boxscore
22 September 2009 Netherlands  11–2  Chinese Taipei Stadio Primo Nebiolo Messina, Italy
Attendance: 350
Boxscore

23 September 2009 Canada  9–2  Venezuela Chieti, Italy
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
23 September 2009 Australia  5–2  Netherlands Grosseto, Italy
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
23 September 2009 Puerto Rico  0–3  United States Florence, Italy
Attendance: 130
Boxscore
23 September 2009 Chinese Taipei  0–8  Cuba Nettuno, Italy
Attendance: 500
Boxscore

24 September 2009 United States  5–3  Cuba Nettuno, Italy
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore
24 September 2009 Chinese Taipei  2–8  Puerto Rico Chieti, Italy
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
24 September 2009 Canada  11–5  Netherlands Grosseto, Italy
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
24 September 2009 Venezuela  9–4  Australia Florence, Italy
Attendance: 104
Boxscore

25 September 2009 Cuba  5–1  Canada Florence, Italy
Attendance: 1,100
Boxscore
25 September 2009 Venezuela  6–4  Chinese Taipei Grosseto, Italy
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
25 September 2009 Australia  2–4  Puerto Rico Chieti, Italy
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
25 September 2009 Netherlands  2–8  United States Nettuno, Italy
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore

Final round

7th place game

26 September 2009 Venezuela  6–3  Chinese Taipei Florence, Italy
Attendance: 110
Boxscore

5th place game

26 September 2009 Netherlands  1–4  Australia Stadio Primo Nebiolo Messina, Italy
Attendance: 300
Boxscore

Bronze medal game

26 September 2009 Puerto Rico  2–6  Canada Grosseto, Italy
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore

Final

27 September 2009 Cuba  5–10  United States Stadio Steno Borghese, Nettuno, Italy
Attendance: 5,000
Boxscore

Final standings

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.[7]

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References

  1. "IBAF Announces Relocation of One of the 2009 Baseball World Cup First Round Sites from Russia to Croatia". International Baseball Federation. 17 July 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2009. Games featuring Japan, Great Britain, Nicaragua and Croatia to be held in Zagreb from September 9–12
  2. Yokoo, Masaru (19 June 2009). "2009 World Cup Game Schedule – 1st Round" (PDF). International Baseball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  3. Yokoo, Masaru (19 June 2009). "2009 World Cup Game Schedule – 2nd Round" (PDF). International Baseball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  4. Yokoo, Masaru (19 June 2009). "2009 World Cup Game Schedule -Finals" (PDF). International Baseball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  5. Yokoo, Masaru (1 July 2009). "IBAF Official Competitions Technical/Organizational Norms" (PDF). International Baseball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  6. "2009 IBAF Baseball World Cup Final Round Team Capsules". International Baseball Federation. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  7. "2009 Baseball World Cup Final Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
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