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.
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,IBAF strips Venezuela of baseball youth worlds over visas - Summary 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
+Pool A Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1 United States 6 1 18 2.70 2 Chinese Taipei 5 2 25 3.69 3 Japan 5 2 20 3.16 4 Mexico 4 3 32 5.24 5 Panama 3 4 39 5.85 6 Italy 3 4 31 4.73 7 Spain 1 6 63 9.00 8 South Africa 0 7 72 11.57
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.) 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: These five players were not eligible to play in the Games #3 and #11. The Panama team must forfeit both Games #3 and #11. The official result for Game #3 will be Spain 9, Panama 0. The official result for Game #11 will be USA 9, Panama 0. 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.
Team 1Team 2Time (Venue) November 7 Spain 0-5 Panama12:00 Intercontinental South Africa 1-11 Japan15:00 Taichung Mexico 0-3 United States18:00 Intercontinental November 8 Italy 11-1 Spain12:00 Taichung United States 7-0 Panama12:00 Intercontinental Japan 15-3 Mexico18:00 Taichung South Africa 1-16 Chinese Taipei18:00 Intercontinental November 9 Italy 6-2 United States12:00 Taichung Spain 7-4 South Africa12:00 Intercontinental Panama 3-2 Mexico18:00 Taichung Chinese Taipei 6-1 Japan18:00 Intercontinental November 10 Spain 4-8 Chinese Taipei12:00 Intercontinental Mexico 13-3 South Africa12:00 Taichung Italy 0-6 Panama18:00 Taichung United States 5-1 Japan18:00 Intercontinental November 11 South Africa 0-8 Italy12:00 Taichung Chinese Taipei 5-9 Mexico12:00 Intercontinental Spain 2-12 United States18:00 Taichung Japan 6-2 Panama18:00 Intercontinental November 12 Chinese Taipei 1-0 Italy18:00 Tianmu November 13 United States 4-2 South Africa12:00 Taichung Italy 0-10 Japan18:00 Douliu Mexico 19-1 Spain18:00 Taichung Panama 0-10 Chinese Taipei18:00 Intercontinental November 14 Japan 4-3 Spain12:00 Taichung Mexico 11-2 Italy12:00 Intercontinental Panama 13-3 South Africa18:00 Taichung Chinese Taipei 7-10 United States18:00 Intercontinental
Group B
Table +Pool B Rank Team Wins Losses Runs Allowed Run Ratio 1 Cuba 6 1 13 1.95 2 Australia 6 1 20 2.81 3 Netherlands 5 2 22 3.30 4 South Korea 4 3 17 2.55 5 Canada 4 3 22 3.36 6 Venezuela 2 5 37 5.55 7 Germany 1 6 52 7.80 8 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 1Team 2Time (Venue) November 7 Cuba 3-2 Australia12:00 Tianmu Netherlands 16-0 Thailand12:00 Xinzhuang South Korea 5-0 Canada18:00 Tianmu Germany 0-8 Venezuela18:00 Xinzhuang November 8 Venezuela 0-4 South Korea12:00 Tianmu Thailand 0-18 Canada12:00 Xinzhuang Australia 4-3 Netherlands18:00 Tianmu Germany 3-7 Cuba18:00 Xinzhuang November 9 South Korea 18-2 Thailand12:00 Tianmu Australia 7-4 Venezuela12:00 Xinzhuang Netherlands 15-5 Germany18:00 Tianmu Cuba 6-3 Canada18:00 Xinzhuang November 10 Venezuela 4-7 Netherlands12:00 Tianmu Canada 10-0 Germany12:00 Xinzhuang Cuba 7-2 South Korea18:00 Tianmu Thailand 1-26 Australia18:00 Xinzhuang November 11 Australia 2-1 South Korea12:00 Tianmu Netherlands 1-7 Canada12:00 Xinzhuang Germany 2-0 Thailand18:00 Tianmu Venezuela 0-10 Cuba18:00 Xinzhuang November 13 Thailand 1-11 Cuba12:00 Tianmu Australia 4-2 Germany12:00 Xinzhuang Canada 6-3 Venezuela18:00 Tianmu South Korea 1-5 Netherlands18:00 Xinzhuang November 14 Cuba 1-2 Netherlands12:00 Tianmu Germany 1-8 South Korea12:00 Xinzhuang Canada 6-7 Australia18:00 Tianmu Venezuela 17-3 Thailand18:00 Xinzhuang
Knockout rounds
Final standings Pos Team W L 9 1 8 2 7 3 4 6 4 5 6 4 6 7 3 7 5 5 8 5 5 9 4 3 10 3 4 11 3 4 12 2 5 13 1 6 14 1 6 15 0 7 16 0 7
Awards The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.
+ All Star Team Position Player Catcher Sidney de Jong First Base Yasuyuki Saigo Second Base Jayson Nix Third Base Efren Rodriguez Espinosa Short Stop Sohn Si-Hun Outfield Trent Oeltjen Frederich Cepeda Colby Rasmus Designated Hitter Max di Biase
+ Tournament Awards Award Player MVP Jayson Nix Batting Award Trent Oeltjen Fielding Award Hainley Statia Pitching Award Tadashi Settsu Aroldis Chapman
See also List of sporting events in Taiwan
References
External links
Main Schedule Official IBAF Website