2007 World Port Tournament
Appearance
The 2007 World Port Tournament was an international baseball competition held at the DOOR Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from August 2–12, 2007. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States.
Cuba won the tournament with a 2–0 victory over the Chinese Taipei in the championship game. Yosvani Pérez was named the tournament's most valuable player.
Group stage
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[edit]Qualified for the final | |
Did not qualify for the final |
Team | Games | Wins | Losses | Runs scored | Runs allowed |
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Cuba | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50 | 16 |
Chinese Taipei [1][2] | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
United States [3] | 8 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 26 |
Netherlands [4] | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 36 |
Japan | 8 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 44 |
- ^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 Final placement for 2nd through 4th in group play is based on the results of the individual games between Chinese Taipei, the United States and the Netherlands (games 4, 6, 8, 14, 16 and 17).
Game results
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Championship game
[edit]Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Tournament awards and statistics
[edit]Best Hitter | Alfredo Despaigne |
Best Pitcher | Leon Boyd |
Most Valuable Player | Yosvani Pérez |
Most Popular Player | Ryoji Nakata |
Home Run King | José Julio Ruiz |
Rookie Award | Jordan Danks |
Press Award | Leon Boyd |
References
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