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{{Infobox international baseball tournament
| image = 
| size = 
| country = Netherlands
| city = Haarlem
| dates = 19–28 July
| num_teams = 6
| medal_type = world minor
| champion = United States
| num_championships = 3
| second = Netherlands
| third = Cuba
| fourth = Chinese Taipei
| mvp = {{flagicon|NED}} [[Bryan Engelhardt]]
| prevseason = [[2000 Haarlem Baseball Week|2000]]
| nextseason = [[2004 Haarlem Baseball Week|2004]]
}}

The '''2002 [[Haarlem Baseball Week]]''' was an [[International Baseball Federation|international baseball]] competition held at the [[Pim Mulier|Pim Mulier Stadium]] in [[Haarlem]], the [[Netherlands]] from July 19–28, 2002. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and featured teams from [[Chinese Taipei]], [[Cuba]], [[Japan]], [[Netherlands]], [[South Africa]] and [[United States]].

In the end, the team from the [[United States national baseball team|United States]] won their second straight and third tournament as the national team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.honkbalsite.com/events/hhw2002/dag10a.html |title=The United States won 21st Haarlem Baseball Week |access-date=2009-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007234455/http://www.honkbalsite.com/events/hhw2002/dag10a.html |archive-date=2008-10-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Group stage==
===Standings===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width=15px bgcolor="#98fb98"| ||Qualified for the final
|-
|width=15px bgcolor=pink| ||Did not qualify for the final
|}
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!width=20|#
!width=150|Team
!width=50|Games
!width=50|Wins
!width=50|Losses
|- bgcolor=#98fb98
|1||align=left|{{bb|NED}}
|5||4||1
|- bgcolor=#98fb98
|2||align=left|{{bb|USA}}
|5||3||2
|- bgcolor=pink
|3||align=left|{{bb|CUB}}
|5||3||2
|- bgcolor=pink
|4||align=left|{{bb|TPE}} {{ref|1}}
|5||3||2
|- bgcolor=pink
|5||align=left|{{bb|JPN}}
|5||2||3
|- bgcolor=pink
|6||align=left|{{bb|RSA}}
|5||0||5
|}

{{refbegin}}
''{{note|1|1}}'' [[Chinese Taipei]] is the official [[International Baseball Federation|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.)
{{refend}}

===Game results===
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 19, 2002
|team1 = {{bb-rt|TPE}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 2
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|USA}}'''
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 20, 2002
|team1 = '''{{bb-rt|CUB}}'''
|score = 5 &ndash; 0
|boxurl = 
|team2 = {{bb|JPN}}
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 21, 2002
|team1 = {{bb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 3
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|NED}}'''
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 21, 2002
|team1 = {{bb-rt|RSA}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 8
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|USA}}'''
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 22, 2002
|team1 = {{bb-rt|NED}}
|score = 4 &ndash; 9 ([[Extra time|F]]/13)
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|TPE}}'''
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 22, 2002
|team1 = {{bb-rt|RSA}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 10
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|CUB}}'''
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 23, 2002
|team1 = '''{{bb-rt|CUB}}'''
|score = 5 &ndash; 0
|boxurl = 
|team2 = {{bb|TPE}}
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 24, 2002
|team1 = {{bb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 11
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|TPE}}'''
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 24, 2002
|team1 = '''{{bb-rt|NED}}'''
|score = 8 &ndash; 3
|boxurl = 
|team2 = {{bb|RSA}}
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 25, 2002
|team1 = {{bb-rt|ABW}}
|score = 7 &ndash; 15 {{ref|2}}
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|CUR}}'''
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 25, 2002
|team1 = '''{{bb-rt|USA}}'''
|score = 4 &ndash; 1 
|boxurl = 
|team2 = {{bb|CUB}}
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 26, 2002
|team1 = {{bb-rt|USA}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 2
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|JPN}}'''
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 26, 2002
|team1 = '''{{bb-rt|TPE}}'''
|score = 6 &ndash; 3
|boxurl = 
|team2 = {{bb|RSA}}
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 26, 2002
|team1 = {{bb-rt|CUB}}
|score = 5 &ndash; 7
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|NED}}'''
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 27, 2002
|team1 = {{bb-rt|RSA}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 6
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|JPN}}'''
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 27, 2002
|team1 = '''{{bb-rt|NED}}'''
|score = 6 &ndash; 2
|boxurl = 
|team2 = {{bb|USA}}
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}

{{refbegin}}
''{{note|2|2}}'' Regarding a [[friendly match]], the results didn't affect the standings.
{{refend}}

==Final==
{{Baseballbox
|date = July 28, 2002
|team1 = {{bb-rt|NED}}
|score = 4 &ndash; 5
|boxurl = 
|team2 = '''{{bb|USA}}'''
|stadium = [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]
|attendance = }}

==Final standings==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
!width=25|Rk
!width=170|Team
|-
|1
|align=left|{{bb|USA}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Lost in Final
|-
|2
|align=left|{{bb|NED}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Failed to qualify for the Final
|-
|3
|align=left|{{bb|CUB}}
|-
|4
|align=left|{{bb|TPE}}
|-
|5
|align=left|{{bb|JPN}}
|-
|6
|align=left|{{bb|RSA}}
|}
{{col-2}}
{{winners|bb|2002 Haarlem Baseball Week champions|USA|3rd}}
{{col-end}}

==Tournament awards==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
| Best Pitcher
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yukiharu Hamamoto
|-
| Best Hitter
| {{flagicon|CUB}} Rolnier Varona
|-
| Home run King
| {{flagicon|CUB}} Pedro José Rodriguez<br />{{flagicon|RSA}} Jason Cook
|-
| Most Valuable Player
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Bryan Engelhardt]]
|-
| Most Popular Player
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Alexander Smit]]
|-
| Press Award
| {{flagicon|RSA}} Raymond Tew
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.honkbalweek.nl Official Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120217011303/http://www.honkbalsite.com/events/hhw2002/uitslagen.html Game Results]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Haarlem Baseball Week}}
{{International Baseball}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haarlem Baseball Week}}
[[Category:2002 in baseball]]