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{{Short description|Baseball tournament in the Netherlands}}
{{Infobox sports league
|current_season=
|last_season=2024 Haarlem Baseball Week
|upcoming_season=
|logo=Honkbalweek Haarlem logo.svg
|pixels=200px
|caption=
|sport=[[Baseball]]
|founded=1961
|teams=6 (Finals)
|continent=International
|champion={{bb|JPN}}
|most_champs={{bb|United States|name=Sullivans}} (6)
|website=[https://honkbalweek.nl/ Honkbalweek.nl]
}}
[[File:Haarlemse Honkbalweek 2006.jpg|thumb|260px|The Pim Mulier Stadium during the 23rd edition of the tournament in 2006]]

The '''Haarlem Baseball Week''' ({{langx|nl|Honkbalweek Haarlem}}, before 2016 known as {{lang|nl|Haarlemse Honkbalweek}})<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://honkbalweek.nl/de-haarlemse-honkbalweek-heet-voortaan-honkbalweek-haarlem/ |title=De Haarlemse Honkbalweek heet voortaan Honkbalweek Haarlem |language=nl |publisher=Honkbalweek Haarlem |date=1 February 2016 |access-date=23 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723214417/http://honkbalweek.nl/de-haarlemse-honkbalweek-heet-voortaan-honkbalweek-haarlem/ |archive-date=23 July 2016}}</ref> is an international invitation [[baseball]] tournament at the {{ill|Pim Mulier Stadium|nl|Pim Mulierstadion}} in [[Haarlem]], [[Netherlands]]. It was first held in {{baseball year|1961}} and has been held every other year in even-numbered years since {{baseball year|1972}}.

In December 2016, a few months after the [[2016 Haarlem Baseball Week|28th edition of the event]], event organizers announced the tournament would end, due to financial problems.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2148601-geldproblemen-maken-einde-aan-honkbalweek-haarlem.html |title=Geldproblemen maken einde aan Honkbalweek Haarlem |language=nl |publisher=NOS |date=16 December 2016 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/tekort-aan-sponsoren-betekent-einde-honkbalweek-haarlem-sinds-1961-~be61ef62/ |title=Tekort aan sponsoren betekent einde Honkbalweek Haarlem (sinds 1961) |language=nl |publisher=De Volkskrant |date=16 December 2016 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> A workgroup was formed to find sponsors in order to realise a relaunch, which succeeded after several companies and the municipality of Haarlem guaranteed an amount that would cover the costs of at least three new editions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl/haarlem-eo/doorstart-honkbalweek-haarlem-nabij |title=Doorstart Honkbalweek Haarlem nabij |language=nl |publisher=Haarlems Dagblad |date=19 May 2017 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl/haarlem-eo/doorstart-voor-haarlemse-honkbalweek |title=Doorstart voor Haarlemse Honkbalweek |language=nl |publisher=Haarlems Dagblad |date=7 July 2017 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ad.nl/andere-sporten/honkbalweek-haarlem-keert-toch-terug-in-2018~a63c5031/ |title=Honkbalweek Haarlem keert toch terug in 2018 |language=nl |publisher=Algemeen Dagblad |date=8 July 2017 |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref>

The [[2018 Haarlem Baseball Week]], the 29th edition of the event, was won by [[Japan national baseball team|Japan]], their fourth title. The 2020 edition of the tournament was cancelled as a result of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mister-baseball.com/honkbalweek-haarlem-2020-cancelled-edition-2022/|title=Honkbalweek Haarlem 2020 cancelled / Next edition in 2022|date=24 March 2020|work=mister-baseball|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url=https://honkbalweek.nl/honkbalweek-haarlem-2020-geannuleerd/ | title=Honkbalweek Haarlem 2020 geannuleerd! | work=Honkbalweek Haarlem | language=nl | date=March 24, 2020 | access-date=April 12, 2020 }}</ref>

==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;" width="65%"
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year 
|width=1% rowspan=34 style="border-top:none;border-bottom:none;"| 
!colspan=3|Medalists
|-
!width=17%|Champions
!width=17%|Runners-up
!width=17%|3rd place
|-
|{{baseball year|1961}}
|{{flagicon|GBR|size=30px}}<br />'''[[RAF Alconbury|Alconbury Spartans]]'''
|{{flagicon|FRG|size=30px}}<br />[[Wiesbaden Army Airfield|Wiesbaden Flyers]]
|{{flagicon|FRA|size=30px}}<br />[[Châteauroux-Déols Air Base|Châteauroux Sabres]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|1963}}
|'''{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]'''
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts|French Woods]]
|-
|{{baseball year|1966}}
|'''{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[California Stags]]'''
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|{{flagicon|FRG|size=30px}}<br />[[Augsburg Bayonets]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|1968}}
|'''{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]'''
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|{{bb-big|ANT|1959}}
|-
|{{baseball year|1969}}
|'''{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]'''
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[California Stags]]
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|1971}}
|'''{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]'''
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[California Stags]]
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[USAFE]]
|- 
|{{baseball year|1972}}<br />''Poule A''
|'''{{bb-big|CUB}}'''
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Alaska Goldpanners]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|1972}}<br />''Poule B''
|'''{{bb-big|ANT|1959}}'''
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|{{bb-big|ITA}}
|-
|{{baseball year|1974}}
|'''{{bb-big|CUB}}'''
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Arizona Wildcats baseball|Arizona Wildcats]]
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|1976}}
|'''{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Arizona Wildcats baseball|Arizona Wildcats]]'''
|{{bb-big|KOR|1949}}
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]
|-
|{{baseball year|1978}}
|'''{{bb-big|JPN|1947}}'''
|{{bb-big|KOR|1949}}
|{{bb-big|CUB}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|1980}}
|'''{{bb-big|USA}}'''
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Mississippi]]
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]
|-
|{{baseball year|1982}}
|'''{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Miami Hurricanes]]'''
|{{flagicon|JPN|1947|size=30px}}<br />[[Mitsubishi|Mitsubishi Japan]]
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|1984}}
|'''{{bb-big|CAN}}'''
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Washington State University]]
|-
|{{baseball year|1988}}
|'''{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]'''
|{{bb-big|CAN}}
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|1990}}
|'''{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]'''
|{{bb-big|CUB}}
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|-
|{{baseball year|1992}}
|'''{{bb-big|JPN|1947}}'''
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Little Caesars]]
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|1994}}
|'''{{bb-big|JPN|1947}}'''
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Little Caesars]]
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|-
|{{baseball year|1996}}
|'''{{bb-big|CUB}}'''
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|1998}}
|'''{{bb-big|CUB}}'''
|{{bb-big|AUS}}
|{{flagicon|USA|size=30px}}<br />[[Sullivans]]
|-
|{{baseball year|2000}}
|'''{{bb-big|USA}}'''
|{{bb-big|CUB}}
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|2002}}<br />''[[2002 Haarlem Baseball Week|Details]]''
|'''{{bb-big|USA}}'''
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|{{bb-big|CUB}}
|-
|{{baseball year|2004}}<br />''[[2004 Haarlem Baseball Week|Details]]''
|'''{{bb-big|NED}}'''
|{{bb-big|CUB}}
|{{bb-big|JPN}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|2006}}<br />''[[2006 Haarlem Baseball Week|Details]]''
|'''{{bb-big|NED}}'''
|{{bb-big|CUB}}
|{{bb-big|USA}}
|-
|{{baseball year|2008}}<br />''[[2008 Haarlem Baseball Week|Details]]''
|'''{{bb-big|USA}}'''
|{{bb-big|CUB}}
|{{bb-big|TPE}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|2010}}<br />''[[2010 Haarlem Baseball Week|Details]]''
|'''{{bb-big|NED}}'''
|{{bb-big|CUB}}
|{{bb-big|JPN}}
|-
|{{baseball year|2012}}<br />''[[2012 Haarlem Baseball Week|Details]]''
|'''{{bb-big|CUB}}'''
|{{bb-big|PUR}}
|{{bb-big|USA}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|2014}}<br />''[[2014 Haarlem Baseball Week|Details]]''
|'''{{bb-big|USA}}'''
|{{bb-big|JPN}}
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|-
|{{baseball year|2016}}<br />''[[2016 Haarlem Baseball Week|Details]]''
|'''{{bb-big|NED}}'''
|{{bb-big|JPN}}
|{{bb-big|AUS}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|2018}}<br />''[[2018 Haarlem Baseball Week|Details]]''
|'''{{bb-big|JPN}}'''
|{{bb-big|TPE}}
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|- style="background: 
|{{baseball year|2022}}<br />''[[2022 Haarlem Baseball Week|Details]]''
|'''{{bb-big|NED}}'''
|{{bb-big|CUR}}
|{{bb-big|USA}}
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|{{baseball year|2024}}<br />''[[2024 Haarlem Baseball Week|Details]]''
|'''{{bb-big|JPN}}'''
|{{bb-big|USA}}
|{{bb-big|NED}}
|-
!colspan=5|
{| style="margin: 0px auto;"
| rowspan=2 style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top;" | Source:
| style="font-size: 85%;" | {{Cite web |title=History results |url=http://www.honkbalweek.nl/index.php?hhw=historie_eindstanden&lang=eng |publisher=Haarlemse Honkbalweek |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903044226/http://www.honkbalweek.nl/?hhw=historie_eindstanden&lang=eng |archive-date=3 September 2014}}
|-
| style="font-size: 85%;" | {{Cite web |title=The Baseball Week: International baseball event in the Netherlands. |url=https://honkbalweek.nl/geschiedenis/?lang=en |publisher=Honkbalweek Haarlem |access-date=22 July 2018}}
|}
|}

==Medal table==
[[File:Haarlemse Honkbalweek logo.svg|thumb|Previous logo, used until 2014]]
{{Medals table
 | gold_USA = 14 | silver_USA = 8 | bronze_USA = 12
 | gold_NED = 5 | silver_NED = 7 | bronze_NED = 10
 | gold_CUB = 5 | silver_CUB = 6 | bronze_CUB = 2
 | gold_JPN = 5 | silver_JPN = 3 | bronze_JPN = 2
 | gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 0
 | gold_AHO = 1 | silver_AHO = 0 | bronze_AHO = 1 | name_AHO = {{flagteam|AHO|1959}}
 | gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0
 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 2 | bronze_KOR = 0
 | gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 1
 | gold_TPE = 0 | silver_TPE = 1 | bronze_TPE = 1
 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_CUW = 0 | silver_CUW = 1 | bronze_CUW = 0
 | gold_PUR = 0 | silver_PUR = 1 | bronze_PUR = 0
 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 1
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1
}}

==Tournament awards==
{{see also|2016 Haarlem Baseball Week#Tournament awards}}
*Homerun King
*Most Popular Player
*Press Award
*Best Defensive Player
*Best Hitter
*Best Pitcher
*Most Valuable Player

==See also==
*[[World Port Tournament]]
*{{section link|Baseball awards|World}}
*[[Baseball in the Netherlands]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://honkbalweek.nl/ Honkbalweek Haarlem official website (Dutch)]
*[https://honkbalweek.nl/?lang=en Honkbalweek Haarlem official website (English)]

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[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1961]]