2005 Baseball World Cup

Template:Short description Template:Infobox international baseball tournament The 2005 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 36th 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 the Netherlands, from September 2 to 17. Cuba defeated South Korea in the final, winning its 25th 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 the Dutch cities of Rotterdam, Haarlem, Almere, Amsterdam and Eindhoven.

The next three competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Venues

Rotterdam	Haarlem	Almere
Neptunus Familiestadion	Pim Mulier Stadion	Fanny Blankers Koen Sportpark
Capacity: 2,200	Capacity: 4,500	Capacity: 2,500
File:Neptunus stadion.jpg	File:Haarlemse Honkbalweek 2006.jpg
	Amsterdam	Eindhoven
	Sportpark Ookmeer	Sportpark de Heihoef
	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 2,000
	File:Amsterdam Pirates.jpg

First round

Pool A

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Cuba	8	0	70	15
2	Netherlands	7	1	81	18
3	Panama	6	2	54	35
4	South Korea	5	3	36	27
5	Canada	4	4	63	41
6	China	3	5	42	58
7	Brazil	2	6	28	53
8	Sweden	1	7	22	88
9	South Africa	0	8	15	76

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Pool B

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Japan	7	1	73	19
2	Nicaragua	6	2	53	27
3	Puerto Rico	6	2	53	34
4	United States	6	2	61	40
5	Australia	4	4	41	26
6	Chinese Taipei	3	5	48	39
7	Spain	2	6	32	61
8	Colombia	2	6	25	62
9	Czech Republic	0	8	13	91

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Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
File:Gold medal icon.svg	Cuba	11	0
File:Silver medal icon.svg	South Korea	7	4
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Panama	8	3
4	Netherlands	8	3
5	Japan	9	2
6	Nicaragua	7	4
7	United States	7	4
8	Puerto Rico	6	5
9	Canada	4	4
10	Australia	4	4
11	Chinese Taipei	3	5
12	China	3	5
13	Brazil	2	6
14	Spain	2	6
15	Colombia	2	6
16	Sweden	1	7
17	South Africa	0	8
18	Czech Republic	0	8

Awards

Tournament Awards

Award	Player
MVP	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Paret
Leading hitter	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Paret
Pitcher with best ERA	Template:Flagicon Pedro Luis Lazo
Pitcher with best win/loss average	Template:Flagicon Ramón Ramírez
Most Runs batted in	Template:Flagicon Joey Votto
Most Home runs	Template:Flagicon Yuliesky Gourriel
Most Stolen bases	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Paret
Most Runs scored	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Paret
Outstanding defensive player	Template:Flagicon Dirk van 't Klooster

All Star Team

Position	Player
Pitchers	Template:Flagicon Pedro Luis Lazo
	Template:Flagicon Diegomar Markwell
Catcher	Template:Flagicon Tsutomu Takanezawa
First base	Template:Flagicon Percy Isenia
Second base	Template:Flagicon Chen Yung-chi
Third base	Template:Flagicon Yuliesky Gourriel
Shortstop	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Paret
Outfield	Template:Flagicon Freddy Herrera
	Template:Flagicon Danny Rombley
	Template:Flagicon Tiago Magalhães
Designated hitter	Template:Flagicon Joey Votto

External links

• XXXVI Baseball World Cup - XXXVI Copa del Mundo de Béisbol
• World Cup Baseball 2005
• XXXVI World Cup Baseball 2 - 17 September 2005, Netherlands