2009 Baseball World Cup

Template:Infobox tournament season The 2009 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 38th 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 2009 tournament was held, for the first time, across a continent — with games played in 27 cities across eight European countries, from September 9 to 27. The final was a repeat of the previous BWC final, with the United States again defeating Cuba, winning its fourth title. Canada won the bronze medal, the nation's first medal in the tournament, after defeating Puerto Rico 6–2.

There were 22 participating countries (which stands as the most ever in tournament history), with 20 teams split into five groups for the first round, after which "official" host Italy and 2007 European Champion Netherlands joined the advancing 14 teams in the second round.

The next competition would be the last amateur championship held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Format

Previous editions of the World Cup were held with no more than 18 teams. These teams were initially broken up into two pools, with the top teams from each pool qualifying for the final knockout stage. With 22 teams competing in the 2009 tournament, the format has been expanded into three phases. Teams that play from the first round and finish among the top eight teams of the tournament will now have played as many as 15 games, making it one of the longest campaigns for any international baseball tournament.

All of the teams, with the exception of Italy and Netherlands, will compete in the first round (as hosts for the second-round games, Italy and Netherlands receive a bye through the first round). The teams will be broken into five pools of four teams each. Each pool will be held in a different country, with the hosts Czech Republic, Spain, Sweden, Croatia and Germany assigned to the corresponding pools. (Previously, Russia had been set as the host nation for Pool D, however they were replaced by Croatia in an announcement from the IBAF.) Unlike the 2009 World Baseball Classic, the pools will be conducted in single round-robin format. The top two teams from each pool will automatically qualify for the second round, while four of the five third-place finishers will also qualify as wild cards. In some respects, the first round is like a final qualifying tournament, similar to the format used for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The second round operates similarly to the first, but on an expanded scale. The field of teams is split into two pools, one hosted in Italy, the other in the Netherlands. The fourteen qualifiers from the first round are assigned to the pools, and commence a single round-robin competition. The top four teams from each pool then qualify for the third and final round.

The third round is broken into two parts: a partial round-robin and then four classification games, including the final. Each team will play four games during the round-robin phase, against the teams they have not yet faced (in Round 2) who also qualified – i.e. the teams from the Italian pool will face the teams from the Netherlands pool, but not each other. The teams are then ranked on their results in this phase and in games of the 2nd round between qualified teams, but in two groups based on the pool they qualified from. Each team then plays a classification game against their counterpart from the opposite group to determine their final placings in the tournament – i.e. the fourth place Italian qualifier faces the fourth place Netherlands qualifier to determine seventh and eighth positions, the third place qualifiers compete for fifth and sixth positions, and so on. The winner of the final classification game will be declared the winner of the World Cup for 2009.

Tiebreaking procedures

The IBAF employs a standard tiebreaking system across all tournaments it sanctions, though it will use a modified version for this World Cup. Ordinarily there are five criteria available to be used when two or more teams finish the tournament (or a section thereof) with the same winning percentage; if the first method does not split the teams involved, the next one is used, continuing down the list of methods until a distinction is achieved. The criteria used to determine the higher placed finishing team, in order, are:

1. the team with the better head-to-head record for the teams involved
2. the team with the better ratio of runs allowed per fielding inning subtracted from the ratio of runs scored per batting inning, referred to as the "Team Quality Balance", from the games involving the tied teams
3. the team with the better "Earned Run Team Quality Balance" – the same as No. 2 but using only earned runs as opposed to all runs
4. the team with the highest batting average from the head-to-head games
5. a coin flip.

For this World Cup though, a simplified method of tiebreaking will be used:

1. the team with the better head-to-head record for the teams involved
2. the team with the fewest runs allowed
3. the team with the lowest earned run average
4. the team with the highest batting average.

In the case of determining the four wild card teams that will progress from the first to the second round, the first measure will automatically be skipped, as it will be impossible for the teams to have played against each other.

Teams

Twenty-two teams qualified for the tournament, either through finishing high enough in the 2007 World Cup, placing high enough in regional tournaments that doubled as qualifying tournaments for the event, or by automatic qualification by hosting some part of the tournament.

Round 1
Pool A		Pool B		Pool C		Pool D		Pool E
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	6th, 2007 World Cup	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba	File:Silver medal world centered.svg 2007 World Cup	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	Qualified, 2008 Olympics	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	Replacing Russia, Host nation	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	Qualified, 2008 Olympics
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei	Qualified, 2008 Olympics	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico	File:Gold medal america.svg 2008 Americas Baseball Cup	File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986–2010).svg Netherlands Antilles	4th, 2008 Americas Baseball Cup	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain	File:Silver medal europe.svg 2007 European Championship	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	4th, 2007 European Championship
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic	Host nation	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	African qualifier	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	5th, 2007 World Cup	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	File:Bronze medal world centered.svg 2007 World Cup	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	File:Gold medal world centered.svg 2007 World Cup
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	File:Bronze medal america.svg 2008 Americas Baseball Cup	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	File:Bronze medal europe.svg 2007 European Championship	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	Host nation	File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua	File:Silver medal america.svg 2008 Americas Baseball Cup	File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela	5th, 2008 Americas Baseball Cup
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Pool F					Pool G
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands		File:Gold medal europe.svg 2007 European Championship			File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy		Host nation

Round 1

Group A

	Qualified for the 2nd round
	Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card

Team	W	L	R	RA	PCT
Mexico	3	0	27	9	1.000
Australia	2	1	33	19	.667
Chinese Taipei	1	2	15	16	.333
Czech Republic	0	3	5	36	.000

9 September 2009	Czech Republic	4–17	Australia	Template:Flagicon Prague, Czech Republic Attendance: 800
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10 September 2009	Chinese Taipei	0–8	Mexico	Template:Flagicon Prague, Czech Republic Attendance: 700
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11 September 2009	Australia	7–5	Chinese Taipei	Template:Flagicon Prague, Czech Republic Attendance: 1,000
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11 September 2009	Mexico	9–0	Czech Republic	Template:Flagicon Prague, Czech Republic Attendance: 1,200
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12 September 2009	Australia	9–10	Mexico	Template:Flagicon Prague, Czech Republic Attendance: 2,500
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12 September 2009	Czech Republic	1–10	Chinese Taipei	Template:Flagicon Prague, Czech Republic Attendance: 2,500
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Group B

	Qualified for the 2nd round
	Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card

Team	W	L	R	RA	PCT
Cuba	3	0	25	9	1.000
Puerto Rico	2	1	17	13	.667
Spain	1	2	22	10	.333
South Africa	0	3	5	37	.000

9 September 2009	Spain	15 – 0 (F/6)	South Africa	Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain Attendance: 350
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10 September 2009	Puerto Rico	0 – 10 (F/7)	Cuba	Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain Attendance: 1,500
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11 September 2009	Cuba	10–5	South Africa	Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain Attendance: 500
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11 September 2009	Spain	3–5	Puerto Rico	Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain Attendance: 1,500
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12 September 2009	Cuba	5–4	Spain	Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain Attendance: 1,500
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12 September 2009	South Africa	0 – 12 (F/7)	Puerto Rico	Template:Flagicon Barcelona, Spain Attendance: 150
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Group C

	Qualified for the 2nd round
	Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card

Team	W	L	R	RA	PCT
Canada	3	0	43	2	1.000
Netherlands Antilles	2	1	19	28	.667
South Korea	1	2	11	19	.333
Sweden	0	3	10	34	.000

9 September 2009	Sweden	8–10	Netherlands Antilles	Template:Flagicon Sundbyberg, Sweden Attendance: 1,223
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10 September 2009	Canada	9–1	South Korea	Template:Flagicon Sundbyberg, Sweden Attendance: 662
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11 September 2009	South Korea	5–1	Sweden	Template:Flagicon Sundbyberg, Sweden Attendance: 1,307
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11 September 2009	Netherlands Antilles	0 – 15 (F/7)	Canada	Template:Flagicon Sundbyberg, Sweden Attendance: 1,408
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12 September 2009	South Korea	5–9	Netherlands Antilles	Template:Flagicon Sundbyberg, Sweden Attendance: 1,722
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12 September 2009	Sweden	1 – 19 (F/5)	Canada	Template:Flagicon Sundbyberg, Sweden Attendance: 2,091
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Group D

	Qualified for the 2nd round
	Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card

Team	W	L	R	RA	PCT
Nicaragua	3	0	28	5	1.000
Japan	2	1	26	18	.667
Great Britain	1	2	11	20	.333
Croatia	0	3	5	27	.000

10 September 2009	Great Britain	7–9	Japan	Template:Flagicon Zagreb, Croatia Attendance: 180
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10 September 2009	Croatia	1–10	Nicaragua	Template:Flagicon Zagreb, Croatia Attendance: 450
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11 September 2009	Nicaragua	10 – 0 (F/7)	Great Britain	Template:Flagicon Zagreb, Croatia Attendance: 150
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11 September 2009	Japan	13 – 3 (F/7)	Croatia	Template:Flagicon Zagreb, Croatia Attendance: 400
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12 September 2009	Japan	4–8	Nicaragua	Template:Flagicon Zagreb, Croatia Attendance: 380
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12 September 2009	Croatia	1–4	Great Britain	Template:Flagicon Zagreb, Croatia Attendance: 600
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Group E

Qualified for the 2nd round

Team	W	L	R	RA	PCT
Venezuela	3	0	42	12	1.000
United States	2	1	26	14	.667
Germany	1	2	16	22	.333
China	0	3	3	39	.000

9 September 2009	Germany	14 – 1 (F/7)	China	Template:Flagicon Regensburg, Germany Attendance: 5,300
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10 September 2009	United States	9 – 13 (F/11)	Venezuela	Template:Flagicon Regensburg, Germany Attendance: 4,200
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11 September 2009	Venezuela	17 – 2 (F/5)	China	Template:Flagicon Regensburg, Germany Attendance: 6,100
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11 September 2009	United States	9–1	Germany	Template:Flagicon Regensburg, Germany Attendance: 9,600
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12 September 2009	China	0–8	United States	Template:Flagicon Regensburg, Germany Attendance: 5,900
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12 September 2009	Germany	1 – 12 (F/8)	Venezuela	Template:Flagicon Regensburg, Germany Attendance: 6,900
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Wild cards

Qualified for the 2nd round as wild card

Team	Pool	W	L	R	RA	PCT
Spain	B	1	2	22	10	.333
Chinese Taipei	A	1	2	15	16	.333
South Korea	C	1	2	11	19	.333
Great Britain	D	1	2	11	20	.333
Germany	E	1	2	16	22	.333

Round 2

Group F

Qualified for the 3rd round

Team	W	L	R	RA	PCT	1st Tiebreaker Head–to–head record	2nd Tiebreaker Head–to–head runs allowed	3rd Tiebreaker Head–to–head record
Netherlands	6	1	44	23	.857	1–1	7	1–0
Puerto Rico	6	1	46	16	.857	1–1	7	0–1
Cuba	6	1	42	10	.857	1–1	8	—
Venezuela	3	4	26	37	.429	1–0	—	—
South Korea	3	4	30	24	.429	0–1	—	—
Nicaragua	2	5	24	48	.333	1–0	—	—
Spain	2	5	31	47	.286	0–1	—	—
Great Britain	0	7	12	50	.000	—	—	—

13 September 2009	Netherlands	4–2	South Korea	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 3,500
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13 September 2009	Cuba	6–0	Great Britain	Template:Flagicon Haarlem, Netherlands Attendance: 327
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13 September 2009	Venezuela	7–4	Nicaragua	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 250
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13 September 2009	Puerto Rico	12 – 2 (F/7)	Spain	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 211
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14 September 2009	South Korea	15 – 5 (F/8)	Great Britain	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 91
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14 September 2009	Spain	8–1	Venezuela	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 61
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14 September 2009	Nicaragua	1–4	Cuba	Template:Flagicon Haarlem, Netherlands Attendance: 350
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14 September 2009	Netherlands	5–2	Puerto Rico	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 2,041
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16 September 2009	Puerto Rico	3–2	South Korea	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 251
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16 September 2009	Great Britain	1–4	Nicaragua	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 112
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16 September 2009	Spain	5–10	Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Haarlem, Netherlands Attendance: 2,500
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16 September 2009	Cuba	10 – 0 (F/8)	Venezuela	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 479
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17 September 2009	Puerto Rico	3–2	Great Britain	Template:Flagicon Haarlem, Netherlands Attendance: 1,477
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17 September 2009	Netherlands	8–5	Venezuela	Template:Flagicon Haarlem, Netherlands Attendance: 3,117
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17 September 2009	Spain	0–10	Cuba	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 108
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17 September 2009	Nicaragua	2–7	South Korea	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 400
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18 September 2009	Spain	5–9	Nicaragua	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 300
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18 September 2009	Cuba	2–5	Puerto Rico	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 1,600
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18 September 2009	Venezuela	4–1	South Korea	Template:Flagicon Haarlem, Netherlands Attendance: 334
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18 September 2009	Great Britain	0–6	Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 2,225
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19 September 2009	Great Britain	3–10	Spain	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 433
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19 September 2009	South Korea	1–5	Cuba	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 1,400
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19 September 2009	Venezuela	3–5	Puerto Rico	Template:Flagicon Haarlem, Netherlands Attendance: 1,116
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19 September 2009	Nicaragua	4–8	Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 3,000
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20 September 2009	Nicaragua	0 – 16 (F/7)	Puerto Rico	Template:Flagicon Haarlem, Netherlands Attendance: 406
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20 September 2009	Netherlands	3–5	Cuba	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 4,000
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20 September 2009	Venezuela	6–1	Great Britain	Template:Flagicon Haarlem, Netherlands Attendance: 800
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20 September 2009	South Korea	2–1	Spain	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands Attendance: 354
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Group G

Qualified for the 3rd round

Team	W	L	R	RA	PCT	1st Tiebreaker Head–to–head record	2nd Tiebreaker Head–to–head runs allowed	3rd Tiebreaker Head–to–head record
United States	7	0	60	15	1.000	—	—	—
Australia	5	2	47	27	.714	1–1	8	1–0
Canada	5	2	50	29	.714	1–1	8	0–1
Chinese Taipei	5	2	32	29	.714	1–1	9	—
Japan	2	5	28	25	.286	1–1	9	—
Italy	2	5	32	54	.286	1–1	10	—
Mexico	2	5	28	38	.286	1–1	12	—
Netherlands Antilles	0	7	27	87	.000	—	—	—

13 September 2009	Australia	19 – 6 (F/7)	Netherlands Antilles	Template:Flagicon Piacenza, Italy Attendance: 383
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13 September 2009	Italy	2–5	Chinese Taipei	Template:Flagicon Florence, Italy Attendance: 1,800
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13 September 2009	Japan	9–3	Mexico	Template:Flagicon Parma, Italy Attendance: 604
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13 September 2009	United States	8–0	Canada	Template:Flagicon Reggio Emilia, Italy Attendance: 300
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14 September 2009	Mexico	6–3	Italy	Template:Flagicon Bologna, Italy Attendance: 500
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14 September 2009	Canada	3 – 5 (F/10)	Australia	Template:Flagicon Novara, Italy Attendance: 200
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14 September 2009	Netherlands Antilles	1 – 11 (F/7)	United States	Template:Flagicon Verona, Italy Attendance: 850
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15 September 2009	Chinese Taipei	5 – 4 (F/10)	Australia	Template:Flagicon Godo, Italy Attendance: 450
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15 September 2009	United States	4–2	Japan	Template:Flagicon Macerata, Italy Attendance: 1,900
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16 September 2009	Japan	1 – 3 (F/10)	Chinese Taipei	Template:Flagicon Serravalle, Republic of San Marino Attendance: 120
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16 September 2009	Mexico	2–4	Canada	Template:Flagicon Turin, Italy Attendance: 400
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17 September 2009	Chinese Taipei	3 – 14 (F/7)	United States	Template:Flagicon Turin, Italy Attendance: 1,000
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17 September 2009	Canada	3 – 2 (F/10)	Japan	Template:Flagicon Bologna, Italy Attendance: 450
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17 September 2009	Australia	5–4	Italy	Template:Flagicon Parma, Italy Attendance: 1,522
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17 September 2009	Mexico	9–8	Netherlands Antilles	Template:Flagicon Serravalle, Republic of San Marino Attendance: 300
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18 September 2009	Netherlands Antilles	2 – 19 (F/6)	Canada	Template:Flagicon Godo, Italy Attendance: 650
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18 September 2009	Italy	6–4	Japan	Template:Flagicon Novara, Italy Attendance: 1,000
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18 September 2009	Chinese Taipei	1 – 0 (F/10)	Mexico	Template:Flagicon Verona, Italy Attendance: 600
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19 September 2009	Japan	0–5	Australia	Template:Flagicon Bologna, Italy Attendance: 400
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19 September 2009	Netherlands Antilles	3–12	Chinese Taipei	Template:Flagicon Novara, Italy Attendance: 350
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19 September 2009	Canada	16–7	Italy	Template:Flagicon Reggio Emilia, Italy Attendance: 817
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19 September 2009	Mexico	3–7	United States	Template:Flagicon Vicenza, Italy Attendance: 500
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20 September 2009	Australia	6–5	Mexico	Template:Flagicon Macerata, Italy Attendance: 1,300
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20 September 2009	Canada	5 – 3 (F/6)	Chinese Taipei	Template:Flagicon Parma, Italy Attendance: 323
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20 September 2009	Japan	10–1	Netherlands Antilles	Template:Flagicon Verona, Italy Attendance: 550
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20 September 2009	Italy	3–12	United States	Template:Flagicon Turin, Italy Attendance: 1,000
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21 September 2009	Italy	7–6	Netherlands Antilles	Template:Flagicon Vicenza, Italy Attendance: 150
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21 September 2009	United States	4–3	Australia	Template:Flagicon Bologna, Italy Attendance: 250
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Round 3

Semi finals

Group 1

Team	W	L	R	RA	PCT
Cuba	5	2	35	15	.714
Puerto Rico	4	3	24	20	.571
Netherlands	3	4	36	38	.429
Venezuela	2	5	28	46	.289

Group 2

Team	W	L	R	RA	PCT
United States	7	0	48	14	1.000
Canada	4	3	32	28	.571
Australia	2	5	24	29	.289
Chinese Taipei	1	6	19	56	.143

22 September 2009	Cuba	2–1	Australia	Template:Flagicon Grosseto, Italy Attendance: 300
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22 September 2009	Puerto Rico	0–3	Canada	Template:Flagicon Nettuno, Italy Attendance: 500
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22 September 2009	United States	6–3	Venezuela	Template:Flagicon Florence, Italy Attendance: 170
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22 September 2009	Netherlands	11–2	Chinese Taipei	Template:Flagicon Stadio Primo Nebiolo Messina, Italy Attendance: 350
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23 September 2009	Canada	9–2	Venezuela	Template:Flagicon Chieti, Italy Attendance: 300
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23 September 2009	Australia	5–2	Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Grosseto, Italy Attendance: 250
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23 September 2009	Puerto Rico	0–3	United States	Template:Flagicon Florence, Italy Attendance: 130
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23 September 2009	Chinese Taipei	0–8	Cuba	Template:Flagicon Nettuno, Italy Attendance: 500
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24 September 2009	United States	5–3	Cuba	Template:Flagicon Nettuno, Italy Attendance: 2,000
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24 September 2009	Chinese Taipei	2–8	Puerto Rico	Template:Flagicon Chieti, Italy Attendance: 250
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24 September 2009	Canada	11–5	Netherlands	Template:Flagicon Grosseto, Italy Attendance: 250
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24 September 2009	Venezuela	9–4	Australia	Template:Flagicon Florence, Italy Attendance: 104
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25 September 2009	Cuba	5–1	Canada	Template:Flagicon Florence, Italy Attendance: 1,100
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25 September 2009	Venezuela	6–4	Chinese Taipei	Template:Flagicon Grosseto, Italy Attendance: 200
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25 September 2009	Australia	2–4	Puerto Rico	Template:Flagicon Chieti, Italy Attendance: 300
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25 September 2009	Netherlands	2–8	United States	Template:Flagicon Nettuno, Italy Attendance: 1,000
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Final round

7th place game

26 September 2009	Venezuela	6–3	Chinese Taipei	Template:Flagicon Florence, Italy Attendance: 110
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5th place game

26 September 2009	Netherlands	1–4	Australia	Template:Flagicon Stadio Primo Nebiolo Messina, Italy Attendance: 300
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Bronze medal game

26 September 2009	Puerto Rico	2–6	Canada	Template:Flagicon Grosseto, Italy Attendance: 1,000
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Final

27 September 2009	Cuba	5–10	United States	Template:Flagicon Stadio Steno Borghese, Nettuno, Italy Attendance: 5,000
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Final standings

Rk	Team	W	L	Tiebreakers
	United States	14	1
Lost in the Final
	Cuba	12	3
Failed to qualify for Final
	Canada	12	3
4	Puerto Rico	10	5
Failed to qualify for bronze medal game
5	Australia	9	6
6	Netherlands	7	5
Failed to qualify for 5th place game
7	Venezuela	9	6
8	Chinese Taipei	6	9
Failed to qualify for Round 3
Rk	Team	W	L	1st Tiebreaker	2nd Tiebreaker
9	South Korea	4	6	3–4	–
10	Japan	4	6	2–5	25 RA
11	Mexico	5	5	2–5	38 RA
12	Spain	3	7	2–5	47 RA
13	Nicaragua	5	5	2–5	48 RA
14	Italy	2	5	2–5	54 RA
15	Great Britain	1	9	0–7	50 RA
16	Netherlands Antilles	2	8	0–7	87 RA
Failed to qualify for Round 2
Rk	Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
17	Germany	1	2	–
18	Croatia	0	3	27 RA
19	Sweden	0	3	34 RA
20	Czech Republic	0	3	36 RA
21	South Africa	0	3	37 RA
22	China	0	3	39 RA

2009 Baseball World Cup champions
4th title

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.

All Star Team

Position	Player
Best Starting Pitcher	Template:Flagicon Norge Luis Vera
Best Relief Pitcher	Template:Flagicon Trystan Magnuson
Catcher	Template:Flagicon Sidney de Jong
First Base	Template:Flagicon Justin Smoak
Second Base	Template:Flagicon Héctor Olivera
Third Base	Template:Flagicon Shawn Bowman
Short Stop	Template:Flagicon Hainley Statia
Outfield	Template:Flagicon Alfredo Despaigne
	Template:Flagicon José Dariel Abreu
	Template:Flagicon Jon Weber
Designated Hitter	Template:Flagicon Terry Tiffee

Tournament Awards

Award	Player
MVP	Template:Flagicon Justin Smoak
Leading Batter	Template:Flagicon Paco Figueroa
Best Earned Run Average (Pitcher)	Template:Flagicon Matt Kniginyzky
Best Won/Loss Average (Pitcher)	Template:Flagicon Todd Redmond
Most Runs Batted In	Template:Flagicon René Reyes
Most Home Runs	Template:Flagicon Alfredo Despaigne
Most Stolen Bases	Template:Flagicon Paco Figueroa
Most Runs Scored	Template:Flagicon Rene Tosoni
Outstanding Defensive Player	Template:Flagicon Ángel Sánchez

External links

• Official website
• Host websiteTemplate:Category handler
• CEB World Cup SlideshowTemplate:Category handler