2001 Baseball World Cup

2001 Baseball World Cup

Tournament details
Country	Taiwan
Dates	6–18 November
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (23rd title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Games played	68
MVP	Luis Ulacia
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The 2001 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 34th 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 first time, in Taiwan, from 6 to 18 November. Cuba defeated the United States in the final, winning its 23rd title.

There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals.

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

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Chinese Taipei	6	1	38	13
2	United States	5	2	52	9
3	Dominican Republic	5	2	38	26
4	South Korea	5	2	43	18
5	Nicaragua	4	3	33	28
6	Italy	2	5	22	37
7	South Africa	1	6	13	57
8	France	0	7	7	58

Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Japan	7	0	68	10
2	Cuba	6	1	43	13
3	Panama	5	2	28	27
4	Netherlands	4	3	45	19
5	Australia	3	4	24	32
6	Canada	2	5	21	18
7	Russia	1	6	13	66
8	Philippines	0	7	7	79

Playoffs

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Cuba	3
	Dominican Republic	1
					Cuba	3
					Japan	1
	Japan	3
	South Korea	1
									Cuba	5
									United States	3
	United States	7
	Panama	2
					United States	4
					Chinese Taipei	1			Third place
	Chinese Taipei	2
	Netherlands	0
									Japan	0
									Chinese Taipei	3

	5th–8th place				Fifth place
	Dominican Republic	2
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	2
					Panama	3
	Panama	5
	Netherlands	0
					Seventh place
					Dominican Republic	3
					Netherlands	7

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	9	1
	United States	7	3
	Chinese Taipei	8	2.
4	Japan	8	2
5	Panama	7	3
6	South Korea	6	4
7	Netherlands	5	5
8	Dominican Republic	5	5
9	Nicaragua	4	3
10	Australia	3	4
11	Canada	2	5
12	Italy	2	5
13	South Africa	1	6
14	Russia	1	6
15	France	0	7
16	Philippines	0	7

Awards

Tournament Awards[1] Award Player MVP Luis Ulacia Leading hitter Luis Ulacia Pitcher with best ERA Samuel Meurant Pitcher with best win/loss average Chang Chih-chia Most Runs batted in Chin-Feng Chen Yohanny Valera Most Home runs Evert-Jan 't Hoen Most Stolen bases Ralph Milliard Most Runs scored Yoshinobu Takahashi Outstanding defensive player Kevin Nicholson

All Star Team[1] Position Player Pitchers José Contreras Jason Stanford Catcher Ken Huckaby First base Orestes Kindelán Second base Antonio Pacheco Third base Akihiro Higashide Shortstop Hirokazu Ibata Outfield Chin-Feng Chen Mark Budzinski Yoshinobu Takahashi Designated hitter Chuan-Chia Wang

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

References

External links

• XXXIV Baseball World Cup - XXXIV Copa del Mundo de Béisbol