2016 Haarlem Baseball Week

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2016 Haarlem Baseball Week
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Dates 15–24 July
Teams5
Defending champions United States (2014) (absent)
Final positions
Champions
Gold
 Netherlands (4th title)
Runner-up
Silver
 Japan
Third place
Bronze
 Australia
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Games played17
Attendance34,300 (2,018 per game)
Most Valuable PlayerJapan [1]
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The 2016 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from 15–24 July 2016.[2] It was the 28th edition of the tournament.

In the final the Netherlands won over Japan, becoming champions for the fourth time.

For the first time in the history of the Haarlem Baseball Week a youth tournament was organised as well, called the Honkbalweek Haarlem Cup.[3]

Teams[]

Originally, six teams were invited to the tournament. However, the team from the United States had to withdraw because of sponsor obligations.[4] The organisation was not able to find a replacement team,[5] leaving five participating teams.[6]


Australia		 4th appearance

Chinese Taipei1		 9th appearance

Curaçao		 1st appearance2

Japan		 14th appearance

Netherlands		 Host nation

^1 Chinese Taipei is the official 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.)
^2 Players from Curaçao previously competed at the Haarlem Baseball Week as part of the Dutch Caribbean team.

Group stage[]

Standings[]

Teams W L Pct. GB PTS R RA
 Netherlands 4 0 1.000 — 8 28 6
 Australia 3 1 .750 1 6 23 19
 Japan 2 2 .500 2 4 17 12
 Chinese Taipei 1 3 .250 3 2 12 18
 Curaçao 0 4 .000 4 0 6 31
Source: "Uitslagen en stats". Honkbalweek Haarlems. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

Game results[]

15 July 2016 Curaçao  1 – 10  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 850
Boxscore
16 July 2016 Australia  9 – 5  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,600
Boxscore
16 July 2016 Netherlands  6 – 1  Curaçao Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,200
Boxscore
17 July 2016 Chinese Taipei  0 – 8  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,100
Boxscore
17 July 2016 Japan  3 – 4  Australia Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,100
Boxscore
18 July 2016 Curaçao  4 – 8  Australia Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,100
Boxscore
19 July 2016 Chinese Taipei  7 – 0  Curaçao Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,300
Boxscore
19 July 2016 Netherlands  7 – 3  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,150
Boxscore
20 July 2016 Japan  1 – 0  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 900
Boxscore
20 July 2016 Australia  2 – 7  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,100
Boxscore

Knock-out phase[]

21 July 2016 Japan  2 – 1  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 850
Boxscore
21 July 2016 Netherlands  9 – 0  Australia Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,900
Boxscore
22 July 2016 Australia  8 – 7  Curaçao Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 850
Boxscore
22 July 2016 Netherlands  3 – 0  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore
23 July 2016 Chinese Taipei  5 – 4  Curaçao Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,800
Boxscore
23 July 2016 Australia  4 – 9  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,300
Boxscore

Final[]

24 July 2016 Netherlands  2 – 0  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,200
Boxscore

Final standings[]

Tournament awards[]

Award Player[1]
Homerun King Japan (2)
Most Popular Player Australia Trent Oeltjen
Press Award Australia Jim Colborn
Best Defensive Player Chinese Taipei (1.000 FLD%)
Best Hitter Japan (.448)
Best Pitcher Japan (0.00 ERA in 13 innings)
Most Valuable Player Japan (13 hits, 7 RBIs)

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Awards" (PDF). Honkbalweek Haarlem. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Het wedstrijdprogramma". Honkbalweek Haarlem. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Honkbalweek Haarlem Cup". Honkbalweek Haarlem. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Vijf deelnemers Honkbalweek Haarlem bekend". Honkbalweek Haarlem. 16 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Wedstrijdprogramma 28e editie Honkbalweek Haarlem bekend". Honkbalweek Haarlem. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. ^ "De teams". Honkbalweek Haarlem. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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