2001 Baseball World Cup

International baseball tournament

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

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### Pool A

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Pos  | Team  | W  | L  | RS  | RA

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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

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Pos  | Team  | W  | L  | RS  | RA

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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

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  Cuba| 3

|  Dominican Republic| 1 |

|  Cuba| 3

| |  Japan| 1 |

|  Japan| 3

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|  South Korea| 1 |

|  Cuba| 5

| |  United States| 3

|  United States| 7

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|  Panama| 2 |

|  United States| 4

| |  Chinese Taipei| 1 | | Third place

|  Chinese Taipei| 2

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|  Netherlands| 0 |

|  Japan| 0

|  Chinese Taipei| 3

| 5th–8th place| | Fifth place

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|  Dominican Republic| 2

|  South Korea| 3 |

|  South Korea| 2

| |  Panama| 3

|  Panama| 5

|  Netherlands| 0 |

| Seventh place

|  Dominican Republic| 3

|  Netherlands| 7

## Final standings

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Pos  | Team  | W  | L

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|  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

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Tournament Awards[1] | Award | Player

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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

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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

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* List of sporting events in Taiwan

## References

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1. ^ a b "XXXIV Baseball World Cup - XXXIV Copa del Mundo de Béisbol". Archived from the original on 14 February 2005. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

## External links

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

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