2018 Haarlem Baseball Week

2018 Haarlem Baseball Week
Tournament details
CountryNetherlands
CityHaarlem
Dates13–22 July
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Japan (4th title)
Runner-up Chinese Taipei
Third place Netherlands
Fourth place Cuba
Tournament statistics
Games played21
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The 2018 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from 13–22 July 2018.[1] It was the 29th edition of the tournament.

Japan became champions for the fourth time, beating Chinese Taipei in the final, which was Chinese Taipei's first finals appeance in the tournament.

Teams

A usual number of six teams were invited to the tournament.[2]


Chinese Taipei1		 10th appearance

Cuba		 14th appearance

Germany		 1st appearance2

Italy		 5th appearance

Japan		 15th 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 As national team. 6 non-national teams from West Germany have appeared before.

Group stage

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan 5 0 1.000 — 20 5
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 .800 1 30 11
 Netherlands 3 2 .600 2 24 12
 Italy 2 3 .400 3 13 16
 Germany 1 4 .200 4 10 30
 Cuba 0 5 .000 5 14 37
Source: "Programma en uitslagen". Honkbalweek Haarlem. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

Game results

13 July 2018 Japan  1 – 0  Italy Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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13 July 2018 Germany  0 – 6  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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14 July 2018 Chinese Taipei  0 – 1  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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14 July 2018 Italy  0 – 7  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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14 July 2018 Germany  5 – 4  Cuba Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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15 July 2018 Netherlands  2 – 3  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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15 July 2018 Cuba  1 – 7  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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16 July 2018 Italy  7 – 3  Cuba Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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16 July 2018 Japan  6 – 1  Germany Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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17 July 2018 Chinese Taipei  4 – 3  Italy Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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17 July 2018 Netherlands  6 – 4  Cuba Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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18 July 2018 Germany  3 – 11  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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18 July 2018 Netherlands  3 – 5  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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19 July 2018 Cuba  2 – 12  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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19 July 2018 Italy  3 – 1  Germany Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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Play-offs

20 July 2018 - Game 16 (5) Germany  1 – 7  Cuba (6) Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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20 July 2018 - Game 17 (3) Netherlands  2 – 1  Italy (4) Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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20 July 2018 - Game 18 (1) Japan  8 – 1  Chinese Taipei (2) Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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21 July 2018 - Game 19 (L17) Italy  5 – 9  Cuba (W16) Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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21 July 2018 - Game 20 (L18) Chinese Taipei  7 – 5  Netherlands (W17) Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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Final

22 July 2018 - Final (W18) Japan  5 – 0  Chinese Taipei (W20) Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
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Final standings

References

  1. ^ "Programma en uitslagen". Honkbalweek Haarlem. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Teams". Honkbalweek Haarlem. Retrieved 4 July 2018.