2016 Haarlem Baseball Week

2016 Haarlem Baseball Week
Tournament details
Host country  Netherlands
Dates 15–24 July
Teams 5
Defending champions  United States (2014) (absent)
Final positions
Champions
 Netherlands (4th title)
Runner-up
 Japan
Third place
 Australia
Fourth place  Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Games played 17
Attendance 34,300 (2,018 per game)
Most Valuable Player Japan Ryoya Kaneko[1]
2014

The 2016 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 15–24, 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
12th 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

July 15, 2016 Curaçao  1 10  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 850
Boxscore

July 16, 2016 Australia  9 5  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,600
Boxscore
July 16, 2016 Netherlands  6 1  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,200
Boxscore

July 17, 2016 Chinese Taipei  0 8  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,100
Boxscore
July 17, 2016 Japan  3 4  Australia Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,100
Boxscore

July 18, 2016 Curaçao  4 8  Australia Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,100
Boxscore

July 19, 2016 Chinese Taipei  7 0  Curaçao Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,300
Boxscore
July 19, 2016 Netherlands  7 3  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,150
Boxscore

July 20, 2016 Japan  1 0  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 900
Boxscore
July 20, 2016 Australia  2 7  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,100
Boxscore

Knock-out phase

July 21, 2016 Japan  2 1  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 850
Boxscore
July 21, 2016 Netherlands  9 0  Australia Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,900
Boxscore

July 22, 2016 Australia  8 7  Curaçao Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 850
Boxscore
July 22, 2016 Netherlands  3 0  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore

July 23, 2016 Chinese Taipei  5 4  Curaçao Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,800
Boxscore
July 23, 2016 Australia  4 9  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,300
Boxscore

Final

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

Final standings

Rk Team
1  Netherlands
2  Japan
3  Australia
4  Chinese Taipei
5  Curaçao

 2016 Haarlem Baseball Week Champions 

Netherlands
4th title

Tournament awards

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

External links

References

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