2010 Women's Baseball World Cup

2010 Women's Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryVenezuela
Dates12 August - 22 August
Teams11
Final positions
Champions Japan (2nd title)
Runner-up Australia
Third place United States
Fourth place Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Games played40
Attendance156,684 (3,917 per game)
Best BAJapan Ayako Rokkaku (.643)
Most HRsUnited States Tamara Holmes (3)
Most SBsCuba Dayana Batista (7–7)
Best ERAJapan Kasumi Noguchi (0.00)
Most Ks (as pitcher)United States Martina Sementelli (14)
← 2008
2012 →

All statistics correct as of August 22, 2010.

The 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup was an international baseball competition that was held in Venezuela from August 12 to August 22, 2010.[1] Japan successfully defended their title from 2008, defeating Australia 13–3 in the final.[2]

Teams

The following 11 teams appeared at the tournament.[3][4]

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Venezuela 4 0 1.000 – 36 10
 Canada 3 1 .750 1 27 11
 Australia 2 2 .500 2 22 17
 Chinese Taipei[A 1] 1 3 .250 3 20 16
 Netherlands 0 4 .000 4 8 59
 Hong Kong[A 2] 0 1 .000 N/A 1 17
Notes
  1. ^ Chinese Taipei's result against Hong Kong was removed from their record after Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament.
  2. ^ Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament, after a shooting incident during their second game against the Netherlands.[5]

Schedule

August 12, 2010 Chinese Taipei  17 – 1 (F/5)  Hong Kong Estadio Cesar Nieves, Vargas
Attendance: 1,500
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August 12, 2010 Australia  1 – 6  Canada Estadio Cesar Nieves, Vargas
Attendance: 1,200
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August 12, 2010 Netherlands  4 – 20 (F/5)  Venezuela Estadio José A. Casanova, Caracas
Attendance: 5,000
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August 13, 2010 Canada  7 – 6  Chinese Taipei Estadio José A. Casanova, Caracas
Attendance: 250
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August 13, 2010 Hong Kong  9 – 12 (F/3)  Netherlands Estadio José A. Casanova, Caracas
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August 15, 2010 Australia  16 – 3 (F/5)  Netherlands Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 4,000
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August 15, 2010 Chinese Taipei  3 – 5  Venezuela Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 8,451
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August 16, 2010 Canada  12 – 1 (F/5)  Netherlands Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 500
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August 16, 2010 Australia  4 – 0  Chinese Taipei Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 600
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August 16, 2010 Netherlands  0 – 11  Chinese Taipei Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 800
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August 16, 2010 Venezuela  3 – 2 (F/8)  Canada Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 4,932
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August 17, 2010 Venezuela  8 – 1  Australia Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 12,639
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Pool B

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan 4 0 1.000 – 32 2
 United States 3 1 .750 1 36 5
 Cuba 2 2 .500 2 34 18
 Puerto Rico 1 3 .250 3 11 31
 South Korea 0 4 .000 4 9 66

Schedule

August 12, 2010 United States  1 – 5  Japan Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 6,000
Boxscore
August 12, 2010 South Korea  9 – 21 (F/6)  Cuba Estadio Aviacion, Maracay
Attendance: 1,000
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August 13, 2010 Cuba  1 – 3  Japan Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 2,000
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August 15, 2010 Puerto Rico  1 – 12 (F/6)  Cuba Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 4,500
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August 15, 2010 South Korea  0 – 21 (F/5)  United States Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 200
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August 15, 2010 Japan  14 – 0 (F/5)  South Korea Estadio Aviacion, Maracay
Attendance: 1,000
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August 15, 2010 Cuba  0 – 5  United States Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 1,500
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August 16, 2010 Puerto Rico  10 – 0 (F/5)  South Korea Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 200
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August 16, 2010 United States  9 – 0  Puerto Rico Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 1,300
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August 17, 2010 Japan  10 – 0 (F/6)  Puerto Rico Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 1,500
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Round 2

Pool C

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA Tiebreaker
 Japan 4 1 .800 – 33 14 1–0
 Venezuela 4 1 .800 – 22 22 0–1
 Australia 3 2 .600 1 37 31
 United States 2 3 .400 2 28 32 1–0
 Canada 2 3 .400 2 21 29 0–1
 Cuba 0 5 .000 4 15 28

Schedule

August 18, 2010 Canada  1 – 10  United States Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 639
Boxscore
August 18, 2010 Japan  9 – 10  Australia Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 7,000
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August 18, 2010 Venezuela  4 – 3  Cuba Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 13,582
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August 19, 2010 Australia  6 – 2  Cuba Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 1,225
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August 19, 2010 Japan  6 – 2  Canada Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 6,560
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August 19, 2010 Venezuela  7 – 6  United States Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 14,501
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August 20, 2010 Canada  10 – 9  Cuba Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 355
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August 20, 2010 United States  6 – 19 (F/6)  Australia Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 7,322
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August 20, 2010 Japan  10 – 0 (F/5)  Venezuela Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 12,578
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Pool D

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 1.000 – 39 3
 Puerto Rico 2 1 .667 1 22 17
 South Korea 1 2 .333 2 17 27
 Netherlands 0 3 .000 3 6 37

Schedule

August 19, 2010 Chinese Taipei  12 – 2 (F/6)  South Korea Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 70
Boxscore
August 19, 2010 Puerto Rico  11 – 1 (F/5)  Netherlands Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 103
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August 20, 2010 Puerto Rico  1 – 16 (F/5)  Chinese Taipei Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 600
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August 20, 2010 South Korea  15 – 5  Netherlands Estadio Aviacion, Maracay
Attendance: 600
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Final round

Classification games

9th and 10th place

August 21, 2010 South Korea  11 – 4  Netherlands Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 57
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7th and 8th place

August 21, 2010 Chinese Taipei  4 – 3  Puerto Rico Estadio Aviacion, Maracay
Attendance: 120
Boxscore

5th and 6th place

August 21, 2010 Canada  5 – 1  Cuba Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 300
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Semi-finals

Semi-finals Gold medal game
      
1  Japan 6
4  United States 1
W1  Japan 13
W2  Australia 3
3  Venezuela 2
2  Australia 12 Bronze medal game
L1  United States 15
L2  Venezuela 5
August 21, 2010 Japan  6 – 1  United States Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 5,000
Boxscore
August 21, 2010 Venezuela  2 – 12  Australia Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 10,500
Boxscore

Bronze medal game

August 22, 2010 United States  15 – 5 (F/6)  Venezuela Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 6,000
Boxscore

Gold medal game

August 22, 2010 Japan  13 – 3 (F/5)  Australia Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 6,350
Boxscore

Shooting incident

On August 13, during the game against the Netherlands, Hong Kong player Cheuk Woon-Yee was struck by a stray bullet in the leg. The incident occurred when Cheuk was taking the field to play third base in the fourth inning against the Netherlands, which were leading the game 12–9. The game was held at José Antonio Casanova Stadium in Fort Tiuna, a military garrison in Caracas. The other two games on Friday and all games on Saturday were postponed.[6]

On August 15, the International Baseball Federation and the organizers of the tournament decided to move all remaining games to Maracay. The schedule did not include Hong Kong, as they elected to withdraw from the competition to return home.[7]

Final standings

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.[2]

References

  1. ^ van Zon, Rogier (11 May 2010). "Debuut Nederland op WK in Venezuela" [Netherlands in World Cup debut in Venezuela] (in Dutch). de Nederlandse honkbalsite [The Dutch baseball site]. Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Japan, World Champion: Ayako Rokkaku MVP". International Baseball Federation. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  3. ^ "IV Women World Cup - Round 1 Standings". IBAF. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  4. ^ "IV Women World Cup - Hong Kong Statistics". IBAF. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Games to Resume in Venezuela". IBAF. 15 August 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Hong Kong player shot in leg at women's baseball championship". Reuters Canada. 14 August 2010. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Team leaves after bullet hits player". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.