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International amateur baseball tournament
2011 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryPanama
Dates1–15 October
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up Cuba
Third place Canada
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played67
Attendance156,471 (2,335 per game)
MVPNetherlands Curt Smith
← 2009

The 2011 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 39th 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. Panama were first-time hosts (beating out bids from Chinese Taipei and Venezuela), with games held in four cities, from October 1 to 15.

The Netherlands defeated Cuba in the final, winning its first title, and only the second ever for a European team, after Great Britain's win of the inaugural 1938 AWS.

There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups for Round 1, with the first four of each group qualifying for an amalgamated Round 2, which determined the single-game matchups for the finals. Games were played in the Panamanian cities of Aguadulce, Chitré, Panama City and Santiago de Veraguas. The final two medals games were held in Panama City.

This was the final BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Teams

Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament, placing high enough in regional tournaments that doubled as qualifying tournaments for the event or by automatic qualification by hosting the tournament.

Round 1
Group 1 Group 2

Canada		 6th, 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament
Australia		 Oceania qualifier

Chinese Taipei		 Asian qualifier
Cuba		 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament

Greece		 4th, 2010 European Championship
Dominican Republic		 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament

Japan		 Asian qualifier
Germany		 2010 European Championship

Netherlands		 2010 European Championship
Italy		 2010 European Championship

Panama		 Host nation
Nicaragua		 8th, 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament

Puerto Rico		 7th, 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament
South Korea		 Asian qualifier

United States		 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament
Venezuela		 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament

Format

The 16 participating teams were divided into two round robin pools, the top four of each pool advancing to the second round, in which each qualified team played each of the qualified teams from the other pool. The top two teams in the standings after the second round then qualified for the championship final.

Tie-breaking rules

Standings were determined by the win–loss records over all games played within a pool. In case of a tie, the order of the teams tied was determined by, in this sequence, (a) the win–loss record of the games played among the tied teams (=head-to-head HTH), (b) the highest difference between the ratios of runs scored per offensive innings and runs allowed per defensive innings (=Team's Quality Balance TQB), (c) the highest difference between the ratios of earned runs scored per offensive innings and earned runs allowed per defensive innings (ERTQB), (d) the highest batting average in the games played among the tied teams, (e) a coin flip.

Venues

Panama City was the primary city for the event, and also the host of Group 1, while Aguadulce, Coclé; Santiago de Veraguas; and Chitré, Herrera Province were host to Group 2.

Conditions

The tournament was marred by inclement weather, causing a number of rainout games that had to be made up, increasing the pressure on the tournament schedule. In the end, eleven of the sixteen second-round games needed to be played within two days, requiring teams to play doubleheaders of games shortened to seven innings, and the bronze medal game in the final round had to be canceled to allow the final to be played.

Round 1

Group 1

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA HTH
 Canada 6 1 .857 — 42 21 1-0
 Netherlands 6 1 .857 — 49 16 0-1
 Panama 5 2 .714 1 47 30
 United States 4 3 .571 2 40 25
 Puerto Rico 3 4 .429 3 28 26
 Japan 2 5 .286 4 20 32 1-0
 Chinese Taipei 2 5 .286 4 29 39 0-1
 Greece 0 7 .000 6 10 76

Schedule and results

October 1, 2011 Panama  8 – 3  Greece Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 20,000
Boxscore
October 2, 2011 Puerto Rico  1 – 9  Canada Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
October 2, 2011 Netherlands  2 – 1  Chinese Taipei Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore
October 2, 2011 Japan  Rainout  United States Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
October 3, 2011 Canada  3 – 1  Japan Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore
October 3, 2011 Netherlands  19 – 0 (F/5)  Greece Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 122
Boxscore
October 3, 2011 United States  4 – 8 (F/10)  Puerto Rico Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
October 3, 2011 Chinese Taipei  8 – 14  Panama Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 3,000
Boxscore
October 4, 2011 Japan  2 – 5  Netherlands Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 1,200
Boxscore
October 4, 2011 Greece  2 – 12  Canada Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
October 4, 2011 Panama  4 – 2  Puerto Rico Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 6,000
Boxscore
October 4, 2011 Chinese Taipei  1 – 15 (F/7)  United States Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 1,700
Boxscore
October 5, 2011 Japan  3 – 7  United States Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 2,500
Boxscore
October 6, 2011 Netherlands  5 – 0  Puerto Rico Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore
October 6, 2011 United States  3 – 0  Greece Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
October 6, 2011 Japan  2 – 6  Panama Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 7,003
Boxscore
October 6, 2011 Canada  4 – 0  Chinese Taipei Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 700
Boxscore
October 7, 2011 Japan  3 – 1  Chinese Taipei Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 600
Boxscore
October 7, 2011 Puerto Rico  10 – 1  Greece Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 1,203
Boxscore
October 7, 2011 Canada  3 – 12  Panama Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 7,500
Boxscore
October 7, 2011 United States  5 – 7  Netherlands Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 2,600
Boxscore
October 8, 2011 Netherlands  4 – 5 (F/11)  Canada Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 700
Boxscore
October 8, 2011 Greece  Rainout  Chinese Taipei Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
October 8, 2011 Panama  Rainout  United States Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
October 8, 2011 Puerto Rico  6 – 0  Japan Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 2,500
Boxscore
October 9, 2011 United States  1 – 6  Canada Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore
October 9, 2011 Greece  4 – 9  Japan Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
October 9, 2011 Panama  3 – 7  Netherlands Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 7,500
Boxscore
October 9, 2011 Chinese Taipei  3 – 1  Puerto Rico Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 1,300
Boxscore
October 10, 2011 Greece  0 – 15 (F/6)  Chinese Taipei Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
October 10, 2011 Panama  0 – 5  United States Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 4,000
Boxscore

Group 2

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA HTH
 Cuba 7 0 1.000 — 54 6
 Venezuela 5 2 .714 2 35 49 1-0
 South Korea 5 2 .714 2 34 22 0-1
 Australia 4 3 .571 3 39 47
 Dominican Republic 3 4 .429 4 52 28 1-0
 Italy 3 4 .429 4 27 28 0-1
 Nicaragua 1 6 .143 6 18 47
 Germany 0 7 .000 7 26 58

Schedule and results

October 2, 2011 Australia  0 – 14 (F/7)  Cuba Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore
October 2, 2011 Germany  4 – 5  Nicaragua Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 400
Boxscore
October 2, 2011 Venezuela  5 – 4  South Korea Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 4,000
Boxscore
October 2, 2011 Dominican Republic  7 – 0  Italy Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
October 3, 2011 Cuba  3 – 0  Dominican Republic Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 4,400
Boxscore
October 3, 2011 Italy  7 – 0  Australia Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
October 3, 2011 South Korea  6 – 5 (F/10)  Germany Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 800
Boxscore
October 3, 2011 Nicaragua  2 – 5  Venezuela Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 2,500
Boxscore
October 4, 2011 Italy  6 – 3  Nicaragua Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
October 4, 2011 Germany  2 – 13 (F/7)  Dominican Republic Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 268
Boxscore
October 4, 2011 South Korea  8 – 0  Australia Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 375
Boxscore
October 4, 2011 Cuba  14 – 2 (F/7)  Venezuela Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 4,800
Boxscore
October 6, 2011 Nicaragua  3 – 4  Australia Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 400
Boxscore
October 6, 2011 Venezuela  6 – 3  Dominican Republic Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 613
Boxscore
October 6, 2011 Italy  7 – 2  Germany Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore
October 6, 2011 Cuba  4 – 1  South Korea Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 2,800
Boxscore
October 7, 2011 Germany  5 – 10  Venezuela Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 600
Boxscore
October 7, 2011 Dominican Republic  9 – 11(F/10)  Australia Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 450
Boxscore
October 7, 2011 Italy  1 – 5  Cuba Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 4,800
Boxscore
October 7, 2011 South Korea  6 – 4  Nicaragua Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 2,900
Boxscore
October 8, 2011 Australia  15 – 0 (F/5)  Venezuela Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
October 8, 2011 Cuba  8 – 2  Germany Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 4,375
Boxscore
October 8, 2011 South Korea  4 – 0  Italy Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore
October 8, 2011 Dominican Republic  16 – 1 (F/6)  Nicaragua Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 5,500
Boxscore
October 9, 2011 Australia  9 – 6  Germany Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
October 9, 2011 Venezuela  7 – 6 (F/10)  Italy Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 1,500
Boxscore
October 9, 2011 Dominican Republic  4 – 5 (F/10)  South Korea Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 2,500
Boxscore
October 9, 2011 Nicaragua  0 – 6  Cuba Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 5,000
Boxscore

Round 2

Group 3

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA HTH
 Netherlands 6 1 .857 — 41 18 1-0
 Cuba 6 1 .857 — 56 18 0-1
 Canada 4 3 .571 2 27 32 1-0
 United States 4 3 .571 2 30 27 0-1
 Australia 3 4 .429 3 29 30
 South Korea 2 5 .286 4 20 25 1-0
 Panama 2 5 .286 4 36 35 0-1
 Venezuela 1 6 .143 5 17 69

Schedule and results

October 11, 2011 Netherlands  5 – 1  South Korea Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
October 11, 2011 Canada  0 – 7  Australia Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
October 11, 2011 Cuba  8 – 7  United States Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 1,700
Boxscore
October 11, 2011 Venezuela  4 – 11  Panama Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 5,200
Boxscore
October 12, 2011 Venezuela  Rainout  United States Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
October 12, 2011 Netherlands  1 – 1
(top/7, 2 on, 2 out)
Rainout 		 Australia Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 700
October 12, 2011 Cuba  Rainout  Panama Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
October 12, 2011 Canada  Rainout  South Korea Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
October 13, 2011
11h00 		Canada  7 – 0 (F/7)  Venezuela Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
October 13, 2011
12h00 		United States  2 – 1 (F/7)  Australia Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
October 13, 2011
15h30 		Canada  4 – 0 (F/7)  South Korea Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 600
Boxscore
October 13, 2011
15h30 		Netherlands  2 – 1
(completed from Oct 12) 		 Australia Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Boxscore
October 13, 2011
19h30 		Panama  4 – 5 (F/7)  South Korea Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 2,000
October 13, 2011
19h30 		Cuba  1 – 4 (F/7)  Netherlands Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 1,500
Boxscore
October 14, 2011
11h00 		South Korea  1 – 3 (F/7)  United States Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 600
Boxscore
October 14, 2011
11h00 		Panama  4 – 5 (F/8)  Australia Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
October 14, 2011
15h30 		Venezuela  4 – 7 (F/7)  United States Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
October 14, 2011
15h30 		Canada  2 – 8 (F/7)  Cuba Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore
October 14, 2011
19h30 		Venezuela  2 – 12 (F/7)  Netherlands Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce
Attendance: 287
Boxscore
October 14, 2011
19h30 		Cuba  7 – 2 (F/7)  Panama Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 2,500
Boxscore

Final round

7th place game

October 15, 2011 Panama  3 – 8  Venezuela Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
Attendance: 100
Boxscore

5th place game

October 15, 2011 Australia  3 – 2  South Korea Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré
Attendance: 225
Boxscore

Bronze medal game

October 15, 2011 Canada  Rainout  United States Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City

Final

October 15, 2011 Netherlands  2 – 1  Cuba Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City
Attendance: 4,500
Boxscore

Final standings

Rk Team W L
1  Netherlands 11 1
Lost in the Final
2  Cuba 10 2
Failed to qualify for Final
3*  Canada 8 3
4  United States 7 4
Failed to qualify for Bronze medal game
5  Australia 7 5
6  South Korea 6 6
Failed to qualify for 5th place game
7  Venezuela 6 6
8  Panama 6 6
Failed to qualify for Round 2
Rk Team W L TQB
9  Dominican Republic 3 4 (52/59)−(28/58) = .398
10  Puerto Rico 3 4 (28/62)−(26/61) = .26
11  Italy 3 4 (27/61)−(28/62) = −.9
12  Japan 2 5
13  Chinese Taipei 2 5
14  Nicaragua 1 6
15  Germany 0 7 (26/62)−(58/59) = −.564
16  Greece 0 7 (10/55)−(76/53) = −1.258
 2011 Men's World champions 

Netherlands
1st title

Canada awarded third place and bronze medal by rule C12 of the IBAF tournament rules, which states that the ordinary tie-breaking procedure applies in case of a rainout in the final round.

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.

All Star Team
Position Player
Starting Pitcher South Korea Oh Hyoun-Taek
Relief Pitcher Cuba Yadier Pedroso
Catcher Panama Dámaso Espino
First Base Cuba José Dariel Abreu
Second Base United States Joe Thurston
Third Base South Korea Mo Chang-Min
Short Stop Canada Jonathan Malo
Outfield Cuba Rusney Castillo
Australia Tom Brice
Panama Conceptión Rodríguez
Designated Hitter Panama Fernando Seguignol
Tournament Awards
Award Player
MVP Netherlands Curt Smith
Leading Batter Cuba Rusney Castillo
Best ERA (Pitcher) Netherlands Tom Stuifbergen
Best Win/Loss Average (Pitcher) Cuba Miguel Lahera
Most Runs Batted In Netherlands Curt Smith
Most Home Runs Venezuela Wuillians Vasquez
Most Stolen Bases United States Jordan Danks
Most Runs Scored Panama José Macías
Outstanding Defensive Player Cuba Yuliesky Gourriel

References

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  3. "IBAF". Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  4. IBAF Baseball World Cup Groups Announced
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  6. International Baseball Federation. "Panama to host 2011 World Cup." Jan. 30, 2011. Accessed Jan. 31, 2011. http://www.ibaf.org/en/article-detail.aspx?id=10cfa2f5-1d41-4b04-8236-aecfde9e111d
  7. International Baseball Federation. "Wednesday rained out at 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup". Oct. 13, 2011. Accessed October 15, 2011. http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2011/10/13/wednesday-rained-out-at-2011-ibaf-baseball-world-c/72852a2d-425e-487c-ae2b-06b0bada7ff9
  8. International Baseball Federation. "Team USA and Canada will share third place, decision pending for bronze medal" Oct. 15, 2011. Accessed October 15, 2011. http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2011/10/15/team-usa-and-canada-will-share-third-place-decisio/567f91a7-8a21-4ef0-a047-a8f8f0ecb881
  9. International Baseball Federation. "Game for 3rd between Team USA and Canada canceled". October 15, 2011. Accessed October 23, 2011.
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  11. "The individual awards and the All Star Team of the World Cup". Retrieved 16 October 2011.

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