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

External links

Official Website

References

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

Haarlem Baseball Week

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International baseball

WBSC (former governing body: IBAF) World Rankings Teams

WBSC Events	World Baseball Classic WBSC Premier12 U23 World Cup U18 World Cup U15 World Cup U12 World Cup Women's Baseball World Cup

Minor World Events	Grand Forks International Haarlem Baseball Week Summer Universiade World Baseball Challenge World Port Tournament World University

Defunct World Events	Baseball at the Summer Olympics World Games Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup Women's Baseball World Series

Africa	African Baseball & Softball Association – All-Africa Games

Americas	Pan American Baseball Confederation – Pan American Games America Cup Caribbean Series Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games

Asia	Baseball Federation of Asia – Asian Championship Asian Games Junior (under 18) Southeast Asian Games SAARC Baseball Championship Asia Series

Europe	Confederation of European Baseball – European Championship European Cup "Final Four" Under-21 Junior (under 18) Youth (under 16) Juveniles (under 12)

Oceania	Baseball Confederation of Oceania – Oceania Championship Pacific Games

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