2005 Baseball World Cup

The 2005 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 36th 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. The tournament was held, for the second time, in the Netherlands, from September 2 to 17. Cuba defeated South Korea in the final, winning its 25th title.^{[citation needed]}

2005 Baseball World Cup

XXXVI World Cup Baseball
Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates	2–17 September
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (25th title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Panama
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Games played	84
Awards
MVP	Eduardo Paret
←  2003 2007 →

There were 18 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals. Games were played in the Dutch cities of Rotterdam, Haarlem, Almere, Amsterdam and Eindhoven.^[1]

The next three competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Venues

Rotterdam	Haarlem	Almere
Neptunus Familiestadion	Pim Mulier Stadion	Fanny Blankers Koen Sportpark
Capacity: 2,200[2]	Capacity: 4,500[3]	Capacity: 2,500[4]
Rotterdam Haarlem Almere Amsterdam Eindhoven
	Amsterdam	Eindhoven
	Sportpark Ookmeer	Sportpark de Heihoef
	Capacity: 2,000[5]	Capacity: 2,000[6]

First round

Pool A

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Cuba	8	0	70	15
2	Netherlands	7	1	81	18
3	Panama	6	2	54	35
4	South Korea	5	3	36	27
5	Canada	4	4	63	41
6	China	3	5	42	58
7	Brazil	2	6	28	53
8	Sweden	1	7	22	88
9	South Africa	0	8	15	76

Schedule and results

2 September 2005 19:15 (UTC+2)	Netherlands	13 – 3	China	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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3 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Sweden	0 – 18 (F/7)	Netherlands	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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3 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	South Africa	2 – 12 (F/7)	Cuba	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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3 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	South Korea	3 – 5	Panama	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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3 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	China	6 – 5 (F/15)	Brazil	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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4 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Netherlands	6 – 2	South Korea	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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4 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Brazil	2 – 1	South Africa	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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4 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Canada	10 – 0 (F/7)	Sweden	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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4 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Panama	2 – 6	Cuba	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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5 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	South Korea	7 – 6	Canada	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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5 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Cuba	11 – 1 (F/7)	Brazil	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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5 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	South Africa	1 – 11	China	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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5 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Sweden	1 – 11 (F/7)	Panama	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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6 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Cuba	15 – 0 (F/7)	Sweden	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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6 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Canada	12 – 1 (F/7)	South Africa	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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6 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	China	4 – 5	Panama	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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6 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Netherlands	7 – 0	Brazil	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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7 September 2005 18:00 (UTC+2)	China	8 – 12	Cuba	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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7 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	South Africa	2 – 20 (F/7)	Netherlands	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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7 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Panama	13 – 6	Canada	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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7 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Brazil	0 – 4	South Korea	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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9 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Cuba	4 – 1	South Korea	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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9 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Canada	3 – 7	Netherlands	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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9 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Panama	8 – 5	Brazil	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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9 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Sweden	5 – 7	China	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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10 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Canada	0 – 7	Cuba	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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10 September 2005 18:00 (UTC+2)	South Africa	4 – 10	Sweden	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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10 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Netherlands	9 – 5	Panama	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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10 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	South Korea	3 – 1	China	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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11 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Cuba	3 – 1	Netherlands	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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11 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	South Korea	4 – 3 (F/13)	South Africa	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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11 September 2005 18:00 (UTC+2)	China	2 – 14 (F/7)	Canada	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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11 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Brazil	11 – 4	Sweden	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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12 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Panama	5 – 1	South Africa	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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12 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Sweden	2 – 12 (F/8)	South Korea	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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12 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Brazil	4 – 12	Canada	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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Pool B

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Japan	7	1	73	19
2	Nicaragua	6	2	53	27
3	Puerto Rico	6	2	53	34
4	United States	6	2	61	40
5	Australia	4	4	41	26
6	Chinese Taipei	3	5	48	39
7	Spain	2	6	32	61
8	Colombia	2	6	25	62
9	Czech Republic	0	8	13	91

Schedule and results

3 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Chinese Taipei	10 – 1	Czech Republic	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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3 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Australia	4 – 2	Puerto Rico	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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3 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Spain	2 – 9	Japan	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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4 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Puerto Rico	5 – 4	Japan	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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4 September 2005 18:30 (UTC+2)	United States	12 – 1 (F/7)	Colombia	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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4 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Czech Republic	5 – 15 (F/8)	Spain	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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4 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Nicaragua	2 – 0	Australia	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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5 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Japan	19 – 0 (F/7)	Czech Republic	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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5 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Spain	2 – 12 (F/7)	Chinese Taipei	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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5 September 2005 18:00 (UTC+2)	Colombia	0 – 10 (F/8)	Puerto Rico	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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5 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Australia	4 – 6	United States	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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6 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Japan	12 – 0 (F/7)	Colombia	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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6 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Chinese Taipei	4 – 6	Puerto Rico	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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6 September 2005 18:00 (UTC+2)	United States	11 – 1 (F/7)	Spain	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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6 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Nicaragua	1 – 0	Czech Republic	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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7 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Spain	2 – 5	Nicaragua	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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7 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Puerto Rico	6 – 12	United States	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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7 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Chinese Taipei	1 – 7	Japan	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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7 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Czech Republic	0 – 14 (F/7)	Australia	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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8 September 2005 18:00 (UTC+2)	Colombia	2 – 12 (F/8)	Nicaragua	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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9 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	United States	2 – 14	Nicaragua	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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9 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Puerto Rico	11 – 1 (F/8)	Czech Republic	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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9 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Colombia	3 – 2	Chinese Taipei	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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9 September 2005 18:00 (UTC+2)	Japan	4 – 2	Australia	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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10 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Australia	4 – 11	Chinese Taipei	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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10 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Spain	6 – 4	Colombia	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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10 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Nicaragua	5 – 6	Puerto Rico	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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10 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	United States	6 – 7	Japan	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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11 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Japan	11 – 3	Nicaragua	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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11 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Czech Republic	3 – 14	Colombia	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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11 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Australia	8 – 0	Spain	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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12 September 2005 15:00 (UTC+2)	Nicaragua	11 – 4	Chinese Taipei	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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12 September 2005 18:00 (UTC+2)	Czech Republic	3 – 7	United States	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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12 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Colombia	1 – 5	Australia	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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12 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Puerto Rico	7 – 4	Spain	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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13 September 2005 15:00 (UTC+2)	Chinese Taipei	4 – 5	United States	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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Playoffs

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Cuba	11
	United States	3
					Cuba (7 inn.)	15
					Panama	2
	Nicaragua	1
	Panama	2
									Cuba	3
									South Korea	0
	Japan	1
	South Korea	5
					South Korea	7
					Netherlands	0			Third place
	Netherlands (8 inn.)	10
	Puerto Rico	0
									Panama	7
									Netherlands	6

	5th–8th place				Fifth place
	United States	0
	Nicaragua	9
					Nicaragua	1
					Japan	8
	Japan	5
	Puerto Rico	0
					Seventh place
					United States	11
					Puerto Rico	3

Quarter-finals

14 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Cuba	11 – 3	United States	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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14 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Japan	1 – 5	South Korea	Sportpark de Heihoef, Eindhoven
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14 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Nicaragua	1 – 2	Panama	Sportpark Fanny Blankers-Koen, Almere
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14 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Netherlands	10 – 0 (F/8)	Puerto Rico	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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5th–8th place

16 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	United States	0 – 9	Nicaragua	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam

16 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Japan	5 – 0	Puerto Rico	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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Semi-finals

16 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	Panama	2 – 15 (F/7)	Cuba	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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16 September 2005 19:10 (UTC+2)	South Korea	7 – 0	Netherlands	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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7th place game

17 September 2005 10:30 (UTC+2)	United States	11 – 3	Puerto Rico	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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5th place game

17 September 2005 14:30 (UTC+2)	Nicaragua	1 – 8	Japan	Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
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Bronze medal game

17 September 2005 13:00 (UTC+2)	Panama	7 – 6	Netherlands	Pim Mulierstadion, Haarlem
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Final

17 September 2005 19:00 (UTC+2)	South Korea	0 – 3	Cuba	Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
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Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	11	0
	South Korea	7	4
	Panama	8	3
4	Netherlands	8	3
5	Japan	9	2
6	Nicaragua	7	4
7	United States	7	4
8	Puerto Rico	6	5
9	Canada	4	4
10	Australia	4	4
11	Chinese Taipei	3	5
12	China	3	5
13	Brazil	2	6
14	Spain	2	6
15	Colombia	2	6
16	Sweden	1	7
17	South Africa	0	8
18	Czech Republic	0	8

Awards

Tournament Awards[7] Award Player MVP Eduardo Paret Leading hitter Eduardo Paret Pitcher with best ERA Pedro Luis Lazo Pitcher with best win/loss average Ramón Ramírez Most Runs batted in Joey Votto Most Home runs Yuliesky Gourriel Most Stolen bases Eduardo Paret Most Runs scored Eduardo Paret Outstanding defensive player Dirk van 't Klooster

All Star Team[7] Position Player Pitchers Pedro Luis Lazo Diegomar Markwell Catcher Tsutomu Takanezawa First base Percy Isenia Second base Chen Yung-chi Third base Yuliesky Gourriel Shortstop Eduardo Paret Outfield Freddy Herrera Danny Rombley Tiago Magalhães Designated hitter Joey Votto