2007 Baseball World Cup
The XXXVII International Baseball Federation Baseball World Cup was held in Taiwan from November 6 through November 18, 2007. Four stadiums hosted. Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium and Taichung Baseball Field in Taichung City, Tianmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei City and Sinjhuang City all played host to the tournament. Sixteen teams participated. At one time, Venezuela’s participation was in question due to possible sanctions to be considered by the International Baseball Federation in the wake of their refusal to grant visas to a youth team from Taichung to participate in the Youth World Baseball championships in August, 2007, but they were allowed to participate. China was originally scheduled to participate in Pool B, but dropped out and was replaced by Thailand, who placed fifth behind China at the Asian Games.
Group A
Table
Rank | Team | Wins | Losses | Runs Allowed | Run Ratio |
1 | United States | 6 | 1 | 18 | 2.70 |
2 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 2 | 25 | 3.69 |
3 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 20 | 3.16 |
4 | Mexico | 4 | 3 | 32 | 5.24 |
5 | Panama | 3 | 4 | 39 | 5.85 |
6 | Italy | 3 | 4 | 31 | 4.73 |
7 | Spain | 1 | 6 | 63 | 9.00 |
8 | South Africa | 0 | 7 | 72 | 11.57 |
- 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.
- The IBAF, in agreement with the IBAF Executive Committee, has ruled on Panama starting play with five players without insurance cover on Nov. 7 and 8 during the 37th Baseball World Cup:
- #These five players were not eligible to play in the Games #3 and #11.
- #The Panama team must forfeit both Games #3 and #11.
- #The official result for Game #3 will be Spain 9, Panama 0.
- #The official result for Game #11 will be USA 9, Panama 0.
- #The official record and final standings will reflect these changes.
Schedule
Group B
Table
Schedule
All group B games are played either at Tienmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei City or at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in Taipei County.Knockout Rounds
Awards
The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.Position | Player |
Catcher | Sidney de Jong |
First Base | Yasuyuki Saigo |
Second Base | Jayson Nix |
Third Base | Efren Rodriguez Espinosa |
Short Stop | Sohn Si-Hun |
Outfield | Trent Oeltjen |
Outfield | Frederich Cepeda |
Outfield | Colby Rasmus |
Designated Hitter | Max di Biase |
Award | Player |
MVP | Jayson Nix |
Batting Award | Trent Oeltjen |
Fielding Award | Hainley Statia |
Pitching Award | Tadashi Settsu Aroldis Chapman |