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2004 Haarlem Baseball Week
Tournament details
CountryNetherlands
Dates23 July – 1 August
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up Cuba
Third place Japan
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
MVPNetherlands Johnny Balentina

The 2004 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 23 to August 1, 2004. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States.

In the end the team from the Netherlands won the tournament for the first time.[1]

Group stage

Standings

Qualified for the final
Did not qualify for the final
# Team Games Wins Losses
1  Cuba 5 4 1
2  Netherlands 5 3 2
3  Japan 5 3 2
4  Chinese Taipei [1] 5 2 3
5  Italy 5 2 3
6  United States [2] 5 1 4

^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 The United States were represented by a semi-pro unaffiliated baseball team from Reno, Nevada named the Reno Astros.

Game results

July 23, 2004 Chinese Taipei  2 – 3  United States Haarlem, Netherlands
July 24, 2004 Cuba  1 – 10  Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
July 24, 2004 Netherlands  9 – 1  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
July 25, 2004 Japan  3 – 5  Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands
July 25, 2004 Italy  8 – 0  United States Haarlem, Netherlands
July 26, 2004 Italy  3 – 5  Cuba Haarlem, Netherlands
July 27, 2004 Cuba  4 – 1  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
July 27, 2004 United States  5 – 7  Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
July 28, 2004 Japan  2 – 3  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
July 28, 2004 Netherlands  1 – 3  Italy Haarlem, Netherlands
July 29, 2004 Italy  2 – 9 [3]  Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands
July 29, 2004 United States  1 – 4  Cuba Haarlem, Netherlands
July 30, 2004 Chinese Taipei  6 – 1  Italy Haarlem, Netherlands
July 30, 2004 Cuba  5 – 0  Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands
July 31, 2004 Italy  1 – 7  Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
July 31, 2004 Netherlands  6 – 0  United States Haarlem, Netherlands

^3 Regarding a benefit game, the results didn't affect the standings.

Final

August 1, 2004 Cuba  1 – 3  Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands

Final standings

Tournament awards

Best Pitcher Netherlands Calvin Maduro
Best Hitter Italy Davide Dallospedale
Outstanding Defensive Player Netherlands Ralph Milliard
Home run King Chinese Taipei Hsin-Ming Wang
Most Valuable Player Netherlands Johnny Balentina
Most Popular Player Netherlands Dirk van 't Klooster

References

  1. ^ "The Netherlands won 22nd edition". Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-07-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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