2010 Women's Baseball World Cup

2010 Women's Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Country	Venezuela
Dates	12 August - 22 August
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Runner-up	Australia
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Games played	40
Attendance	156,684 (3,917 per game)
Best BA	Ayako Rokkaku (.643)
Most HRs	Tamara Holmes (3)
Most SBs	Dayana Batista (7–7)
Best ERA	Kasumi Noguchi (0.00)
Most Ks (as pitcher)	Martina Sementelli (14)
	; All statistics correct as of August 22, 2010.

The 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup was an international baseball competition that was held in Venezuela from August 12 to August 22, 2010.^[1] Japan successfully defended their title from 2008, defeating Australia 13–3 in the final.^[2]

Teams

The following 11 teams appeared at the tournament.^[3]^[4]

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Pool A
Australia	4th, 2008 World Cup
Canada	2008 World Cup
Chinese Taipei	5th, 2008 World Cup
Hong Kong	8th, 2008 World Cup
Netherlands	1st appearance
Venezuela	1st appearance

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Pool B
Cuba	6th, 2006 World Cup
Japan	2008 World Cup
Puerto Rico	1st appearance
South Korea	6th, 2008 World Cup
United States	2008 World Cup

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Round 1

Pool A

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Venezuela	4	0	1.000	–	36	10
Canada	3	1	.750	1	27	11
Australia	2	2	.500	2	22	17
Chinese Taipei^{[A 1]}	1	3	.250	3	20	16
Netherlands	0	4	.000	4	8	59
Hong Kong^{[A 2]}	0	1	.000	N/A	1	17

Notes

^ Chinese Taipei's result against Hong Kong was removed from their record after Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament.
^ Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament, after a shooting incident during their second game against the Netherlands.^[5]

Schedule

August 12, 2010	Chinese Taipei	17 – 1 (F/5)	Hong Kong	Estadio Cesar Nieves, Vargas Attendance: 1,500
		Boxscore

August 12, 2010	Australia	1 – 6	Canada	Estadio Cesar Nieves, Vargas Attendance: 1,200
		Boxscore

August 12, 2010	Netherlands	4 – 20 (F/5)	Venezuela	Estadio José A. Casanova, Caracas Attendance: 5,000
		Boxscore

August 13, 2010	Canada	7 – 6	Chinese Taipei	Estadio José A. Casanova, Caracas Attendance: 250
		Boxscore

August 13, 2010	Hong Kong	9 – 12 (F/3)	Netherlands	Estadio José A. Casanova, Caracas
		Boxscore

August 15, 2010	Australia	16 – 3 (F/5)	Netherlands	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 4,000
		Boxscore

August 15, 2010	Chinese Taipei	3 – 5	Venezuela	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 8,451
		Boxscore

August 16, 2010	Canada	12 – 1 (F/5)	Netherlands	Estadio Aviación, Maracay Attendance: 500
		Boxscore

August 16, 2010	Australia	4 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Estadio Aviación, Maracay Attendance: 600
		Boxscore

August 16, 2010	Netherlands	0 – 11	Chinese Taipei	Estadio Aviación, Maracay Attendance: 800
		Boxscore

August 16, 2010	Venezuela	3 – 2 (F/8)	Canada	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 4,932
		Boxscore

August 17, 2010	Venezuela	8 – 1	Australia	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 12,639
		Boxscore

Pool B

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Japan	4	0	1.000	–	32	2
United States	3	1	.750	1	36	5
Cuba	2	2	.500	2	34	18
Puerto Rico	1	3	.250	3	11	31
South Korea	0	4	.000	4	9	66

Schedule

August 12, 2010	United States	1 – 5	Japan	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 6,000
		Boxscore

August 12, 2010	South Korea	9 – 21 (F/6)	Cuba	Estadio Aviacion, Maracay Attendance: 1,000
		Boxscore

August 13, 2010	Cuba	1 – 3	Japan	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 2,000
		Boxscore

August 15, 2010	Puerto Rico	1 – 12 (F/6)	Cuba	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 4,500
		Boxscore

August 15, 2010	South Korea	0 – 21 (F/5)	United States	Estadio Aviación, Maracay Attendance: 200
		Boxscore

August 15, 2010	Japan	14 – 0 (F/5)	South Korea	Estadio Aviacion, Maracay Attendance: 1,000
		Boxscore

August 15, 2010	Cuba	0 – 5	United States	Estadio Aviación, Maracay Attendance: 1,500
		Boxscore

August 16, 2010	Puerto Rico	10 – 0 (F/5)	South Korea	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 200
		Boxscore

August 16, 2010	United States	9 – 0	Puerto Rico	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 1,300
		Boxscore

August 17, 2010	Japan	10 – 0 (F/6)	Puerto Rico	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 1,500
		Boxscore

Round 2

Pool C

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA	Tiebreaker
Japan	4	1	.800	–	33	14	1–0
Venezuela	4	1	.800	–	22	22	0–1
Australia	3	2	.600	1	37	31
United States	2	3	.400	2	24	32	1–0
Canada	2	3	.400	2	21	29	0–1
Cuba	0	5	.000	4	15	28

Schedule

August 18, 2010	Canada	1 – 10	United States	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 639
		Boxscore

August 18, 2010	Japan	9 – 10	Australia	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 7,000
		Boxscore

August 18, 2010	Venezuela	4 – 3	Cuba	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 13,582
		Boxscore

August 19, 2010	Australia	6 – 2	Cuba	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 1,225
		Boxscore

August 19, 2010	Japan	6 – 2	Canada	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 6,560
		Boxscore

August 19, 2010	Venezuela	7 – 6	United States	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 14,501
		Boxscore

August 20, 2010	Canada	10 – 9	Cuba	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 355
		Boxscore

August 20, 2010	United States	6 – 19 (F/6)	Australia	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 7,322
		Boxscore

August 20, 2010	Japan	10 – 0 (F/5)	Venezuela	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 12,578
		Boxscore

Pool D

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Chinese Taipei	3	0	1.000	–	39	3
Puerto Rico	2	1	.667	1	22	17
South Korea	1	2	.333	2	17	27
Netherlands	0	3	.000	3	6	37

Schedule

August 19, 2010	Chinese Taipei	12 – 2 (F/6)	South Korea	Estadio Aviación, Maracay Attendance: 70
		Boxscore

August 19, 2010	Puerto Rico	11 – 1 (F/6)	Netherlands	Estadio Aviación, Maracay Attendance: 103
		Boxscore

August 20, 2010	Puerto Rico	1 – 16 (F/5)	Chinese Taipei	Estadio Aviación, Maracay Attendance: 600
		Boxscore

August 20, 2010	South Korea	15 – 5	Netherlands	Estadio Aviacion, Maracay Attendance: 600
		Boxscore

Final round

Classification games

9th and 10th place

August 21, 2010	South Korea	11 – 4	Netherlands	Estadio Aviación, Maracay Attendance: 57
		Boxscore

7th and 8th place

August 21, 2010	Chinese Taipei	4 – 3	Puerto Rico	Estadio Aviacion, Maracay Attendance: 120
		Boxscore

5th and 6th place

August 21, 2010	Canada	5 – 1	Cuba	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 300
		Boxscore

Semi-finals

Semi-finals			Gold medal game

1	Japan	6

4	United States	1
			W1	Japan	13

			W2	Australia	3
3	Venezuela	2

2	Australia	12	Bronze medal game


			L1	United States	15

			L2	Venezuela	5

August 21, 2010	Japan	6 – 1	United States	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 5,000
		Boxscore

August 21, 2010	Venezuela	2 – 12	Australia	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 10,500
		Boxscore

Bronze medal game

August 22, 2010	United States	15 – 5	Venezuela	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 6,000
		Boxscore

Gold medal game

August 22, 2010	Japan	13 – 3 (F/5)	Australia	Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay Attendance: 6,350
		Boxscore

Shooting incident

On August 13, during the game against the Netherlands, Hong Kong player Cheuk Woon-Yee was struck by a stray bullet in the leg. The incident occurred when Cheuk was taking the field to play third base in the fourth inning against the Netherlands, which were leading the game 12–9. The game was held at Estadio José Antonio Casanova in Fort Tiuna, a military garrison in Caracas. The other two games on Friday and all games on Saturday were postponed.^[6]

On August 15, the International Baseball Federation and the organizers of the tournament decided to move all remaining games to Maracay. The schedule will not include Hong Kong, as they have elected to withdraw from the competition to return home.^[7]

Final standings

Rk	Team	W	L
1	Japan	8	1
Lost in the final
2	Australia	6	3
Failed to qualify for final
3	United States	5	4
4	Venezuela	6	3
Failed to qualify for semi finals
5	Canada	6	4
6	Cuba	2	8
Failed to qualify for Pool C
7	Chinese Taipei	5	3
8	Puerto Rico	3	5
9	South Korea	2	6
10	Netherlands	0	8

2010 Women's Baseball World Champions
Japan 2nd title

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.^[2]

All Star Team
Position	Player
Starting Pitcher	Ayami Sato
Relief Pitcher	Laura Neads
Catcher	Tomomi Nishi
First Base	Kate Psota
Second Base	Lelis Gomez
Third Base	Christina Kreppold
Short Stop	Jena Marston
Outfield	Akiko Shimura
	Tamara Holmes
	Leonel Reyes
Designated Hitter	Kim McMillan

Tournament Awards
Award	Player
MVP	Ayako Rokkaku
Leading Hitter	Ayako Rokkaku
Best Earned Run Average	Kasumi Noguchi
Best Won/Loss Average	Ayami Sato
Most Runs Batted In	Katie Gaynor
Most Home Runs	Tamara Holmes
Most Stolen Bases	Dayana Bautista
Most Runs Scored	Clarisa Navarro
Outstanding Defensive Player	Tara Herbert

External links

Official Website

References

^ van Zon, Rogier (11 May 2010). "Debuut Nederland op WK in Venezuela" (in Dutch). de Nederlandse honkbalsite [The Dutch baseball site]. Retrieved 12 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b "Japan, World Champion: Ayako Rokkaku MVP". International Baseball Federation. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "IV Women World Cup - Round 1 Standings". IBAF. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "IV Women World Cup - Hong Kong Statistics". IBAF. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
^ "Games to Resume in Venezuela". IBAF. 15 August 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Hong Kong player shot in leg at women's baseball championship". Reuters Canada. 14 August 2010. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Team leaves after bullet hits player". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

[5] Chinese Taipei's result against Hong Kong was removed from their record after Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament.

[7] Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament, after a shooting incident during their second game against the Netherlands.^[5]

[1] van Zon, Rogier (11 May 2010). "Debuut Nederland op WK in Venezuela" (in Dutch). de Nederlandse honkbalsite [The Dutch baseball site]. Retrieved 12 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[final-2] "Japan, World Champion: Ayako Rokkaku MVP". International Baseball Federation. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] "IV Women World Cup - Round 1 Standings". IBAF. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] "IV Women World Cup - Hong Kong Statistics". IBAF. Retrieved 21 August 2010.

[6] "Games to Resume in Venezuela". IBAF. 15 August 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[8] "Hong Kong player shot in leg at women's baseball championship". Reuters Canada. 14 August 2010. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[9] "Team leaves after bullet hits player". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.

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