2016 Haarlem Baseball Week

The 2016 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from 15–24 July 2016.[2] It was the 28th edition of the tournament.

2016 Haarlem Baseball Week
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Dates 15–24 July
Teams5
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 played17
Attendance34,300 (2,018 per game)
Most Valuable Player Ryoya Kaneko[1]
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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		9th 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
 Netherlands401.000—8286
 Australia31.750162319
 Japan22.500241712
 Chinese Taipei13.250321218
 Curaçao04.00040631
Source: "Uitslagen en stats". Honkbalweek Haarlems. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

Game results
15 July 2016 Curaçao  1 – 10  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 850
Boxscore
16 July 2016 Australia  9 – 5  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,600
Boxscore
16 July 2016 Netherlands  6 – 1  Curaçao Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,200
Boxscore
17 July 2016 Chinese Taipei  0 – 8  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,100
Boxscore
17 July 2016 Japan  3 – 4  Australia Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,100
Boxscore
18 July 2016 Curaçao  4 – 8  Australia Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,100
Boxscore
19 July 2016 Chinese Taipei  7 – 0  Curaçao Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,300
Boxscore
19 July 2016 Netherlands  7 – 3  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,150
Boxscore
20 July 2016 Japan  1 – 0  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 900
Boxscore
20 July 2016 Australia  2 – 7  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,100
Boxscore

Knock-out phase
21 July 2016 Japan  2 – 1  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 850
Boxscore
21 July 2016 Netherlands  9 – 0  Australia Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,900
Boxscore
22 July 2016 Australia  8 – 7  Curaçao Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 850
Boxscore
22 July 2016 Netherlands  3 – 0  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore
23 July 2016 Chinese Taipei  5 – 4  Curaçao Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,800
Boxscore
23 July 2016 Australia  4 – 9  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,300
Boxscore

Final
24 July 2016 Netherlands  2 – 0  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,200
Boxscore

Final standings

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)

References
  1. "Awards" (PDF). Honkbalweek Haarlem. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. "Het wedstrijdprogramma". Honkbalweek Haarlem. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  3. "Honkbalweek Haarlem Cup". Honkbalweek Haarlem. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. "Vijf deelnemers Honkbalweek Haarlem bekend". Honkbalweek Haarlem. 16 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  5. "Wedstrijdprogramma 28e editie Honkbalweek Haarlem bekend". Honkbalweek Haarlem. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. "De teams". Honkbalweek Haarlem. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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