World Port Tournament

The World Port Tournament is an international baseball tournament held at the Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament has been held every other year (2005 excluded) in odd-numbered years since 1985, alternating with the Haarlem Baseball Week.

World Port Tournament
SportBaseball
Founded1984
No. of teams5 (Finals)
ContinentInternational
Most recent
champion(s)
 Chinese Taipei (2nd time)
Most titles Cuba (7)

The tournament was created by Bram Peper, who was asked by Cuban Dr. Oscar Ferdinand Mell to organize an international baseball tournament, between national baseball teams all over the world, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The 2017 World Port Tournament, the sixteenth edition of the event, was won by Chinese Taipei, winning the tournament the second time in history.

Results

Year Final 3rd/4th place
Champions Runners-up 3rd place 4th place
1985
Habana

Kobe

Dallas

Netherlands
1987
Habana

Chinese Taipei

Netherlands

Osaka
1989
Netherlands

Baltimore

Habana

Chinese Taipei
1991
Baltimore

Canada

Habana

Curaçao
1993
MLB All Stars

Red Machine

Netherlands

Canada
1995
Habana

Netherlands

Red Machine

Hyundai Phoenix
1997
Cuba

Netherlands

Chinese Taipei

Baltimore Corrigans
1999
Netherlands

Cuba

Sullivans

Chinese Taipei
2001
Cuba

Netherlands

Italy

Chinese Taipei
2003
Cuba

Netherlands

Chinese Taipei

Eastern Connecticut
2007
Details

Cuba

Chinese Taipei

United States

Netherlands
2009
Details

Cuba

Netherlands

Chinese Taipei

Japan
2011
Details

Chinese Taipei

Cuba

Netherlands

Curaçao
2013
Details

Cuba

Netherlands

Chinese Taipei

Curaçao
2015
Details

Cuba

Netherlands

Curaçao

Japan
2017
Details

Chinese Taipei

Japan

Curaçao

Netherlands
2019
Details

Netherlands

Japan

Chinese Taipei
North America

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba102214
2 Netherlands37313
3 Chinese Taipei12259
4 United States2136
5 Japan0303
6 Aruba0112
7 Canada0101
8 Curaçao0022
9 Italy0011
Totals (9 nations)17171751

See also

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