2009 World Youth Baseball Championship

2009 World Youth Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Taiwan
Dates 15 – 23 August
Teams 12
Venues 2 (in 1 host city)
Defending champions  Cuba (2005)
Final positions
Champions
  United States (4th title)
Runner-up
  Cuba
Third place
  Mexico
Fourth place  Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Games played 46
Attendance 8,244 (179 per game)
Best batting average United States JoMarcos Woods (.696)
Most homeruns hit Cuba Guillermo Aviles (3)
Most stolen bases Netherlands Urving Kemp (6)
Best ERA Cuba Elbis Martinez
United States Cory Geisler
United States John Hochstatter (0.00)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher) South Korea Seung-Jun Baek (26)

The 2009 World Youth Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament scheduled to start on 15 August 2009. It was the 14th time the World Youth Cup has taken place. Taiwan hosted the tournament and 12 nations competed, including defending champions Cuba.

Round 1

Group A

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Did not qualify for the quarter-finals
# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1 Cuba550–
2 Japan5321-0
3 Venezuela5320-1
4 Chinese Taipei5231-0
5 Australia5230-1
6 Russia505–
August 15, 2009
Game 1		 Cuba  9 – 1  Australia Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 65
Boxscore
August 15, 2009
Game 3		 Chinese Taipei  14 – 15  Venezuela Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 1,350
Boxscore
August 15, 2009
Game 5		 Russia  0 – 20 (F/5)  Japan Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 45
Boxscore
August 16, 2009
Game 7		 Australia  15 – 2 (F/7)  Russia Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 45
Boxscore
August 16, 2009
Game 9		 Chinese Taipei  12 – 15  Japan Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 1,840
Boxscore
August 16, 2009
Game 11		 Venezuela  2 – 12  Cuba Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 37
Boxscore
August 17, 2009
Game 13		 Russia  1 – 19 (F/5)  Chinese Taipei Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 77
Boxscore
August 17, 2009
Game 15		 Venezuela  9 – 8  Australia Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 75
Boxscore
August 17, 2009
Game 17		 Japan  2 – 5  Cuba Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 320
Boxscore
August 18, 2009
Game 19		 Japan  7 – 6  Venezuela Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
August 18, 2009
Game 21		 Cuba  16 – 1 (F/5)  Russia Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 20
Boxscore
August 18, 2009
Game 23		 Australia  4 – 8  Chinese Taipei Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
August 19, 2009
Game 25		 Venezuela  21 – 1 (F/5)  Russia Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 10
Boxscore
August 19, 2009
Game 27		 Japan  9 – 10  Australia Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
August 19, 2009
Game 29		 Chinese Taipei  5 – 7  Cuba Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 520
Boxscore

Group B

Panama was originally scheduled to participate in Group B of the tournament, but withdrew citing financial concerns. The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) announced that Hong Kong would be their replacements, shortly before the tournament was due to commence.[1]

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Did not qualify for the quarter-finals
# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1 United States550–
2 South Korea541–
3 Mexico532–
4 Netherlands523–
5 Hong Kong514–
6 Czech Republic505–
August 15, 2009
Game 2		 Hong Kong  0 – 28 (F/5)  United States Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 30
Boxscore
August 15, 2009
Game 4		 South Korea  5 – 4  Mexico Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 25
Boxscore
August 15, 2009
Game 6		 Czech Republic  2 – 11  Netherlands Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
August 16, 2009
Game 8		 Mexico  20 – 3 (F/5)  Hong Kong Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 35
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August 16, 2009
Game 10		 United States  18 – 1 (F/6)  Czech Republic Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 30
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August 16, 2009
Game 12		 Netherlands  0 – 10 (F/7)  South Korea Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 50
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August 17, 2009
Game 14		 United States  15 – 1 (F/7)  Netherlands Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 30
Boxscore
August 17, 2009
Game 16		 Czech Republic  2 – 13 (F/8)  Mexico Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 120
Boxscore
August 17, 2009
Game 18		 Hong Kong  0 – 16 (F/7)  South Korea Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 45
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August 18, 2009
Game 20		 South Korea  14 – 3 (F/7)  Czech Republic Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 45
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August 18, 2009
Game 22		 Netherlands  16 – 6 (F/7)  Hong Kong Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 65
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August 18, 2009
Game 24		 Mexico  6 – 16  United States Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 73
Boxscore
August 19, 2009
Game 26		 Netherlands  6 – 8  Mexico Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 85
Boxscore
August 19, 2009
Game 28		 United States  11 – 1 (F/7)  South Korea Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
August 19, 2009
Game 30		 Hong Kong  6 – 5  Czech Republic Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 80
Boxscore

Round 2

Bottom four

August 21, 2009
Game 31		 Australia  15 – 0 (F/5)  Czech Republic Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 45
Boxscore
August 21, 2009
Game 32		 Hong Kong  3 – 5  Russia Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 65
Boxscore
August 22, 2009
Game 37		 Australia  10 – 0 (F/7)  Russia Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 47
Boxscore
August 22, 2009
Game 38		 Czech Republic  16 – 0 (F/5)  Hong Kong Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 13
Boxscore

Quarter-finals

August 21, 2009
Game 33		 Cuba  13 – 3 (F/7)  Netherlands Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 25
Boxscore
August 21, 2009
Game 34		 Japan  4 – 5  Mexico Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
August 21, 2009
Game 35		 United States  11 – 8  Chinese Taipei Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 468
Boxscore
August 21, 2009
Game 36		 South Korea  5 – 11  Venezuela Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 100
Boxscore

Semi-finals

August 22, 2009
Game 39		 Cuba  9 – 0  Venezuela Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 156
Boxscore
August 22, 2009
Game 40		 Netherlands  4 – 5  South Korea Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 90
Boxscore
August 22, 2009
Game 41		 United States  9 – 5  Mexico Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 120
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August 22, 2009
Game 42		 Chinese Taipei  10 – 6  Japan Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 420
Boxscore

Final round

7th place

August 23, 2009
Game 43		 Netherlands  1 – 11 (F/7)  Japan Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 75
Boxscore

5th place

August 23, 2009
Game 44		 Chinese Taipei  11 – 0 (F/7)  South Korea Taiwan Taichung
Attendance: 263
Boxscore

3rd place

August 23, 2009
Game 45		 Mexico  11 – 10  Venezuela Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 65
Boxscore

Final

August 23, 2009
Game 46		 Cuba  6 – 7  United States Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 625
Boxscore

Final standings

RankCountry
  United States
  Cuba
  Mexico
4th  Venezuela
5th  Chinese Taipei
6th  South Korea
7th  Japan
8th  Netherlands
9th  Australia
10th  Russia
11th  Czech Republic
12th  Hong Kong

Awards

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

All Star Team
PositionPlayer
Pitcher (RHP) Cuba Héctor Mendoza
Pitcher (LHP) United States Cory Geisler
Catcher Australia Guy Edmonds
First Base Cuba Guillermo Aviles
Second Base Venezuela Rougned Odor
Third Base Chinese Taipei Lin-Jen Chu
Short Stop United States Francisco Lindor
Outfield United States Austin Cousino
Japan Katsushi Nakamichi
United States JoMarcos Woods

References

  1. ↑ Schiroli, Riccardo (14 August 2009). "IBAF Announces Replacement for Panama in 2009 World Youth Championships". Lausanne, Switzerland: International Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  2. ↑ Sedgman, Cassandra (24 August 2009). "Guy Edmunds named in AA World All-Star Team". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
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