2009 World Youth Baseball Championship

	Qualified for the quarter-finals
	Did not qualify for the quarter-finals

	Qualified for the quarter-finals
	Did not qualify for the quarter-finals

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	JoMarcos Woods (.696)
Most homeruns hit	Guillermo Aviles (3)
Most stolen bases	Urving Kemp (6)
Best ERA	Elbis Martinez; Cory Geisler; John Hochstatter (0.00)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher)	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

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Tiebreaker
1	Cuba	5	5	0	–
2	Japan	5	3	2	1-0
3	Venezuela	5	3	2	0-1
4	Chinese Taipei	5	2	3	1-0
5	Australia	5	2	3	0-1
6	Russia	5	0	5	–

August 15, 2009 Game 1	Cuba	9 – 1	Australia	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 65
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August 15, 2009 Game 3	Chinese Taipei	14 – 15	Venezuela	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 1,350
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August 15, 2009 Game 5	Russia	0 – 20 (F/5)	Japan	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 45
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August 16, 2009 Game 7	Australia	15 – 2 (F/7)	Russia	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 45
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August 16, 2009 Game 9	Chinese Taipei	12 – 15	Japan	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 1,840
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August 16, 2009 Game 11	Venezuela	2 – 12	Cuba	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 37
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August 17, 2009 Game 13	Russia	1 – 19 (F/5)	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Attendance: 77
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August 17, 2009 Game 15	Venezuela	9 – 8	Australia	Taichung Attendance: 75
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August 17, 2009 Game 17	Japan	2 – 5	Cuba	Taichung Attendance: 320
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August 18, 2009 Game 19	Japan	7 – 6	Venezuela	Taichung Attendance: 50
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August 18, 2009 Game 21	Cuba	16 – 1 (F/5)	Russia	Taichung Attendance: 20
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August 18, 2009 Game 23	Australia	4 – 8	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Attendance: 250
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August 19, 2009 Game 25	Venezuela	21 – 1 (F/5)	Russia	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 10
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August 19, 2009 Game 27	Japan	9 – 10	Australia	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 100
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August 19, 2009 Game 29	Chinese Taipei	5 – 7	Cuba	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 520
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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]

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Tiebreaker
1	United States	5	5	0	–
2	South Korea	5	4	1	–
3	Mexico	5	3	2	–
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	–
5	Hong Kong	5	1	4	–
6	Czech Republic	5	0	5	–

August 15, 2009 Game 2	Hong Kong	0 – 28 (F/5)	United States	Taichung Attendance: 30
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August 15, 2009 Game 4	South Korea	5 – 4	Mexico	Taichung Attendance: 25
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August 15, 2009 Game 6	Czech Republic	2 – 11	Netherlands	Taichung Attendance: 50
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August 16, 2009 Game 8	Mexico	20 – 3 (F/5)	Hong Kong	Taichung Attendance: 35
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August 16, 2009 Game 10	United States	18 – 1 (F/6)	Czech Republic	Taichung Attendance: 30
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August 16, 2009 Game 12	Netherlands	0 – 10 (F/7)	South Korea	Taichung Attendance: 50
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August 17, 2009 Game 14	United States	15 – 1 (F/7)	Netherlands	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 30
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August 17, 2009 Game 16	Czech Republic	2 – 13 (F/8)	Mexico	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 120
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August 17, 2009 Game 18	Hong Kong	0 – 16 (F/7)	South Korea	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 45
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August 18, 2009 Game 20	South Korea	14 – 3 (F/7)	Czech Republic	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 45
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August 18, 2009 Game 22	Netherlands	16 – 6 (F/7)	Hong Kong	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 65
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August 18, 2009 Game 24	Mexico	6 – 16	United States	Taichung Intercontinental Attendance: 73
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August 19, 2009 Game 26	Netherlands	6 – 8	Mexico	Taichung Attendance: 85
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August 19, 2009 Game 28	United States	11 – 1 (F/7)	South Korea	Taichung Attendance: 50
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August 19, 2009 Game 30	Hong Kong	6 – 5	Czech Republic	Taichung Attendance: 80
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Round 2

Bottom four

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

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

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

7th place

August 23, 2009 Game 43	Netherlands	1 – 11 (F/7)	Japan	Taichung Attendance: 75
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5th place

August 23, 2009 Game 44	Chinese Taipei	11 – 0 (F/7)	South Korea	Taichung Attendance: 263
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3rd place

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

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

Rank	Country
	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
Position	Player
Pitcher (RHP)	Héctor Mendoza
Pitcher (LHP)	Cory Geisler
Catcher	Guy Edmonds
First Base	Guillermo Aviles
Second Base	Rougned Odor
Third Base	Lin-Jen Chu
Short Stop	Francisco Lindor
Outfield	Austin Cousino
	Katsushi Nakamichi
	JoMarcos Woods

References

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 8 September 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
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.

External links

Official website

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[hkg_replace_pan-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 8 September 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2009.

[allstar_team-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.