2001 Baseball World Cup

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}

{{Infobox international baseball tournament

| image = 2001 Baseball World Cup poster.jpg

| caption = Poster of the tournament

| size = 125px

| country = {{TWN}}

| dates = 6–18 November

| num_teams = 16

| champion = Cuba

| num_championships = 23

| second = United States

| third = Chinese Taipei

| fourth = Japan

| games = 68

| mvp = {{flagicon|CUB}} Luis Ulacia

| prevseason = {{flagicon|ITA}} 1998

| nextseason = {{flagicon|CUB}} 2003

}}

The 2001 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 34th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament was held, for the first time, in Taiwan, from 6 to 18 November. Cuba defeated the United States in the final, winning its 23rd title.

There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals.

The next five competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Venues

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Taipei

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{{Location map~|Taiwan|lat=25.113325|long=121.53314|label=Taipei|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Taiwan|lat=25.041144|long=121.44807|label=New Taipei City|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Taiwan|lat=22.654754|long=120.35959|label=Kaohsiung|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Taiwan|lat=23.481941|long=120.46671|label=Chiayi|position=right}}}}

! New Taipei City

Tianmu Stadium

| Xinzhuang Stadium

Capacity: 10,500

| Capacity: 12,500

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| 200px

Kaohsiung

! Chiayi

Kaohsiung Stadium

| Chiayi Stadium

Capacity: 19,907

| Capacity: 10,000

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| 200px

First round

=Group A=

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|date = 14 November 2001

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=Group B=

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Knockout stage

{{Round8-with third

| |{{Bb|Cuba}}|3|{{nobr|{{Bb|Dominican Republic}}}}|1

| |{{Bb|Japan}}|3|{{Bb|South Korea}}|1

| |{{Bb|United States}}|7|{{Bb|Panama}}|2

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| |{{Bb|United States}}|4|{{nobr|{{Bb|Chinese Taipei}}}}|1

| |{{Bb|Cuba}}|5|{{Bb|United States}}|3

| |{{Bb|Japan}}|0|{{nobr|{{Bb|Chinese Taipei}}}}|3

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{{Round4-with third

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|RD2=Fifth place

|Consol=Seventh place

| |{{nobr|{{Bb|Dominican Republic}}}}|2|{{Bb|South Korea}}|3

| |{{Bb|Panama}}|5|{{Bb|Netherlands}}|0

| |{{Bb|South Korea}}|2|{{Bb|Panama}}|3

| |{{nobr|{{Bb|Dominican Republic}}}}|3|{{Bb|Netherlands}}|7

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Final standings

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bgcolor="e5e5e5"

! width="50" | Pos

! width="175" | Team

! width="50" | W

! width="50" | L

bgcolor=#FFD700

| File:Med 1.png

align=left| {{bb|CUB}}91
bgcolor=#CCCCCC

| File:Med 2.png

align=left| {{bb|USA}}73
bgcolor=#CC9966

| File:Med 3.png

align=left| {{bb|TPE}}82.
4align=left| {{bb|JPN}}82
5align=left| {{bb|PAN}}73
6align=left| {{bb|KOR|1997}}64
7align=left| {{bb|NED}}55
8align=left| {{bb|DOM}}55
9align=left| {{bb|NIC}}43
10align=left| {{bb|AUS}}34
11align=left| {{bb|CAN}}25
12align=left| {{bb|ITA}}25
13align=left| {{bb|RSA}}16
14align=left| {{bb|RUS}}16
15align=left| {{bb|FRA|1974}}07
16align=left| {{bb|PHI}}07

Awards

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

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|+ Tournament Awards

! Award !! Player

MVP

| {{flagicon|CUB}} Luis Ulacia

Leading hitter

| {{flagicon|CUB}} Luis Ulacia

Pitcher with best ERA

| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Samuel Meurant

Pitcher with best win/loss average

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Chang Chih-chia

rowspan=2| Most Runs batted in

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Chin-Feng Chen

{{flagicon|DOM}} Yohanny Valera
Most Home runs

| {{flagicon|NED}} Evert-Jan 't Hoen

Most Stolen bases

| {{flagicon|NED}} Ralph Milliard

Most Runs scored

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshinobu Takahashi

Outstanding defensive player

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Kevin Nicholson

{{col-break|gap=1em}}

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|+ All Star Team{{cite web|title=XXXIV Baseball World Cup - XXXIV Copa del Mundo de Béisbol|url=http://www.baseball.ch/2003/T/WC/wcaw001.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050214200304/http://www.baseball.ch/2003/T/WC/wcaw001.htm|archive-date=14 February 2005|access-date=29 July 2022}}

! Position

! Player

rowspan=2| Pitchers

| {{flagicon|CUB}} José Contreras

{{flagicon|USA}} Jason Stanford
Catcher

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ken Huckaby

First base

| {{flagicon|CUB}} Orestes Kindelán

Second base

| {{flagicon|CUB}} Antonio Pacheco

Third base

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akihiro Higashide

Shortstop

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hirokazu Ibata

rowspan=3 | Outfield

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Chin-Feng Chen

{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Budzinski
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshinobu Takahashi
Designated hitter

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Chuan-Chia Wang

{{col-end}}

See also

References

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