2004 Haarlem Baseball Week

{{Infobox international baseball tournament

| image =

| size =

| country = Netherlands

| city = Haarlem

| dates = 23 July – 1 August

| num_teams = 6

| medal_type = world minor

| champion = Netherlands

| num_championships = 1

| second = Cuba

| third = Japan

| fourth = Chinese Taipei

| mvp = {{flagicon|NED}} Johnny Balentina

| prevseason = 2002

| nextseason = 2006

}}

The 2004 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 23 to August 1, 2004. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States.

In the end the team from the Netherlands won the tournament for the first time.{{cite web |title=The Netherlands won 22nd edition |url=http://www.honkbalsite.com/events/hhw2004/wedstrijd16.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906161031/http://www.honkbalsite.com/events/hhw2004/wedstrijd16.html |archivedate=2008-09-06 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2009-07-29 }}

Group stage

=Standings=

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width=15px bgcolor="#98fb98"\|	Qualified for the final
width=15px bgcolor=pink\|	Did not qualify for the final

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!width=20|#

!width=150|Team

!width=50|Games

!width=50|Wins

!width=50|Losses

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|1

align=left|{{bb|CUB}}

|5

4

1

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|2

align=left|{{bb|NED}}

|5

3

2

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|3

align=left|{{bb|JPN}}

|5

3

2

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|4

align=left|{{bb|TPE}} {{ref|1}}

|5

2

3

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|5

align=left|{{bb|ITA}}

|5

2

3

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|6

align=left|{{bb|USA}} {{ref|2}}

|5

1

4

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{{note|1|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.)

{{note|2|2}} The United States were represented by a semi-pro unaffiliated baseball team from Reno, Nevada named the Reno Astros.

{{refend}}

=Game results=

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|date = July 23, 2004

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|score = 2 – 3

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|date = July 29, 2004

|team1 = {{bb-rt|ITA}}

|score = 2 – 9 {{ref|3}}

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|date = July 30, 2004

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|date = July 31, 2004

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|date = July 31, 2004

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{{refbegin}}

{{note|3|3}} Regarding a benefit game, the results didn't affect the standings.

{{refend}}

Final

{{Baseballbox

|date = August 1, 2004

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|score = 1 – 3

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Final standings

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{{col-2}}

class=wikitable style=text-align:center

width=25|Rk

!width=170|Team

1

|align=left|{{bb|NED}}

colspan="6"|Lost in final

2

|align=left|{{bb|CUB}}

colspan="6"|Failed to qualify for the Final

3

|align=left|{{bb|JPN}}

4

|align=left|{{bb|TPE}}

5

|align=left|{{bb|ITA}}

6

|align=left| {{bb|USA}}

{{col-2}}

{{winners|bb|2004 Haarlem Baseball Week champions|NED|1st}}

{{col-end}}

Tournament awards

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Best Pitcher

| {{flagicon|NED}} Calvin Maduro

Best Hitter

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Dallospedale

Outstanding Defensive Player

| {{flagicon|NED}} Ralph Milliard

Home run King

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsin-Ming Wang

Most Valuable Player

| {{flagicon|NED}} Johnny Balentina

Most Popular Player

| {{flagicon|NED}} Dirk van 't Klooster

External links

[http://www.honkbalweek.nl Official Website]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20081011021022/http://www.honkbalsite.com/events/hhw2004/uitslagen.html Game Results]

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Haarlem Baseball Week}}

{{International Baseball}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haarlem Baseball Week}}

Category:2004 in baseball