2010 World Junior Baseball Championship

2010 World Junior Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Canada
Dates 23 July - 1 August
Teams 12
Defending champions  South Korea (2008)
Final positions
Champions  Chinese Taipei (2nd title)
Runner-up  Australia
Third place  Cuba
Fourth place  Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played 45
Attendance 48,500 (1,078 per game)
Best batting average Tzu Wei Lin (.607)
Most homeruns hit Ryan Battaglia (3)
Most stolen bases Petr Sila (4 out 6)
Best ERA John Simms (0.00)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher) Chang Sik Yoo (31)
2008

Last updated on August 1, 2010

The 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition being held at the Port Arthur Stadium and Central Ball Park in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada from July 23 to August 1, 2010.[1]

Contents

Teams

Just before the tournament started on July 23, the organization had to announce that the team from Venezuela would not attend the tournament.[2] However, on the second day of the tournament it was announced that Venezuela has joined the other 11 nations. The original schedule remained in place, and Venezuela forfeited its first scheduled game on July 23, giving a 9–0 win to Australia. That game will not be made up.[3]

The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.[4]

Pool A Pool B

Australia
Representation of Oceania
Canada
Host nation

Chinese Taipei

Asian qualifier

Cuba

Americas qualifier

France

European qualifier

Czech Republic
Replaced South Africa

Italy

European qualifier

Netherlands

European qualifier

United States

Americas qualifier

Panama
Replaced Japan

Venezuela

Americas qualifier

South Korea

Asian qualifier

Preliminaries

Pool A

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA.
 United States 5 0 1.000 54 9
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 .800 1 46 26
 Australia 3 2 .600 2 52 22
 Italy 2 3 .400 3 28 50
 Venezuela 1 4 .200 4 20 40
 France 0 5 .000 5 12 65

Schedule

July 23, 2010 Australia  9 – 0
(Forfeit)
 Venezuela Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay

July 24, 2010 France  1 – 11 (F/7)  Chinese Taipei Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
July 24, 2010 United States  4 – 2  Australia Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore
July 24, 2010 Venezuela  5 – 6 (F/11)  Italy Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 100
Boxscore

July 25, 2010 France  2 – 8  Venezuela Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 350
Boxscore
July 25, 2010 Australia  11 – 13  Chinese Taipei Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 450
Boxscore
July 25, 2010 Italy  0 – 10 (F/7)  United States Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 1,500
Boxscore

July 26, 2010 Italy  14 – 8  France Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 400
Boxscore
July 26, 2010 Chinese Taipei  0 – 10 (F/7)  United States Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 0
Boxscore

July 27, 2010 France  1 – 16 (F/6)  Australia Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 275
Boxscore
July 27, 2010 Chinese Taipei  13 – 4  Italy Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 0
Boxscore
July 27, 2010 Venezuela  7 – 14  United States Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 0
Boxscore

July 28, 2010 Italy  4 – 14 (F/7)  Australia Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 125
Boxscore
July 28, 2010 United States  16 – 0 (F/5)  France Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 225
Boxscore
July 28, 2010 Venezuela  0 – 9  Chinese Taipei Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 350
Boxscore

Pool B

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Canada 4 1 .800 31 18
 South Korea 4 1 .800 35 10
 Netherlands 3 2 .600 1 29 33
 Cuba 3 2 .600 1 40 15
 Panama 1 4 .200 3 13 41
 Czech Republic 0 5 .000 4 17 48

Schedule

July 23, 2010 Panama  0 – 10 (F/7)  Cuba Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
July 23, 2010 Canada  9 – 2  Netherlands Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore

July 24, 2010 Netherlands  0 – 10 (F/8)  South Korea Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
July 24, 2010 Czech Republic  5 – 7  Panama Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 225
Boxscore
July 24, 2010 Cuba  3 – 0  Canada Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 4,500
Boxscore

July 25, 2010 Netherlands  5 – 2  Panama Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
July 25, 2010 Cuba  16 – 1 (F/7)  Czech Republic Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 0
Boxscore
July 25, 2010 Canada  5 – 4  South Korea Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 2,500
Boxscore

July 26, 2010 Czech Republic  0 – 4  South Korea Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 200
Boxscore

July 27, 2010 Netherlands  13 – 4  Czech Republic Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 0
Boxscore
July 27, 2010 South Korea  5 – 3  Cuba Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 1,200
Boxscore
July 27, 2010 Panama  2 – 9  Canada Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 4,200
Boxscore

July 28, 2010 Cuba  8 – 9 (F/10)  Netherlands Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
July 28, 2010 South Korea  12 – 2 (F/7)  Panama Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 475
Boxscore
July 28, 2010 Czech Republic  7 – 8  Canada Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 3,500
Boxscore

Playoffs

July 30, 2010 France  3 – 5  Panama Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
July 30, 2010 Czech Republic  6 – 9  Venezuela Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 0
Boxscore

11th place game

July 31, 2010 France  8 – 5 (F/10)  Czech Republic Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 325
Boxscore

9th place game

July 31, 2010 Venezuela  7 – 5  Panama Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 300
Boxscore

Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  B3   Netherlands 2  
A2   Chinese Taipei 4  
  WQF1   Chinese Taipei 3  
  WQF4   Canada 1  
A4   Italy 1
  B1   Canada 11  
    WSF2   Australia 4
  WSF1   Chinese Taipei 8
  A3   Australia 5  
B2   South Korea 4  
  WQF3   Australia 2 Third place
  WQF2   Cuba 1  
B4   Cuba 3 LSF2   Cuba 8
  A1   United States 2   LSF1   Canada 2

Quarterfinals

July 30, 2010 Netherlands  2 – 4  Chinese Taipei Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
July 30, 2010 Cuba  3 – 2  United States Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore
July 30, 2010 Australia  5 – 4  South Korea Fort William Gardens, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
July 30, 2010 Italy  1 – 11 (F/7)  Canada Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 5,000
Boxscore

Losers Semifinals

July 31, 2010 Netherlands  8 – 5  Italy Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
July 31, 2010 United States  4 – 2  South Korea Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 500
Boxscore

Semifinals

July 31, 2010 Chinese Taipei  3 – 1  Canada Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 5,000
Boxscore
July 31, 2010 Australia  2 – 1  Cuba Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 1,200
Boxscore

7th place game

August 1, 2010 Italy  1 – 3  South Korea Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 100
Boxscore

5th place game

August 1, 2010 Netherlands  2 – 18 (F/6)  United States Baseball Central Fields, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 150
Boxscore

Bronze medal game

August 1, 2010 Cuba  8 – 2  Canada Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 1,700
Boxscore

Gold medal game

August 1, 2010 Australia  4 – 8  Chinese Taipei Port Arthur Stadium, Thunder Bay
Attendance: 5,500
Boxscore

Final standings

Rk Team W L
 Chinese Taipei 7 1
Lost in Final
 Australia 5 3
Failed to qualify for Final
 Cuba 5 3
4  Canada 5 3
Failed to qualify for the Semifinals
5  United States 7 1
6  Netherlands 4 4
Failed to qualify for the 5th place game
7  South Korea 5 3
8  Italy 2 6
Failed to qualify for the Quarterfinals
9  Venezuela 3 4
10  Panama 2 5
Failed to qualify for the 9th place game
11  France 1 6
12  Czech Republic 0 7
 2010 World Junior Baseball Champions 

Chinese Taipei
2nd title

Awards

Following the final, the IBAF World Juniors Baseball Championship Technical Commission announced the All-IBAF 2010 World Juniors Baseball Championship Team. Only pool games were used to determine the players selected.[5]

All-IBAF Juniors Team
Position Player
Starting Pitcher Omar Luis
Relief Pitcher Chang Sik Yoo
Catcher Ryan Battaglia
First Base Guilermo Aviles
Second Base Hong Sheng Yang
Third Base Tzu Wei Lin
Short Stop Francisco Lindor
Outfield Michael Lorenzen
Geikis Jimenez
Alexander Calbick
Designated Hitter Phillip Diedrick
Tournament Awards
Award Player
MVP Tzu Wei Lin
Leading Batter Tzu Wei Lin
Best Earned Run Average (Pitcher) John Simms
Best Won/Loss Average (Pitcher) Omar Luis
Darwin Ramirez
Most Runs Batted In Hong Sheng Yang
Most Home Runs Ryan Battaglia
Most Stolen Bases Petr Sila
Most Runs Scored Tzu Wei Lin
Outstanding Defensive Player Luca Ainger

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