World Port Tournament

World Port Tournament
Sport Baseball
Founded 1984
No. of teams 5 (Finals)
Continent International
Most recent champion(s)  Cuba
Most titles  Cuba (6)

The World Port Tournament is an international baseball tournament held at the Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament has been held every other year (2005 excluded) in odd-numbered years since 1985, alternating with the Haarlem Baseball Week.

The tournament was created by Bram Peper, who was asked by Cuban Dr. Oscar Ferdinand Mell to organize an international baseball tournament, between national baseball teams all over the world, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The 2013 World Port Tournament, the fourteenth edition of the event, was won by Cuba, a record sixth win.

Results

Year Final 3rd/4th place
Champions Runners-up 3rd place 4th place
1985 Cuba
Habana
Japan
Kobe
United States
Dallas

Netherlands
1987 Cuba
Habana

Chinese Taipei

Netherlands
Japan
Osaka
1989
Netherlands
United States
Baltimore
Cuba
Habana

Chinese Taipei
1991 United States
Baltimore

Canada
Cuba
Habana

Curaçao
1993 United States
MLB All Stars

Red Machine

Netherlands

Canada
1995 Cuba
Habana

Netherlands

Red Machine
South Korea
Hyundai Phoenix
1997
Cuba

Netherlands

Chinese Taipei
United States
Baltimore Corrigans
1999
Netherlands

Cuba
United States
Sullivans

Chinese Taipei
2001
Cuba

Netherlands

Italy

Chinese Taipei
2003
Cuba

Netherlands

Chinese Taipei
United States
Eastern Connecticut
2007
Details

Cuba

Chinese Taipei

United States

Netherlands
2009
Details

Cuba

Netherlands

Chinese Taipei

Japan
2011
Details

Chinese Taipei

Cuba

Netherlands

Curaçao
2013
Details

Cuba

Netherlands

Chinese Taipei

Curaçao

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Cuba82212
2 Netherlands25310
3 United States2136
4 Chinese Taipei1 1236
5 Aruba0112
6 Canada0101
 Japan0101
8 Italy0011

^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.)

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