2005 Baseball World Cup

The XXXVI Baseball World Cup took place in the Netherlands cities of Rotterdam, Haarlem, Almere, Amsterdam and Eindhoven September 2–17, 2005. Countries were split into two groups of nine, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals.

First round

Group A Rank Team W L 1  Cuba 8 0 2  Netherlands 7 1 3  Panama 6 2 4  South Korea 5 3 5  Canada 4 4 6  China 3 5 7  Brazil 2 6 8  Sweden 1 7 9  South Africa 0 8

Group B Rank Team W L 1  Japan 7 1 2  Nicaragua 6 2 3  Puerto Rico 6 2 4  United States 6 2 5  Australia 4 4 6  Chinese Taipei 3 5 7  Spain 2 6 8  Colombia 2 6 9  Czech Republic 1 7

Playoffs

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Cuba	11
	United States	3
					Cuba	15
					Panama	2
	Panama	2
	Nicaragua	1
									Cuba	3
									South Korea	0
	South Korea	5
	Japan	1
					South Korea	7			Third place
					Netherlands	0
	Netherlands	10							Panama	7
	Puerto Rico	0 7 inn.							Netherlands	6

	5th–8th place				Fifth place
	Japan	5
	Puerto Rico	0
					Japan	8
					Nicaragua	1
					Seventh place
	Nicaragua	9		United States	11
	United States	0			Puerto Rico	3