2010 Women's Baseball World Cup

2010 Women's Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Venezuela
Dates 12 August - 22 August
Teams 11
Defending champions  Japan (2008)
Final positions
Champions
 Japan (2nd title)
Runner-up
 Australia
Third place
 United States
Fourth place  Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Games played 40
Attendance 156,684 (3,917 per game)
Best batting average Japan Ayako Rokkaku (.643)
Most homeruns hit United States Tamara Holmes (3)
Most stolen bases Cuba Dayana Batista (77)
Best ERA Japan Kasumi Noguchi (0.00)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher) United States Martina Sementelli (14)
2008
2012


Last updated on August 22, 2010

The 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup was an international baseball competition that was held in Venezuela from August 12 to August 22, 2010.[1] Japan successfully defended their title from 2008, defeating Australia 13–3 in the final.[2]

Teams

The following 11 teams appeared at the tournament.[3][4]

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Venezuela 4 0 1.000 36 10
 Canada 3 1 .750 1 27 11
 Australia 2 2 .500 2 22 17
 Chinese Taipei[A 1] 1 3 .250 3 20 16
 Netherlands 0 4 .000 4 8 59
 Hong Kong[A 2] 0 1 .000 N/A 1 17
Notes
  1. Chinese Taipei's result against Hong Kong was removed from their record after Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament.
  2. Hong Kong withdrew from the tournament, after a shooting incident during their second game against the Netherlands.[5]

Schedule

August 12, 2010 Chinese Taipei  17 1 (F/5)  Hong Kong Estadio Cesar Nieves, Vargas
Attendance: 1,500
Boxscore
August 12, 2010 Australia  1 6  Canada Estadio Cesar Nieves, Vargas
Attendance: 1,200
Boxscore
August 12, 2010 Netherlands  4 20 (F/5)  Venezuela Estadio José A. Casanova, Caracas
Attendance: 5,000
Boxscore

August 13, 2010 Canada  7 6  Chinese Taipei Estadio José A. Casanova, Caracas
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
August 13, 2010 Hong Kong  9 12 (F/3)  Netherlands Estadio José A. Casanova, Caracas
Boxscore

August 15, 2010 Australia  16 3 (F/5)  Netherlands Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 4,000
Boxscore
August 15, 2010 Chinese Taipei  3 5  Venezuela Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 8,451
Boxscore

August 16, 2010 Canada  12 1 (F/5)  Netherlands Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
August 16, 2010 Australia  4 0  Chinese Taipei Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 600
Boxscore
August 16, 2010 Netherlands  0 11  Chinese Taipei Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 800
Boxscore
August 16, 2010 Venezuela  3 2 (F/8)  Canada Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 4,932
Boxscore

August 17, 2010 Venezuela  8 1  Australia Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 12,639
Boxscore

Pool B

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Japan 4 0 1.000 32 2
 United States 3 1 .750 1 36 5
 Cuba 2 2 .500 2 34 18
 Puerto Rico 1 3 .250 3 11 31
 South Korea 0 4 .000 4 9 66

Schedule

August 12, 2010 United States  1 5  Japan Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 6,000
Boxscore
August 12, 2010 South Korea  9 21 (F/6)  Cuba Estadio Aviacion, Maracay
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore

August 13, 2010 Cuba  1 3  Japan Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 2,000
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August 15, 2010 Puerto Rico  1 12 (F/6)  Cuba Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 4,500
Boxscore
August 15, 2010 South Korea  0 21 (F/5)  United States Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
August 15, 2010 Japan  14 0 (F/5)  South Korea Estadio Aviacion, Maracay
Attendance: 1,000
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August 15, 2010 Cuba  0 5  United States Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 1,500
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August 16, 2010 Puerto Rico  10 0 (F/5)  South Korea Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
August 16, 2010 United States  9 0  Puerto Rico Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 1,300
Boxscore

August 17, 2010 Japan  10 0 (F/6)  Puerto Rico Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 1,500
Boxscore

Round 2

Pool C

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA Tiebreaker
 Japan 4 1 .800 33 14 10
 Venezuela 4 1 .800 22 22 01
 Australia 3 2 .600 1 37 31
 United States 2 3 .400 2 28 32 10
 Canada 2 3 .400 2 21 29 01
 Cuba 0 5 .000 4 15 28

Schedule

August 18, 2010 Canada  1 10  United States Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 639
Boxscore
August 18, 2010 Japan  9 10  Australia Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 7,000
Boxscore
August 18, 2010 Venezuela  4 3  Cuba Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 13,582
Boxscore

August 19, 2010 Australia  6 2  Cuba Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 1,225
Boxscore
August 19, 2010 Japan  6 2  Canada Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 6,560
Boxscore
August 19, 2010 Venezuela  7 6  United States Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 14,501
Boxscore

August 20, 2010 Canada  10 9  Cuba Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 355
Boxscore
August 20, 2010 United States  6 19 (F/6)  Australia Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 7,322
Boxscore
August 20, 2010 Japan  10 0 (F/5)  Venezuela Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 12,578
Boxscore

Pool D

Standings

Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 1.000 39 3
 Puerto Rico 2 1 .667 1 22 17
 South Korea 1 2 .333 2 17 27
 Netherlands 0 3 .000 3 6 37

Schedule

August 19, 2010 Chinese Taipei  12 2 (F/6)  South Korea Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 70
Boxscore
August 19, 2010 Puerto Rico  11 1 (F/6)  Netherlands Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 103
Boxscore

August 20, 2010 Puerto Rico  1 16 (F/5)  Chinese Taipei Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 600
Boxscore
August 20, 2010 South Korea  15 5  Netherlands Estadio Aviacion, Maracay
Attendance: 600
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Final round

Classification games

9th and 10th place

August 21, 2010 South Korea  11 4  Netherlands Estadio Aviación, Maracay
Attendance: 57
Boxscore

7th and 8th place

August 21, 2010 Chinese Taipei  4 3  Puerto Rico Estadio Aviacion, Maracay
Attendance: 120
Boxscore

5th and 6th place

August 21, 2010 Canada  5 1  Cuba Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 300
Boxscore

Semi-finals

  Semi-finals     Gold medal game
                 
  1  Japan 6  
  4  United States 1    
      W1  Japan 13
      W2  Australia 3
  2  Venezuela 2    
  3  Australia 12   Bronze medal game
 
L1  United States 15
  L2  Venezuela 5
August 21, 2010 Japan  6 1  United States Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 5,000
Boxscore
August 21, 2010 Venezuela  2 12  Australia Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 10,500
Boxscore

Bronze medal game

August 22, 2010 United States  15 5  Venezuela Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 6,000
Boxscore

Gold medal game

August 22, 2010 Japan  13 3 (F/5)  Australia Estadio José Perez Colmenares, Maracay
Attendance: 6,350
Boxscore

Shooting incident

On August 13, during the game against the Netherlands, Hong Kong player Cheuk Woon-Yee was struck by a stray bullet in the leg. The incident occurred when Cheuk was taking the field to play third base in the fourth inning against the Netherlands, which were leading the game 129. The game was held at Estadio José Antonio Casanova in Fort Tiuna, a military garrison in Caracas. The other two games on Friday and all games on Saturday were postponed.[6]

On August 15, the International Baseball Federation and the organizers of the tournament decided to move all remaining games to Maracay. The schedule did not include Hong Kong, as they elected to withdraw from the competition to return home.[7]

Final standings

Rk Team W L
1  Japan 8 1
Lost in the final
2  Australia 6 3
Failed to qualify for final
3  United States 5 4
4  Venezuela 6 3
Failed to qualify for semi finals
5  Canada 6 4
6  Cuba 2 8
Failed to qualify for Pool C
7  Chinese Taipei 5 3
8  Puerto Rico 3 5
9  South Korea 2 6
10  Netherlands 0 8

 2010 Women's Baseball World Champions 

Japan
2nd title

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.[2]

All Star Team
Position Player
Starting Pitcher Japan Ayami Sato
Relief Pitcher Australia Laura Neads
Catcher Japan Tomomi Nishi
First Base Canada Kate Psota
Second Base Venezuela Lelis Gomez
Third Base Australia Christina Kreppold
Short Stop United States Jena Marston
Outfield Japan Akiko Shimura
United States Tamara Holmes
Venezuela Leonel Reyes
Designated Hitter Australia Kim McMillan

Tournament Awards
Award Player
MVP Japan Ayako Rokkaku
Leading Hitter Japan Ayako Rokkaku
Best Earned Run Average Japan Kasumi Noguchi
Best Won/Loss Average Japan Ayami Sato
Most Runs Batted In Australia Katie Gaynor
Most Home Runs United States Tamara Holmes
Most Stolen Bases Cuba Dayana Bautista
Most Runs Scored United States Clarisa Navarro
Outstanding Defensive Player United States Tara Herbert

References

  1. van Zon, Rogier (11 May 2010). "Debuut Nederland op WK in Venezuela" [Netherlands in World Cup debut in Venezuela] (in Dutch). de Nederlandse honkbalsite [The Dutch baseball site]. Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Japan, World Champion: Ayako Rokkaku MVP". International Baseball Federation. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  3. "IV Women World Cup - Round 1 Standings". IBAF. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  4. "IV Women World Cup - Hong Kong Statistics". IBAF. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  5. "Games to Resume in Venezuela". IBAF. 15 August 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  6. "Hong Kong player shot in leg at women's baseball championship". Reuters Canada. 14 August 2010. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  7. "Team leaves after bullet hits player". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
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