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2011 Baseball World Cup

International amateur baseball tournament

Field	Value
image	Baseball World Cup - logo 2011.jpg
size	125px
country
dates	1–15 October
num_teams	16
defending_champion	United States
champion	Netherlands
num_championships	1
second	Cuba
third	Canada
fourth	United States
games	67
attendance	156471
mvp	NED Curt Smith
prevseason	[2009](2009-baseball-world-cup)

The 2011 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 39th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. Panama were first-time hosts (beating out bids from Chinese Taipei and Venezuela), with games held in four cities, from October 1 to 15.

The Netherlands defeated Cuba in the final, winning its first title, and only the second ever for a European team, after Great Britain's win of the inaugural 1938 AWS.

There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups for Round 1, with the first four of each group qualifying for an amalgamated Round 2, which determined the single-game matchups for the finals. Games were played in the Panamanian cities of Aguadulce, Chitré, Panama City and Santiago de Veraguas. The final two medals games were held in Panama City.

This was the final BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Teams

Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament, placing high enough in regional tournaments that doubled as qualifying tournaments for the event or by automatic qualification by hosting the tournament.

Round 1	Group 1	Group 2
	6th, 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament
	Asian qualifier
	4th, [2010 European Championship](2010-european-baseball-championship)
	Asian qualifier
	[[File:Silver medal europe.svg	18px]] [2010 European Championship](2010-european-baseball-championship)
	Host nation
	7th, 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament
	[[File:Bronze medal (Americas).svg	18px]] 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament

Format

The 16 participating teams were divided into two round robin pools, the top four of each pool advancing to the second round, in which each qualified team played each of the qualified teams from the other pool. The top two teams in the standings after the second round then qualified for the championship final.

Tie-breaking rules

Standings were determined by the win–loss records over all games played within a pool. In case of a tie, the order of the teams tied was determined by, in this sequence, (a) the win–loss record of the games played among the tied teams (=head-to-head HTH), (b) the highest difference between the ratios of runs scored per offensive innings and runs allowed per defensive innings (=Team's Quality Balance TQB), (c) the highest difference between the ratios of earned runs scored per offensive innings and earned runs allowed per defensive innings (ERTQB), (d) the highest batting average in the games played among the tied teams, (e) a coin flip.

Venues

Panama City was the primary city for the event, and also the host of Group 1, while Aguadulce, Coclé; Santiago de Veraguas; and Chitré, Herrera Province were host to Group 2.

Conditions

The tournament was marred by inclement weather, causing a number of rainout games that had to be made up, increasing the pressure on the tournament schedule. In the end, eleven of the sixteen second-round games needed to be played within two days, requiring teams to play doubleheaders of games shortened to seven innings, and the bronze medal game in the final round had to be canceled to allow the final to be played.

Round 1

Group 1

Standings

W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA	HTH
6	1	.857	—	42	21	1-0
6	1	.857	—	49	16	0-1
5	2	.714	1	47	30
4	3	.571	2	40	25
3	4	.429	3	28	26
2	5	.286	4	20	32	1-0
2	5	.286	4	29	39	0-1
0	7	.000	6	10	76

Schedule and results

Group 2

Standings

W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA	HTH
7	0	1.000	—	54	6
5	2	.714	2	35	49	1-0
5	2	.714	2	34	22	0-1
4	3	.571	3	39	47
3	4	.429	4	52	28	1-0
3	4	.429	4	27	28	0-1
1	6	.143	6	18	47
0	7	.000	7	26	58

Schedule and results

Round 2

Group 3

Standings

W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA	HTH
6	1	.857	—	41	18	1-0
6	1	.857	—	56	18	0-1
4	3	.571	2	27	32	1-0
4	3	.571	2	30	27	0-1
3	4	.429	3	29	30
2	5	.286	4	20	25	1-0
2	5	.286	4	36	35	0-1
1	6	.143	5	17	69

Schedule and results

(top/7, 2 on, 2 out) Rainout

11h00 12h00 15h30 15h30 (completed from Oct 12) 19h30 19h30

11h00 11h00 15h30 15h30 19h30 19h30

Final round

7th place game

5th place game

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

Rk	W	L	Lost in the Final	Failed to qualify for Final
1	11	1	[[File:Gold medal world centered-2.svg	18px]]
2	10	2	[[File:Silver medal world centered-2.svg	18px]]
3*	8	3	[[File:Bronze medal world centered-2.svg	18px]]
4	7	4
5	7	5
6	6	6
7	6	6
8	6	6
9	3	4	(52/59)−(28/58) = .398
10	3	4	(28/62)−(26/61) = .26
11	3	4	(27/61)−(28/62) = −.9
12	2	5
13	2	5
14	1	6
15	0	7	(26/62)−(58/59) = −.564
16	0	7	(10/55)−(76/53) = −1.258

*Canada awarded third place and bronze medal by rule C12 of the IBAF tournament rules, which states that the ordinary tie-breaking procedure applies in case of a rainout in the final round.

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.

Position	Player	Starting Pitcher	Relief Pitcher	Catcher	First Base	Second Base	Third Base	Short Stop	Outfield	Designated Hitter
KOR Oh Hyoun-Taek
CUB Yadier Pedroso
PAN Dámaso Espino
CUB José Dariel Abreu
USA Joe Thurston
KOR Mo Chang-Min
CAN Jonathan Malo
CUB Rusney Castillo
AUS Tom Brice
PAN Conceptión Rodríguez
PAN Fernando Seguignol

Award	Player	MVP	Leading Batter	Best ERA (Pitcher)	Best Win/Loss Average (Pitcher)	Most Runs Batted In	Most Home Runs	Most Stolen Bases	Most Runs Scored	Outstanding Defensive Player
NED Curt Smith
CUB Rusney Castillo
NED Tom Stuifbergen
CUB Miguel Lahera
NED Curt Smith
VEN Wuillians Vasquez
USA Jordan Danks
PAN José Macías
CUB Yuliesky Gourriel

References

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International Baseball Federation. "Panama to host 2011 World Cup." Jan. 30, 2011. Accessed Jan. 31, 2011. http://www.ibaf.org/en/article-detail.aspx?id=10cfa2f5-1d41-4b04-8236-aecfde9e111d
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International Baseball Federation. "Team USA and Canada will share third place, decision pending for bronze medal" Oct. 15, 2011. Accessed October 15, 2011. http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2011/10/15/team-usa-and-canada-will-share-third-place-decisio/567f91a7-8a21-4ef0-a047-a8f8f0ecb881
[http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2011/10/15/game-for-3rd-between-team-usa-and-canada-canceled/567f91a7-8a21-4ef0-a047-a8f8f0ecb881 International Baseball Federation. "Game for 3rd between Team USA and Canada canceled". October 15, 2011. Accessed October 23, 2011.]
[http://ibaf.org/doc/d60643bd-a51a-498b-b170-f307e20281d5/BWC%202011%20Technical%20Organizational%20Norms.pdf International Baseball Federation. "BWC 2011 Technical Organizational Norms" (PDF). Accessed October 23, 2011.]
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