2010 World Junior Baseball Championship

2010 World Junior Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Dates	23 July - 1 August
Teams	12
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 BA	Tzu Wei Lin (.607)
Most HRs	Ryan Battaglia (3)
Most SBs	Petr Sila (4 out 6)
Best ERA	John Simms (0.00)
Most Ks (as pitcher)	Chang Sik Yoo (31)

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]

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 Rodriguez
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 Rodriguez 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

External links

References

^ Thunder Bay to host 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship
^ Team Venezuela not attending Junior World Cup
^ Venezuela joins World Junior Baseball Championship
^ "Qualifiers 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
^ "All-IBAF Junior tournament team named". IBAF. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010. The 2010 All-World Junior Baseball team is headed by tournament MVP Wei Tzu Lin, third baseman of Chinese Taipei.

[1] Thunder Bay to host 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship

[2] Team Venezuela not attending Junior World Cup

[3] Venezuela joins World Junior Baseball Championship

[4] "Qualifiers 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2019-04-12.

[5] "All-IBAF Junior tournament team named". IBAF. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010. The 2010 All-World Junior Baseball team is headed by tournament MVP Wei Tzu Lin, third baseman of Chinese Taipei.

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