2009 World Baseball Championship

2009 World Baseball Championship
Tournament details
host	Spain Germany Sweden Czech Republic Croatia Italy
Period	September 9-27
Attendees	22nd
Defending champion	United States
Bottom line
winner	USA (4th title)
Second	Cuba
Third	Canada
Fourth	Puerto Rico
statistics
Games	106
MVP	Justin Smoak
spectator	126,799   (Ø: 1,196 per game)

The 2009 baseball world championship was the 38th edition of the baseball world championship and took place from September 9-27, 2009 in eight European countries. Among other things, the Armin-Wolf-Arena in Regensburg was the venue. A total of 22 teams from all over the world took part in the tournament.

The United States team became world champions for the second time in a row and beat Cuba 10: 5 in the final .

Phase 1 of the World Cup took place from September 9th to 12th, 2009 and was held in five groups in five different European cities. Specifically, these were Barcelona ( Spain ), Regensburg ( Germany ), Sundbyberg ( Sweden ), Prague ( Czech Republic ) and Zagreb ( Croatia ).

Phase 2 took place from September 13th to 20th, 2009 in the Italian and San-Marine cities of Milan , Turin , Rimini , Parma , Piacenza , Codogno , Bollate , Bologna , San Marino , Verona , Vicenza , Trieste , Florence , Macerata and Reggio nell 'Emilia , as well as in the Dutch cities of Haarlem , Rotterdam and Amsterdam .

The final round took place from September 22 to 27, 2009 in the Italian cities of Grosseto , Nettuno , Anzio , Matino , Caserta , Messina , Palermo and Rome .

Phase 1

The first and second group as well as the 4 best third group qualified for the next round.

Group A

Group A games were played in Prague.

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Mexico	3	0	1,000
2.	Australia	2	1	0.667
3.	Chinese Taipei	1	2	0.333
4th	Czech Republic	0	3	0,000

date	time	encounter			Result
the 9th of September	16:30	Czech Republic	-	Australia	4:17
September 10	16:30	Chinese Taipei	-	Mexico	0: 8
September 11	12:30	Australia	-	Chinese Taipei	7: 5
September 11	16:30	Mexico	-	Czech Republic	9-0
12th September	12:30	Australia	-	Mexico	9:10
12th September	16:30	Czech Republic	-	Chinese Taipei	1:10

Group B

Group B games were played in Barcelona.

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Cuba	3	0	1,000
2.	Puerto Rico	2	1	0.667
3.	Spain	1	2	0.333
4th	South Africa	0	3	0,000

date	time	encounter			Result
the 9th of September	19:00	Spain	-	South Africa	15: 0 (6)
September 10	19:00	Puerto Rico	-	Cuba	0:10 (7)
September 11	11:00	Cuba	-	South Africa	10: 5
September 11	18:00	Spain	-	Puerto Rico	3: 5
12th September	11:00	Cuba	-	Spain	5: 4
12th September	17:00	South Africa	-	Puerto Rico	0:12 (7)

Group C

Group C games were played in Sundbyberg, a suburb of Stockholm.

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Canada	3	0	1,000
2.	Netherlands Antilles	2	1	0.667
3.	South Korea	1	2	0.333
4th	Sweden	0	3	0,000

date	time	encounter			Result
the 9th of September	19:00	Sweden	-	Netherlands Antilles	8:10
September 10	19:00	Canada	-	South Korea	9: 1
September 11	14:00	South Korea	-	Sweden	5: 1
September 11	19:00	Netherlands Antilles	-	Canada	0:15 (7)
12th September	12:00	South Korea	-	Netherlands Antilles	5: 9
12th September	17:00	Sweden	-	Canada	1:19 (5)

Group D

Group D games were played in Zagreb. Originally, Moscow was intended as the venue and thus Russia as a participant instead of Croatia.

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Nicaragua	3	0	1,000
2.	Japan	2	1	0.667
3.	Great Britain	1	2	0.333
4th	Croatia	0	3	0,000

date	time	encounter			Result
September 10	10:30	Great Britain	-	Japan	7: 9
September 10	16:30	Croatia	-	Nicaragua	1:10
September 11	10:30	Nicaragua	-	Great Britain	10: 0 (7)
September 11	16:00	Japan	-	Croatia	13: 3 (7)
12th September	10:00	Japan	-	Nicaragua	4: 8
12th September	3:30 p.m.	Croatia	-	Great Britain	1: 4

Group E

The group E games were played in Regensburg.

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Venezuela	3	0	1,000
2.	United States	2	1	0.667
3.	Germany	1	2	0.333
4th	People's Republic of China	0	3	0,000

date	time	encounter			Result
the 9th of September	19:00	Germany	-	People's Republic of China	14: 1 (7)
September 10	19:00	United States	-	Venezuela	9:13 (11)
September 11	14:00	Venezuela	-	People's Republic of China	17: 2 (5)
September 11	19:00	United States	-	Germany	9: 1
12th September	14:00	People's Republic of China	-	United States	0: 8
12th September	19:00	Germany	-	Venezuela	1:12 (8)

Phase 2

Group F.

The games were played in Amsterdam, Haarlem and Rotterdam.

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Netherlands	6th	1	0.857
2.	Puerto Rico	6th	1	0.857
3.	Cuba	6th	1	0.857
4th	Venezuela	3	4th	0.429
5.	South Korea	3	4th	0.429
6th	Nicaragua	2	5	0.286
7th	Spain	2	5	0.286
8th.	Great Britain	0	8th	0,000

date	time	encounter			Result
13.september	15:00	Netherlands	-	South Korea	4: 2
13.september	20:00	Cuba	-	Great Britain	6-0
13.september	20:00	Venezuela	-	Nicaragua	7: 4
13.september	20:00	Puerto Rico	-	Spain	12: 2 (7)
September 14th	13:00	South Korea	-	Great Britain	15: 5 (8)
September 14th	19:00	Spain	-	Venezuela	8: 1
September 14th	19:00	Nicaragua	-	Cuba	1: 4
September 14th	19:00	Netherlands	-	Puerto Rico	5: 2
16th September	13:00	Puerto Rico	-	South Korea	3: 2
16th September	19:00	Great Britain	-	Nicaragua	1: 4
16th September	19:00	Spain	-	Netherlands	5:10
16th September	19:00	Cuba	-	Venezuela	10: 0 (8)
17th of September	13:00	Puerto Rico	-	Great Britain	5: 4
17th of September	19:00	Netherlands	-	Venezuela	8: 5
17th of September	19:00	Spain	-	Cuba	0:10
17th of September	19:00	Nicaragua	-	South Korea	2: 7
September 18	13:00	Spain	-	Nicaragua	5: 9
September 18	19:00	Cuba	-	Puerto Rico	2: 5
September 18	19:00	Venezuela	-	South Korea	4: 1
September 18	19:00	Great Britain	-	Netherlands	0: 6
September 19th	13:00	Great Britain	-	Spain	3:10
September 19th	19:00	South Korea	-	Cuba	1: 5
September 19th	19:00	Venezuela	-	Puerto Rico	3: 5
September 19th	19:00	Nicaragua	-	Netherlands	4: 8
September 20th	13:00	Netherlands	-	Cuba	3: 5
September 20th	13:00	Venezuela	-	Great Britain	6: 1
September 20th	13:00	South Korea	-	Spain	2: 1
September 20th	19:00	Nicaragua	-	Puerto Rico	0:16 (7)

Group G

The games were played in 15 different cities in Italy and in San Marino.

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	United States	7th	0	1,000
2.	Australia	5	2	0.714
3.	Canada	5	2	0.714
4th	Chinese Taipei	5	2	0.714
5.	Japan	2	5	0.286
6th	Italy	2	5	0.286
7th	Mexico	2	5	0.286
8th.	Netherlands Antilles	0	7th	0,000

date	time	encounter			Result
13.september	18:00	Australia	-	Netherlands Antilles	19: 6 (7)
13.september	20:00	Italy	-	Chinese Taipei	2: 5
13.september	20:00	Japan	-	Mexico	9: 3
13.september	20:00	United States	-	Canada	8-0
September 14th	20:00	Mexico	-	Italy	6: 3
September 14th	20:00	Canada	-	Australia	3: 5 (10)
September 14th	20:00	Netherlands Antilles	-	United States	1:11 (7)
September 15th	20:00	Chinese Taipei	-	Australia	5: 4 (10)
September 15th	20:00	United States	-	Japan	4: 2
September 16, 1	15:00	Japan	-	Chinese Taipei	1: 3 (10)
September 16, 2	19:00	Mexico	-	Canada	2: 4
17th of September	20:00	Chinese Taipei	-	United States	3:14 (7)
17th of September	20:00	Canada	-	Japan	3: 2 (11)
17th of September	20:00	Australia	-	Italy	5: 4
17th of September	20:00	Mexico	-	Netherlands Antilles	9: 8
September 18	20:00	Netherlands Antilles	-	Canada	2:19 (6)
September 18	20:00	Italy	-	Japan	6: 4
September 18	20:00	Chinese Taipei	-	Mexico	1: 0 (10)
September 19th	15:00	Japan	-	Australia	0: 5
September 19th	20:00	Netherlands Antilles	-	Chinese Taipei	3:12
September 19th	20:00	Canada	-	Italy	16: 7
September 19th	20:00	Mexico	-	United States	3: 7
September 20th	20:00	Australia	-	Mexico	6: 5
September 20th	20:00	Canada	-	Chinese Taipei	5: 3 (6)
September 20th	20:00	Japan	-	Netherlands Antilles	10: 1
September 20th	20:00	Italy	-	United States	3:12
September 21, 3	17:00	Italy	-	Netherlands Antilles	7: 6
September 21, 4	17:00	United States	-	Australia	4: 3

¹ The match between Japan and Chinese Taipei has been rescheduled from September 14th to 16th due to rain.
² The match between Mexico and Canada has been postponed from September 15 to September 16 due to rain.
³ The match between Italy and Nied. Due to rain, Antilles was moved from September 15th to September 16th and finally to September 21st.
⁴ The USA-Australia match was rescheduled from September 18 to 21 due to rain.

Final phase

From the final phase onwards, all games took place in Italy.

Semi-final round

The four best teams from groups F and G took part in the final phase, but continued to form two groups 1 (teams from group F) and 2 (teams from group G). The teams played against the 4 teams in the other group.

Group 1

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Cuba	5	2	0.714
2.	Puerto Rico	4th	3	0.571
3.	Netherlands	3	4th	0.429
4th	Venezuela	2	5	0.286

Group 2

Pl.		S.	N	Pzt.
1.	United States	7th	0	1,000
2.	Canada	4th	3	0.571
3.	Australia	2	5	0.286
4th	Chinese Taipei	1	6th	0.143

Games

date	time	encounter			Result
September 22	20:00	Cuba	-	Australia	2: 1
September 22	20:00	Puerto Rico	-	Canada	0: 3
September 22	20:00	United States	-	Venezuela	6: 3
September 22	20:00	Netherlands	-	Chinese Taipei	11: 2
September 23rd	20:00	Canada	-	Venezuela	9: 2
September 23rd	20:00	Australia	-	Netherlands	5: 2
September 23rd	20:00	Puerto Rico	-	United States	0: 3
September 23rd	21:15	Chinese Taipei	-	Cuba	0: 8
September 24th	20:00	United States	-	Cuba	5: 3
September 24th	20:00	Chinese Taipei	-	Puerto Rico	2: 8
September 24th	20:00	Canada	-	Netherlands	11: 5
September 24th	20:00	Venezuela	-	Australia	9: 4
25th of September	19:00	Cuba	-	Canada	5: 1
25th of September	19:00	Venezuela	-	Chinese Taipei	6: 4
25th of September	19:00	Australia	-	Puerto Rico	2: 4
25th of September	19:00	Netherlands	-	United States	2: 8

Final round

The teams in the semi-final groups that were tied for each other played the placement and final matches against each other.

Game for 7th place

date	time	encounter			Result
September 26th	20:00	Venezuela	-	Chinese Taipei	6: 3

Play for 5th place

date	time	encounter			Result
September 26th	20:00	Netherlands	-	Australia	1: 4

3rd place match

date	time	encounter			Result
September 26th	20:00	Puerto Rico	-	Canada	2: 6

final

date	time	encounter			Result
September 27th	15:00	Cuba	-	United States	5:10

Web links

Commons : World Baseball Championship 2009  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Host's website
• German website of the venue Regensburg