2004 Haarlem Baseball Week

The 2004 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 23 to August 1, 2004. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States.

2004 Haarlem Baseball Week
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Dates 23 July – 1 August
Teams6
Defending champions United States (2002)
Final positions
Champions
 Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up
 Cuba
Third place
 Japan
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Most Valuable Player Johnny Balentina
← 2002
2006 →

In the end the team from the Netherlands won the tournament for the first time.[1]

Group stage

Standings
Qualified for the final
Did not qualify for the final
# Team Games Wins Losses
1 Cuba 541
2 Netherlands 532
3 Japan 532
4 Chinese Taipei 523
5 Italy 523
6 United States 514

^1 Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)
^2 The United States were represented by a semi-pro unaffiliated baseball team from Reno, Nevada named the Reno Astros.

Game results
July 23, 2004 Chinese Taipei  2 – 3  United States Haarlem, Netherlands
July 24, 2004 Cuba  1 – 10  Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
July 24, 2004 Netherlands  9 – 1  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
July 25, 2004 Japan  3 – 5  Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands
July 25, 2004 Italy  8 – 0  United States Haarlem, Netherlands
July 26, 2004 Italy  3 – 5  Cuba Haarlem, Netherlands
July 27, 2004 Cuba  4 – 1  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
July 27, 2004 United States  5 – 7  Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
July 28, 2004 Japan  2 – 3  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
July 28, 2004 Netherlands  1 – 3  Italy Haarlem, Netherlands
July 29, 2004 Italy  2 – 9  Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands
July 29, 2004 United States  1 – 4  Cuba Haarlem, Netherlands
July 30, 2004 Chinese Taipei  6 – 1  Italy Haarlem, Netherlands
July 30, 2004 Cuba  5 – 0  Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands
July 31, 2004 Italy  1 – 7  Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
July 31, 2004 Netherlands  6 – 0  United States Haarlem, Netherlands

^3 Regarding a benefit game, the results didn't affect the standings.

Final
August 1, 2004 Cuba  1 – 3  Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands

Final standings

Tournament awards
Best Pitcher Calvin Maduro
Best Hitter Davide Dallospedale
Outstanding Defensive Player Ralph Milliard
Home run King Hsin-Ming Wang
Most Valuable Player Johnny Balentina
Most Popular Player Dirk van 't Klooster

References
  1. "The Netherlands won 22nd edition". Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
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