2008 Haarlem Baseball Week

The 2008 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 4–13, 2008. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Japan, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles (including Aruba) and United States.

2008 Haarlem Baseball Week
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Dates 4–13 July
Teams6
Defending champions Netherlands (2006)
Final positions
Champions
 United States (4th title)
Runner-up
 Cuba
Third place
 Chinese Taipei
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Most Valuable Player Ryan Jackson
← 2006
2010 →

In the end the team from the United States won for the thirteenth time the tournament.[1]

Group stage

Standings
Qualified for the semifinals
Did not qualify for the semifinals
# Team Games Wins Losses
1 United States 550
2 Cuba 541
3 Japan 532
4 Chinese Taipei 523
5 Netherlands 514
6 Dutch Caribbean Team 505

^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 Netherlands Antilles (including Aruba) were represented by the Dutch Caribbean Team.

Game results
July 4, 2008 Cuba  2 – 1  Dutch Caribbean Team Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 4, 2008 Japan  5 – 4  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 5, 2008 United States  5 – 2  Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 5, 2008 Netherlands  5 – 1  Dutch Caribbean Team Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 6, 2008 Chinese Taipei  6 – 4  Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 6, 2008 United States  1 – 0  Cuba Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 7, 2008 Dutch Caribbean Team  5 – 12  Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 8, 2008 Dutch Caribbean Team  0 – 11  United States Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 8, 2008 Japan  3 – 2  Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 9, 2008 Cuba  3 – 0  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 9, 2008 Cuba  5 – 3  Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 9, 2008 Netherlands  1 – 2  United States Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 10, 2008 Netherlands  1 – 4  Cuba Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 11, 2008 United States  3 – 1  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 11, 2008 Chinese Taipei  8 – 5  Dutch Caribbean Team Haarlem, Netherlands
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Final round

Semi finals
July 11, 2008 Cuba  6 – 4  Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
Boxscore
July 12, 2008 United States  5 – 2  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
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5th place
July 12, 2008 Netherlands  cancelled  Dutch Caribbean Team Haarlem, Netherlands

3rd place
July 13, 2008 Chinese Taipei  2 – 0  Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
Boxscore

Final
July 12, 2008 Cuba  1 – 4  United States Haarlem, Netherlands
Boxscore

Final standings

Tournament awards
Best Pitcher Mike Minor
Best Hitter Randolph Kirindongo
Best Defending Player Eduardo Paret
Home run King Yoandy Garlobo
Most Valuable Player Ryan Jackson
Most Popular Player Ryoji Nakata
Press Award David Bergman

References
  1. "Team USA wins 2008 Haarlem Baseball Week". Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
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