2008 Haarlem Baseball Week

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2008 Haarlem Baseball Week
Tournament details
CountryNetherlands
CityHaarlem
Dates4–13 July
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States (4th title)
Runners-up Cuba
Third place Chinese Taipei
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Awards
MVPUnited States Ryan Jackson
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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.

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

Group stage

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Standings

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Qualified for the semifinals
Did not qualify for the semifinals
# Team Games Wins Losses
1 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 5 0
2  Cuba 5 4 1
3 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 5 3 2
4  Chinese Taipei [1] 5 2 3
5 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5 1 4
6 File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Dutch Caribbean Team [2] 5 0 5

^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

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July 4, 2008 Cuba  2 – 1 File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Dutch Caribbean Team Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 4, 2008 Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 5 – 4  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 5, 2008 United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 5 – 2 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 5, 2008 Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 5 – 1 File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Dutch Caribbean Team Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 6, 2008 Chinese Taipei  6 – 4 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 6, 2008 United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 1 – 0  Cuba Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 7, 2008 Dutch Caribbean Team File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg 5 – 12 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 8, 2008 Dutch Caribbean Team File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg 0 – 11 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 8, 2008 Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg 3 – 2 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 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 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 9, 2008 Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 – 2 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 10, 2008 Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 – 4  Cuba Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 11, 2008 United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 3 – 1  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 11, 2008 Chinese Taipei  8 – 5 File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Dutch Caribbean Team Haarlem, Netherlands
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Final round

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Semi-finals

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July 11, 2008 Cuba  6 – 4 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
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July 12, 2008 United States File:Flag of the United States.svg 5 – 2  Chinese Taipei Haarlem, Netherlands
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5th place

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July 12, 2008 Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg cancelled File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986).svg Dutch Caribbean Team Haarlem, Netherlands

3rd place

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July 13, 2008 Chinese Taipei  2 – 0 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan Haarlem, Netherlands
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Final

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July 12, 2008 Cuba  1 – 4 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Haarlem, Netherlands
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Final standings

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Tournament awards

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Best Pitcher United States Mike Minor
Best Hitter Netherlands Antilles Randolph Kirindongo
Best Defending Player Cuba Eduardo Paret
Home run King Cuba Yoandy Garlobo
Most Valuable Player United States Ryan Jackson
Most Popular Player Japan Ryoji Nakata
Press Award Netherlands David Bergman
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References

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