2016 Haarlem Baseball Week

2016 Haarlem Baseball Week

Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
City	Haarlem
Dates	15–24 July
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (4th title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Games played	17
Attendance	34,300 (2,018 per game)
MVP	Ryoya Kaneko

The 2016 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from 15–24 July 2016. It was the 28th edition of the tournament.

In the final the Netherlands won over Japan, becoming champions for the fourth time.

For the first time in the history of the Haarlem Baseball Week a youth tournament was organised as well, called the Honkbalweek Haarlem Cup.

Teams

Originally, six teams were invited to the tournament. However, the team from the United States had to withdraw because of sponsor obligations. The organisation was not able to find a replacement team, leaving five participating teams.

Australia	4th appearance
Chinese Taipei1	9th appearance
Curaçao	1st appearance2
Japan	14th appearance
Netherlands	Host nation

^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 Players from Curaçao previously competed at the Haarlem Baseball Week as part of the Dutch Caribbean team.

Group stage

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	PTS	R	RA
Netherlands	4	0	1.000	—	8	28	6
Australia	3	1	.750	1	6	23	19
Japan	2	2	.500	2	4	17	12
Chinese Taipei	1	3	.250	3	2	12	18
Curaçao	0	4	.000	4	0	6	31
Source: "Uitslagen en stats". Honkbalweek Haarlems. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

Game results

15 July 2016	Curaçao	1 – 10	Japan	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 850
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16 July 2016	Australia	9 – 5	Chinese Taipei	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 2,600
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16 July 2016	Netherlands	6 – 1	Curaçao	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 3,200
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17 July 2016	Chinese Taipei	0 – 8	Netherlands	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 3,100
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17 July 2016	Japan	3 – 4	Australia	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 2,100
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18 July 2016	Curaçao	4 – 8	Australia	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 1,100
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19 July 2016	Chinese Taipei	7 – 0	Curaçao	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 1,300
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19 July 2016	Netherlands	7 – 3	Japan	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 3,150
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20 July 2016	Japan	1 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 900
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20 July 2016	Australia	2 – 7	Netherlands	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 3,100
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Knock-out phase

21 July 2016	Japan	2 – 1	Chinese Taipei	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 850
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21 July 2016	Netherlands	9 – 0	Australia	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 1,900
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22 July 2016	Australia	8 – 7	Curaçao	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 850
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22 July 2016	Netherlands	3 – 0	Japan	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 2,000
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23 July 2016	Chinese Taipei	5 – 4	Curaçao	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 1,800
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23 July 2016	Australia	4 – 9	Japan	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 2,300
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Final

24 July 2016	Netherlands	2 – 0	Japan	Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem Attendance: 3,200
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Final standings

Rk	Team
1	Netherlands
2	Japan
3	Australia
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Curaçao

2016 Haarlem Baseball Week champions
Netherlands 4th title

Tournament awards

Award	Player
Homerun King	Tatsuhiko Satoh (2)
Most Popular Player	Trent Oeltjen
Press Award	Jim Colborn
Best Defensive Player	Yu Ning Tsao (1.000 FLD%)
Best Hitter	Ryoya Kaneko (.448)
Best Pitcher	Takuya Kato (0.00 ERA in 13 innings)
Most Valuable Player	Ryoya Kaneko (13 hits, 7 RBIs)

External links

• Official Website