2009 World Youth Baseball Championship

The 2009 World Youth Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament scheduled to start on 15 August 2009. It was the 14th time the World Youth Cup has taken place. Taichung, Taiwan hosted the tournament and 12 nations competed, including defending champions Cuba.

2009 World Youth Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTaiwan
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates15 23 August
Teams12
Final positions
Champions United States (4th title)
Runners-up Cuba
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Games played46
Attendance8,244 (179 per game)
Best batting averageUnited States JoMarcos Woods (.696)
Most homerunsCuba Guillermo Aviles (3)
Most solen basesNetherlands Urving Kemp (6)
Best ERACuba Elbis Martinez
United States Cory Geisler
United States John Hochstatter (0.00)
Most strikeouts (as pitcher)South Korea Seung-Jun Baek (26)

Round 1

Group A

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Did not qualify for the quarter-finals
# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1 Cuba550
2 Japan5321-0
3 Venezuela5320-1
4 Chinese Taipei5231-0
5 Australia5230-1
6 Russia505
August 15, 2009
Game 1
Cuba  9 1  Australia Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 65
Boxscore
August 15, 2009
Game 3
Chinese Taipei  14 15  Venezuela Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 1,350
Boxscore
August 15, 2009
Game 5
Russia  0 20 (F/5)  Japan Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 45
Boxscore

August 16, 2009
Game 7
Australia  15 2 (F/7)  Russia Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 45
Boxscore
August 16, 2009
Game 9
Chinese Taipei  12 15  Japan Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 1,840
Boxscore
August 16, 2009
Game 11
Venezuela  2 12  Cuba Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 37
Boxscore

August 17, 2009
Game 13
Russia  1 19 (F/5)  Chinese Taipei Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 77
Boxscore
August 17, 2009
Game 15
Venezuela  9 8  Australia Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 75
Boxscore
August 17, 2009
Game 17
Japan  2 5  Cuba Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 320
Boxscore

August 18, 2009
Game 19
Japan  7 6  Venezuela Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
August 18, 2009
Game 21
Cuba  16 1 (F/5)  Russia Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 20
Boxscore
August 18, 2009
Game 23
Australia  4 8  Chinese Taipei Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 250
Boxscore

August 19, 2009
Game 25
Venezuela  21 1 (F/5)  Russia Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 10
Boxscore
August 19, 2009
Game 27
Japan  9 10  Australia Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
August 19, 2009
Game 29
Chinese Taipei  5 7  Cuba Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 520
Boxscore

Group B

Panama was originally scheduled to participate in Group B of the tournament, but withdrew citing financial concerns. The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) announced that Hong Kong would be their replacements, shortly before the tournament was due to commence.[1]

Qualified for the quarter-finals
Did not qualify for the quarter-finals
# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1 United States550
2 South Korea541
3 Mexico532
4 Netherlands523
5 Hong Kong514
6 Czech Republic505
August 15, 2009
Game 2
Hong Kong  0 28 (F/5)  United States Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 30
Boxscore
August 15, 2009
Game 4
South Korea  5 4  Mexico Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 25
Boxscore
August 15, 2009
Game 6
Czech Republic  2 11  Netherlands Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 50
Boxscore

August 16, 2009
Game 8
Mexico  20 3 (F/5)  Hong Kong Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 35
Boxscore
August 16, 2009
Game 10
United States  18 1 (F/6)  Czech Republic Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 30
Boxscore
August 16, 2009
Game 12
Netherlands  0 10 (F/7)  South Korea Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 50
Boxscore

August 17, 2009
Game 14
United States  15 1 (F/7)  Netherlands Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 30
Boxscore
August 17, 2009
Game 16
Czech Republic  2 13 (F/8)  Mexico Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 120
Boxscore
August 17, 2009
Game 18
Hong Kong  0 16 (F/7)  South Korea Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 45
Boxscore

August 18, 2009
Game 20
South Korea  14 3 (F/7)  Czech Republic Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 45
Boxscore
August 18, 2009
Game 22
Netherlands  16 6 (F/7)  Hong Kong Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 65
Boxscore
August 18, 2009
Game 24
Mexico  6 16  United States Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 73
Boxscore

August 19, 2009
Game 26
Netherlands  6 8  Mexico Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 85
Boxscore
August 19, 2009
Game 28
United States  11 1 (F/7)  South Korea Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
August 19, 2009
Game 30
Hong Kong  6 5  Czech Republic Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 80
Boxscore

Round 2

Bottom four

August 21, 2009
Game 31
Australia  15 0 (F/5)  Czech Republic Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 45
Boxscore
August 21, 2009
Game 32
Hong Kong  3 5  Russia Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 65
Boxscore

August 22, 2009
Game 37
Australia  10 0 (F/7)  Russia Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 47
Boxscore
August 22, 2009
Game 38
Czech Republic  16 0 (F/5)  Hong Kong Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 13
Boxscore

Quarter-finals

August 21, 2009
Game 33
Cuba  13 3 (F/7)  Netherlands Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 25
Boxscore
August 21, 2009
Game 34
Japan  4 5  Mexico Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
August 21, 2009
Game 35
United States  11 8  Chinese Taipei Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 468
Boxscore
August 21, 2009
Game 36
South Korea  5 11  Venezuela Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 100
Boxscore

Semi-finals

August 22, 2009
Game 39
Cuba  9 0  Venezuela Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 156
Boxscore
August 22, 2009
Game 40
Netherlands  4 5  South Korea Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 90
Boxscore
August 22, 2009
Game 41
United States  9 5  Mexico Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 120
Boxscore
August 22, 2009
Game 42
Chinese Taipei  10 6  Japan Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 420
Boxscore

Final round

7th place

August 23, 2009
Game 43
Netherlands  1 11 (F/7)  Japan Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 75
Boxscore

5th place

August 23, 2009
Game 44
Chinese Taipei  11 0 (F/7)  South Korea Taiwan Taichung Baseball Field
Attendance: 263
Boxscore

3rd place

August 23, 2009
Game 45
Mexico  11 10  Venezuela Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 65
Boxscore

Final

August 23, 2009
Game 46
Cuba  6 7  United States Taiwan Taichung Intercontinental
Attendance: 625
Boxscore

Final standings

RankCountry
 United States
 Cuba
 Mexico
4th  Venezuela
5th  Chinese Taipei
6th  South Korea
7th  Japan
8th  Netherlands
9th  Australia
10th  Russia
11th  Czech Republic
12th  Hong Kong

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.[2]

All Star Team
PositionPlayer
Pitcher (RHP) Cuba Héctor Mendoza
Pitcher (LHP) United States Cory Geisler
Catcher Australia Guy Edmonds
First Base Cuba Guillermo Aviles
Second Base Venezuela Rougned Odor
Third Base Chinese Taipei Lin-Jen Chu
Short Stop United States Francisco Lindor
Outfield United States Austin Cousino
Japan Katsushi Nakamichi
United States JoMarcos Woods

See also

References

  1. Schiroli, Riccardo (14 August 2009). "IBAF Announces Replacement for Panama in 2009 World Youth Championships". Lausanne, Switzerland: International Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  2. Sedgman, Cassandra (24 August 2009). "Guy Edmunds named in AA World All-Star Team". Australian Baseball Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
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