World cup of baseball 2007

The World cup of baseball 2007 is the 37e edition of this test putting at the catches the best national selections. The final stage was held of the 6 with the November 18th 2007 with Taiwan. Four stages accommodated the meetings: the Intercontinental Taichung Baseball Stadium and the Taichung Baseball Field with Taichung City, the Tianmu Baseball Stadium with Taipei and the stage of Sinjhuang.

Before the beginning of the competition, the team of China withdrew itself in spite of her qualification obtained with the Asian Jeux of 2006. She was replaced by the team of Thailand which had finished 5th behind China.

41 matches were retransmis on line on the Internet site Stadeo TV of which all matches of the final stage, then placed at the disposal in Vidéo with the request.

The team of the United States gained its 3rd championship of the world by beating the team of Cuba which remained on nine consecutive titles since 1984 and was presented in the form of a favorite of the test.

Qualified selections

Americas

The first six teams of the Tournament of qualification of Americas 2006 qualified themselves for the tournament:

Europe

The first four teams of the Championship of Europe 2005 qualified themselves for the tournament:

Oceania

Following the fixed price of New Zealand, Australia became champion of Oceania 2007 and represents Oceania for the tournament.

Asia

The first four teams of the Asian Plays 2006 qualified themselves for the tournament:

Thailand (to replace)

Africa

South Africa

Format of the tournament

The teams are divided into two groups of eight teams. In each group, each selection plays against the seven others at the time of the preliminary round. The four best teams of each group qualify themselves for the final stage with direct elimination (quarterfinals, semi-finals and finales).

Medal-holders

Final classification

Results

Preliminary round

Group has

(1) The match envisaged initially on November 6th in opening of the competition was reprogrammed on November 12th because of the rain.

(2) The first two matches of the team of Panama saw their results converted into defeat by fixed price on the score of 9-0 (instead of 6-0 compared with Spain and 0-7 against the United States). Five players not qualified because of a defect of insurance were aligned at the time of its two meetings and according to the payments of the IBAF, the meetings are lost by fixed price on the score of 9-0. The team of Mexico benefits from the situation to take part in the quarterfinals in the place of the team of Panama

J : played meetings, V : victories, D : defeats, PM : marked points, PC : conceded points, % : percentage of victory.

Group B

J : played meetings, V : victories, D : defeats, PM : marked points, PC : conceded points, % : percentage of victory.

Final stage

Matches of classification

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