2003 Baseball World Cup

2003 Baseball World Cup
XXXV Copa del Mundo de Béisbol; Cuba 2003
Tournament details
Country	Cuba
Venues	5 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	12–25 October
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (24th title)
Runners-up	Panama
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Games played	60
Awards
MVP	Takashi Yoshiura

The 2003 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 35th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament was held, for the ninth time, in Cuba, from October 12 to 25 in the cities of Havana, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba and Holguín.^[1]

Cuba defeated Panama in the final, winning its 24th title.

There were 15 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals. Guam qualified as runner up of the Oceania World Cup Qualifier but did not take part in the tournament.^[2]^[3]

The next four competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Qualification

Confederation	Berth(s)	Team	Qualification method	Ref.
Americas	7	Cuba	Qualified as hosts	^[4]
		United States	2003 Pan American Games runners-up	^[5]
		Mexico	2003 Pan American Games third place	^[6]
		Nicaragua	2003 Pan American Games fourth place	^[7]
		Brazil	2003 Pan American Games fifth place	^[8]
		Panama	2003 Pan American Games sixth place	^[9]
		Canada	Defeated Puerto Rico in qualifying series	^[10]^[11]
Asia	4	South Korea	2002 Asian Games winners	^[12]
		Chinese Taipei	2002 Asian Games runners-up	^[13]
		Japan	2002 Asian Games third place	^[14]
		China	2002 Asian Games fourth place	^[15]
Europe	4	Netherlands	2001 European Championship winners	^[16]
		Russia	2001 European Championship runners-up	^[17]
		Italy	2001 European Championship third place	^[18]
		France	2001 European Championship fourth place	^[19]

Venues

Pool A, Quarterfinals, Semifinals & Championship	Pool B	Pool B	Pool A & Quarterfinals
Havana	Holguín	Santiago de Cuba	Matanzas
Estadio Latinoamericano	Estadio Calixto García	Estadio Guillermón Moncada	Estadio Victoria de Girón
Capacity: 55,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 22,000

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Cuba	6	6	0	52	5	+47	1.000	—	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Nicaragua	6	4	2	31	23	+8	.667	2
3	Chinese Taipei	6	3	3	29	23	+6	.500^[a]	3
4	South Korea	6	3	3	51	25	+26	.500^[a]	3
5	Canada	6	3	3	26	40	−14	.500^[a]	3
6	Italy	6	1	5	23	28	−5	.167^[b]	5
7	Russia	6	1	5	12	80	−68	.167^[b]	5

Source: International Baseball Federation
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head to head results: Canada 2–10 Chinese Taipei, South Korea 2–8 Chinese Taipei, South Korea 17–5 Canada
^ ^a ^b Head to head results: Russia 1–9 Italy

12 October 2003 15:00 (UTC–5)	Chinese Taipei	3 – 6	Cuba	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	LP: Tsai	Boxscore	WP: Vera

13 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Russia	1 – 9	Italy	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	LP: Valyalin	Boxscore	WP: Marchesano

13 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Canada	4 – 2	Nicaragua	Estadio Victoria de Girón, Matanzas
	WP: Devey	Boxscore	LP: Rostrán

14 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Canada	10 – 0 (F/7)	Russia	Ciudad Deportiva, Havana
	WP: Alexander	Boxscore	LP: Donetski

14 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	5 – 2	Chinese Taipei	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	WP: Juárez	Boxscore	LP: Chuang

14 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	South Korea	0 – 4	Cuba	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	LP: Cha	Boxscore	WP: Odelín

15 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Italy	5 – 6	Nicaragua	Ciudad Deportiva, Havana
	LP: De Santis	Boxscore	WP: López

15 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Russia	3 – 26 (F/7)	South Korea	Estadio Victoria de Girón, Matanzas
	LP: Makhmudov	Boxscore	WP: Lee Sang-woo

15 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Canada	2 – 10	Chinese Taipei	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	LP: Jones	Boxscore	WP: Su

17 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Canada	5 – 3	Italy	Estadio Victoria de Girón, Matanzas
	WP: Crowther	Boxscore	WP: Martignoni

17 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	South Korea	2 – 8	Chinese Taipei	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	LP: Son	Boxscore	WP: Chen

17 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Russia	1 – 20 (F/7)	Cuba	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	LP: Valyalin	Boxscore	WP: Martínez

18 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	South Korea	17 – 5 (F/7)	Canada	Ciudad Deportiva, Havana
	WP: Lee Jae-young	Boxscore	LP: Devey

18 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	14 – 3	Russia	Estadio Victoria de Girón, Matanzas
	WP: Peña	Boxscore	LP: Makhmudov

18 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Italy	0 – 7	Cuba	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	LP: Lucena	Boxscore	WP: Romero

19 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	3 – 2	South Korea	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	WP: Rostrán	Boxscore	LP: Kim

19 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Italy	4 – 5	Chinese Taipei	Estadio Victoria de Girón, Matanzas
	LP: Marchesano	Boxscore	WP: Su

19 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Cuba	8 – 0	Canada	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	WP: Palma	Boxscore	LP: Alexander

20 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Chinese Taipei	1 – 4	Russia	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	LP: Cheng	Boxscore	WP: Valyalin

20 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Italy	2 – 4	South Korea	Estadio Victoria de Girón, Matanzas
	LP: Patrone	Boxscore	WP: Lee Jae-young

20 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Cuba	7 – 1	Nicaragua	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
	WP: Martínez	Boxscore	LP: Rayo

Pool B

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Japan	7	0	74	16
2	United States	5	1	42	11
3	Panama	5	2	67	36
4	Brazil	4	3	27	34
5	Netherlands	3	3	35	26
6	Mexico	2	5	35	30
7	China	1	6	14	63
8	France	0	7	13	91

Schedule and results

12 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Japan	12 – 2 (F/7)	Netherlands	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

12 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Mexico	0 – 4	United States	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

13 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	China	6 – 5	France	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

13 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Brazil	6 – 11	Panama	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

14 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Netherlands	12 – 5	China	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

14 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Panama	7 – 3	Mexico	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

14 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	France	0 – 18 (F/7)	Japan	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

14 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	United States	7 – 1	Brazil	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

15 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Netherlands	12 – 0 (F/7)	France	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

15 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Brazil	5 – 3	Mexico	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

15 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Japan	16 – 1 (F/7)	China	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

15 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Panama	5 – 12	United States	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

17 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Netherlands	2 – 4	Panama	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

17 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	United States	14 – 2 (F/7)	France	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

17 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Japan	8 – 2	Brazil	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

17 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Mexico	5 – 0	China	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

18 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Brazil	2 – 1	Netherlands	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

18 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	France	0 – 15 (F/7)	Mexico	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

18 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Japan	10 – 4	Panama	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

18 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	United States	4 – 1	China	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

19 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Mexico	3 – 6	Netherlands	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

19 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	France	4 – 7	Brazil	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

19 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	United States	1 – 2	Japan	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

19 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	China	1 – 17 (F/8)	Panama	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

20 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Netherlands	Rainout	United States	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

20 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	China	0 – 4	Brazil	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

20 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Mexico	6 – 8	Japan	Estadio Guillermón Moncada, Santiago de Cuba
		Boxscore

20 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Panama	19 – 2 (F/7)	France	Estadio Calixto García, Holguín
		Boxscore

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Cuba	4

Brazil	3
		Cuba	6

		Chinese Taipei	3
United States	1

Chinese Taipei	2
				Cuba	4

				Panama	2
Nicaragua	0

Panama	5
		Panama	4

		Japan	1	Third place
Japan	2

South Korea	0
				Chinese Taipei	3

				Japan	7

5th–8th place		Fifth place



Brazil	4

United States	13
		United States	13

		Nicaragua	2
Nicaragua	5

South Korea	3
		Seventh place



		Brazil	8

		South Korea	3

Quarter-finals

22 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	0 – 5	Panama	Estadio Victoria de Girón, Matanzas
		Boxscore

22 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	United States	1 – 2	Chinese Taipei	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
		Boxscore

22 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	Japan	2 – 0	South Korea	Estadio Victoria de Girón, Matanzas
		Boxscore

22 October 2003 20:05 (UTC–5)	Cuba	4 – 3	Brazil	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
		Boxscore

5th–8th place

23 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	5 – 3	South Korea	Ciudad Deportiva, Havana
		Boxscore

23 October 2003 20:00 (UTC–5)	United States	13 – 4	Brazil	Estadio Victoria de Girón, Matanzas
		Boxscore

Semi-finals

23 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Panama	4 – 1	Japan	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
		Boxscore

23 October 2003 20:05 (UTC–5)	Chinese Taipei	3 – 6	Cuba	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
		Boxscore

7th place game

24 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	South Korea	3 – 8	Brazil	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
		Boxscore

5th place game

24 October 2003 20:05 (UTC–5)	United States	13 – 2	Nicaragua	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
		Boxscore

Bronze medal game

25 October 2003 14:00 (UTC–5)	Chinese Taipei	3 – 7	Japan	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
		Boxscore

Final

25 October 2003 20:05 (UTC–5)	Cuba	4 – 2	Panama	Estadio Latinoamericano, Havana
		Boxscore

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	9	0
	Panama	7	3
	Japan	9	1
4	Chinese Taipei	4	5
5	United States	7	2
6	Nicaragua	5	4
7	Brazil	5	5
8	South Korea	3	6
9	Netherlands	3	3
10	Canada	3	3
11	Mexico	2	5
12	Italy	1	5
13	Russia	1	5
14	China	1	6
15	France	0	7

Awards

Tournament Awards^[20]
Award	Player
MVP	Takashi Yoshiura
Leading hitter	Michel Enríquez
Pitcher with best ERA	Vicyohandri Odelín
Pitcher with best win/loss average	Kléber Ojima
Most Runs batted in	Takashi Yoshiura
Most Home runs	Takashi Yoshiura
Most Stolen bases	Eduardo Paret
Most Runs scored	Omar Moreno
Outstanding defensive player	Eduardo Paret

All Star Team^[20]
Position	Player
Pitchers	John Cannon
Pitchers	Kléber Ojima
Catcher	Choi Ki-moon
First base	Sharnol Adriana
Second base	Daisuke Kusano
Third base	Michel Enríquez
Shortstop	Eduardo Paret
Outfield	Takashi Yoshiura
	Frederich Cepeda
	Rubén Rivera
Designated hitter	Audes de León

References

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External links

XXXV Baseball World Cup - XXXV Copa del Mundo de Béisbol

[table_hth_TPE0.30349352271459-20] Head to head results: Canada 2–10 Chinese Taipei, South Korea 2–8 Chinese Taipei, South Korea 17–5 Canada

[table_hth_ITA0.30349352271459-21] Head to head results: Russia 1–9 Italy

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