World Port Tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Baseball |
| Location | Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
| Established | 1984 |
| Final year | 2019 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Most championships | Cuba (10) |
| Website | worldporttournament.nl |
| Final champion | |
| Netherlands (2019) | |
The World Port Tournament was an international baseball tournament held at the Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament was held every two years in odd-numbered years (2005 excluded) since 1985, alternating with the Haarlem Baseball Week. The last edition of the tournament was held in 2019, with subsequent editions cancelled.[1][2]
The tournament was created by Bram Peper, who was asked by Cuban Dr. Oscar Ferdinand Mell to organize an international baseball tournament featuring baseball teams from all over the world in Rotterdam. The Netherlands national team competed frequently in the tournament, while semi-professional teams from the United States and other countries competed in early editions of the tournament.[3][4] Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven competed in the 1993 tournament, won by a team of mostly American minor league players.[5][6] The tournament used the organist and mascot from the minor-league Wilmington Blue Rocks in 1999.[7] The Netherlands won the most recent edition of the tournament.[8]
Results
| Year | Final | 3rd/4th place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place | |||
| 1985 | Habana |
Kobe |
Dallas[9] |
Netherlands | ||
| 1987 | Habana |
Chinese Taipei |
Netherlands |
Osaka | ||
| 1989 | Netherlands |
Baltimore |
Habana |
Chinese Taipei | ||
| 1991 | Baltimore |
Canada |
Habana |
Curaçao | ||
| 1993 | MLB All-Stars |
Red Machine |
Netherlands |
Canada | ||
| 1995 | Habana |
Netherlands |
Red Machine |
Hyundai Phoenix | ||
| 1997 | Cuba |
Netherlands |
Chinese Taipei |
Baltimore Corrigans | ||
| 1999 | Netherlands |
Cuba |
Grand Rapids Sullivans |
Chinese Taipei | ||
| 2001 | Cuba |
Netherlands |
Italy |
Chinese Taipei | ||
| 2003 | Cuba |
Netherlands |
Chinese Taipei |
Eastern Connecticut | ||
| 2007 Details |
Cuba |
Chinese Taipei |
United States |
Netherlands | ||
| 2009 Details |
Cuba |
Netherlands |
Chinese Taipei |
Japan | ||
| 2011 Details |
Chinese Taipei |
Cuba |
Netherlands |
Curaçao | ||
| 2013 Details |
Cuba |
Netherlands |
Chinese Taipei |
Curaçao | ||
| 2015 Details |
Cuba |
Netherlands |
Curaçao |
Japan | ||
| 2017 Details |
Chinese Taipei |
Japan |
Curaçao |
Netherlands | ||
| 2019 Details |
Netherlands |
Japan |
Chinese Taipei |
North America | ||
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | United States | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Aruba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Curaçao | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
- ^1 Chinese Taipei is the official WBSC 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.)
See also
References
- ^ "World Port Tournament 2021". HonkbalSoftbal.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ "Gaat de naam 'WPT' uit het honkbal verdwijnen? Bond wil niet samenwerken met huidige organisatie". rijnmond.nl (in Dutch). 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- ^ "Pitcher Dave Tripp making the most of his Johnny's experience". Baltimore Sun. 1989-07-13. p. E6. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
- ^ Williams, Andre (1991-07-03). "Johnny's packs pride for trip to world tourney Perennial champs hope to face Cuba". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Lidz, Franz (1993-07-05). "Bert Blyleven". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2022-08-15.
- ^ a b "History - Alle uitslagen". World Port Tournament (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2004-06-01. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
- ^ Miller, John (1999-07-09). "Baseball's distinctly Dutch touch; Stadium: Europe's biggest ball field — expandable to 6,000 seats — has opened in Rotterdam. And though it's patterned after U.S. parks, it offers some surprising twists". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
- ^ Würfel, Philipp (2019-07-22). "World Port Tournament 2019: Netherlands rally against Japan to win first WPT since 1999". mister-baseball.com. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
- ^ Wilson, Norman (1985-06-23). "Jackson turns good will ambassador". McKinney Courier-Gazette. p. 9. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
- ^ "Eindstanden". World Port Tournament (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
External links
- Official website (in Dutch)