2011 Baseball World Cup

2011 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Country	Panama
Dates	1–15 October
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	Cuba
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	67
Attendance	156,471 (2,335 per game)
MVP	Curt Smith
	← 2009

The 2011 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 39th 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. Panama were first-time hosts (beating out bids from Chinese Taipei and Venezuela),^[1]^[2]^[3] with games held in four cities, from October 1 to 15.

The Netherlands defeated Cuba in the final, winning its first title, and only the second ever for a European team, after Great Britain's win of the inaugural 1938 AWS.

There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups for Round 1, with the first four of each group qualifying for an amalgamated Round 2, which determined the single-game matchups for the finals. Games were played in the Panamanian cities of Aguadulce, Chitré, Panama City and Santiago de Veraguas. The final two medals games were held in Panama City.

This was the final BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Teams

Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament, placing high enough in regional tournaments that doubled as qualifying tournaments for the event or by automatic qualification by hosting the tournament.^[4]

Round 1
Group 1		Group 2
Canada	6th, 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament	Australia	Oceania qualifier
Chinese Taipei	Asian qualifier	Cuba	2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament
Greece	4th, 2010 European Championship	Dominican Republic	2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament
Japan	Asian qualifier	Germany	2010 European Championship
Netherlands	2010 European Championship	Italy	2010 European Championship
Panama	Host nation	Nicaragua	8th, 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament
Puerto Rico	7th, 2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament	South Korea	Asian qualifier
United States	2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament	Venezuela	2010 Pan American Qualifying Tournament

Format

The 16 participating teams were divided into two round robin pools, the top four of each pool advancing to the second round, in which each qualified team played each of the qualified teams from the other pool. The top two teams in the standings after the second round then qualified for the championship final.

Tie-breaking rules

Standings were determined by the win–loss records over all games played within a pool. In case of a tie, the order of the teams tied was determined by, in this sequence, (a) the win–loss record of the games played among the tied teams (=head-to-head HTH), (b) the highest difference between the ratios of runs scored per offensive innings and runs allowed per defensive innings (=Team's Quality Balance TQB), (c) the highest difference between the ratios of earned runs scored per offensive innings and earned runs allowed per defensive innings (ERTQB), (d) the highest batting average in the games played among the tied teams, (e) a coin flip.^[5]

Venues

Panama City was the primary city for the event, and also the host of Group 1, while Aguadulce, Coclé; Santiago de Veraguas; and Chitré, Herrera Province were host to Group 2.^[6]

Conditions

The tournament was marred by inclement weather, causing a number of rainout games that had to be made up, increasing the pressure on the tournament schedule. In the end, eleven of the sixteen second-round games needed to be played within two days, requiring teams to play doubleheaders of games shortened to seven innings,^[7] and the bronze medal game in the final round had to be canceled to allow the final to be played.^[8]

Round 1

Group 1

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA	HTH
Canada	6	1	.857	—	42	21	1-0
Netherlands	6	1	.857	—	49	16	0-1
Panama	5	2	.714	1	47	30
United States	4	3	.571	2	40	25
Puerto Rico	3	4	.429	3	28	26
Japan	2	5	.286	4	20	32	1-0
Chinese Taipei	2	5	.286	4	29	39	0-1
Greece	0	7	.000	6	10	76

Schedule and results

October 1, 2011	Panama	8 – 3	Greece	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 20,000
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October 2, 2011	Puerto Rico	1 – 9	Canada	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 500
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October 2, 2011	Netherlands	2 – 1	Chinese Taipei	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 2,000
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October 2, 2011	Japan	Rainout	United States	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City

October 3, 2011	Canada	3 – 1	Japan	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 1,000
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October 3, 2011	Netherlands	19 – 0 (F/5)	Greece	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 122
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October 3, 2011	United States	4 – 8 (F/10)	Puerto Rico	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 500
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October 3, 2011	Chinese Taipei	8 – 14	Panama	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 3,000
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October 4, 2011	Japan	2 – 5	Netherlands	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 1,200
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October 4, 2011	Greece	2 – 12	Canada	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 500
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October 4, 2011	Panama	4 – 2	Puerto Rico	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 6,000
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October 4, 2011	Chinese Taipei	1 – 15 (F/7)	United States	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 1,700
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October 5, 2011	Japan	3 – 7	United States	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 2,500
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October 6, 2011	Netherlands	5 – 0	Puerto Rico	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 1,000
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October 6, 2011	United States	3 – 0	Greece	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 200
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October 6, 2011	Japan	2 – 6	Panama	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 7,003
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October 6, 2011	Canada	4 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 700
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October 7, 2011	Japan	3 – 1	Chinese Taipei	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 600
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October 7, 2011	Puerto Rico	10 – 1	Greece	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 1,203
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October 7, 2011	Canada	3 – 12	Panama	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 7,500
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October 7, 2011	United States	5 – 7	Netherlands	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 2,600
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October 8, 2011	Netherlands	4 – 5 (F/11)	Canada	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 700
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October 8, 2011	Greece	Rainout	Chinese Taipei	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce

October 8, 2011	Panama	Rainout	United States	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City

October 8, 2011	Puerto Rico	6 – 0	Japan	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 2,500
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October 9, 2011	United States	1 – 6	Canada	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 2,000
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October 9, 2011	Greece	4 – 9	Japan	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 500
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October 9, 2011	Panama	3 – 7	Netherlands	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 7,500
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October 9, 2011	Chinese Taipei	3 – 1	Puerto Rico	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 1,300
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October 10, 2011	Greece	0 – 15 (F/6)	Chinese Taipei	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 200
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October 10, 2011	Panama	0 – 5	United States	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 4,000
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Group 2

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA	HTH
Cuba	7	0	1.000	—	54	6
Venezuela	5	2	.714	2	35	49	1-0
South Korea	5	2	.714	2	34	22	0-1
Australia	4	3	.571	3	39	47
Dominican Republic	3	4	.429	4	52	28	1-0
Italy	3	4	.429	4	27	28	0-1
Nicaragua	1	6	.143	6	18	47
Germany	0	7	.000	7	26	58

Schedule and results

October 2, 2011	Australia	0 – 14 (F/7)	Cuba	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 2,000
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October 2, 2011	Germany	4 – 5	Nicaragua	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 400
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October 2, 2011	Venezuela	5 – 4	South Korea	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 4,000
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October 2, 2011	Dominican Republic	7 – 0	Italy	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 300
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October 3, 2011	Cuba	3 – 0	Dominican Republic	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 4,400
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October 3, 2011	Italy	7 – 0	Australia	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 500
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October 3, 2011	South Korea	6 – 5 (F/10)	Germany	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 800
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October 3, 2011	Nicaragua	2 – 5	Venezuela	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 2,500
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October 4, 2011	Italy	6 – 3	Nicaragua	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 250
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October 4, 2011	Germany	2 – 13 (F/7)	Dominican Republic	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 268
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October 4, 2011	South Korea	8 – 0	Australia	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 375
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October 4, 2011	Cuba	14 – 2 (F/7)	Venezuela	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 4,800
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October 6, 2011	Nicaragua	3 – 4	Australia	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 400
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October 6, 2011	Venezuela	6 – 3	Dominican Republic	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 613
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October 6, 2011	Italy	7 – 2	Germany	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 1,000
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October 6, 2011	Cuba	4 – 1	South Korea	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 2,800
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October 7, 2011	Germany	5 – 10	Venezuela	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 600
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October 7, 2011	Dominican Republic	9 – 11(F/10)	Australia	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 450
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October 7, 2011	Italy	1 – 5	Cuba	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 4,800
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October 7, 2011	South Korea	6 – 4	Nicaragua	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 2,900
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October 8, 2011	Australia	15 – 0 (F/5)	Venezuela	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 150
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October 8, 2011	Cuba	8 – 2	Germany	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 4,375
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October 8, 2011	South Korea	4 – 0	Italy	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 2,000
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October 8, 2011	Dominican Republic	16 – 1 (F/6)	Nicaragua	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 5,500
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October 9, 2011	Australia	9 – 6	Germany	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 300
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October 9, 2011	Venezuela	7 – 6 (F/10)	Italy	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 1,500
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October 9, 2011	Dominican Republic	4 – 5 (F/10)	South Korea	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 2,500
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October 9, 2011	Nicaragua	0 – 6	Cuba	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 5,000
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Round 2

Group 3

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA	HTH
Netherlands	6	1	.857	—	41	18	1-0
Cuba	6	1	.857	—	56	18	0-1
Canada	4	3	.571	2	27	32	1-0
United States	4	3	.571	2	30	27	0-1
Australia	3	4	.429	3	29	30
South Korea	2	5	.286	4	20	25	1-0
Panama	2	5	.286	4	36	35	0-1
Venezuela	1	6	.143	5	17	69

Schedule and results

October 11, 2011	Netherlands	5 – 1	South Korea	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 500
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October 11, 2011	Canada	0 – 7	Australia	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 250
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October 11, 2011	Cuba	8 – 7	United States	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 1,700
		Boxscore

October 11, 2011	Venezuela	4 – 11	Panama	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 5,200
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October 12, 2011	Venezuela	Rainout	United States	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré

October 12, 2011	Netherlands	1 – 1 (top/7, 2 on, 2 out) Rainout	Australia	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 700

October 12, 2011	Cuba	Rainout	Panama	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas

October 12, 2011	Canada	Rainout	South Korea	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré

October 13, 2011 11h00	Canada	7 – 0 (F/7)	Venezuela	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 50
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October 13, 2011 12h00	United States	2 – 1 (F/7)	Australia	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 500
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October 13, 2011 15h30	Canada	4 – 0 (F/7)	South Korea	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 600
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October 13, 2011 15h30	Netherlands	2 – 1 (completed from Oct 12)	Australia	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas
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October 13, 2011 19h30	Panama	4 – 5 (F/7)	South Korea	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 2,000
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October 13, 2011 19h30	Cuba	1 – 4 (F/7)	Netherlands	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 1,500
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October 14, 2011 11h00	South Korea	1 – 3 (F/7)	United States	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 600
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October 14, 2011 11h00	Panama	4 – 5 (F/8)	Australia	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 100
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October 14, 2011 15h30	Venezuela	4 – 7 (F/7)	United States	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 150
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October 14, 2011 15h30	Canada	2 – 8 (F/7)	Cuba	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 1,000
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October 14, 2011 19h30	Venezuela	2 – 12 (F/7)	Netherlands	Remón Cantera Stadium, Aguadulce Attendance: 287
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October 14, 2011 19h30	Cuba	7 – 2 (F/7)	Panama	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 2,500
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Final round

7th place game

October 15, 2011	Panama	3 – 8	Venezuela	Omar Torrijos Stadium, Santiago de Veraguas Attendance: 100
		Boxscore

5th place game

October 15, 2011	Australia	3 – 2	South Korea	Rico Cedeño Stadium, Chitré Attendance: 225
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Bronze medal game

October 15, 2011	Canada	Rainout	United States	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City

Final

October 15, 2011	Netherlands	2 – 1	Cuba	Rod Carew Stadium, Panama City Attendance: 4,500
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Final standings

Rk	Team	W	L
1	Netherlands	11	1
Lost in the Final
2	Cuba	10	2
Failed to qualify for Final
3*	Canada	8	3
4	United States	7	4
Failed to qualify for Bronze medal game
5	Australia	7	5
6	South Korea	6	6
Failed to qualify for 5th place game
7	Venezuela	6	6
8	Panama	6	6
Failed to qualify for Round 2
Rk	Team	W	L	TQB
9	Dominican Republic	3	4	(52/59)−(28/58) = .398
10	Puerto Rico	3	4	(28/62)−(26/61) = .26
11	Italy	3	4	(27/61)−(28/62) = −.9
12	Japan	2	5
13	Chinese Taipei	2	5
14	Nicaragua	1	6
15	Germany	0	7	(26/62)−(58/59) = −.564
16	Greece	0	7	(10/55)−(76/53) = −1.258

2011 Men's World champions
Netherlands 1st title

^*Canada awarded third place and bronze medal by rule C12 of the IBAF tournament rules,^[9] which states that the ordinary tie-breaking procedure applies in case of a rainout in the final round.^[10]

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.^[11]

All Star Team
Position	Player
Starting Pitcher	Oh Hyoun-Taek
Relief Pitcher	Yadier Pedroso
Catcher	Dámaso Espino
First Base	José Dariel Abreu
Second Base	Joe Thurston
Third Base	Mo Chang-Min
Short Stop	Jonathan Malo
Outfield	Rusney Castillo
	Tom Brice
	Conceptión Rodríguez
Designated Hitter	Fernando Seguignol

Tournament Awards
Award	Player
MVP	Curt Smith
Leading Batter	Rusney Castillo
Best ERA (Pitcher)	Tom Stuifbergen
Best Win/Loss Average (Pitcher)	Miguel Lahera
Most Runs Batted In	Curt Smith
Most Home Runs	Wuillians Vasquez
Most Stolen Bases	Jordan Danks
Most Runs Scored	José Macías
Outstanding Defensive Player	Yuliesky Gourriel

References

^ "Information on 2010 Intercontinental Cup, 2011 World Baseball Challenge « Mister Baseball".
^ Mister-Baseball. "Panama to host 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup." Jan. 30, 2011. Accessed Jan. 31, 2011. http://www.mister-baseball.com/panama-host-2011-ibaf-baseball-world-cup/
^ "IBAF". Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
^ IBAF Baseball World Cup Groups Announced
^ IBAF Official competitions technical/organizational norms applicable to the 2011 Baseball World Cup
^ International Baseball Federation. "Panama to host 2011 World Cup." Jan. 30, 2011. Accessed Jan. 31, 2011. http://www.ibaf.org/en/article-detail.aspx?id=10cfa2f5-1d41-4b04-8236-aecfde9e111d
^ International Baseball Federation. "Wednesday rained out at 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup". Oct. 13, 2011. Accessed October 15, 2011. http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2011/10/13/wednesday-rained-out-at-2011-ibaf-baseball-world-c/72852a2d-425e-487c-ae2b-06b0bada7ff9
^ International Baseball Federation. "Team USA and Canada will share third place, decision pending for bronze medal" Oct. 15, 2011. Accessed October 15, 2011. http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2011/10/15/team-usa-and-canada-will-share-third-place-decisio/567f91a7-8a21-4ef0-a047-a8f8f0ecb881
^ International Baseball Federation. "Game for 3rd between Team USA and Canada canceled". October 15, 2011. Accessed October 23, 2011.
^ International Baseball Federation. "BWC 2011 Technical Organizational Norms" (PDF). Accessed October 23, 2011.
^ "The individual awards and the All Star Team of the World Cup". Retrieved 16 October 2011.

External links

[1] "Information on 2010 Intercontinental Cup, 2011 World Baseball Challenge « Mister Baseball".

[2] Mister-Baseball. "Panama to host 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup." Jan. 30, 2011. Accessed Jan. 31, 2011. http://www.mister-baseball.com/panama-host-2011-ibaf-baseball-world-cup/

[3] "IBAF". Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-12-30.

[4] IBAF Baseball World Cup Groups Announced

[5] IBAF Official competitions technical/organizational norms applicable to the 2011 Baseball World Cup

[6] International Baseball Federation. "Panama to host 2011 World Cup." Jan. 30, 2011. Accessed Jan. 31, 2011. http://www.ibaf.org/en/article-detail.aspx?id=10cfa2f5-1d41-4b04-8236-aecfde9e111d

[7] International Baseball Federation. "Wednesday rained out at 2011 IBAF Baseball World Cup". Oct. 13, 2011. Accessed October 15, 2011. http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2011/10/13/wednesday-rained-out-at-2011-ibaf-baseball-world-c/72852a2d-425e-487c-ae2b-06b0bada7ff9

[8] International Baseball Federation. "Team USA and Canada will share third place, decision pending for bronze medal" Oct. 15, 2011. Accessed October 15, 2011. http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2011/10/15/team-usa-and-canada-will-share-third-place-decisio/567f91a7-8a21-4ef0-a047-a8f8f0ecb881

[9] International Baseball Federation. "Game for 3rd between Team USA and Canada canceled". October 15, 2011. Accessed October 23, 2011.

[10] International Baseball Federation. "BWC 2011 Technical Organizational Norms" (PDF). Accessed October 23, 2011.

[11] "The individual awards and the All Star Team of the World Cup". Retrieved 16 October 2011.

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