The 2007 World Port Tournament was an international baseball

International Baseball Federation

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 competition held at the DOOR Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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, The Netherlands

Netherlands

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 from August 2–12, 2007. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...

, Cuba

Cuba

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, Japan

Japan

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, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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 and the United States

United States

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.

Cuba won the tournament with a 2-0 victory over the Chinese Taipei in the championship

Championship

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 game. Yosvani Pérez

Yosvani Pérez

Yosvani Pérez Ruiz is a left-handed pitcher for Cienfuegos of the Cuban National Series, and the Cuban national baseball team...

 was named the tournament's most valuable player

Most Valuable Player

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.

Standings

	Qualified for the final
	Did not qualify for the final

Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed
Cuba Cuba national baseball team The Cuba national baseball team is the national team of Cuba. The team is made up of amateur players from the Cuban national baseball system, as there are no professional sports leagues in Cuba...	8	8	0	50	16
Chinese Taipei	8	4	4	24	24
United States USA Baseball USA Baseball was founded in , and is the governing body for amateur baseball in the United States of America. It is a member of the United States Olympic Committee and organizes the United States national baseball team...	8	4	4	40	26
Netherlands Netherlands national baseball team The Netherlands national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Netherlands. They are currently the top team in Europe and currently the sixth ranked men's baseball team in the IBAF World Rankings....	8	4	4	19	36
Japan Japan national baseball team The Japan national baseball team is the national baseball team representing Japan in international competitions. They are one of the more successful baseball teams in the world, having won the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009...	8	0	8	13	44

Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei

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 is the official IBAF

International Baseball Federation

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 designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

, more commonly known as Taiwan

Taiwan

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. (See also political status of Taiwan

Political status of Taiwan

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 for details.) Final placement for 2nd through 4th in group play is based on the results of the individual games between Chinese Taipei, the United States

USA Baseball

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 and the Netherlands

Netherlands national baseball team

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 (games 4, 6, 8, 14, 16 and 17).

Game Results

Championship Game

Tournament Awards & Statistics

Best Hitter	Alfredo Despaigne Alfredo Despaigne Alfredo Despaigne Rodriguez is a Cuban Outfielder with Granma of the Cuban National Series. He is widely considered to be among the best players playing outside the United States...
Best Pitcher	Leon Boyd Leon Boyd Leon Boyd is a Canadian-born Dutch baseball player currently playing for DOOR Neptunus in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He is most often recognized for his accomplishments for the Dutch national team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.-B.C...
Most Valuable Player	Yosvani Pérez Yosvani Pérez Yosvani Pérez Ruiz is a left-handed pitcher for Cienfuegos of the Cuban National Series, and the Cuban national baseball team...
Most Popular Player	Ryoji Nakata
Home Run King	José Julio Ruíz
Rookie Award	Jordan Danks
Press Award	Leon Boyd Leon Boyd Leon Boyd is a Canadian-born Dutch baseball player currently playing for DOOR Neptunus in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He is most often recognized for his accomplishments for the Dutch national team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.-B.C...