2002 Haarlem Baseball Week Explained

Country:Netherlands
City:Haarlem
Dates:19–28 July
Num Teams:6
Medal Type:world minor
Champion:United States
Num Championships:3
Second:Netherlands
Third:Cuba
Fourth:Chinese Taipei
Mvp: Bryan Engelhardt
Prevseason:2000
Nextseason:2004

The 2002 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 19–28, 2002. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa and United States.

In the end, the team from the United States won their second straight and third tournament as the national team.[1]

Group stage

Standings

width=15px bgcolor="#98fb98"Qualified for the final
width=15px bgcolor=pinkDid not qualify for the final
width=20width=150Teamwidth=50Gameswidth=50Winswidth=50Losses
1541
2532
3532
4532
5523
6505

Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF 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.)

Game results

Regarding a friendly match, the results didn't affect the standings.

Final standings

width=25Rkwidth=170Team
1
Lost in Final
2
Failed to qualify for the Final
3
4
5
6

Tournament awards

Best Pitcher Yukiharu Hamamoto
Best Hitter Rolnier Varona
Home run King Pedro José Rodriguez
Jason Cook
Most Valuable Player Bryan Engelhardt
Most Popular Player Alexander Smit
Press Award Raymond Tew

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The United States won 21st Haarlem Baseball Week . 2009-08-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007234455/http://www.honkbalsite.com/events/hhw2002/dag10a.html . 2008-10-07 . dead .