2007 Baseball World Cup

The XXXVII International Baseball Federation Baseball World Cup will be held in Taiwan from November 6 through November 18, 2007. Four stadiums will host the tournament. Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium and Taichung Baseball Field in Taichung City, Tianmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei City and Sinjhuang City will all play host to the tournament. Sixteen teams are scheduled to participate, though as of this time, Venezuela’s participation is currently in question due to possible sanctions to be considered by the International Baseball Federation in the wake of their refusal to grant visas to a youth team from Taichung to participate in the Youth World Baseball championships in August, 2007. China was originally scheduled to participate in Pool B, but has dropped out and has been replaced by Thailand, who placed fifth behind China at the Asian Games behind China.

Group A

Table

Pool A

Rank	Team	Wins	Losses	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	United States
2	Japan
3	Panama
4	Mexico
5	Italy
6	Chinese Taipei 1
7	South Africa
8	Spain

Template:Fnb Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)

Schedule

With the exception of the opening game of the tournament, all group A groups will be played in Taichung.

Team 1		Team 2	Time (Venue)
November 6
Chinese Taipei	v.	Italy	18:00 Tianmu
November 7
Spain	v.	Panama	12:00 Intercontinental
South Africa	v.	Japan	15:00 Taichung
Mexico	v.	United States	18:00 Intercontinental
November 8
Italy	v.	Spain	12:00 Taichung
United States	v.	Panama	12:00 Intercontinental
Japan	v.	Mexico	18:00 Taichung
South Africa	v.	Chinese Taipei	18:00 Intercontinental
November 9
Italy	v.	United States	12:00 Taichung
Spain	v.	South Africa	12:00 Intercontinental
Panama	v.	Mexico	18:00 Taichung
Chinese Taipei	v.	Japan	18:00 Intercontinental
November 10
Italy	v.	United States	12:00 Taichung
Spain	v.	South Africa	12:00 Intercontinental
Panama	v.	Mexico	18:00 Taichung
Chinese Taipei	v.	Japan	18:00 Intercontinental
November 11
South Africa	v.	Italy	12:00 Taichung
Chinese Taipei	v.	Mexico	12:00 Intercontinental
Spain	v.	United States	18:00 Taichung
Japan	v.	Panama	18:00 Intercontinental
November 13
United States	v.	South Africa	12:00 Taichung
Italy	v.	Japan	12:00 Intercontinental
Mexico	v.	Spain	18:00 Taichung
Panama	v.	Chinese Taipei	18:00 Intercontinental
November 14
Japan	v.	Spain	12:00 Taichung
Mexico	v.	Italy	12:00 Intercontinental
Panama	v.	South Africa	18:00 Taichung
Chinese Taipei	v.	United States	18:00 Intercontinental

Group B

Table

Pool A
Rank	Team	Wins	Losses	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Cuba
2	Korea
3	Australia
4	Canada
5	Venezuela
6	Netherlands
7	China
8	Germany

Schedule

All group B games will be played either at Tianmu Stadium in Taipei City or at Sinjhuang Stadium in Taipei County.

Team 1		Team 2	Time (Venue)
November 7
Cuba	v.	Australia	12:00 Tianmu
Netherlands	v.	China	12:00 Sinjhuang
Korea	v.	Canada	18:00 Tianmu
Germany	v.	Venezuela	18:00 Sinjhuang
November 8
Venezuela	v.	Korea	12:00 Tianmu
China	v.	Canada	12:00 Sinjhuang
Australia	v.	Netherlands	18:00 Tianmu
Germany	v.	Cuba	18:00 Sinjhuang
November 9
Korea	v.	China	12:00 Tianmu
Australia	v.	Venezuela	12:00 Sinjhuang
Netherlands	v.	Germany	18:00 Tianmu
Cuba	v.	Canada	18:00 Sinjhuang
November 10
Venezuela	v.	Netherlands	12:00 Tianmu
Canada	v.	Germany	12:00 Sinjhuang
Cuba	v.	Korea	18:00 Tianmu
China	v.	Australia	18:00 Sinjhuang
November 11
Australia	v.	Korea	12:00 Tianmu
Netherlands	v.	Canada	12:00 Sinjhuang
Germany	v.	China	18:00 Tianmu
Venezuela	v.	Cuba	18:00 Sinjhuang
November 13
China	v.	Cuba	12:00 Tianmu
Australia	v.	Germany	12:00 Sinjhuang
Canada	v.	Venezuela	18:00 Tianmu
Korea	v.	Netherlands	18:00 Sinjhuang
November 14
Cuba	v.	Netherlands	12:00 Tianmu
Germany	v.	Korea	12:00 Sinjhuang
Canada	v.	Australia	18:00 Tianmu
Venezuela	v.	China	18:00 Sinjhuang

Knockout Rounds

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	November 16 18:00 (Sinjhuang)
	A1
					November 17 18:00 (Tianmu)
	B4
	November 16 12:00 (Tianmu)
	A2
									November 18 16:30 (Tianmu)
	B3
	November 16 12:00 (Sinjhuang)
	B2
					November 17 18:00 (Sinjhuang)
	A3
	November 16 18:00 (Tienmu)
									Third place
	B1
									November 18 10:00 (Tianmu)
	A4

5th place Classification Rounds

	5th to 8th				5th
	November 17 12:00 (Tianmu)
					November 18 13:00 (Sinjhuang)
	November 17 12:00 (Sinjhuang)
					7th
					November 18 09:00 (Sinjhuang)

External Links

• Schedule http://www.baseball.ch/cop/37BWC.pdf
• IBAF website http://www.baseball.ch/