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2012 Haarlem Baseball Week

The 2012 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 13–22, 2012. It was the 26th edition of the tournament.

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2012 Haarlem Baseball Week
Tournament details
CountryNetherlands
CityHaarlem
Dates13–22 July
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Cuba (5th title)
Runners-up Puerto Rico
Third place United States
Fourth place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Games played19
Attendance58,325 (3,070 per game)
Awards
MVPCuba Yulieski Gourriel1

The 2012 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 13–22, 2012.2 It was the 26th edition of the tournament.

In the final Cuba won over Puerto Rico, becoming champions for the fifth time.3

Teams

The following teams competed in the tournament.4


Chinese Taipei1		 7th appearance

Cuba		 13th appearance

Japan		 12th appearance

Netherlands		 Host nation

Puerto Rico		 2nd appearance

United States		 7th appearance

^1 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.)

USA Baseball sent their collegiate national team to the tournament.5

Group stage

Standings

Legend
Qualified for the semifinals
Did not qualify for the semifinals
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Puerto Rico 5 0 1.000 — 23 16
 United States 4 1 .800 1 14 6
 Cuba 3 2 .600 2 22 10
 Netherlands 2 3 .400 3 23 12
 Japan 1 4 .200 4 14 42
 Chinese Taipei 0 5 .000 5 7 17

Game results

July 13, 2012 Japan  4 – 1  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,750
Boxscore
July 13, 2012 Cuba  2 – 3  Puerto Rico Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore
July 14, 2012 United States  4 – 1  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,250
Boxscore
July 14, 2012 Netherlands  2 – 4  Puerto Rico Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 4,200
Boxscore
July 15, 2012 Chinese Taipei  0 – 3  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 4,700
Boxscore
July 15, 2012 United States  5 – 2  Cuba Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,000
Boxscore
July 17, 2012 Cuba  2 – 1  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 1,200
Boxscore
July 17, 2012 Puerto Rico  3 – 2  United States Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,400
Boxscore
July 17, 2012 Japan  3 – 18 (F/7)  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,300
Boxscore
July 18, 2012 Puerto Rico  7 – 5  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 825
Boxscore
July 18, 2012 United States  2 – 0  Chinese Taipei Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 3,500
Boxscore
July 19, 2012 Cuba  12 – 1 (F/8)  Japan Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,300
Boxscore
July 19, 2012 Netherlands  0 – 1  United States Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 4,600
Boxscore
July 20, 2012 Chinese Taipei  5 – 6  Puerto Rico Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,300
Boxscore
July 20, 2012 Netherlands  0 – 4  Cuba Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 4,200
Boxscore

Final round

Semi finals

July 21, 2012 United States  3 – 5 (F/10)  Cuba Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,700
Boxscore
July 21, 2012 Puerto Rico  1 – 0  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 2,900
Boxscore

Bronze medal game

July 22, 2012 United States  4 – 3  Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 4,500
Boxscore

Final

July 22, 2012 Cuba  4 – 2  Puerto Rico Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem
Attendance: 4,700
Boxscore

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Final standings

Tournament awards

Award Player 17
Most Valuable Player Cuba Yulieski Gourriel (7 hits, 7 RBIs)
Best Pitcher United States Marco Gonzales (1.20 ERA in 15 innings)
Best Defensive Player United States D. J. Peterson (64 putouts)
Best Hitter Netherlands Michael Duursma (.429)
Homerun King Japan Yoshiki Eto (2)
Most Popular Player Chinese Taipei Hsiao Po Ting
Press Award Cuba Ariel Pestano
External links
References

References

  1. "26th Haarlemse Honkbalweek - The awards". Haarlemse Honkbalweek. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  2. "Datum Haarlemse Honkbalweek 2012 bekend!". Haarlemse Honkbalweek (in Dutch). 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. "Cuba wins 26th Haarlem Baseball Week". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
  4. "Met de komst van Team USA naar de Honkbalweek hebben wij het deelnemersveld compleet" [USA makes participants complete]. Haarlemse Honkbalweek (in Dutch). 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  5. "USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Claims Bronze at Honkbal Week". Grand Canyon University Athletics. 2026-05-01. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
  6. "Programma's, statistieken en wedstrijdverslagen". www.honkbalweek.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
  7. "Individual Statistics 2012". Haarlemse Honkbalweek. Retrieved 23 July 2012.