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2009 World Youth Baseball Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Taiwan |
| dates | 15 – 23 August |
| num_teams | 12 |
| venues | 2 |
| cities | 1 |
| defending_champion | Cuba |
| champion_other | USA United States |
| num_championships | 4 |
| second_other | CUB Cuba |
| third_other | MEX Mexico |
| fourth_other | VEN Venezuela |
| games | 46 |
| attendance | 8244 |
| best_avg_hitter | USA JoMarcos Woods |
| best_avg | .696 |
| most_hr_hitter | CUB Guillermo Aviles |
| most_hr | 3 |
| most_sb_runner | NED Urving Kemp |
| most_sb | 6 |
| best_era_pitcher | CUB Elbis Martinez |
| USA Cory Geisler | |
| USA John Hochstatter | |
| best_era | 0.00 |
| most_k_pitcher | KOR Seung-Jun Baek |
| most_k | 26 |
USA Cory Geisler USA John Hochstatter
The 2009 World Youth Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament scheduled to start on 15 August 2009. It was the 14th time the World Youth Cup has taken place. Taichung, Taiwan hosted the tournament and 12 nations competed, including defending champions Cuba.
Round 1
Group A
| Did not qualify for the quarter-finals |
|---|
| # | Team | Games | Wins | Losses | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | – | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1-0 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0-1 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1-0 | |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0-1 | |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
Group B
Panama was originally scheduled to participate in Group B of the tournament, but withdrew citing financial concerns. The International Baseball Federation (IBAF) announced that Hong Kong would be their replacements, shortly before the tournament was due to commence.
| Did not qualify for the quarter-finals |
|---|
| # | Team | Games | Wins | Losses | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | – |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | – | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | – | |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | – | |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
Round 2
Bottom four
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final round
7th place
5th place
3rd place
Final
Final standings
| Rank | Country | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| [[Image:Gold medal world centered-2.svg | 16px | center]] | USA United States |
| [[Image:Silver medal world centered-2.svg | 16px | center]] | |
| [[Image:Bronze medal world centered-2.svg | 16px | center]] | |
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Awards
The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.
| Position | Player | Pitcher (RHP) | Pitcher (LHP) | Catcher | First Base | Second Base | Third Base | Short Stop | Outfield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUB Héctor Mendoza | |||||||||
| USA Cory Geisler | |||||||||
| AUS Guy Edmonds | |||||||||
| CUB Guillermo Aviles | |||||||||
| VEN Rougned Odor | |||||||||
| TPE Lin-Jen Chu | |||||||||
| USA Francisco Lindor | |||||||||
| USA Austin Cousino | |||||||||
| JPN Katsushi Nakamichi | |||||||||
| USA JoMarcos Woods |
References
References
- Schiroli, Riccardo. (14 August 2009). "IBAF Announces Replacement for Panama in 2009 World Youth Championships". International Baseball Federation.
- Sedgman, Cassandra. (24 August 2009). "Guy Edmunds named in AA World All-Star Team". [[Australian Baseball Federation]].
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