2002 Haarlem Baseball Week

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

	Qualified for the final
	Did not qualify for the final

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses
1	Netherlands	5	4	1
2	United States	5	3	2
3	Cuba	5	3	2
4	Chinese Taipei	5	3	2
5	Japan	5	2	3
6	South Africa	5	0	5

^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.)

July 19, 2002	Chinese Taipei	0 – 2	United States	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 20, 2002	Cuba	5 – 0	Japan	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 21, 2002	Japan	2 – 3	Netherlands	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 21, 2002	South Africa	0 – 8	United States	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 22, 2002	Netherlands	4 – 9 (F/13)	Chinese Taipei	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 22, 2002	South Africa	0 – 10	Cuba	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 23, 2002	Cuba	5 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 24, 2002	Japan	2 – 11	Chinese Taipei	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 24, 2002	Netherlands	8 – 3	South Africa	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 25, 2002	Aruba	7 – 15	Curaçao	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 25, 2002	United States	4 – 1	Cuba	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 26, 2002	United States	1 – 2	Japan	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 26, 2002	Chinese Taipei	6 – 3	South Africa	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 26, 2002	Cuba	5 – 7	Netherlands	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 27, 2002	South Africa	2 – 6	Japan	Haarlem, Netherlands

July 27, 2002	Netherlands	6 – 2	United States	Haarlem, Netherlands

^2 Regarding a friendly match, the results didn't affect the standings.

July 28, 2002	Netherlands	4 – 5	United States	Haarlem, Netherlands

Rk	Team
1	United States
Lost in Final
2	Netherlands
Failed to qualify for the Final
3	Cuba
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Japan
6	South Africa

2002 Haarlem Baseball Week Champions
United States 3rd title

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

Haarlem Baseball Week

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International baseball

WBSC (former governing body: IBAF) World Rankings Teams

WBSC Events	World Baseball Classic WBSC Premier12 U23 World Cup U18 World Cup U15 World Cup U12 World Cup Women's Baseball World Cup

Minor World Events	Grand Forks International Haarlem Baseball Week Summer Universiade World Baseball Challenge World Port Tournament World University

Defunct World Events	Baseball at the Summer Olympics World Games Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup Women's Baseball World Series

Africa	African Baseball & Softball Association – All-Africa Games

Americas	Pan American Baseball Confederation – Pan American Games America Cup Caribbean Series Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games

Asia	Baseball Federation of Asia – Asian Championship Asian Games Junior (under 18) Southeast Asian Games SAARC Baseball Championship Asia Series

Europe	Confederation of European Baseball – European Championship European Cup "Final Four" Under-21 Junior (under 18) Youth (under 16) Juveniles (under 12)

Oceania	Baseball Confederation of Oceania – Oceania Championship Pacific Games

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