The 2005
Baseball World Cup
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(BWC) was the 36th international Men's
amateur
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baseball
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tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the
International Baseball Federation
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, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the
1938 tournament through the
1986 AWS. The tournament was held, for the second time, in the
Netherlands
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, from September 2 to 17.
Cuba
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defeated
South Korea
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in the final, winning its 25th title.
There were 18 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals. Games were played in the Dutch cities of
Rotterdam
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,
Haarlem
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,
Almere
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,
Amsterdam
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and
Eindhoven
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.
The next three competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced
in 2015 by the quadrennial
WBSC Premier12
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.
Venues
First round
Pool A
Standings
Schedule and results
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Pool B
Standings
Schedule and results
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Playoffs
Quarter-finals
5th–8th place
Semi-finals
7th place game
5th place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Final standings
Awards
References
External links
XXXVI Baseball World Cup - XXXVI Copa del Mundo de BéisbolWorld Cup Baseball 2005XXXVI World Cup Baseball 2 - 17 September 2005, Netherlands
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