The 2007

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(BWC) was the 37th international Men's

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tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament was held, for the second time, in

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(which played as

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), from November 6 to 18. The

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defeated

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in the final, winning its third 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 four cities: Taichung City (at

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and Taichung Baseball Field);

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(at

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);

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( Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium; and Yunlin ( Douliu Baseball Stadium). At one time,

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’s participation was 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

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to participate in the Youth World Baseball championships in August, 2007, but they were allowed to participate.

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was originally scheduled to participate in Pool B, but dropped out and was replaced by the Thai national team, who placed fifth behind China at the 2006 Asian Games. The next two competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Group A

Table

is the official

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designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the

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, more commonly known as

. (See also

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for details.) *The

, in agreement with the IBAF Executive Committee, has ruled on

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starting play with five players without insurance cover on Nov. 7 and 8 during the 37th Baseball World Cup: *#These five players were not eligible to play in the Games #3 and #11. *#The Panama team must forfeit both Games #3 and #11. *#The official result for Game #3 will be

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0. *#The official result for Game #11 will be USA 9,

0. *#The official record and final standings will reflect these changes.

Schedule

With the exception of the opening game of the tournament, all group A games are played at Taichung Baseball Field,

and Douliu Baseball Stadium.

Group B

Table

Schedule

All group B games are played either at Tienmu Baseball Stadium in

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or at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in

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Knockout rounds

Final standings

Awards

The

announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.

References

External links

Main ScheduleOfficial IBAF Website
{{Baseball World Cup Baseball World Cup Baseball World Cup, 2007 Baseball World Cup, 2007 Sport in Taichung

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