The 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition being held at the Port Arthur Stadium and Central Ball Park in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada from July 23 to August 1, 2010.Thunder Bay to host 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship
Teams Just before the tournament started on July 23, the organization had to announce that the team from Venezuela would not attend the tournament.Team Venezuela not attending Junior World Cup However, on the second day of the tournament it was announced that Venezuela has joined the other 11 nations. The original schedule remained in place, and Venezuela forfeited its first scheduled game on July 23, giving a 9–0 win to Australia. That game will not be made up.Venezuela joins World Junior Baseball Championship
The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.
Pool APool B Representation of Oceania Host nation Asian qualifier Americas qualifier European qualifier Replaced South Africa European qualifier European qualifier Americas qualifier Replaced Japan Americas qualifier Asian qualifier
Preliminaries Pool A Standings Teams Pct. GB . 5 0 1.000 – 54 9 4 1 .800 1 46 26 3 2 .600 2 52 22 2 3 .400 3 28 50 1 4 .200 4 20 40 0 5 .000 5 12 65
Schedule
Pool B Standings Teams Pct. GB 4 1 .800 – 31 18 4 1 .800 – 35 10 3 2 .600 1 29 33 3 2 .600 1 40 15 1 4 .200 3 13 41 0 5 .000 4 17 48
Schedule
Playoffs
11th place game
9th place game
Finals
Quarterfinals
Losers Semifinals
Semifinals
7th place game
5th place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final standings
RkTeamWL71Lost in Final53Failed to qualify for Final53453Failed to qualify for the Semifinals571644Failed to qualify for the 5th place game753826Failed to qualify for the Quarterfinals9341025Failed to qualify for the 9th place game11161207
Awards Following the final, the IBAF World Juniors Baseball Championship Technical Commission announced the All-IBAF 2010 World Juniors Baseball Championship Team. Only pool games were used to determine the players selected.
+ All-IBAF Juniors Team Position Player Starting Pitcher Omar Luis Rodriguez Relief Pitcher Chang Sik Yoo Catcher Ryan Battaglia First Base Guilermo Aviles Second Base Hong Sheng Yang Third Base Tzu-Wei Lin Short Stop Francisco Lindor Outfield Michael Lorenzen Geikis Jimenez Alexander Calbick Designated Hitter Phillip Diedrick
+ Tournament Awards Award Player MVP Tzu Wei Lin Leading Batter Tzu Wei Lin Best Earned Run Average (Pitcher) John Simms Best Won/Loss Average (Pitcher) Omar Luis Rodriguez Darwin Ramirez Most Runs Batted In Hong Sheng Yang Most Home Runs Ryan Battaglia Most Stolen Bases Petr Sila Most Runs Scored Tzu Wei Lin Outstanding Defensive Player Luca Ainger
External links Official Website Official Website Host Schedule and Results
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