{{Infobox international baseball tournament | image = | size = | country = Netherlands | city = Haarlem | dates = 13–22 July | num_teams = 6 | champion = Japan | num_championships = 4 | second = Chinese Taipei | third = Netherlands | fourth = Cuba | games = 21 | attendance = | mvp = | updated = | prevseason = 2016 | nextseason = 2022 }}
The '''2018 Haarlem Baseball Week''' was an international baseball competition held at Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from 13–22 July 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Programma en uitslagen |url=https://honkbalweek.nl/programma-uitslagen/ |publisher=Honkbalweek Haarlem |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> It was the 29th edition of the tournament.
Japan became champions for the fourth time, beating Chinese Taipei in the final, which was Chinese Taipei's first finals appeance in the tournament.
==Teams== A usual number of six teams were invited to the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teams |url=https://honkbalweek.nl/teams/ |publisher=Honkbalweek Haarlem |access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width=35% |- align=center | {{bb-big|TPE}}{{ref|1|1}} || <small>10th appearance</small> |- align=center | {{bb-big|CUB}} || <small>14th appearance</small> |- align=center | {{bb-big|GER}} || <small>1st appearance{{ref|2|2}}</small> |- align=center | {{bb-big|ITA}} || <small>5th appearance</small> |- align=center | {{bb-big|JPN}} || <small>15th appearance</small> |- align=center | {{bb-big|NED}} || <small>Host nation</small> |}
{{refbegin}} ''{{note|1|1}}'' Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing Taiwan<br> ''{{note|2|2}}'' As national team. 6 non-national teams from West Germany have appeared before.<br> {{refend}}
==Group stage== ===Standings=== {|class="wikitable" width="550" style="text-align:center;" ! width="20%" | Teams ! width="7%" | {{Tooltip | W | Wins}} ! width="7%" | {{Tooltip | L | Loss}} ! width="8%" | Pct. ! width="7%" | GB ! width="8%" | {{Tooltip | R | Runs scored}} ! width="8%" | {{Tooltip | RA | Runs allowed}} |- | align=left | {{bb|JPN}} || 5 || 0 || 1.000 || — || 20 || 5 |- | align=left | {{bb|TPE}} || 4 || 1 || .800 || 1 || 30 || 11 |- | align=left | {{bb|NED}} || 3 || 2 || .600 || 2 || 24 || 12 |- | align=left | {{bb|ITA}} || 2 || 3 || .400 || 3 || 13 || 16 |- | align=left | {{bb|GER}} || 1 || 4 || .200 || 4 || 10 || 30 |- | align=left | {{bb|CUB}} || 0 || 5 || .000 || 5 || 14 || 37 |- ! colspan="8" | <small>Source: {{Cite web |title=Programma en uitslagen |url=https://honkbalweek.nl/programma-uitslagen/ |publisher=Honkbalweek Haarlem |access-date=22 July 2018}}</small> |}
===Game results=== {{Baseballbox |date = 13 July 2018 |team1 = '''{{bb-rt|JPN}}''' |score = 1 – 0 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/01.htm |team2 = {{bb|ITA}} |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} {{Baseballbox |date = 13 July 2018 |team1 = {{bb-rt|GER}} |score = 0 – 6 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/02.htm |team2 = '''{{bb|NED}}''' |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} ---- {{Baseballbox |date = 14 July 2018 |team1 = {{bb-rt|TPE}} |score = 0 – 1 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/03.htm |team2 = '''{{bb|JPN}}''' |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} {{Baseballbox |date = 14 July 2018 |team1 = {{bb-rt|ITA}} |score = 0 – 7 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/04.htm |team2 = '''{{bb|NED}}''' |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} {{Baseballbox |date = 14 July 2018 |team1 = '''{{bb-rt|GER}}''' |score = 5 – 4 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/05.htm |team2 = {{bb|CUB}} |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} ---- {{Baseballbox |date = 15 July 2018 |team1 = {{bb-rt|NED}} |score = 2 – 3 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/06.htm |team2 = '''{{bb|TPE}}''' |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} {{Baseballbox |date = 15 July 2018 |team1 = {{bb-rt|CUB}} |score = 1 – 7 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/07.htm |team2 = '''{{bb|JPN}}''' |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} ---- {{Baseballbox |date = 16 July 2018 |team1 = '''{{bb-rt|ITA}}''' |score = 7 – 3 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/08.htm |team2 = {{bb|CUB}} |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} {{Baseballbox |date = 16 July 2018 |team1 = '''{{bb-rt|JPN}}''' |score = 6 – 1 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/09.htm |team2 = {{bb|GER}} |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} ---- {{Baseballbox |date = 17 July 2018 |team1 = '''{{bb-rt|TPE}}''' |score = 4 – 3 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/10.htm |team2 = {{bb|ITA}} |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} {{Baseballbox |date = 17 July 2018 |team1 = '''{{bb-rt|NED}}''' |score = 6 – 4 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/11.htm |team2 = {{bb|CUB}} |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} ---- {{Baseballbox |date = 18 July 2018 |team1 = {{bb-rt|GER}} |score = 3 – 11 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/12.htm |team2 = '''{{bb|TPE}}''' |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} {{Baseballbox |date = 18 July 2018 |team1 = {{bb-rt|NED}} |score = 3 – 5 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/13.htm |team2 = '''{{bb|JPN}}''' |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} ---- {{Baseballbox |date = 19 July 2018 |team1 = {{bb-rt|CUB}} |score = 2 – 12 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/14.htm |team2 = '''{{bb|TPE}}''' |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} {{Baseballbox |date = 19 July 2018 |team1 = '''{{bb-rt|ITA}}''' |score = 3 – 1 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/15.htm |team2 = {{bb|GER}} |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }}
==Play-offs== {{Baseballbox |date = 20 July 2018 - Game 16 |team1 = (5) {{bb-rt|GER}} |score = 1 – 7 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/16.htm |team2 = '''{{bb|CUB}}''' (6) |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} {{Baseballbox |date = 20 July 2018 - Game 17 |team1 = (3) '''{{bb-rt|NED}}''' |score = 2 – 1 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/17.htm |team2 = {{bb|ITA}} (4) |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} {{Baseballbox |date = 20 July 2018 - Game 18 |team1 = (1) '''{{bb-rt|JPN}}''' |score = 8 – 1 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/18.htm |team2 = {{bb|TPE}} (2) |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} ---- {{Baseballbox |date = 21 July 2018 - Game 19 |team1 = (L17) {{bb-rt|ITA}} |score = 5 – 9 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/19.htm |team2 = '''{{bb|CUB}}''' (W16) |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }} {{Baseballbox |date = 21 July 2018 - Game 20 |team1 = (L18) '''{{bb-rt|TPE}}''' |score = 7 – 5 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/20.htm |team2 = {{bb|NED}} (W17) |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }}
==Final== {{Baseballbox |date = 22 July 2018 - Final |team1 = (W18) '''{{bb-rt|JPN}}''' |score = 5 – 0 |boxurl = https://www.knbsbstats.nl/2018/Tournaments/HWH/games/21.htm |team2 = {{bb|TPE}} (W20) |stadium = Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |attendance = }}
==Final standings== {{col-start}} {{col-2}} {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center |- !width=25|Rk !width=170|Team |- |1 |align=left|{{bb|JPN}} |- |2 |align=left|{{bb|TPE}} |- |3 |align=left|{{bb|NED}} |- |4 |align=left|{{bb|CUB}} |- |5 |align=left|{{bb|ITA}} |- |6 |align=left|{{bb|GER}} |} {{col-2}} {{winners|bb|2018 Haarlem Baseball Week champions|JPN|4th}} {{col-end}}
==External links== *[http://honkbalweek.nl Official Website]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Haarlem Baseball Week}} {{International Baseball}}
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