| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Baseball |
| Location | Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
| Established | 1984 |
| Final year | 2019 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Most championships |  Cuba (10) |
| Website | worldporttournament.nl |
| Final champion | |
 Netherlands (2019) | |
TheWorld Port Tournament was an internationalbaseball tournament held at theNeptunus Familiestadion inRotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament was held every two years in odd-numbered years (2005 excluded) since1985, alternating with theHaarlem Baseball Week. The last edition of the tournament was held in 2019, with subsequent editions cancelled.[1][2]
The tournament was created byBram Peper, who was asked by Cuban Dr. Oscar Ferdinand Mell to organize an international baseball tournament featuring baseball teams from all over the world in Rotterdam.[citation needed]The Netherlands national team competed frequently in the tournament, whilesemi-professional teams from the United States and other countries competed in early editions of the tournament.[3][4]Hall of FamerBert Blyleven competed in the 1993 tournament, won by a team of mostly Americanminor league players.[5][6] The tournament used the organist and mascot from the minor-leagueWilmington Blue Rocks in 1999.[7] The Netherlands won the most recent edition of the tournament.[8]
| Year | Final | 3rd/4th place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place | 4th place | |||
| 1985 | Habana |  Kobe |  Dallas[9] | Netherlands | ||
| 1987 | Habana |  Chinese Taipei | Netherlands | Osaka | ||
| 1989 | Netherlands | Baltimore | Habana | Chinese Taipei | ||
| 1991 | Baltimore |  Canada | Habana |  Curaçao | ||
| 1993 | MLB All-Stars |  Red Machine | Netherlands | Canada | ||
| 1995 | Habana | Netherlands | Red Machine |  Hyundai Phoenix | ||
| 1997 | Cuba | Netherlands | Chinese Taipei | Baltimore Corrigans | ||
| 1999 | Netherlands | Cuba | Grand Rapids Sullivans | Chinese Taipei | ||
| 2001 | Cuba | Netherlands |  Italy | Chinese Taipei | ||
| 2003 | Cuba | Netherlands | Chinese Taipei | Eastern Connecticut | ||
| 2007 Details | Cuba | Chinese Taipei | United States | Netherlands | ||
| 2009 Details | Cuba | Netherlands | Chinese Taipei |  Japan | ||
| 2011 Details | Chinese Taipei | Cuba | Netherlands | Curaçao | ||
| 2013 Details | Cuba | Netherlands | Chinese Taipei | Curaçao | ||
| 2015 Details | Cuba | Netherlands | Curaçao | Japan | ||
| 2017 Details | Chinese Taipei | Japan | Curaçao | Netherlands | ||
| 2019 Details | Netherlands | Japan | Chinese Taipei | North America | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 |  United States | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Aruba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Curaçao | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
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