2010 Women's Baseball World Cup


The 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup was an international baseball competition that was held in Venezuela from August 12 to August 22, 2010. Japan successfully defended their title from 2008, defeating Australia 13–3 in the final.

Teams

The following 11 teams appeared at the tournament.

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

Schedule

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Pool B

Standings

Schedule

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Round 2

Pool C

Standings

Schedule

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Pool D

Standings

Schedule

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Final round

Classification games

9th and 10th place

7th and 8th place

5th and 6th place

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Shooting incident

On August 13, during the game against the Netherlands, Hong Kong player Cheuk Woon-Yee was struck by a stray bullet in the leg. The incident occurred when Cheuk was taking the field to play third base in the fourth inning against the Netherlands, which were leading the game 12-9. The game was held at Estadio José Antonio Casanova in Fort Tiuna, a military garrison in Caracas. The other two games on Friday and all games on Saturday were postponed.
On August 15, the International Baseball Federation and the organizers of the tournament decided to move all remaining games to Maracay. The schedule did not include Hong Kong, as they elected to withdraw from the competition to return home.

Final standings

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.
PositionPlayer
Starting Pitcher Ayami Sato
Relief Pitcher Laura Neads
Catcher Tomomi Nishi
First Base Kate Psota
Second Base Lelis Gomez
Third Base Christina Kreppold
Short Stop Jena Marston
Outfield Akiko Shimura
Outfield Tamara Holmes
Outfield Leonel Reyes
Designated Hitter Kim McMillan

AwardPlayer
MVP Ayako Rokkaku
Leading Hitter Ayako Rokkaku
Best Earned Run Average Kasumi Noguchi
Best Won/Loss Average Ayami Sato
Most Runs Batted In Katie Gaynor
Most Home Runs Tamara Holmes
Most Stolen Bases Dayana Bautista
Most Runs Scored Clarisa Navarro
Outstanding Defensive Player Tara Herbert