2001 Baseball World Cup

The 2001 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 34th international Men's amateur baseball 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 first time, in Taiwan, from 6 to 18 November. Cuba defeated the United States in the final, winning its 23rd title.

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There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals.

The next five competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Taipei	Taipei New Taipei City Kaohsiung Chiayi	New Taipei City
Tianmu Stadium		Xinzhuang Stadium
Capacity: 10,500		Capacity: 12,500

Kaohsiung		Chiayi
Kaohsiung Stadium		Chiayi Stadium
Capacity: 19,907		Capacity: 10,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei (H)	7	6	1	38	13	+25	.857	—	Advance to Knockout stage
2	United States	7	5	2	52	9	+43	.714	1
3	Dominican Republic	7	5	2	38	26	+12	.714	1
4	South Korea	7	5	2	43	18	+25	.714	1
5	Nicaragua	7	4	3	33	28	+5	.571	2
6	Italy	7	2	5	22	37	−15	.286	4
7	South Africa	7	1	6	13	57	−44	.143	5
8	France	7	0	7	7	58	−51	.000	6

6 November 2001 18:00 (UTC+8)	Italy	1 – 6	Chinese Taipei	Tianmu Stadium, Tianmu
		Boxscore

7 November 2001 12:00 (UTC+8)	Nicaragua	5 – 1	France	Kaohsiung Stadium, Kaohsiung
		Boxscore

7 November 2001 15:00 (UTC+8)	South Africa	0 – 2	South Korea	Chiayi Stadium, Chiayi
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