2011 Baseball World Cup
The 2011 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament held from October 1 to October 15, 2011. It was the 39th and final Baseball World Cup. The International Baseball Federation selected Panama to host the tournament, turning down bids from Chinese Taipei and Venezuela. The Netherlands defeated Cuba 2–1 to win their first World Cup title, and the first by a European nation since the inaugural event in 1938 won by Great Britain.
Teams
Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament, placing high enough in regional tournaments that doubled as qualifying tournaments for the event or by automatic qualification by hosting the tournament.Format
The 16 participating teams were divided into two round robin pools, the top four of each pool advancing to the second round, in which each qualified team played each of the qualified teams from the other pool. The top two teams in the standings after the second round then qualified for the championship final.Tie-breaking rules
Standings were determined by the win-loss records over all games played within a pool. In case of a tie, the order of the teams tied was determined by, in this sequence, the win-loss record of the games played among the tied teams, the highest difference between the ratios of runs scored per offensive innings and runs allowed per defensive innings, the highest difference between the ratios of earned runs scored per offensive innings and earned runs allowed per defensive innings, the highest batting average in the games played among the tied teams, a coin flip.Venues
was the primary city for the event, and also the host of Group 1, while Aguadulce, Coclé; Santiago de Veraguas; and Chitré, Herrera Province were host to Group 2.Conditions
The tournament was marred by inclement weather, causing a number of rainout games that had to be made up, increasing the pressure on the tournament schedule. In the end, eleven of the sixteen second-round games needed to be played within two days, requiring teams to play doubleheaders of games shortened to seven innings, and the bronze medal game in the final round had to be canceled to allow the final to be played.Round 1
Group 1
Standings
Schedule and results
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Group 2
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Round 2
Group 3
Standings
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Final round
7th place game
5th place game
Bronze medal game
Final
Final standings
*Canada awarded third place and bronze medal by rule C12 of the IBAF tournament rules, which states that the ordinary tie-breaking procedure applies in case of a rainout in the final round.Awards
The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.| Position | Player |
| Starting Pitcher |  Oh Hyoun-Taek |
| Relief Pitcher |  Yadier Pedroso |
| Catcher |  Dámaso Espino |
| First Base | José Dariel Abreu |
| Second Base |  Joe Thurston |
| Third Base | Mo Chang-Min |
| Short Stop |  Jonathan Malo |
| Outfield | Rusney Castillo |
| Outfield |  Tom Brice |
| Outfield | Conceptión Rodríguez |
| Designated Hitter | Fernando Seguignol |
| Award | Player |
| MVP |  Curt Smith |
| Leading Batter | Rusney Castillo |
| Best ERA | Tom Stuifbergen |
| Best Win/Loss Average | Miguel Lahera |
| Most Runs Batted In | Curt Smith |
| Most Home Runs |  Wuillians Vasquez |
| Most Stolen Bases | Jordan Danks |
| Most Runs Scored | José Macías |
| Outstanding Defensive Player | Yuliesky Gourriel |