2009 Baseball World Cup

2009 Baseball World Cup

Tournament details
Countries	Croatia Czech Republic Germany Italy Netherlands San Marino Spain Sweden
Dates	9–27 September
Teams	22
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runner-up	Cuba
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Games played	92
Attendance	126,799 (1,378 per game)
MVP	Justin Smoak
←  2007 2011 → All statistics correct as of 27 September 2009.

The 2009 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 38th 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 2009 tournament was held, for the first time, across a continent — with games played in 27 cities across eight European countries, from September 9 to 27. The final was a repeat of the previous BWC final, with the United States again defeating Cuba, winning its fourth title. Canada won the bronze medal, the nation's first medal in the tournament, after defeating Puerto Rico 6–2.^[1]

There were 22 participating countries (which stands as the most ever in tournament history), with 20 teams split into five groups for the first round, after which "official" host Italy and 2007 European Champion Netherlands joined the advancing 14 teams in the second round.

The next competition would be the last amateur championship held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.