The World Port Tournament was an international baseball tournament held at the Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament was held every two years in odd-numbered years ( excluded) since , alternating with the Haarlem Baseball Week. The last edition of the tournament was held in 2019, with subsequent editions cancelled.
The tournament was created by Bram 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. The Netherlands national team competed frequently in the tournament, while semi-professional teams from the United States and other countries competed in early editions of the tournament. Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven competed in the 1993 tournament, won by a team of mostly American minor league players. The tournament used the organist and mascot from the minor-league Wilmington Blue Rocks in 1999. The Netherlands won the most recent edition of the tournament.
Results Year Final 3rd/4th placeChampionsRunners-up3rd place4th placeHabanaKobeDallasHabanaOsakaBaltimoreHabanaBaltimoreHabanaMLB All-StarsHabana Hyundai PhoenixBaltimore Corrigans Grand Rapids Sullivans Eastern ConnecticutDetailsDetailsDetailsDetailsDetailsDetailsDetails North America Sources
Medal table
Chinese Taipei is the official WBSC designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)
See also Baseball in the Netherlands
References
External links (in Dutch)