12-07-2009 We expect that the game will start at 13.30 hr
11-07-2009 10:00 Fieldconditions are good
10-07-2009 13:45 The game is postponed until 14:30 hr, the evening game will not be delayed.
10-07-2009 11:55 The field crew is working hard, it is expected that the game will start on time.
10-07-2009 10:30 At this moment we expect that this afternoons game will start as scheduled.
09-07-2009 Games can be played.
09-07-2009 10:00 Photo's of game 11 and 12 are published (game 10 Thursday 10.00
08-07-2009 16:00 Ranking and results are updated incl. game 11 (game 10 Thursday 10.00
08-07-2009 10:42 Preparations of the field are ongoing for the afternoon game.
The game Cuba - Taiwan, which is cancelled on Tuesday, is rescheduled to Thursday morning 10.00 uur. Since both teams have to play twice that day, the first game is limited to 9 innings.
07-07-2009: Tonights game, Cuba - Taiwan, has been cancelled due to the weather and field circumstances.
The World Port Tournament (WPT) is a highly ranked international baseball tournament, which is organised by the "Stichting Rotterdam Baseball" for over twenty years. Besides being the largest International Baseball Tournament in Europe, the WPT is one of the characterising events on the sports calendar of the City of Rotterdam.
The WPT is organised bi-annually, in cooperation with the "Haarlemse Honkbal Week", which takes place in the ‘even' years. One exception was made in 2005, when the tournament was not held due to the Baseball World Championships, which took place in our country during the summer.
After four years of absence the World Port Tournament returned in 2007 succesfully back on the international sports calendar, more than 65.000 people came to Rotterdam to see the best participations field ever.
The participating countries in 2007 were the Dutch national team, USA Baseball National Team, Cuba, Chinese Taipei and Japan.
The 12th edition of the WPT will take place from the 2nd until the 12th of July 2009 in the "Neptunus Familystadium" in Rotterdam. During the tournaments 11 days, 21 matches will be played, with two matches on every day except for the final Sunday. Matches will be played in the afternoon and evening.
