The 2013 World Port Tournament was an international baseball competition held at the DOOR Neptunus Familiestadion in

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from June 30 through July 7, 2013. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and featured teams from

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

, the

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

, and Curacao. Cuba won the tournament with a 5–2

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, followed by the Netherlands (4–3), Taiwan (3–3) and Curacao (1–5).

Rosters

Cuba's roster was composed of Yulieski Gourriel, José Miguel Fernández, Guillermo Heredia Jr., Yasmani Tomás,

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, Erisbel Arruebarruena, Stayler Hernández, Andy Ibáñez,

Eriel Sánchez Eriel Sánchez León (born April 12, 1975) in (Fomento, Sancti Spiritus). Is a Cuban baseball catcher for Sancti Spíritus of the Cuban National Series. Career Sánchez was part of Cuba's gold medal-winning team A team is a group of indi ...

Yadiel Hernández Yadiel Hernández (born October 9, 1987) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League. After playing in the Cuban National Series for Cocodrilos de Matanzas, he played in Major League Baseball (ML ...

, Frank Camilo Morejón,

José Dariel Abreu José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

Yosvani Peraza Yosvani Peraza Marín (Gordo) (born 2 febbraio 1979 in Pinar del Río, Cuba) is a baseball catcher in the Cuban National Series and Cuba national baseball team. Peraza played for Cuba in the 1996 World Junior Baseball Championship, hitting .429 ...

, Pavel Quesada, Johan Moncada, Ismel Jiménez,

Wilber Pérez Wilber Mauricio Pérez Medrano (born 29 September 1988) is a Guatemalan international footballer who plays as a striker for Liga Nacional club Achuapa. Career Born in Jalpatagua, he has played club football for Antigua GFC, Suchitepéquez, ...

Vladimir Baños Vladimir Baños Chacón (Guayacón) (born January 17, 1983) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher with the Padule Baseball Club of the Italian Baseball League. Baños played for the Cuba national baseball team at the 2006 Intercontinental Cu ...

, Noelvis Entenza, Jorge Hernández, Raicel Iglesias and Duniel Ibarra. Yovani Aragón was the manager. Odrisamer Despaigne was to be on the team but defected shortly prior to the event. The host Dutch team consisted of Rudy van Heydoorn, Bas Nooij, Jeffrey Arends, Jesse Aussems, Mike Duursma,

Dwayne Kemp Dwayne Kemp (born 24 February 1988 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch baseball player for the Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. Career On October 20, 2007, Kemp signed with the Chicago Cubs organization as an international free agent. Prior t ...

Stijn van der Meer Stijn van der Meer (born May 1, 1993) is a Dutch professional baseball shortstop for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. Career Van der Meer attended Lamar University. Houston Astros The Astros selected Van der Meer in the 34th roun ...

, Vince Rooi, Gianison Boekhoudt, Quintin de Cuba, Shaldimar Daantji,

Bryan Engelhardt Bryan Engelhardt (born 10 January 1982 in Curaçao) is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Quick Amersfoort and the Dutch national team. Engelhardt was selected by coach Robert Eenhoorn in the team that represents the Netherlands ...

, Roelie Henrique, Danny Rombley, Arshwin Asjes, David Bergman, Leon Boyd,

Rob Cordemans Rob "Robbie" Cordemans (born October 31, 1974, in Schiedam) is a Dutch baseball player. He bats and throws righthanded. Cordemans is best known for representing the Dutch national team at the Olympics and other international competitions. He ha ...

, Bayron Cornelissen, Berry van Driel, Kevin Heijstek,

Diegomar Markwell Diegomar Raymundo "Diego" Markwell (born August 8, 1980 in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles) is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. Markwell represented the Netherlands at the 2004 ...

, Chris Mowday and

Orlando Yntema Orlando Yntema Peña (born February 21, 1986) is a Dutch professional baseball pitcher for the Curaçao Neptunus in the Dutch Baseball League. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship and at the Africa/Europe ...

. Steve Janssen managed them. Curaçao's roster had the following players: Sherwenne Antersijn, Quincy Ascencion, Sidney Antonia, Ramiro Balentina, Rojean Cleofa, Amir Daou, Johnny Gregorius, Raydell Isabella, Duko Jansen, Kevin Kellij, Randolph Kirindongo, Ruderly Manuel, Dienston Manuela, Quincy Martina, Edinho Meyer, Shurendell Mujica, Mirangelo Muller, Dennis Neuman, Christefer Obispo, Ulrich Snijders, Michaelangel Trinidad, Rupert Ustasia, Raywendley van Gurp and Nick Veltkamp. Johnny Balentina was their skipper. Taiwan was composed of Jhih-Long Yang, Yi-Hsun Chen, Tsung-Hao Wang, Kuo-Yi Lin, Jung-Hao Hsieh, Sheng-Hsiung Huang, Hsien-Chih Chang, Kai-Chun Chang, Meng-Chen Fan, Chia-Hao Sung, Chia-Wei Huang, Chun-Wei Kuo, Shih-Hao Liu, Han Lin, Wei-Chih Chen, Ming-Jen Kuo, Chun-Kai Liao, Chi-Hung Hsu, Yu-Te Ho, Meng-Hsiung Yu, Ju-Liang Tai, Wang-Wei Lin, Guo-Long Luo and Po-Jung Wang.

Awards

Awards were presented to: * Best Contact Hitter:

, Netherlands (.400) * Best Pitcher: Ismel Jiménez, Cuba (2-0, 0.00) * Home Run King:

, Cuba (1 HR) * MVP: Yulieski Gourriel, Cuba (.324/.360/.478, 2 R, 2 RBI) * Most Popular Player:

, Netherlands * Best Rookie:

, Netherlands * Press Award: Mike Duursma, Netherlands

References

{{World Port Tournament 2013 in baseball World Port Tournament 2013 in Dutch sport