The 2014

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was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in

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, the

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from July 11–20, 2014. It was the 27th edition of the tournament. In the final the

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won over

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, becoming champions for the fifth time as the national team.

Teams

Due to difficult economic times, the organisation had to decide not to invite reigning champions Cuba. This was announced after the first four teams (Chinese Taipei, Japan, Netherlands, United States) had already signed their contracts. Other teams had also canceled their participation for various reasons, including the inability to send an up-to-par team. As a result, only four teams competed in this tournament instead of the usual six. '

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is the official

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designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the

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, more commonly known as

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. (See also

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Teams

Group stage

Standings

Game results

Final round

Semi finals

Final

Final standings

External links

References