# 2018 Haarlem Baseball Week

The 2018 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from 13–22 July 2018. It was the 29th edition of the tournament.
Japan became champions for the fourth time, beating Chinese Taipei in the final, which was Chinese Taipei's first finals appeance in the tournament.

## Teams

A usual number of six teams were invited to the tournament.
| Chinese Taipei | 10th appearance |
| Cuba | 14th appearance |
| Germany | 1st appearance |
| Italy | 5th appearance |
| Japan | 15th appearance |
| Netherlands | Host nation |
^1 Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing Taiwan ^2 As national team. 6 non-national teams from West Germany have appeared before.

## Group stage
### Standings

| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 20 | 5 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 30 | 11 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 24 | 12 |
| Italy | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| Germany | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 10 | 30 |
| Cuba | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 | 14 | 37 |
| Source: "Programma en uitslagen". Honkbalweek Haarlem. Retrieved 22 July 2018. |||||||

### Game results

| 13 July 2018 | Japan | 1 – 0 | Italy | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 13 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 13 July 2018 | Germany | 0 – 6 | Netherlands | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 13 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 14 July 2018 | Chinese Taipei | 0 – 1 | Japan | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 14 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 14 July 2018 | Italy | 0 – 7 | Netherlands | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 14 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 14 July 2018 | Germany | 5 – 4 | Cuba | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 14 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 15 July 2018 | Netherlands | 2 – 3 | Chinese Taipei | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 15 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 15 July 2018 | Cuba | 1 – 7 | Japan | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 15 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 16 July 2018 | Italy | 7 – 3 | Cuba | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 16 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 16 July 2018 | Japan | 6 – 1 | Germany | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 16 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 17 July 2018 | Chinese Taipei | 4 – 3 | Italy | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 17 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 17 July 2018 | Netherlands | 6 – 4 | Cuba | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 17 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 18 July 2018 | Germany | 3 – 11 | Chinese Taipei | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 18 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 18 July 2018 | Netherlands | 3 – 5 | Japan | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 18 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 19 July 2018 | Cuba | 2 – 12 | Chinese Taipei | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 19 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 19 July 2018 | Italy | 3 – 1 | Germany | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 19 July 2018 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |

## Play-offs

| 20 July 2018 - Game 16 | (5) Germany | 1 – 7 | Cuba (6) | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 20 July 2018 - Game 16 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 20 July 2018 - Game 17 | (3) Netherlands | 2 – 1 | Italy (4) | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 20 July 2018 - Game 17 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 20 July 2018 - Game 18 | (1) Japan | 8 – 1 | Chinese Taipei (2) | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 20 July 2018 - Game 18 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 21 July 2018 - Game 19 | (L17) Italy | 5 – 9 | Cuba (W16) | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 21 July 2018 - Game 19 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 21 July 2018 - Game 20 | (L18) Chinese Taipei | 7 – 5 | Netherlands (W17) | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 21 July 2018 - Game 20 | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |

## Final

| 22 July 2018 - Final | (W18) Japan | 5 – 0 | Chinese Taipei (W20) | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |
| 22 July 2018 - Final | | Boxscore | | Pim Mulier Stadium, Haarlem |

## Final standings

| Rk | Team |
| 1 | Japan |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei |
| 3 | Netherlands |
| 4 | Cuba |
| 5 | Italy |
| 6 | Germany |
* 2018 Haarlem Baseball Week champions
* Japan 4th title