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Cuba won Gold Medal. Silver - USA, Bronze - Japan.

MVP : A.Despaigne(CUB)



A.Despaigne (CUB)
Final
CUB 4-3 USA

2010/8/7 (Sat) JINGU STDIUM Start 17:59. End 21:16.
Number of spectators 4000

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R
USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3
CUBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3x 4

The game was a pitching duel between Gonzalez of Cuba and Cole of USA until the 7th inning with both teams remained horse-collar. Maggi of Team USA tie breaking homer in the top of the 8th which was tied by a solo homer of Despaigne against reliever, Noe Ramirez. Cuba was prevented from winning by reliever Nick Ramirez and the game went into extra innings for the 3rd time of this Championship. In 10th inning, USA scored a run during double play and added a run by a timely safe hit. However, Despaigne of Cuba smashed a come-from-behind 3 run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning bringing dramatic Gold medal victory for Cuba.



Starting Pitcher Fujioka (JPN)
Bronze Medal Match
JPN 9-0 KOR

2010/8/7 (Sat) JINGU STDIUM Start 12:02. End 15:13.
Number of spectators 3500

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
KOREA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JAPAN 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 x 9

Ito of Japan hit a two run homer in the 1st inning and added a run in the 2nd by a timely hit of Ishimine. Hasegawa hit a bases-cleaning double in the 4th inning when Japan scored 6 runs in total. Starting pitcher Hasegawa horse-collared Korea by striking out 10 batters till the 5th inning and the next pitchers on the hill also kept Korea scoreless.


Gold
Cuba

Silver
USA

Bronze
Japan
4 Korea
5 Canada
6 Chinese Taipei
7 China
8 Sri Lanka

Game Schedule and Results
Final Round Branckets
First Round Standings
Player Statistics

Award

Daily Report



2010/08/10
The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo has started displays of memorabilia of 5th World University Baseball Championship.
2010/08/04
Pink Baseball Present
2010/07/31
Speeches at the Opening Ceremony
2010/07/23
Roster of all teams
2010/07/17
As a part of publicity campaign of WUBC, a special exhibition started at the foot of the Tokyo Tower.


Meiji Jingu Stadium

Yokohama Stadium

Utsumi-Shimaoka Ballpark

KAIT Stadium

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