World Port Tournament

The World Port Tournament was an international baseball tournament held at the Neptunus Familiestadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament was held every two years in odd-numbered years (2005 excluded) since 1985, alternating with the Haarlem Baseball Week. The last edition of the tournament was held in 2019, with subsequent editions cancelled.^[1][2]

SportBaseball

LocationRotterdam, the Netherlands

Established1984

Final year2019

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World Port Tournament

Tournament information
Sport	Baseball
Location	Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Established	1984
Final year	2019
Teams	5
Most championships	Cuba (10)
Website	worldporttournament.nl
Final champion
Netherlands (2019)

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The tournament was created by Bram Peper, who was asked by Cuban Dr. Oscar Ferdinand Mell to organize an international baseball tournament featuring baseball teams from all over the world in Rotterdam.^{[citation needed]} The Netherlands national team competed frequently in the tournament, while semi-professional teams from the United States and other countries competed in early editions of the tournament.^[3][4] Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven competed in the 1993 tournament, won by a team of mostly American minor league players.^[5][6] The tournament used the organist and mascot from the minor-league Wilmington Blue Rocks in 1999.^[7] The Netherlands won the most recent edition of the tournament.^[8]