Honkbalweek Haarlem Logo. (Courtesy of Honkbalweek Haarlem)
Team USA will attend the 2024 Honkbalweek Haarlem tournament, which will be held from July 12 to 19, 2024, in Haarlem, Netherlands, at Pim Mulier Stadion.
The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team will not represent the United States at the 2024 Honkbalweek Haarlem event.
The United States will represent the NJCAA All-Star Team at the event. The NJCAA Baseball All-Star Team roster for the Honkbalweek Haarlem tournament will be announced during the next few weeks of the 2024 collegiate regular season.
World Baseball Softball Confederation rankings will be in effect for Team USA for the 2024 Honkbalweek Haarlem tournament.
USA is ranked No. 3 in the World Baseball Rankings from the WBSC. The other countries participating in the Honkbalweek Haarlem event are the host nation Netherlands at No. 7, Chinese Taipei at No. 5, Italy at No. 14, Spain at No. 22, and Japan at No. 1.
College of Central Florida head coach Marty Smith will be the head coach for the NJCAA Baseball All-Star team.
The NJCAA All-Star Team participated in the 2010 Honkbalweek Haarlem event and finished in fourth place, losing to Japan in the bronze medal game. The Team was coached by Jeff Willis, the current president of the NJCAA Baseball Coaches Association.
The Honkbalweek Haarlem event committee will discuss in the next few months if the event will be nine innings for all games. The tournament was seven innings in 2022.
The Semifinals will be on July 18 at 9:30 a.m. EST and 1:30 p.m. EST. The 5th-6th place game will be on July 18 at 5:30 a.m. EST. The bronze medal game will be on July 19 at 8 a.m. EST, followed by the Old Stars Game at 10:30 a.m. EST. The gold medal game will start at 1:30 p.m. EST on July 19.
Peter Herkemij is the tournament director for the Honkbalweek Haarlem event.
The Honkbalweek Haarlem tournament will calculate towards the World Baseball Rankings initiated by the World Baseball Softball Confederation.
The Honkbalweek Haarlem event is held every two years during the international baseball calendar cycle.
The Kingdom of Netherlands has won five gold medals at the Honkbal Haarlem Week event.
The Kingdom of Netherlands beat Curacao 6-1 in the gold medal game during the 2022 tournament.
The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team has won five gold medals at the Honkbalweek Haarlem tournament.
The club teams and non-federation teams that have participated in the Honkbal Haarlem Week event are the Reno Astros in 2004, the Grand Rapid Sullivans in 1963, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998, the Pac-10 Conference All-Stars in 1990, the University of Iowa in 1984, Washington State University in 1984, the University of Miami in 1980 and 1982, the Mitsubishi Japan Industrial Team in 1980, UCLA in 1980, United States Air Forces in Europe in 1971, 1974, and 1976, the University of Arizona in 1974 and 1976, the Alaska Goldpanners in 1972, the California Stags in 1966, 1969, and 1971, Detroit ITM in 1971, the Berlin Bears from Germany in 1969, the Augsburg Bayonets in 1966, the England Spartans in 1963, and the French Woods in 1963.
The Real Federación Española de Béisbol y Sófbol announced its participation in the 2024 Honkbalweek Haarlem tournament on November 17, 2023. Spain is aiming for its first gold medal at the event.
The Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball announced on February 27, 2024, that it will participate in the 2024 Honkbalweek Haarlem tournament. Hall-of-Famer Mike Piazza will manage the Italian national team in the Netherlands. Italy won the bronze medal once in the 1972 tournament in Pool B at the Honkbalweek Haarlem tournament.
The Baseball Federation of Japan and the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association announced on July 11, 2023, that they will participate in the 2024 Honkbalweek Haarlem event.
Japan will bring its college national team to the 2024 Honkbalweek Haarlem event. The CTBA will have players in their minor leagues of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan be on the 2024 Honkbalweek Haarlem tournament roster.
Japan is aiming for its fifth gold medal at the Honkbalweek Haarlem event. Chinese Taipei has never won gold at the event.
The first game of the 2024 Honkbalweek Haarlem event will be on July 12. Chinese Taipei will play Japan at 9:30 a.m. EST, followed by the Netherlands playing the United States at 1:30 p.m. EST, both games at Pim Mulier Stadion.
The live games at the 2024 Honkbalweek Haarlem event will be broadcast and streamed on the https://honkbalweek.nl/ and https://app.honkbalsoftbal.tv/nl/home websites.
2024 Honkbalweek Haarlem Tournament Schedule
All games at Pim Mulier Stadion in Haarlem, Netherlands
All game start times at Eastern Standard Time
Away Team – Home Team
Friday July 12, 2024
9:30 a.m. EST – Japan vs. Chinese Taipei
1:30 p.m. EST – USA vs. The Netherlands
Saturday July 13, 2024
5:30 a.m. EST – Spain vs. Chinese Taipei
9:30 a.m. EST – Japan vs. USA
1:30 p.m. EST – The Netherlands vs. Italy
Sunday July 14, 2024
5:30 a.m. EST – Italy vs. USA
9:30 a.m. EST – Chinese Taipei vs. The Netherlands
1:30 p.m. EST – Spain vs. Japan
Monday July 15, 2024
9:30 a.m. EST – Italy vs. Spain
1:30 p.m. EST – Chinese Taipei vs. USA
Tuesday July 16, 2024
9:30 a.m. EST – Japan vs. Italy
1:30 p.m. EST – Spain vs. The Netherlands
Wednesday July 17, 2024
5:30 a.m. EST – Italy vs. Chinese Taipei
9:30 a.m. EST – USA vs. Spain
1:30 p.m. EST – The Netherlands vs. Japan
Thursday July 18, 2024
5:30 a.m. EST – 6th Place vs. 5th Place
9:30 a.m. EST – Semifinal 1
1:30 p.m. EST – Semifinal 2
Friday July 19, 2024
8:00 a.m. EST – Bronze Medal Game
10:30 a.m. EST – Old Stars Game
1:30 p.m. EST – Gold Medal Game
