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• 08 / 17 / 2008

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The scores have been Taipei China (1-0), Japan (4-2), Canada (7-6) and the US (5-4) with the new tie-breaker rule. Holland and China are considered the weakest.

Cuba rests Sunday and plays Holland Monday and South Korea Tuesday and closes the qualification round with China Wednesday.

Head-coach Pacheco stressed as key goal to qualify and reach the finals and they are almost there with one single strong rival to play (S. Korea) and none game lost past four matches.

Although the US has lost two and Canada and Taipei China (3) Pacheco promised top quality performance and refuses to call any team weak since he considers everyone here strong, and reminds China"s 8-7 win on Taipei China.

Baseball plays under the round Robin system so just the best will reach the August 23rd grand finale and just then we will know if Cuba retains the title recovered in Athens 2004.

(PL)