1998 Baseball World Cup

1998 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	21 July – 2 August
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (22nd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Nicaragua
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Games played	68
MVP	Antonio Pacheco
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The 1998 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 33rd international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament was held, for the third time, in Italy, from July 21 to August 2. The final was a repeat of the previous BWC tournament, with Cuba again defeating South Korea in the final, winning its 22nd title.

There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals.

This was the first edition of the tournament that allowed professional players to take part in the competition.^[1]

The next six competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Stadiums

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Cuba	7	0	84	10
2	Japan	6	1	46	20
3	Dominican Republic	5	2	56	35
4	Italy	3	4	33	64
5	Panama	3	4	39	36
6	China	2	5	20	38
7	Spain	2	5	35	67
8	South Africa	0	7	12	55

Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Australia	5	2	48	32
2	Nicaragua	5	2	69	34
3	South Korea	4	3	35	26
4	Netherlands	4	3	45	49
5	United States	4	3	38	28
6	Canada	3	4	27	31
7	Chinese Taipei	3	4	36	35
8	Russia	0	7	12	75

Final round

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Cuba	12

Netherlands	1
		Cuba	14

		Nicaragua	2
Nicaragua	12

Dominican Republic	4
				Cuba	7

				South Korea	1
Japan	5

South Korea	8
		South Korea	8

		Italy	2	Third place
Australia	8

Italy	9
				Nicaragua	5

				Italy	1

5th–8th place		Fifth place



Netherlands	7

Dominican Republic	3
		Netherlands	3

		Japan	9
Japan	11

Australia	6
		Seventh place



		Dominican Republic	2

		Australia	9

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	10	0
	South Korea	6	4
	Nicaragua	7	3
4	Italy	4	6
5	Japan	8	2
6	Netherlands	5	5
7	Australia	6	4
8	Dominican Republic	5	5
9	United States	4	3
10	Panama	3	4
11	Canada	3	4
12	Chinese Taipei	3	4
13	China	2	5
14	Spain	2	5
15	South Africa	0	7
16	Russia	0	7

Awards

Tournament Awards^[2]
Award	Player
MVP	Antonio Pacheco
Leading hitter	Orestes Kindelán
Pitcher with best ERA	José Contreras
Pitcher with best win/loss average	Eiji Yano
Most Runs batted in	Antonio Pacheco
Most Home runs	Chin-Feng Chen
Most Stolen bases	Davide Rigoli
Most Runs scored	Robelquis Videaux
Outstanding defensive player	Hwang Woo-Gu

All Star Team^[2]
Position	Player
Pitchers	Yovany Aragón
Pitchers	Jurlaan Lobbezoo
Catcher	Juan Manrique
First base	Loidel Chapellí
Second base	Antonio Pacheco
Third base	Omar Linares
Shortstop	Edgard López
Outfield	Oscar Machado
	Chen Chih-yuan
	Robelquis Videaux
Designated hitter	Orestes Kindelán

References

^ "Timeline". WBSC.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "XXXIII Baseball World Cup - XXXIII Copa del Mundo de Béisbol". Archived from the original on 14 February 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

External links

[1] "Timeline". WBSC.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

[awards-2] "XXXIII Baseball World Cup - XXXIII Copa del Mundo de Béisbol". Archived from the original on 14 February 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

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