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

• Stadio Steno Borghese
• Stadio Primo Nebiolo

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 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

External links

• XXXIII Baseball World Cup - XXXIII Copa del Mundo de Béisbol
• Mens: World Cup 1998 at Sports123.com