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1998 Baseball World Cup

1998 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
CountryItaly
Dates21 July – 2 August
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Cuba (22nd title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Nicaragua
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Games played68
MVPCuba Antonio Pacheco
← 1994
2001 →

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

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First round

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Pool A

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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

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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

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Cuba12
 
 
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Cuba14
 
 
 
 Nicaragua2
 
 Nicaragua12
 
 
 
 Dominican Republic4
 
 Cuba7
 
 
 
 South Korea1
 
 Japan5
 
 
 
 South Korea8
 
 South Korea8
 
 
 
 Italy2 Third place
 
 Australia8
 
 
 
 Italy9
 
 Nicaragua5
 
 
 Italy1
 
 
5th–8th placeFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands7
 
 
 
 Dominican Republic3
 
 Netherlands3
 
 
 
 Japan9
 
 Japan11
 
 
 Australia6
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Dominican Republic2
 
 
 Australia9

Final standings

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Timeline". WBSC.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "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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