1988 Baseball World Cup

The 1988 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 30th 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 took place, for the second time, in Italy, from August 23 to September 7, and was won by Cuba – its 19th overall victory (their first under the BWC name).

1988 Baseball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
Dates23 August – 7 September
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Cuba (19th title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Chinese Taipei
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Games played70

There were 12 participating countries.

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

First round

Standings
Pos Team W L RS RA
1 Cuba11011235
2 United States10112022
3 Chinese Taipei837732
4 Japan746529
5 Canada747372
6 Puerto Rico657746
7 Nicaragua564661
8 South Korea565947
9 Italy475170
10 Netherlands294993
11 Netherlands Antilles11044115
12 Spain0119160

Final round
Semifinals Final
    
 Cuba 7
 Japan 3
 Cuba 4
 United States 3
 United States 6
 Chinese Taipei 3 Third place
 Japan 2
 Chinese Taipei 4

Final standings
Pos Team W L
 Cuba130
 United States112
 Chinese Taipei94
4 Japan76
5 Canada74
6 Puerto Rico65
7 Nicaragua56
8 South Korea56
9 Italy47
10 Netherlands29
11 Netherlands Antilles110
12 Spain011

Awards

References
  1. "XXX Baseball World Cup - XXX Copa del Mundo de Béisbol". Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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