1998 Baseball World Cup

International Men's amateur baseball tournament 1998 Baseball World Cup logo.jpg 125px 21 July – 2 August 16 Cuba 22 South Korea 1997 Nicaragua Italy 68 CUB 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. Timeline https://www.wbsc.org/en/organisation/baseball/history/timeline WBSC.org 29 July 2022 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 CUB 7 0 84 10 2 JPN 1947 6 1 46 20 3 DOM 5 2 56 35 4 ITA 3 4 33 64 5 PAN 3 4 39 36 6 CHN 2 5 20 38 7 ESP 2 5 35 67 8 RSA 0 7 12 55 Pool B Pos Team W L RS RA 1 AUS 5 2 48 32 2 NIC 5 2 69 34 3 KOR 1997 4 3 35 26 4 NED 4 3 45 49 5 USA 4 3 38 28 6 CAN 3 4 27 31 7 TPE 3 4 36 35 8 RUS 0 7 12 75 Final round Cuba 12 Netherlands 1 Nicaragua 12 Dominican Republic 4 Japan 1947 5 South Korea 1997 8 Australia 8 Italy 9 Cuba 14 Nicaragua 2 South Korea 1997 8 Italy 2 Cuba 7 South Korea 1 Nicaragua 5 Italy 1 5th–8th place Fifth place Seventh place Netherlands 7 Dominican Republic 3 Japan 1947 11 Australia 6 Netherlands 3 Japan 1947 9 Dominican Republic 2 Australia 9 Final standings Pos Team W L File:Med 1.png CUB 10 0 File:Med 2.png KOR 1997 6 4 File:Med 3.png NIC 7 3 4 ITA 4 6 5 JPN 1947 8 2 6 NED 5 5 7 AUS 6 4 8 DOM 5 5 9 USA 4 3 10 PAN 3 4 11 CAN 3 4 12 TPE 3 4 13 CHN 2 5 14 ESP 2 5 15 RSA 0 7 16 RUS 0 7 Awards + Tournament Awards Award Player MVP CUB Antonio Pacheco Leading hitter CUB Orestes Kindelán Pitcher with best ERA CUB José Contreras Pitcher with best win/loss average JPN 1947 Eiji Yano Most Runs batted in CUB Antonio Pacheco Most Home runs TPE Chin-Feng Chen Most Stolen bases ITA Davide Rigoli Most Runs scored CUB Robelquis Videaux Outstanding defensive player KOR 1997 Hwang Woo-Gu 1em + All Star TeamXXXIII Baseball World Cup - XXXIII Copa del Mundo de Béisbol http://www.baseball.ch/2003/T/WC/wcaw998.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20050214200106/http://www.baseball.ch/2003/T/WC/wcaw998.htm 14 February 2005 28 July 2022 Position Player Pitchers CUB Yovany Aragón NED Jurlaan Lobbezoo Catcher CUB Juan Manrique First base CUB Loidel Chapellí Second base CUB Antonio Pacheco Third base CUB Omar Linares Shortstop NIC Edgard López Outfield CUB Oscar Machado TPE Chen Chih-yuan CUB Robelquis Videaux Designated hitter CUB Orestes Kindelán References External links XXXIII Baseball World Cup - XXXIII Copa del Mundo de Béisbol Mens: World Cup 1998 at Sports123.com World Cup Category:Baseball World Cup 1998 Category:July 1998 sports events in Italy Category:August 1998 sports events in Italy Category:Sports competitions in Messina Category:20th century in Messina