1973 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)

The 1973 Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural edition of the long-running international baseball tournament. It was held in Italy. Bruno Beneck, president of the Italian baseball federation (FIBS) was dissatisfied with the Latin American predominance of the worldwide governing body for the sport of baseball, the International Baseball Federation (FIBA). Beneck formed a splinter group called FEMBA, which organized the 1973 tournament. The two groups merged back together in 1976 and continued to play the series.http://www.ibaf.org/en/infopage-detail.aspx?id=30072a6b-f11a-4e16-97b7-f223a28c993d IBAF 2011-01-25 2011-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20110201001029/http://www.ibaf.org/en/infopage-detail.aspx?id=30072a6b-f11a-4e16-97b7-f223a28c993d dead Final standings PlaceTeam16px|GoldJapan16px|SilverPUR 195216px|BronzeUSA4Nicaragua5Canada6Italy7Taiwan8Argentina bb Intercontinental Cup Japan First Notes Category:Intercontinental Cup (baseball) 1973 Category:1973 in baseball Category:1973 in Italian sport