1982 Amateur World Series

10 South Korea 1949 Japan 1947 United States Chinese Taipei 1980 1984 The 1982 Amateur World Series was the 27th Amateur World Series (AWS), an international men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (which titled it the Baseball World Cup as of the 1988 tournament). The tournament took place, for the only time, in South Korea, from 4 September to 14 September, and was won by South Korea in its first AWS victory. There were 10 participating countries. Standings Pos Team P W L 1 South Korea 1949 9 8 1 2 Japan 1947 9 7 2 3 USA 9 6 3 4 Chinese Taipei 9 6 3 5 Canada 9 5 4 6 Netherlands 9 3 6 7 Panama 9 3 6 8 Dominican Republic 9 3 6 9 Australia 9 2 7 10 Italy 9 2 7 Awards The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament. + All Star Team Position Player Best right-handed pitcher KOR 1949 Sun Dong-Yeol Best left-hand pitcher CAN Rod Heisler Catcher CAN Larry Downes First Base ITA Edolrdo Orrizzi Second Base NED Charles Urbanus Jr. Third Base TPE Lin Fua-wei Shortstop KOR 1949 Kim Jae-bak Outfield USA Jordan Berge TPE George Chao CAN Doug McPhail Designated Hitter JPN 1947 Kunio Takesue + Tournament Awards Award Player MVP KOR 1949 Sun Dong-Yeol Leading Batter TPE George Chao Best Earned Run Average (Pitcher) KOR 1949 Lim Ho-Kyun Most Wins (Pitcher) KOR 1949 Sun Dong-Yeol Most Runs Batted In JPN 1947 Kunio Takesue Most Home Runs JPN 1947 Kunio Takesue Most Stolen Bases JPN 1947 Mitsugu Kobayashi Most Runs Scored USA Robert Cobb Notable players USA Darrel Akerfelds USA Mike Brumley USA Mike Capel USA Wally Joyner USA Chris Sabo USA Bill Swift AUS Philip Dale DOM Félix Fermín DOM Ramón Peña KOR Choi Dong-Won KOR Han Dae-hwa KOR Kim Jae-bak KOR Sun Dong-Yeol TPE Kuo Tai-yuan References Men: World Cup at Sports123.com Category:Baseball World Cup Amateur World Series 1982 Category:1982 in South Korean sport Category:September 1982 sports events in Asia