1990 Baseball World Cup

1990 Baseball World Cup logo.jpg 125px 4–19 August 12 Cuba 20 Nicaragua South Korea 1984 Puerto Rico 1952 53 TPE Kuo Lee Chien-Fu 1988 1994 The 1990 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 31st 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 only time, in Canada from August 4 to 19. Cuba defeated Nicaragua in the final to win its 20th title.Nicaragua takes second at baseball championships without flash, power https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/08/20/Nicaragua-takes-second-at-baseball-championships-without-flash-power/8894651124800/ UPI Archives 20 August 1990 28 July 2022 There were 12 participating countries, with all games played at the John Ducey Park in the city of Edmonton.Cuba pounds Italy in world baseball https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/08/04/Cuba-pounds-Italy-in-world-baseball/3542649742400/ 4 August 1990 UPI Archives 28 July 2022 The next eight competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, then was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12. First round Pool A Pos Team W L RS RA 1 CUB 5 0 70 8 2 NIC 3 2 25 16 3 JPN 1947 3 2 29 14 4 KOR 1984 2 3 26 39 5 MEX 1 4 9 53 6 ITA 1 4 20 49 Pool B Pos Team W L RS RA 1 PUR 1952 5 0 26 9 2 USA 4 1 66 22 3 TPE 3 2 29 23 4 CAN 2 3 21 48 5 NED 1 4 20 35 6 VEN 1954 0 5 21 46 Second round Pool C Pos Team W L RS RA 1 CUB 3 0 44 5 2 KOR 1984 2 1 17 9 3 TPE 1 2 14 34 4 USA 0 3 11 38 Pool D Pos Team W L RS RA 1 NIC 2 1 16 15 2 PUR 1952 2 1 22 21 3 JPN 1947 2 1 31 24 4 CAN 0 3 17 26 Pool E Pos Team W L RS RA 1 NED 2 1 28 25 2 ITA 2 1 21 17 3 MEX 1 2 19 21 4 VEN 1954 1 2 12 17 Final round 7th place game 17 August 1990 USA 9 – 4 CAN John Ducey Park, Edmonton 5th place game 17 August 1990 TPE 3 – 14 JPN 1947 John Ducey Park, Edmonton Bronze medal game 18 August 1990 PUR 1952 4 – 7 KOR 1984 John Ducey Park, Edmonton Final 18 August 1990 NIC 0 – 14 CUB John Ducey Park, Edmonton 19 August 1990 CUB 11 – 5 NIC John Ducey Park, Edmonton Final standings Pos Team W L File:Med 1.png CUB 10 0 File:Med 2.png NIC 5 5 File:Med 3.png KOR 1984 5 4 4 PUR 1952 7 2 5 JPN 1947 6 3 6 TPE 4 5 7 USA 5 4 8 CAN 2 7 9 NED 3 5 10 ITA 3 5 11 MEX 2 6 12 VEN 1954 1 7 Awards + Tournament Awards Award Player MVP TPE Kuo Lee Chien-Fu Leading hitter CUB Orestes Kindelán Pitcher with best ERA CUB Lázaro Valle Pitcher with best win/loss average TPE Kuo Lee Chien-Fu Most Runs batted in CUB Orestes Kindelán Most Home runs CUB Orestes Kindelán Most Stolen bases JPN Masato Naito Most Runs scored CUB Omar Linares Outstanding defensive player PUR 1952 Efraín García 1em + All Star TeamXXXI Baseball World Cup - XXXI Copa del Mundo de Béisbol http://www.baseball.ch/2003/T/WC/wcaw990.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20050214195549/http://www.baseball.ch/2003/T/WC/wcaw990.htm 14 February 2005 28 July 2022 Position Player Pitchers CUB Omar Ajete TPE Kuo Lee Chien-Fu Catcher CUB Pedro Rodríguez First base CUB Lourdes Gourriel Second base NIC Julio Medina Third base CUB Omar Linares Shortstop CUB Germán Mesa Outfield JPN Shinichi Sato PUR 1952 Ángel Morales NED Rikkert Faneyte Designated hitter CUB Orestes Kindelán References External links XXXI Baseball World Cup - XXXI Copa del Mundo de Béisbol Archives 1990 nl World Cup Baseball World Cup Category:Baseball World Cup 1990 Category:Sports competitions in Edmonton Category:1990 in sports in Alberta Category:1990s in Edmonton Category:August 1990 sports events in Canada Category:Baseball in Edmonton