1986 Amateur World Series

1986 Amateur World Series

Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (17th title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	United States

The 1986 Amateur World Series was the 29th Amateur World Series (AWS), an international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF). The tournament took place, for the first time, in the Netherlands, from July 19 to August 2, and was won by Cuba – its 18th AWS victory.

There were 12 participating countries.

This was the last time the IBAF titled it as the AWS; the next ten competitions were held under the name Baseball World Cup, then was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	10	1
	South Korea	8	3
	Chinese Taipei	8	3
4	United States	7	4
5	Japan	6	5
6	Italy	6	5
7	Venezuela	5	6
8	Puerto Rico	5	6
9	Netherlands	5	6
10	Colombia	3	8
11	Netherlands Antilles	2	9
12	Belgium	1	10

Honors and awards

Statistical leaders

Batting leaders[1] Statistic Name Total Batting average Giuseppe Carelli .478 Hits Giuseppe Carelli 22 Runs Roberto Bianchi 18 Home runs Luis Casanova 6 Runs batted in Luis Casanova Stolen bases Roberto Santana 6

Pitching leaders[1] Statistic Name Total Wins Park Dong-hee 3 Earned run average Ming-Shan Kang 0.35

All-Star team

Position	Player
C	Roberto Bianchi
1B	Antonio Muñoz
2B	Antonio Pacheco
3B	Omar Linares
SS	Chung-il Ryu
OF	Lourdes Gourriel
	Víctor Mesa
	Luis Casanova
P	Pablo Abreu (LHP)
	Ming-Shan Kang (RHP)

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References

1. "Historia de la Copa Mundial/World Cup History I-X (1973-1988)". Baseball de Cuba (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 November 2011.

External links

• Archives 1986 (in Dutch)