1998 Baseball World Cup

Template:Short description Template:Infobox international baseball tournament 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.^[1]

The next six competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, which was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Stadiums

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba	7	0	84	10
2	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	6	1	46	20
3	File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic	5	2	56	35
4	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	3	4	33	64
5	File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama	3	4	39	36
6	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	2	5	20	38
7	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	2	5	35	67
8	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	0	7	12	55

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	5	2	48	32
2	File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua	5	2	69	34
3	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	4	3	35	26
4	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	4	3	45	49
5	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	4	3	38	28
6	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	3	4	27	31
7	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei	3	4	36	35
8	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	0	7	12	75

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Pos	Team	W	L
File:Med 1.png	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba	10	0
File:Med 2.png	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea	6	4
File:Med 3.png	File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua	7	3
4	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4	6
5	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	8	2
6	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	5	5
7	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	6	4
8	File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic	5	5
9	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	4	3
10	File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama	3	4
11	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	3	4
12	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei	3	4
13	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	2	5
14	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	2	5
15	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	0	7
16	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	0	7

Tournament Awards^[2]
Award	Player
MVP	Template:Flagicon Antonio Pacheco
Leading hitter	Template:Flagicon Orestes Kindelán
Pitcher with best ERA	Template:Flagicon José Contreras
Pitcher with best win/loss average	Template:Flagicon Eiji Yano
Most Runs batted in	Template:Flagicon Antonio Pacheco
Most Home runs	Template:Flagicon Chin-Feng Chen
Most Stolen bases	Template:Flagicon Davide Rigoli
Most Runs scored	Template:Flagicon Robelquis Videaux
Outstanding defensive player	Template:Flagicon Hwang Woo-Gu

All Star Team^[2]
Position	Player
Pitchers	Template:Flagicon Yovany Aragón
Pitchers	Template:Flagicon Jurlaan Lobbezoo
Catcher	Template:Flagicon Juan Manrique
First base	Template:Flagicon Loidel Chapellí
Second base	Template:Flagicon Antonio Pacheco
Third base	Template:Flagicon Omar Linares
Shortstop	Template:Flagicon Edgard López
Outfield	Template:Flagicon Oscar Machado
	Template:Flagicon Chen Chih-yuan
	Template:Flagicon Robelquis Videaux
Designated hitter	Template:Flagicon Orestes Kindelán

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