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International baseball tournament

1978 Amateur World Series
Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	25 August – 6 September
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (15th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Japan
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The 1978 Amateur World Series was the 25th 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 in Italy, only the second time outside the Americas, from 25 August to 6 September, and was won by Cuba – its 15th AWS victory.

There were 11 participating countries, including first-time participants Belgium and Australia.

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Cuba
2	United States
3	South Korea
4	Japan
5	Nicaragua
6	Italy
7	Netherlands
8	Mexico
9	Canada
10	Australia
11	Belgium

Honors and awards

Statistical leaders

Batting leaders
Statistic	Name	Total
Batting average	Roberto Espino	.500
Hits	Roberto Espino Luis Casanova	16
Runs	Antonio Muñoz Tim Wallach	14
Home runs	Antonio Muñoz	8
Runs batted in	Antonio Muñoz	18
Stolen bases	Mitsugu Kobayashi	13

Pitching leaders
Statistic	Name	Total
Wins	Choi Dong-won Shigekazu Mori	4
Earned run average	Mark Thurmond	0.00
Strikeouts	Choi Dong-won	45

Awards

Award	Player	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Antonio Muñoz

References

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

External links

"XXV Baseball World Cup Italy". Baseball World Cup.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009.

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