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International baseball tournament
1982 Amateur World Series
Tournament details
CountrySouth Korea
Teams10
Final positions
Champions South Korea
Runner-up Japan
Third place United States
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
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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 9 8 1
2  Japan 9 7 2
3  United States 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 South Korea Sun Dong-Yeol
Best left-hand pitcher Canada Rob Heisler
Catcher Canada Larry Downes
First Base Italy Edolrdo Orrizzi
Second Base Netherlands Charles Urbanus Jr.
Third Base Chinese Taipei Lin Fua-wei
Shortstop South Korea Kim Jae-bak
Outfield United States Jordan Berge
Chinese Taipei George Chao
Canada Doug McPhail
Designated Hitter Japan Kunio Takesue
Tournament Awards
Award Player
MVP South Korea Sun Dong-Yeol
Leading Batter Chinese Taipei George Chao
Best Earned Run Average (Pitcher) South Korea Lim Ho-Kyun
Most Wins (Pitcher) South Korea Sun Dong-Yeol
Most Runs Batted In Japan Kunio Takesue
Most Home Runs Japan Kunio Takesue
Most Stolen Bases Japan Mitsugu Kobayashi
Most Runs Scored United States Robert Cobb

Notable players

References

Baseball World Cup
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