1994 Baseball World Cup

1994 Baseball World Cup

Tournament details
Country	Nicaragua
Dates	3–14 August
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (21st title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Nicaragua
Tournament statistics
Games played	64

The 1994 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 32nd 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 fourth time, in Nicaragua, from August 3 to 14.

Cuba defeated South Korea in the final to win its 21st title.

There were 16 participating countries, split into two groups, with the first four of each group qualifying for the finals.

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

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Cuba	7	0	83	7
2	Nicaragua	6	1	50	33
3	Italy	4	3	51	57
4	Chinese Taipei	4	3	49	36
5	Australia	3	4	54	47
6	Colombia	2	5	30	52
7	Dominican Republic	2	5	17	31
8	France	0	7	9	80

Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Japan	6	1	79	17
2	South Korea	5	2	57	32
3	Panama	5	2	33	41
4	United States	4	3	48	35
5	Netherlands	3	4	24	34
6	Puerto Rico	3	4	45	57
7	Sweden	1	6	11	66
8	Canada	1	6	27	52

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Cuba	15
	United States	2
					Cuba	13
					Nicaragua	1
	Nicaragua	10
	Panama	4
									Cuba	6
									South Korea	1
	Japan	6
	Chinese Taipei	5
					Japan	0			Third place
					South Korea	9
	South Korea	13							Nicaragua	1
	Italy	2							Japan	8

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
File:Med 1.png	Cuba	10	0
File:Med 2.png	South Korea	7	3
File:Med 3.png	Japan	8	2
4	Nicaragua	7	3
5	Panama	5	3
6	Chinese Taipei	4	4
7	United States	4	4
8	Italy	4	4
9	Australia	3	4
10	Netherlands	3	4
11	Puerto Rico	3	4
12	Colombia	2	5
13	Dominican Republic	2	5
14	Sweden	1	6
15	Canada	1	6
16	France	0	7

Statistical leaders

Batting

Statistic	Name	Total
AVG	Ermidelio Urrutia	.613
HR	Orestes Kindelán	6
	Antonio Pacheco
H	Omar Linares	21
RBI	Lourdes Gourriel	18
SB	Sandy Moreno	6

Source: IBAF

Pitching

Statistic	Name	Total
ERA	Marcelino Santana	0.00
	Liván Hernández
	Edward van Bennekom
W	Masanori Sugiura	3
SV	Paolo Ceccaroli	2
SO	Masanori Sugiura	32

Source: IBAF

External links

• XXXII Baseball World Cup - XXXII Copa del Mundo de Béisbol
• Archives 1994 (in Dutch)