1978 Amateur World Series

1978 Amateur World Series
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	25 August – 6 September
Teams	11 (from 5 continents)
Defending champions	Cuba (1976)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (15th title)
Runner-up	United States
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Japan
	← 1976 1980 →

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 August 25 to September 6, 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

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References

XXV Baseball World Cup Italy (Archived 2009-08-02)

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