1972 Amateur World Series

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1972 Amateur World Series
Tournament details
CountryNicaragua
Venue(s)Estadio General Anastasio Somoza (in Managua host cities)
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Nicaragua (1st title)
Runner-up Cuba
Third place United States
Fourth place Japan

The 1972 Amateur World Series was the 20th Amateur World Series (AWS), an international men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (FIBA) and took place, for the third time, in Nicaragua. It was won by Nicaragua national baseball team – their 1st championship. There were 16 participating countries.

The tournament occurred shortly before the devastating 1972 Nicaragua earthquake. This led to a controversy where Nicaragua was suspended from FIBA on charges that it had been too late in paying FIBA the tournament revenues, despite the earthquake. The suspension of Nicaragua in light of these events was a catalyst for Nicaragua, the United States, and several other baseball federations to leave FIBA and form their own international baseball organization, FEMBA.[1]

Final standings[edit]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Nicaragua
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Cuba
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
4  Japan
5  Panama
6  Puerto Rico
7  Dominican Republic
8  Chinese Taipei
9  Canada
10  Guatemala
11  Honduras
12  Brazil
13  Costa Rica
14  El Salvador
15  Italy
16  West Germany

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NEW WORLD AMATEUR BASEBALL FEDERATION WAS NECESSARY by R. Panaye" (PDF). Baseball Mercury (6): 3. May 1974.

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