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 took place in Italy and was won by Cuba.

There were 11 participating countries. It was also Belgium's and Australia's first Amateur World Series, later to be known as the Baseball World Cup.

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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