1990 Baseball World Cup

The 1990 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 31st 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 only time, in Canada from August 4 to 19. Cuba defeated Nicaragua in the final to win its 20th title.^[1]

1990 Baseball World Cup

Tournament details
Country	Canada
Dates	4–19 August
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (20th title)
Runners-up	Nicaragua
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Games played	53
Awards
MVP	Kuo Lee Chien-Fu
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There were 12 participating countries, with all games played at the John Ducey Park in the city of Edmonton.^[2]

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

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Cuba	5	0	70	8
2	Nicaragua	3	2	25	16
3	Japan	3	2	29	14
4	South Korea	2	3	26	39
5	Mexico	1	4	9	53
6	Italy	1	4	20	49

Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Puerto Rico	5	0	26	9
2	United States	4	1	66	22
3	Chinese Taipei	3	2	29	23
4	Canada	2	3	21	48
5	Netherlands	1	4	20	35
6	Venezuela	0	5	21	46

Second round

Pool C

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Cuba	3	0	44	5
2	South Korea	2	1	17	9
3	Chinese Taipei	1	2	14	34
4	United States	0	3	11	38

Pool D

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Nicaragua	2	1	16	15
2	Puerto Rico	2	1	22	21
3	Japan	2	1	31	24
4	Canada	0	3	17	26

Pool E

Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Netherlands	2	1	28	25
2	Italy	2	1	21	17
3	Mexico	1	2	19	21
4	Venezuela	1	2	12	17

Final round

7th place game

17 August 1990	United States	9 – 4	Canada	John Ducey Park, Edmonton

5th place game

17 August 1990	Chinese Taipei	3 – 14	Japan	John Ducey Park, Edmonton

Bronze medal game

18 August 1990	Puerto Rico	4 – 7	South Korea	John Ducey Park, Edmonton

Final

18 August 1990	Nicaragua	0 – 14	Cuba	John Ducey Park, Edmonton

19 August 1990	Cuba	11 – 5	Nicaragua	John Ducey Park, Edmonton

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	10	0
	Nicaragua	5	5
	South Korea	5	4
4	Puerto Rico	7	2
5	Japan	6	3
6	Chinese Taipei	4	5
7	United States	5	4
8	Canada	2	7
9	Netherlands	3	5
10	Italy	3	5
11	Mexico	2	6
12	Venezuela	1	7

Awards

Tournament Awards[3] Award Player MVP Kuo Lee Chien-Fu Leading hitter Orestes Kindelán Pitcher with best ERA Lázaro Valle Pitcher with best win/loss average Kuo Lee Chien-Fu Most Runs batted in Orestes Kindelán Most Home runs Orestes Kindelán Most Stolen bases Masato Naito Most Runs scored Omar Linares Outstanding defensive player Efraín García

All Star Team[3] Position Player Pitchers Omar Ajete Kuo Lee Chien-Fu Catcher Pedro Rodríguez First base Lourdes Gourriel Second base Julio Medina Third base Omar Linares Shortstop Germán Mesa Outfield Shinichi Sato Ángel Morales Rikkert Faneyte Designated hitter Orestes Kindelán