1981 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)


The 1981 Intercontinental Cup was held from August 6 to August 16 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Eight teams participated in the tournament, which was won by the United States national baseball team.
The participating teams included the United States, Canada, Cuba, Japan, Panama, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, and Australia.
The United States secured the championship, with Cuba finishing as the runner-up and the Dominican Republic placing third.

Medalists

The following list of medalists is based on the rosters announced at the start of the tournament.
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Bob Batesole
Pat Clements
Mike Dotterer
Burk Goldthorn
Terry Johnson
Dan Jones
Todd Lamb
Gregg Lomnicky
Tony Mack
Oddibe McDowell
Spike Owen
Jim Paciorek
John Russell
Augie Schmidt
Howard Simmons
Dave Stenhouse
Franklin Stubbs
Mike Toothman
Ed Vosberg
Brian Wolcott

Austin Arias
Orlando Cano
Luis Casanova
Johnny Cordoba
Luis Dominguez
Lourdes Gourriel
Pedro Jova
Francisco Martinez
Victor Mendoza
Victor Mesa
Antonio Muñoz
Hector Olivera
Carmelo Pedroso
Crispin Poveda
Rodolfo Puente
Fernando Sanchez
Wilfredo Sanchez
Alfonso Urquiola

Juan Caram
Ramon Castro
Junior Gelbal
Federico Javier
Francisco Jimenez
Victor Mercedes
Julio Montas
Ivan Morales
Jose Ortega
Juan Ozoria
Alfredo Paulino
Jose Pelegrin
Jose Peralta
Orlando Pina
Pablo Salas
Juan Sosa
Jony Tavarez
Pedro Taveras
Isidro Valdez

All-Tournament Team

Source
PositionPlayer
C Burk Goldthorn
1B Victor Mercedes
2B Orlando Guerrero
3B Shinichi Tani
SS Kim Jai-bok
LF Junior Gelbal
CF Luis Casanova
RF Roberto Dominguez
DH John Russell
LHP Ed Vosberg
RHP Choi Dong-won