1986 Amateur World Series


The 1986 Amateur World Series was the 29th Amateur World Series, an international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation. The tournament took place, for the first time, in the Netherlands, from July 19 to August 2, and was won by Cuba national [baseball team|Cuba]its 18th AWS victory.
There were 12 participating countries.
This was the last time the IBAF titled it as the AWS; the next ten competitions were held under the name Baseball World Cup, then was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Final standings

Honors and awards

Statistical leaders

StatisticNameTotal
Batting [average (baseball)|Batting average] Giuseppe Carelli.478
Hits Giuseppe Carelli22
Runs Roberto Bianchi18
Home runs Luis Casanova6
Runs batted in Luis Casanova
Stolen bases Roberto Santana6

StatisticNameTotal
Wins Park Dong-hee3
Earned run average Ming-Shan Kang0.35

All-Star team

PositionPlayer
C Roberto Bianchi
1B Antonio Muñoz
2B Antonio [Pacheco (baseball)|Antonio Pacheco]
3B Omar Linares
SS Chung-il Ryu
OF Lourdes Gourriel
OF Víctor Mesa
OF Luis Casanova
DH Orestes Kindelán
P Pablo Abreu
P Ming-Shan Kang