1982 Amateur World Series

The 1982 Amateur World Series was the 27th Amateur World Series (AWS), an international men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (which titled it the Baseball World Cup as of the 1988 tournament). The tournament took place, for the only time, in South Korea, from 4 September to 14 September, and was won by South Korea in its first AWS victory.

1982 Amateur World Series

Tournament details
Country	South Korea
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	South Korea
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
← 1980 1984 →

There were 10 participating countries.

Standings

Pos	Team	P	W	L
1	South Korea	9	8	1
2	Japan	9	7	2
3	United States	9	6	3
4	Chinese Taipei	9	6	3
5	Canada	9	5	4
6	Netherlands	9	3	6
7	Panama	9	3	6
8	Dominican Republic	9	3	6
9	Australia	9	2	7
10	Italy	9	2	7

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.

All Star Team Position Player Best right-handed pitcher Sun Dong-Yeol Best left-hand pitcher Rob Heisler Catcher Larry Downes First Base Edolrdo Orrizzi Second Base Charles Urbanus Jr. Third Base Lin Fua-wei Shortstop Kim Jae-bak Outfield Jordan Berge George Chao Doug McPhail Designated Hitter Kunio Takesue

Tournament Awards Award Player MVP Sun Dong-Yeol Leading Batter George Chao Best Earned Run Average (Pitcher) Lim Ho-Kyun Most Wins (Pitcher) Sun Dong-Yeol Most Runs Batted In Kunio Takesue Most Home Runs Kunio Takesue Most Stolen Bases Mitsugu Kobayashi Most Runs Scored Robert Cobb

Notable players

• Darrel Akerfelds
• Mike Brumley
• Mike Capel
• Wally Joyner
• Chris Sabo
• Bill Swift
• Philip Dale
• Félix Fermín
• Ramón Peña
• Choi Dong-Won
• Han Dae-hwa
• Kim Jae-bak
• Sun Dong-Yeol
• Kuo Tai-yuan

References

• Men: World Cup at Sports123.com