1976 Amateur World Series

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1976 Amateur World Series
Tournament details
Host country Colombia
Teams11 (from 4 continents)
Defending champions Cuba (1976)
Final positions
Champions
Gold
 Cuba (14th title)
Runner-up
Silver
 Puerto Rico
Third place
Bronze
 Japan
Fourth place Nicaragua
1974
1978

The 1976 Amateur World Series was the 24th 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 fourth time, in Colombia, and was won by Cuba – its 14th AWS victory.

There were 11 participating countries, including first-time participant South Korea.

Final standings[]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cuba
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Puerto Rico
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan
4  Nicaragua
5  Dominican Republic
6  South Korea
7  Chinese Taipei
8  Colombia
9  Panama
10  Mexico
11  Netherlands

References[]

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