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1978 Amateur World Series

Field	Value
country
dates	25 August – 6 September
num_teams	11
defending_champion	Cuba
champion	Cuba
num_championships	15
second	United States
third	South Korea
third-flagvar	1949
fourth	Japan
fourth-flagvar	1947
prevseason	[1976](1976-amateur-world-series)
nextseason	[1980](1980-amateur-world-series)

| third-flagvar = 1949 | fourth-flagvar = 1947 The 1978 Amateur World Series was the 25th 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 in Italy, only the second time outside the Americas, from 25 August to 6 September, and was won by Cubaits 15th AWS victory.

There were 11 participating countries, including first-time participants Belgium and Australia.

Final standings

Rank	Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Honors and awards

Statistical leaders

Statistic	Name	Total	Batting average	Hits	Runs	Home runs	Runs batted in	Stolen bases
Roberto Espino	.500
Roberto Espino
Luis Casanova	16
Antonio Muñoz
Tim Wallach	14
Antonio Muñoz	8
Antonio Muñoz	18
Mitsugu Kobayashi	13

Statistic	Name	Total	Wins	Earned run average	Strikeouts
Choi Dong-won
Shigekazu Mori	4
Mark Thurmond	0.00
Choi Dong-won	45

Awards

Award		Player		Ref.
Most Valuable Player

References

"Historia de la Copa Mundial/World Cup History XXI-XXX (1973-1988)".

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