The 1988 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 30th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament took place, for the second time, in Italy, from August 23 to September 7, and was won by Cuba – its 19th overall victory (their first under the BWC name).

Key Information

Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	23 August – 7 September
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (19th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Chinese Taipei
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Games played	70
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There were 12 participating countries.

The next nine competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, then was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.

Standings

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Pos	Team	W	L	RS	RA
1	Cuba	11	0	112	35
2	United States	10	1	120	22
3	Chinese Taipei	8	3	77	32
4	Japan	7	4	65	29
5	Canada	7	4	73	72
6	Puerto Rico	6	5	77	46
7	Nicaragua	5	6	46	61
8	South Korea	5	6	59	47
9	Italy	4	7	51	70
10	Netherlands	2	9	49	93
11	Netherlands Antilles	1	10	44	115
12	Spain	0	11	9	160

	Semifinals				Final
	Cuba	7
	Japan	3
					Cuba	4
					United States	3
	United States	6
	Chinese Taipei	3			Third place
					Japan	2
					Chinese Taipei	4

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	13	0
	United States	11	2
	Chinese Taipei	9	4
4	Japan	7	6
5	Canada	7	4
6	Puerto Rico	6	5
7	Nicaragua	5	6
8	South Korea	5	6
9	Italy	4	7
10	Netherlands	2	9
11	Netherlands Antilles	1	10
12	Spain	0	11

Tournament Awards[1] Award Player Leading hitter Antonio Pacheco Pitcher with best ERA Ben McDonald Pitcher with best win/loss average Takehiro Ishii Most Runs batted in Robin Ventura Most Home runs Luis Casanova  Most Stolen bases Julio Medina Kenji Tomashino  Most Runs scored Ty Griffin Omar Linares

All Star Team[1] Position Player Pitchers Takehiro Ishii Jim Abbott Catcher Pedro Rodríguez First base Tino Martinez Second base Antonio Pacheco Third base Robin Ventura Shortstop Matt Stairs Outfield Luis Casanova Lourdes Gourriel Daisuke Tsutsui Designated hitter Mike Fiore