1972 Amateur World Series
Tournament details
CountryNicaragua
Venue(s)Estadio General Anastasio Somoza (in Managua host cities)
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Nicaragua (1st title)
Runner-up Cuba
Third place United States
Fourth place Japan

The 1972 Amateur World Series was the 20th 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 third time, in Nicaragua, and was won by Nicaragua national baseball team  their 1st championship .

There were 16 participating countries.

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nicaragua
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cuba
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United States
4 Japan
5 Panama
6 Puerto Rico
7 Dominican Republic
8 Chinese Taipei
9 Canada
10 Guatemala
11 Honduras
12 Brazil
13 Costa Rica
14 El Salvador
15 Italy
16 West Germany

References

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