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1989 Big League World Series
Tournament details
Country United States
City Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Dates12–19 August 1989 (1989-08-12 – 1989-08-19)
Teams 11
Final positions
Champions Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
Runner-up Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela
←  1988
1990 →

The 1989 Big League World Series took place from August 12–19 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Taipei, Taiwan defeated Maracaibo, Venezuela in the championship game. It was Taiwan's third straight championship.

This year featured the debut of the Central America region. [1]

Teams

United States International
Florida Broward County, Florida
District 10
Host
Canada British Columbia Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Canada
Delaware Dover, Delaware

East
Panama Panama City, Panama

Central America
Illinois Chicago, Illinois

North
West Germany Ramstein, West Germany

Europe
Florida Orlando, Florida

South
Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan

Far East
California San Leandro, California

West
Puerto Rico Carolina, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico
Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela

Venezuela

Results

[2] [3] [4] [5]

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper round 3Upper finalFinal
1–0 Taiwan Taiwan7
Taiwan Taiwan5 Canada Canada0
2–0 Taiwan Taiwan8
Florida Host1
1–0 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico0
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico6
Illinois Illinois5
3–0 Taiwan Taiwan4
3–0 Panama Panama1
1–0 Venezuela Venezuela7
Venezuela Venezuela4 Delaware Delaware1
2–0 Venezuela Venezuela0
Florida Florida1
2–0 Panama Panama2
1–0 Panama Panama9
Panama Panama6 West Germany West Germany3
California California34–0 Taiwan Taiwan1
5–1 Venezuela Venezuela0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower round 4Lower final
0–1 Florida Florida3
2–1 Venezuela Venezuela
0–1 Illinois Illinois5
1–1 Illinois Illinois82–1 Illinois Illinois
3–1 Panama Panama6
1–1 Canada Canada2
0–1 California California13–1 Venezuela Venezuela34–1 Venezuela Venezuela7
0–1 Canada Canada63–1 Florida Host1
1–1 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico6
0–1 Delaware Delaware22–1 Florida Host12
0–1 West Germany West Germany11–1 Florida Host12
0–1 Florida Host11
1989 Big League World Series Champions

Taipei, Taiwan

References

  1. ^ Probability Of Expansion Leads To Format Changes. [1] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Sun-Sentinel.
  2. ^ Broward Ousts Puerto Rico From Series. [2] Archived 2015-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Sun-Sentinel.
  3. ^ Venezuela Eliminates Broward Home Runs Lead To A 3-1 Victory. [3] Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. Sun-Sentinel.
  4. ^ Venezuela To Face Taiwan For Title. [4] Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. Sun-Sentinel.
  5. ^ Far East Keeps Title, Beats Venezuela 1-0. [5] Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. Sun-Sentinel.