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The 1943 Amateur World Series was the sixth edition of the Amateur World Series (AWS), an international men's
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tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the
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(which titled it the Baseball World Cup as of the 1988 tournament). The tournament took place, for the fifth consecutive time, in
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. It was contested by four national teams playing twelve games each from September 25 through October 19 in
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, who won its fourth overall, and second consecutive, AWS title.


Final standings


References

*Bjarkman, P. ''A History of Cuban Baseball'' {{Baseball World Cup Amateur World Series, 1943 Baseball World Cup
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