The previous year's event had been a huge disappointment, with the poorly-attended games played in the Orange Bowl, a stadium wholly unsuited for baseball.
Licey also received offensive support from Henry Rodríguez, Andújar Cedeño, Francisco Cabrera, Gilberto Reyes, Juan Bell and Silvestre Campusano.
Each of the remaining teams finished 1–2 in the round-robin part of the tournament, leading to a semi final playoff in which Venezuela beat both Mexico and Puerto Rico once each.
The Venezuelan Cardenales de Lara included players as Luis Aponte, Willie Banks, Derek Bell, William Cañate, Giovanni Carrara, Tony Castillo, José Escobar, Tobias Hernández, Alexis Infante, Randy Knorr, Robert Pérez, Luis Sojo, Mike Timlin and Mark Whiten.
Puerto Rico's Cangrejeros de Santurce disappointed, even though they fielded an impressive squad which included Eric Anthony, Luis Aquino, Kevin Brown, Jacob Brumfield, Casey Candaele, Mike Cubbage, Carlos Delgado, Tony Fossas, Leo Gómez, Mark Lemke, Jaime Navarro, Andy Tomberlin and David West.