Eight countries contested the tournament including Cuba, Australia, Italy, Nicaragua, Japan, France, United States of America and the host Spain.
[1] The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation.
[citation needed] The tournament saw the Japan national baseball team stun the Cuba national baseball team in the final, 11-2, ending a 14-year tournament dominance which included 7 tournament golds.
The tournament MVP was Australia's Paul Gonzalez.
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