1942 Amateur World Series 26. 1942 Amateur World Series The 1942 Amateur World Series was the fifth edition of the tournament, which later was known as the Baseball World Cup. It was contested by five different teams playing twelve games each from September 26 through October 20 in Havana, Cuba, as the host team reclaimed its third championship in five attempts. There was a noticeably lower participation of teams as the effects of World War II started to be felt in the Pacific. The United States withdrew and forfeited their last four games. Therefore, the number of games contested, as opposed to slated, was
USA Baseball nation. The team went on to capture the gold medal in the first-ever International Baseball Federation (IBAF) Women's Baseball World Cup in Edmonton, Canada. Team USA repeated as IBAF World Cup gold medalists in 2006 in Taiwan, before taking home the bronze medal at the 2008 World Cup in Japan and again in 2010 in Venezuela. In 2012 and 2014, the Women's National Team won the silver medal at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Baseball World Cup in Edmonton, Canada, and Miyazaki, Japan, respectively. The 2015 Women's National Team competed in the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games and