Copa Simón Bolívar (baseball)

Copa Simón Bolívar (baseball)
Tournament details
CountryVenezuela
CityCaracas
VenueEstadio Universitario de Caracas
DatesOctober 5–15, 1985
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Cuba
Runners-up Puerto Rico
Third place United States
Tournament statistics
Games played18

The Copa Simón Bolívar was the name of the inaugural edition of the Pan American Amateur Baseball Championship (Spanish: Primer Campeonato Panamericano de Béisbol Aficionado; now known as the Copa América), which was held in Caracas, Venezuela from October 5 to 15, 1985.[1][2][3] Nine countries participated in the tournament, which was a qualifier for the 1986 Amateur World Series, held in the Netherlands.[4][5][6] Five spots from the Americas at the 1986 world championship were up for grabs; Cuba had already qualified by virtue of winning the 1984 Amateur World Series.[4]

Games were played at the Estadio Universitario de Caracas and two other stadiums in Venezuela.[4] The tournament was won by Cuba.[1]

Teams

Nine nations competed in the tournament. Mexico was invited, but ultimately did not send a team due to the effects of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Canada also did not attend, as they had just hosted the Intercontinental Cup in Edmonton earlier that year.[4]

Nicaragua was managed by César Jarquín; the team went 2–5, with its sole victories against Puerto Rico national baseball team and Colombia.[7]

The United States was managed by Duane Banks, head coach of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes; his assistants were Skip Bertman, of LSU, and Rich Alday, fresh off a JUCO World Series appearance with the Pima Aztecs.[8] Andy Stankiewicz, Mike Fetters, and Darryl Hamilton were all on the team.[9][2]

Hensley Meulens played with the Netherlands Antilles.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Béisbol Internacional COPABE". Asociación de Béisbol del Distrito Capital (in Spanish). Venezuelan Baseball Federation (FEVEBEISBOL). Archived from the original on December 30, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "EU sin derrota en torneo". Newspapers.com. El Miami Herald. 12 October 1985. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Importantes acuerdos adopto el Congreso Panamericano de beisbol". Newspapers.com. La Prensa. 19 October 1985. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d "Nueve paises abren el campeonato panamericano". Newspapers.com. El Miami Herald. 4 October 1985. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  5. ^ "¿Qué se hizo Claudio Ulloa?" (in Spanish). La Prensa. 22 October 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2025. Además, fue integrante, en par de ocasiones, de la Selección Nacional de Beisbol, con la que consiguió una victoria en la Copa Simón Bolívar de 1985, clasificatoria para el Mundial de Holanda al año siguiente.
  6. ^ "Estrellas de Siempre: Lázaro Contreras, el ángel caído del center field". Pasion Magazine. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2025. En la Copa Simón Bolívar, evento clasificatorio para el Mundial de Holanda en 1986, hizo un sensacional engarce en el jardín central en juego contra Estados Unidos
  7. ^ "SELECCIONES DE NICARAGUA EN EVENTOS INTERNACIONALES" (PDF). WBSC.org. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Alday to coach U.S. team in American Games at Caracas". Newspapers.com. Tucson Citizen. 4 October 1985. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Classmates on the global diamond". Newspapers.com. Los Angeles Times. 4 October 1985. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
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