1973 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)
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The 1973 Intercontinental Cup was the inaugural edition of the long-running international baseball tournament. It was held in Italy
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Bruno Beneck, president of the Italian baseball federation (FIBS) was dissatisfied with the Latin American predominance of the worldwide governing body for the sport of baseball, the International Baseball Federation
(IBAF, which was called FIBA at the time). Beneck formed a splinter group called FEMBA, which organized the tournament.
The two groups merged back together in and continued to play the series.
Italy
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Bruno Beneck, president of the Italian baseball federation (FIBS) was dissatisfied with the Latin American predominance of the worldwide governing body for the sport of baseball, the International Baseball Federation
International Baseball Federation
The International Baseball Federation is the worldwide governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee as overseeing, deciding and executing the policy of the bat-and-ball sport of baseball at the international level...
(IBAF, which was called FIBA at the time). Beneck formed a splinter group called FEMBA, which organized the tournament.
The two groups merged back together in and continued to play the series.
Final standings
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