| Country: | South Korea |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Continents: | 3 |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Medal Type: | world cup |
| Champion: | South Korea |
| Champion-Flagvar: | 1949 |
| Second: | Japan |
| Second-Flagvar: | 1947 |
| Third: | United States |
| Fourth: | Chinese Taipei |
| Prevseason: | 1980 |
| Nextseason: | 1984 |
The 1982 Amateur World Series was the 27th Amateur World Series (AWS), an international men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (which titled it the Baseball World Cup as of the 1988 tournament). The tournament took place, for the only time, in South Korea, from 4 September to 14 September, and was won by South Korea in its first AWS victory.
There were 10 participating countries.
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.
| Best right-handed pitcher |  Sun Dong-Yeol | |
|---|---|---|
| Best left-hand pitcher |  Rob Heisler | |
| Catcher | Larry Downes | |
| First Base |  Edolrdo Orrizzi | |
| Second Base | Charles Urbanus Jr. | |
| Third Base | Lin Fua-wei | |
| Shortstop | Kim Jae-bak | |
| Outfield |  Jordan Berge | |
| George Chao | ||
| Doug McPhail | ||
| Designated Hitter |  Kunio Takesue |
| MVP | Sun Dong-Yeol | |
|---|---|---|
| Leading Batter | George Chao | |
| Best Earned Run Average (Pitcher) | Lim Ho-Kyun | |
| Most Wins (Pitcher) | Sun Dong-Yeol | |
| Most Runs Batted In | Kunio Takesue | |
| Most Home Runs | Kunio Takesue | |
| Most Stolen Bases | Mitsugu Kobayashi | |
| Most Runs Scored | Robert Cobb |