The 33rd Cuban National Series

Cuban National Series

The Cuban National Series is the primary domestic amateur baseball competition in Cuba. Formed after the dissolution of the Cuban League in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, the Series is a part of the Cuban national baseball system.-League structure:...

 saw further dominance from the previous year's group winners: Pinar del Río, Industriales

Industriales

Industriales is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. One of the two teams based in the city of Havana, Industriales is historically the most successful team in the National Series, the main domestic competition in post-revolutionary Cuban baseball...

, Villa Clara and Santiago de Cuba. Among them, only Pinar del Río won its group by fewer than seven games, in a 65 game season.

After winning their semifinal series, Villa Clara and Industriales fought to a seventh and deciding game. Villa Clara ultimately won, after Jorge Fumero knocked in Ariel Pestano

Ariel Pestano

Ariel Pestano Valdés , better known as El Veterano , is a Cuban baseball catcher, and is known as one of the greatest catchers in Cuban history. He has won both silver and gold medals in the Olympic Games and also played catcher on Cuba's World Baseball Classic team in March 2006 and March 2009...

 for the game's winning run.

Group A

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
Pinar del Río	39	23	.629	-
Matanzas	39	26	.600	1½
Isla de la Juventud	35	30	.538	5½
Metropolitanos Metropolitanos The Metropolitanos of Havana was a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. The Metros, also known as the Guerreros , has historically been a poor team, though it is ostensibly the heir to the Habana teams of the pre-revolutionary Cuban League....	22	43	.338	18½

Group B

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
Industriales Industriales Industriales is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. One of the two teams based in the city of Havana, Industriales is historically the most successful team in the National Series, the main domestic competition in post-revolutionary Cuban baseball...	43	22	.661	-
Sancti Spíritus	36	29	.553	7
La Habana	35	30	.538	8
Cienfuegos	20	45	.307	23

Group C

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
Villa Clara	43	22	.661	-
Camagüey	35	30	.538	8
Las Tunas	28	37	.430	15
Ciego de Ávila	18	44	.290	23½

Group D

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division...
Santiago de Cuba	43	22	.661	-
Holguín	33	32	.507	10
Granma	32	33	.492	11
Guantánamo	16	49	.246	27

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