CUBAN NATIONAL SERIES

The 'Cuban National Series' (Spanish: ''Serie Nacional de Béisbol'') 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.

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League structure

West League

East League

Serie Nacional winners

See also

League structure

Since 1993, the league has had 16 teams: one representing each province, and two for the city of Havana. Each team is made up of players from the province it represents. In Havana, most of the top tier players take the field for Industriales, traditionally the strongest team in the league. Other typically strong teams include those from Santiago de Cuba, Pinar del Río and Villa Clara.
The 90-game regular season stretches from November until March, and culminates with an eight team tournament to decide the league champion.

West League

'Group A'
Team	Nickname	Location	Stadium
Isla de la Juventud	Grapefruit cutters ()	Nueva Gerona	Estadio Cristóbal Labra
Matanzas	Crocodiles ()	Matanzas	Victoria de Girón Stadium
Pinar del Río		Pinar del Río	Estadio Capitán San Luis
Metropolitanos	Warriors ()	Havana	Estadio Latinoamericano
'Group B'
Industriales	Blue lions	Havana	Estadio Latinoamericano
Cienfuegos	Shrimpers	Cienfuegos	Cinco de Septiembre Stadium
Sancti Spíritus	Roosters	Sancti Spíritus	José Antonio Huelga Stadium
La Habana	Cowboys	Havana Province	Estadio Nelson Fernández

East League

'Group C'
Team	Nickname	Location	Stadium
Camagüey	''Alfareros''	Camagüey	Estadio Cándido González
Ciego de Ávila	''Tigres''	Ciego de Ávila	José Ramón Cepero Stadium
Las Tunas	''Magos''	Victoria de Las Tunas	Julio Antonio Mella Stadium
Villa Clara	''Naranjas''	Santa Clara	Estadio Augusto César Sandino
'Group D'
Granma	''Alazanes''	Bayamo	Mártires de Barbados Stadium
Guantánamo	''Indios''	Guantánamo	Nguyen Van Troi Stadium
Holguín	''Sabuesos''	Holguín	Calixto García Íñiguez Stadium
Santiago de Cuba	''Avispas''	Santiago de Cuba	Estadio Guillermón Moncada

Serie Nacional winners

Series	Year	Winning team	Manager
1	1962	Occidentales	Fermín Guerra
2	1963	Industriales	Ramón Carneado
3	1964	Industriales	Ramón Carneado
4	1965	Industriales	Ramón Carneado
5	1966	Industriales	Ramón Carneado
6	1967	Orientales	Roberto Ledo
7	1968	Habana	Juan Gómez
8	1969	Azucareros	Servio Borges
9	1970	Henequeneros	Miguel A. Domínguez
10	1971	Azucareros	Servio Borges
11	1972	Azucareros	Pedro P. Delgado
12	1973	Industriales	Pedro Chávez
13	1974	Habana	Jorge Trigoura
14	1975	Agricultores	Orlando Leroux
15	1976	Ganaderos	Carlos Gómez
16	1977	Citricultores	Juan Bregio
17	1978	Vegueros	José M. Pineda
18	1979	Sancti Spíritus	Cándido Andrade
19	1980	Santiago de Cuba	Manuel Miyar
20	1981	Vegueros	José M. Pineda
21	1982	Vegueros	Jorge Fuentes
22	1983	Villa Clara	Eduardo Martín
23	1984	Citricultores	Tomás Soto
24	1985	Vegueros	Jorge Fuentes
25	1986	Industriales	Pedro Chávez
26	1987	Vegueros	Jorge Fuentes
27	1988	Vegueros	Jorge Fuentes
28	1989	Santiago de Cuba	Higinio Vélez
29	1990	Henequeneros	Gerardo Junco
30	1991	Henequeneros	Gerardo Junco
31	1992	Industriales	Jorge Trigoura
32	1993	Villa Clara	Pedro Jova
33	1994	Villa Clara	Pedro Jova
34	1995	Villa Clara	Pedro Jova
35	1996	Industriales	Pedro Medina
36	1997	Pinar del Río	Jorge Fuentes
37	1998	Pinar del Río	Alfonso Urquiola
38	1999	Santiago de Cuba	Higinio Vélez
39	2000	Santiago de Cuba	Higinio Vélez
40	2001	Santiago de Cuba	Higinio Vélez
41	2002	Holguín	Héctor Hernández
42	2003	Industriales	Rey Vicente Anglada
43	2004	Industriales	Rey Vicente Anglada
44	2005	Santiago de Cuba	Antonio Pacheco
45	2006	Industriales	Rey Vicente Anglada
46	2007	Santiago de Cuba

See also

★ List of Cuban National Series MVPs