| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Korea |
| Teams | 10 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  South Korea |
| Runner-up |  Japan |
| Third place |  United States |
| Fourth place |  Chinese Taipei |
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.