1996–97 Cuban National Series

Pinar del Río dominated the 1996–97 Cuban National Series, posting the league's best regular season record. In the playoffs, the Vegueros, led by Omar Linares, went undefeated, sweeping both best-of-seven series.

Standings

Group A

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Pinar del Río	50	15	.769	-
Metropolitanos	42	23	.646	8
Matanzas	39	26	.600	11
Isla de la Juventud	31	34	.476	19

Group B

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Industriales	33	32	.520	-
La Habana	30	35	.461	4
Cienfuegos	25	40	.384	9
Sancti Spíritus	16	49	.246	18

Group C

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Villa Clara	37	27	.578	-
Camagüey	33	32	.507	4½
Las Tunas	28	37	.430	9½
Ciego de Ávila	20	45	.307	17½

Group D

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Santiago de Cuba	49	16	.753	-
Holguín	34	31	.523	15
Granma	28	37	.430	21
Guantánamo	23	41	.359	25½

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	A	Pinar del Río	4
	B	Industriales	0
						A	Pinar del Río	4
						C	Villa Clara	0
	C	Villa Clara	4
	D	Santiago de Cuba	2

References

• "Las 40 primeras Series Nacionales". Granma (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 27, 2014.
• "Cronología: 1997" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 26, 2005. Retrieved 2006-10-11. (Note - text is printed in a white font on a white background, depending on browser used.)