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2006 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)

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The 2006 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was held in Taichung, Taiwan from November 9 through the 19th. Eight countries contested the tournament, which was played at Taichung Baseball Field and the newly built Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium. The participating countries were Cuba, Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines in addition to the hosts from Chinese Taipei (Taiwan). The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation.

Round robin

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The eight teams will play a round-robin format in which they will each play the other teams once. This means that each team will play seven games in this first phase of the tournament over the course of eight days.

First pitch in a competitive game at the stadium in a game between the Philippines and South Korea in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup
A look in the Philippine dugout during the game against South Korea on November 9
Japan v. Cuba
A look inside the Korean dugout
Taiwanese fans before a game.
Date Time Venue Home Guest Result
11/9 10:00 TF Cuba The Netherlands 3-2
11/9 13:00 IBC South Korea The Philippines 10-0 (6½ innings)
11/9 14:00 TF Australia Japan 3-4 (10 innings)
11/9 19:30 IBC Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Italy 3-13
11/10 13:00 IBC The Philippines Australia 2-12 (8 innings)
11/10 13:00 TF South Korea Cuba 1-8
11/10 18:30 IBC Japan Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 4-3
11/10 18:30 TF The Netherlands Italy 10-8
11/11 13:00 IBC Italy Cuba 0-9
11/11 13:00 TF Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Australia 4-2
11/11 18:30 TF The Philippines The Netherlands 0-22 (7 innings)
11/11 18:30 IBC Japan South Korea 2-1
11/12 13:00 IBC South Korea Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 7-9 (12 innings)
11/12 13:00 TF The Netherlands Japan 0-3
11/12 18:30 TF The Philippines Cuba 0-24 (7 innings)
11/12 18:30 IBC Australia Italy 8-7 (13 innings)
11/13 Rest Day
11/14 13:00 IBC Cuba Japan 6-3
11/14 13:00 TF Italy The Philippines 9-0
11/14 18:30 IBC Australia South Korea 10-9
11/14 18:30 TF Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) The Netherlands 2-4 (10 innings)
11/15 13:00 TF Italy Japan 3-6
11/15 13:00 IBC South Korea The Netherlands 2-13 (8 innings)
11/15 18:30 IBC Cuba Australia 13-0 (4½ innings)1
11/15 18:30 TF The Philippines Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 0-14 (6 innings)1
11/16 13:00 IBC Italy South Korea 1-5
11/16 13:00 TF Japan The Philippines 17-0 (6½ innings)
11/16 18:30 TF The Netherlands Australia 4-3 (11 innings) 2
11/16 18:30 IBC Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Cuba 4-3

1 Game called due to bad weather condition.
2 Dutch manager ejected in the top of the eleventh for obscenities in argument with an umpire.

Table

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Rank Country W L Pct. RS RA DI RA/9DI
1 Cuba 6 1 .857 66 10 56 1.61
2 Japan 6 1 .857 39 16 60 2.40
3 The Netherlands 5 2 .714 55 21 51 3.05
4 Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 4 3 .571 39 33 64 4.64
5 Australia 3 4 .429 38 43 62.3 6.21
6 South Korea 2 5 .286 35 43 62 6.24
7 Italy 2 5 .286 41 41 64 5.77
8 Philippines 0 7 .000 2 108 48 20.25
DI=Innings played on defense
RA/9DI=Runs allowed for every nine defensive innings played
  • Tiebreaker
    • head-to-head
    • RA/9DI
  • Notes
    • Cuba wins tiebreaker over Japan based on head-to-head result
    • South Korea wins tiebreaker over Italy based on head-to-head result

Classification round

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The teams that finish in fifth through eighth place in the round robin will face off in the consolation round. All consolation round matches will be played at Taichung Baseball Field.

 
5-8th place5th place
 
      
 
November 18 (13:00)
 
 
Italy 8
 
November 19 (15:00)
 
South Korea 3
 
Italy2
 
November 18 (18:30)
 
Australia 3
 
Philippines 0
 
 
Australia 17
 
7th place
 
 
November 19 (10:00)
 
 
South Korea5
 
 
Philippines1

Medal round

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Taiwanese players thank the home fans after the loss to Cuba
Cuba receives the gold medal between the silver and bronze medalists

The top four teams from the round robin will enter the medal round of the competition. All medal round games will be played at the Intercontinental Baseball Stadium.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
November 18 (13:00)
 
 
The Netherlands 3
 
November 19 (18:30)
 
Japan 0
 
The Netherlands3
 
November 18 (18:30)
 
Cuba6
 
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 4
 
 
Cuba5
 
Third place
 
 
November 19 (13:00)
 
 
Japan0
 
 
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)4

Final line score

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Cuba 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 6 7 0
The Netherlands 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 5

Final standings

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Rank Country
1 Cuba
2 The Netherlands
3 Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
4 Japan
5 Australia
6 Italy
7 South Korea
8 Philippines

Trivia

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See also

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  • Official website (Traditional Chinese)
  • "Schedule" (PDF). (77.3 KiB)