The 2006 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was held in Taichung, Taiwan from November 9 through the 19th. Eight countries contested the tournament, which was played in two different venues. Those venues were Taichung Baseball Field and the newly-built Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium. The eight 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.
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Tickets went on sale at noon on Friday, November 3 for the games of the first four days over the Internet. Over following days, tickets for the next day not yet offered will then become available. Internet sales of tickets will end at noon two days prior to the date the game is played. The Sunday, November 11 game between Taiwan and South Korea was the first game to sell out, having sold out within three hours of tickets being made available.
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.
Date | Time | Venue | Home | Guest | Result | ||
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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.
Rank | Country | W | L | Pct. | RS | RA | DI | RA/9DI | |
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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 | The Philippines | 0 | 7 | .000 | 2 | 108 | 48 | 20.25 |
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 place | 5th place | ||||||
November 18 (13:00) | |||||||
Italy | 8 | ||||||
South Korea | 3 | ||||||
November 19 (15:00) | |||||||
Italy | 2 | ||||||
Australia | 3 | ||||||
7th place | |||||||
November 18 (18:30) | November 19 (10:00) | ||||||
Philippines | 0 | South Korea | 5 | ||||
Australia | 17 | Philippines | 1 |
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-finals | Final | ||||||
November 18 (13:00) | |||||||
The Netherlands | 3 | ||||||
Japan | 0 | ||||||
November 19 (18:30) | |||||||
The Netherlands | 3 | ||||||
Cuba | 6 | ||||||
Third place | |||||||
November 18 (18:30) | November 19 (13:00) | ||||||
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 4 | Japan | 0 | ||||
Cuba | 5 | Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 4 |
Final line score
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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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 |
Rank | Country |
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1 | Cuba |
2 | The Netherlands |
3 | Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) |
4 | Japan |
5 | Australia |
6 | Italy |
7 | South Korea |
8 | Philippines |
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