2006 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)

This article is about the baseball tournament. For the cricket tournament, see 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup.

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.

Ticket Sales

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.

Round robin

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

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 The Philippines 0 7 .000 2 108 48 20.25
DI=Innings played on defense
RA/9DI=Runs allowed for every nine defensive innings played

Classification Round

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

Medal Round

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-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
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

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

Trivia

See also

External links

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