Intercontinental Cup (baseball)

Intercontinental Cup (baseball)
Sport	Baseball
Founded	1973
Ceased	2011
No. of teams	8 (Finals)
Continent	International
Last champion(s)	Cuba
Most titles	Cuba (11)

The Intercontinental Cup was a baseball tournament between the members of the then-International Baseball Federation (IBAF). It was first held in 1973 in Italy, and was held every other year following until 1999.

After 1999, the tournament was held every few four years -- in 2002, 2006 and 2010. As with many international baseball competitions, it was dominated by Cuba which won 10 gold and 3 silver in 16 tournaments. The most recent tournament was held in 2010, in Taichung, Taiwan, and appears to have been the last time the tournament was held.^[1]^[2]

The 1973 and 1975 tourneys were organized by the IBAF splinter group FEMBA. The groups reunited in 1976 and continued to present the competition.^[3]

Results

Year	Final Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Year	Final Host	Medalists^[4]
1973 Details	Italy	Japan	Puerto Rico	United States
1975 Details	Canada	United States	Japan	Nicaragua
1977 Details	Nicaragua	South Korea	United States	Japan
1979 Details	Cuba	Cuba	Japan	United States
1981 Details	Canada	United States	Cuba	Dominican Republic
1983 Details	Belgium	Cuba	United States	Chinese Taipei
1985 Details	Canada	Cuba	South Korea	Japan
1987 Details	Cuba	Cuba	United States	Japan
1989 Details	Puerto Rico	Cuba	Japan	Puerto Rico
1991 Details	Spain	Cuba	Japan	Nicaragua
1993 Details	Italy	Cuba	United States	Japan
1995 Details	Cuba	Cuba	Japan	Nicaragua
1997 Details	Spain	Japan	Cuba	Australia
1999 Details	Australia	Australia	Cuba	Japan
2002 Details	Cuba	Cuba	South Korea	Panama
2006 Details	Taiwan	Cuba	Netherlands	Chinese Taipei
2010 Details	Taiwan	Cuba	Netherlands	Italy

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	11	3	0	14
2	Japan	2	5	5	12
3	United States	2	4	2	8
4	South Korea	1	2	0	3
5	Australia	1	0	1	2
6	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
7	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2
8	Nicaragua	0	0	3	3
9	Chinese Taipei	0	0	2	2
10	Panama	0	0	1	1
11	Italy	0	0	1	1
12	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1

References

↑ http://www.ibaf.org/en/tournament.aspx?id=7934f35e-3ebe-4ac9-aad6-208fbf8794f3
↑ At Baseball-Reference.com, scroll down and click on "Bullpen Wiki", then scroll down to "Categories". Under "Categories", go to "Leagues and Teams" and click on "International Baseball". Then click on "2010 International Cup".
↑ http://www.ibaf.org/en/infopage-detail.aspx?id=30072a6b-f11a-4e16-97b7-f223a28c993d
↑ List of medalists Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine.

International baseball
WBSC (former governing body: IBAF) World Rankings Teams
WBSC Events	World Baseball Classic WBSC Premier12 U23 World Cup U18 World Cup U15 World Cup U12 World Cup Women's Baseball World Cup
Minor World Events	Grand Forks International Haarlem Baseball Week Summer Universiade World Baseball Challenge World Port Tournament World University
Defunct World Events	Baseball at the Summer Olympics World Games Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup Women's Baseball World Series
Africa	African Baseball & Softball Association – All-Africa Games
Americas	Pan American Baseball Confederation – Pan American Games America Cup Caribbean Series Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games
Asia	Baseball Federation of Asia – Asian Championship Asian Games Junior (under 18) Southeast Asian Games SAARC Baseball Championship Asia Series
Europe	Confederation of European Baseball – European Championship European Cup "Final Four" Under-21 Junior (under 18) Youth (under 16) Juveniles (under 12)
Oceania	Baseball Confederation of Oceania – Oceania Championship Pacific Games

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Intercontinental Cup (baseball)

Results

Medal table

See also

References