2006 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)
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, and the Philippines in addition to the hosts from Chinese Taipei (Taiwan). The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation.
Round robin
[edit | edit source]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.
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
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Country | W | L | Pct. | RS | RA | DI | RA/9DI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | File:Flag of Cuba.svg | 6 | 1 | .857 | 66 | 10 | 56 | 1.61 |
| 2 | Japan | File:Flag of Japan.svg | 6 | 1 | .857 | 39 | 16 | 60 | 2.40 |
| 3 | The Netherlands | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 5 | 2 | .714 | 55 | 21 | 51 | 3.05 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg | 4 | 3 | .571 | 39 | 33 | 64 | 4.64 |
| 5 | Australia | File:Flag of Australia.svg | 3 | 4 | .429 | 38 | 43 | 62.3 | 6.21 |
| 6 | South Korea | File:Flag of South Korea.svg | 2 | 5 | .286 | 35 | 43 | 62 | 6.24 |
| 7 | Italy | File:Flag of Italy.svg | 2 | 5 | .286 | 41 | 41 | 64 | 5.77 |
| 8 | Philippines | File:Flag of the Philippines.svg | 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
[edit | edit source]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) | ||||||
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 8 | |||||
| November 19 (15:00) | ||||||
| File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 3 | |||||
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 2 | |||||
| November 18 (18:30) | ||||||
| File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 3 | |||||
| File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines | 0 | |||||
| File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 17 | |||||
| 7th place | ||||||
| November 19 (10:00) | ||||||
| File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 5 | |||||
| File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines | 1 | |||||
Medal round
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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) | ||||||
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands | 3 | |||||
| November 19 (18:30) | ||||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 0 | |||||
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands | 3 | |||||
| November 18 (18:30) | ||||||
| File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 6 | |||||
| File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 4 | |||||
| File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 5 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| November 19 (13:00) | ||||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 0 | |||||
| File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svgChinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 4 | |||||
Final line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg The Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
Final standings
[edit | edit source]Trivia
[edit | edit source]- This tournament marks the official opening of Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
- Asia's big three teams are all short-handed as 2006 Taiwan Series champions La New Bears, Japan Series champions Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, and South Korea champions Samsung Lions are all participating in the 2006 Konami Cup Asia Series in Tokyo, Japan, which started on the same day.
See also
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website (Traditional Chinese)
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