2006 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)

the baseball tournament the cricket tournament 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup The 2006 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was held in Taichung, Taiwan from November 9–19. 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 The eight teams played a round-robin format. thumb|right|First pitch in a competitive game at the stadium in a game between the Philippines and South Korea in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup thumb|right|A look in the Philippine dugout during the game against South Korea on November 9 thumb|right|Japan v. Cuba thumb|right|A look inside the Korean dugout thumb|right|Taiwanese fans before a game. DateTimeVenueHome Guest Result11/910:00TFCuba20px|The Netherlands20px|20px| 3-211/913:00IBCSouth Korea20px|The Philippines20px|20px| 10-0 (6½ innings)11/914:00TFAustralia20px|Japan20px|20px| 3-4 (10 innings)11/919:30IBCChinese Taipei (Taiwan)20px|Italy20px|20px| 3-13 11/1013:00IBCThe Philippines20px|Australia20px|20px| 2-12 (8 innings)11/1013:00TFSouth Korea20px|Cuba20px|20px| 1-811/1018:30IBCJapan20px|Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)20px|20px| 4-311/1018:30TFThe Netherlands20px|Italy20px|20px| 10-811/1113:00IBCItaly20px|Cuba20px|20px| 0-911/1113:00TFChinese Taipei (Taiwan)20px|Australia20px|20px| 4-211/1118:30TFThe Philippines20px|The Netherlands20px|20px| 0-22 (7 innings)11/1118:30IBCJapan20px|South Korea20px|20px| 2-111/1213:00IBCSouth Korea20px|Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)20px|20px| 7-9 (12 innings)11/1213:00TFThe Netherlands20px|Japan20px|20px| 0-311/1218:30TFThe Philippines20px|Cuba20px|20px| 0-24 (7 innings)11/1218:30IBCAustralia20px|Italy20px|20px| 8-7 (13 innings)11/13Rest Day11/1413:00IBCCuba20px|Japan20px|20px| 6-311/1413:00TFItaly20px|The Philippines20px|20px| 9-011/1418:30IBCAustralia20px|South Korea20px|20px| 10-911/1418:30TFChinese Taipei (Taiwan)20px|The Netherlands20px|20px| 2-4 (10 innings)11/1513:00TFItaly20px|Japan20px|20px| 3-611/1513:00IBCSouth Korea20px|The Netherlands20px|20px| 2-13 (8 innings)11/1518:30IBCCuba20px|Australia20px|20px| 13-0 (4½ innings)111/1518:30TFThe Philippines20px|Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)20px|20px| 0-14 (6 innings)111/1613:00IBCItaly20px|South Korea20px|20px| 1-511/1613:00TFJapan20px|The Philippines20px|20px| 17-0 (6½ innings)11/1618:30TFThe Netherlands20px|Australia20px|20px| 4-3 (11 innings) 211/1618:30IBCChinese Taipei (Taiwan)20px|Cuba20px|20px| 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. TF = Taichung Baseball Field IBC = Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Round Robin Results RankCountryWLPct.RSRADIRA/9DI1Cuba20px|61.8576610561.612Japan20px|61.8573916602.403The Netherlands20px|52.7145521513.054Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)20px|43.5713933644.645Australia20px|34.429384362.36.216South Korea20px|25.2863543626.247Italy20px|25.2864141645.778Philippines20px|07.00021084820.25 DI = Innings played on defense RA/9DI = Runs allowed for every nine defensive innings played Tiebreaker Head-to-head RA/9DI Notes Cuba won tiebreaker over Japan based on head-to-head result South Korea won tiebreaker over Italy based on head-to-head result 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 7th place November 18 (13:00) 20px| Italy 8 20px| South Korea 3 November 18 (18:30) 20px| Philippines 0 20px| Australia 17 November 19 (15:00) 20px| Italy 2 20px| Australia 3 November 19 (10:00) 20px| South Korea 5 20px| Philippines 1 Medal round thumb|right|Taiwanese players thank the home fans after the loss to Cuba thumb|right|Cuba receives the gold medal between the silver and bronze medalists The top four teams from the round robin entered the medal round of the competition. All medal round games were played at the Intercontinental Baseball Stadium. November 18 (13:00) 20px| The Netherlands 3 20px| Japan 0 November 18 (18:30) 20px| Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 4 20px| Cuba 5 November 19 (18:30) 20px| The Netherlands 3 20px| Cuba 6 November 19 (13:00) 20px| Japan 0 20px|Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 4 Final line score 20px| Cuba 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 6 7 0 20px| The Netherlands 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 5 Final standings RankCountry120px| Cuba220px| The Netherlands320px| Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)420px| Japan520px| Australia620px| Italy720px| South Korea820px| Philippines Trivia This tournament marked the official opening of Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Asia's big three teams were all short-handed, as 2006 Taiwan Series champions La New Bears, Japan Series champions Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, and South Korea champions Samsung Lions were all participating in the 2006 Konami Cup Asia Series in Tokyo, Japan, which started on the same day. See also Intercontinental Cup (baseball) List of sporting events in Taiwan External links Official website (Traditional Chinese) http://www.baseball.ch/TPE06/Taipei2006.pdf Schedule  (77.3 KiB) Category:Intercontinental Cup (baseball) Category:Sport in Taichung Intercontinental Cup Intercontinental Cup 2006 Intercontinental Cup