# 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

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 | Home | Guest | 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 | Rest Day | Rest Day | Rest Day | 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.
* TF = Taichung Baseball Field
* IBC = Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

### 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 | Philippines | 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

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 | 5-8th place | 5th place | 5th place |
| November 18 (13:00) | November 18 (13:00) |
| Italy | 8 |
| Italy | 8 | November 19 (15:00) | November 19 (15:00) |
| South Korea | 3 | November 19 (15:00) | November 19 (15:00) |
| South Korea | 3 | Italy | 2 |
| November 18 (18:30) | November 18 (18:30) | | Italy | 2 |
| November 18 (18:30) | November 18 (18:30) | Australia | 3 |
| Philippines | 0 | Australia | 3 |
| Australia | 17 | | |
| Australia | 17 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | November 19 (10:00) | November 19 (10:00) |
| | | South Korea | 5 |
| | | Philippines | 1 |

## Medal round

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 | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| November 18 (13:00) | November 18 (13:00) |
| The Netherlands | 3 |
| The Netherlands | 3 | November 19 (18:30) | November 19 (18:30) |
| Japan | 0 | November 19 (18:30) | November 19 (18:30) |
| Japan | 0 | The Netherlands | 3 |
| November 18 (18:30) | November 18 (18:30) | | The Netherlands | 3 |
| November 18 (18:30) | November 18 (18:30) | Cuba | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 4 | Cuba | 6 |
| Cuba | 5 | | |
| Cuba | 5 | Third place | Third place |
| | | November 19 (13:00) | November 19 (13:00) |
| | | Japan | 0 |
| | | 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

* 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.