2006 Intercontinental Cup

The 2006 Intercontinental Cup was held in Taichung Taiwan from November 9 to November 19, 2006. The competition was held at Taichung Baseball Field and the newly-built Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium. The competition was won by Cuba.

Competing Nations

Further information: 2006 Intercontinental Cup rosters

Nation	Previous Appearances
Australia	1981, 1985, 1993, 1997, 1999
Cuba	1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002
Chinese Taipei - host	1973, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2002
Italy	1973, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002
Japan	1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002
Netherlands	1983, 1995, 1999, 2002
Philippines	none
South Korea	1975, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2002

Competition Format and Rules

The tournament consisted of an one-game round-robin preliminary round. The top four teams advance to the medals round while the bottom four teams play in the consolation round.

The medal round consists of two single game semifinals between the first and fourth place teams and the second and third place teams. The semifinal losers then play a bronze medal game, with the winner earning the medal and the loser receiving 4th place. The semifinal winners play in the final, which awards the winner a gold medal and the loser a silver medal.

The consolation round consists of two single game semifinals between the fifth and eighth place teams and the sixth and seventh place teams. The semifinal losers then play the seventh place game, with the winner earning the seventh place and the loser receiving eighth place. The semifinal winners play in the fifth place game, with the winner earning the fifth place and the loser receiving sixth place.

Rosters are limited to 24 players per team. There is also a mercy rule that is invoked if a team is winning by 10 or more runs after 7 innings (or 6 1/2 innings if the home team is leading).

Final Ranking

Rank	Nation
Gold	Cuba
Silver	Netherlands
Bronze	Chinese Taipei
4th	Japan
5th	Australia
6th	Italy
7th	South Korea
8th	Philippines

Preliminary Round Results

Further information: 2006 Intercontinental Cup - preliminary round results

Day, Date (Time)	Venue	Home	Result	Visitor	Notes
Thursday, November 09 (10:00)	Taichung	Netherlands	2 - 3	Cuba
Thursday, November 09 (13:00)	Intercontinental	Philippines	0 - 10	South Korea	6½ innings
Thursday, November 09 (14:00)	Taichung	Japan	4 - 3	Australia	10 innings
Thursday, November 09 (19:30)	Intercontinental	Italy	13 - 3	Chinese Taipei
Friday, November 10 (13:00)	Intercontinental	Australia	12 - 2	Philippines	8 innings
Friday, November 10 (13:00)	Taichung	Cuba	8 - 1	South Korea
Friday, November 10 (18:30)	Intercontinental	Chinese Taipei	3 - 4	Japan
Friday, November 10 (18:30)	Taichung	Italy	8 - 10	Netherlands
Saturday, November 11 (13:00)	Intercontinental	Cuba	9 - 0	Italy
Saturday, November 11 (13:00)	Taichung	Australia	2 - 4	Chinese Taipei
Saturday, November 11 (18:30)	Taichung	Netherlands	22 - 0	Philippines	7 innings
Saturday, November 11 (18:30)	Intercontinental	South Korea	1 - 2	Japan
Sunday, November 12 (13:00)	Intercontinental	Chinese Taipei	9 - 7	South Korea	12 innings
Sunday, November 12 (13:00)	Taichung	Japan	3 - 0	Netherlands
Sunday, November 12 (18:30)	Taichung	Cuba	24 - 0	Philippines	7 innings
Sunday, November 12 (18:30)	Intercontinental	Italy	7 - 8	Australia	13 innings
Monday, November 13	Rest Day
Tuesday, November 14 (13:00)	Intercontinental	Japan	3 - 6	Cuba
Tuesday, November 14 (13:00)	Taichung	Philippines	0 - 9	Italy
Tuesday, November 14 (18:30)	Intercontinental	South Korea	9 - 10	Australia
Tuesday, November 14 (18:30)	Taichung	Netherlands	4 - 2	Chinese Taipei	10 innings
Wednesday, November 15 (13:00)	Taichung	Japan	6 - 3	Italy
Wednesday, November 15 (13:00)	Intercontinental	Netherlands	13 - 2	South Korea	8 innings
Wednesday, November 15 (18:30)	Intercontinental	Australia	0 - 13	Cuba	4½ innings1
Wednesday, November 15 (18:30)	Taichung	Chinese Taipei	14 - 0	Philippines	6 innings1
Thursday, November 16 (13:00)	Intercontinental	South Korea	5 - 1	Italy
Thursday, November 16 (13:00)	Taichung	Philippines	0 - 17	Japan	6½ innings
Thursday, November 16 (18:30)	Taichung	Australia	3 - 4	Netherlands	11 innings2
Thursday, November 16 (18:30)	Intercontinental	Cuba	3 - 4	Chinese Taipei

¹ Game called due to bad weather.ntf

² Dutch manager, Robert Eenhoorn, ejected in the top of the eleventh for using obscenities in argument with an umpire.ntf

Preliminary Round Standings

Nation	G	W	L	Pct	RS	RA
Cuba	7	6	1	0.857	66	10
Japan	7	6	1	0.857	39	16
Netherlands	7	5	2	0.714	55	21
Chinese Taipei	7	4	3	0.571	39	33
Australia	7	3	4	0.429	38	43
South Korea	7	2	5	0.286	35	43
Italy	7	2	5	0.286	41	41
Philippines	7	0	7	0.000	2	108

• Cuba was ranked over Japan due to head-to-head result tiebreaker, South Korea was ranked over Italy based due to head-to-head result tiebreaker.

Finals Round

Further information: 2006 Intercontinental Cup - finals round results

Classification Round

The teams that finished in fifth through eighth place in the round robin faced off in the consolation round. All consolation round matches were played at Taichung Baseball Field.

Medal Round

The top four teams from the round robin entered the medal round of the competition. All medal round games were played at Taichung International Baseball Stadium.

6:30 PM

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
Netherlands	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	9	5

Leaders and Awards

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Yoandry Urgellés ( Cuba)
• Outstanding Defensive Player: Yoandry Urgellés ( Cuba)

Leaders

• Leading Hitter: .529, 5 H in 17 AB; Benjamin Risinger ( Australia)
• Pitcher with best ERA: 0.00, 12.2 IP, 0 ER; Adam Blackley ( Australia)
• Pitcher(s) with best won-loss average: 1.000, 2 W, 0 L, 9.2 IP/1.000, 2 W, 0 L, 6.1 IP; Shota Oba ( Japan), Tom Stuifbergen ( Netherlands)
• Most Runs Batted In: 12; Yoandry Urgellés ( Cuba)
• Most Home Runs: 3; Bradley Harman ( Australia)
• Most Stolen Bases: 3; Kei Nomoto ( Japan)
• Most Runs Scored: 9, 23 AB/9, 26 AB/9, 27 AB; Chung-Shou Yang ( Chinese Taipei), Michel Enríquez ( Cuba), Yulieski Gourriel ( Cuba)

All-Star Team

Position	Player	Nation
Left-handed Pitcher	Adam Blackley	Australia
Right-handed Pitcher	Sandy Patrone	Italy
Catcher	Ariel Pestano	Cuba
First Baseman	Sharnol Adriana	Netherlands
Second Baseman	Yung-Chi Chen	Chinese Taipei
Third Baseman	Michel Enríquez	Cuba
Shortstop	Naoto Watanabe	Japan
Outfielders	Frederich Cepeda	Cuba
	Giorvis Duvergel	Cuba
	Yoandry Urgellés	Cuba
Designated Hitter	Maximiliano De Biase	Italy