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. 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.Image:Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium01.jpg|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
Image:Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium02.jpg|thumb|right|A look in the Philippine dugout during the game against South Korea on November 9
Image:Japan v. Cuba.jpg|thumb|right|Japan v. Cuba
Image:Korea Baseball.jpg|thumb|right|A look inside the Korean dugout
Image:Fans at Taiwan-Cuba game.jpg|thumb|right|Taiwanese fans before a game.
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
- 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
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.Final line score
Final standings
| Rank | Country |
| 1 | Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|20px| Cuba |
| 2 | Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|20px| The Netherlands |
| 3 | Image:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg|20px| Chinese Taipei |
| 4 | Image:Flag of Japan.svg|20px| Japan |
| 5 | Image:Flag of Australia.svg|20px| Australia |
| 6 | Image:Flag of Italy.svg|20px| Italy |
| 7 | Image:Flag of South Korea.svg|20px| South Korea |
| 8 | Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg|20px| 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.