The 2006 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was held in

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Ta ...

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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 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium () is a stadium in Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. The stadium officially opened on November 9, 2006, replacing the antiquated Taichung Baseball Field. Located on the corner of Chongde Road (崇德� ...

. The participating countries were

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, Australia,

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, Japan,

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, the

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in addition to the hosts from

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(

). The tournament was sanctioned by the

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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. 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

: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.

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

Trivia

*This tournament marks the official opening of

*Asia's big three teams are all short-handed as

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champions

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champions Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, and

champions

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are all participating in the

2006 Konami Cup Asia Series Official logo The second annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2006 with four teams participating. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan along with an all-star team from China took part in the competit ...

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, Japan, which started on the same day.

External links

Official website
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