2010 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)

The 2010 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was an international baseball competition, held in Taichung, at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, and Douliu, at the Douliu Baseball Stadium, Taiwan from October 23 to 31, 2010.^[1]

2010 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)

Tournament details
Country	Taiwan
Dates	23–31 October
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (11th title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Games played	36
Attendance	53,356 (1,482 per game)

Teams

The following 10 teams confirmed their appearance.^[2]

Pool A		Pool B
Chinese Taipei	2006 Intercontinental Cup	Italy	6th, 2006 Intercontinental Cup
Cuba	2006 Intercontinental Cup	Japan	4th, 2006 Intercontinental Cup
Czech Republic	1st appearance	Netherlands	2006 Intercontinental Cup
Hong Kong	1st appearance	Nicaragua	5th, 1997 Intercontinental Cup
South Korea	7th, 2006 Intercontinental Cup	Thailand	1st appearance

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Cuba	4	0	1.000	–	43	0
Chinese Taipei	3	1	.750	1	27	7
South Korea	2	2	.500	2	31	16
Czech Republic	1	3	.250	3	16	33
Hong Kong	0	4	.000	4	2	63

Schedule

October 23, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Chinese Taipei	11–5	South Korea	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 15,300
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October 23, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Czech Republic	0–18 (F/6)	Cuba	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 150
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October 24, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	South Korea	17–2 (F/5)	Hong Kong	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 135
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October 24, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Czech Republic	0–6	Chinese Taipei	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 3,276
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October 25, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Hong Kong	0–10 (F/7)	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 1,050
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October 25, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Cuba	3–0	South Korea	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 200
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October 26, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Hong Kong	0–16 (F/6)	Czech Republic	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 90
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October 26, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Cuba	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 7,097
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October 27, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Cuba	20–0 (F/5)	Hong Kong	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 72
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October 27, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	South Korea	9–0	Czech Republic	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 25
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Pool B

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Netherlands	3	1	.750	–	24	5
Japan	3	1	.750	–	25	4
Italy	3	1	.750	–	23	18
Nicaragua	1	3	.250	2	21	22
Thailand	0	4	.000	4	11	55

Schedule

October 23, 2010 19:30 UTC+8	Nicaragua	0–8	Japan	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 300
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October 23, 2010 15:30 UTC+8	Italy	0–10 (F/7)	Netherlands	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 125
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October 24, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Thailand	6–15	Italy	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 120
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October 24, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Nicaragua	1–6	Netherlands	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 300
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October 25, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Italy	5–2	Nicaragua	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 100
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October 25, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Japan	15–0 (F/5)	Thailand	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 60
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October 26, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Thailand	3–18 (F/7)	Nicaragua	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 105
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October 26, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Netherlands	1–2	Japan	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 250
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October 27, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Netherlands	7–2	Thailand	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 59
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October 27, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Japan	0–3	Italy	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 50
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Round 2

Pool C

Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct.	GB	R	RA
Cuba	5	0	1.000	–	20	7
Netherlands	3	2	.600	2	22	12
Chinese Taipei	3	2	.600	2	32	19
Italy	2	3	.400	3	13	23
South Korea	1	4	.200	4	16	23
Japan	1	4	.200	4	9	28

Schedule

October 28, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Cuba	6–3	Netherlands	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 125
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October 28, 2010 14:00 UTC+8	Italy	5–2	South Korea	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 58
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October 28, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Chinese Taipei	12–5	Japan	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 3,837
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October 29, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Cuba	4–1	Japan	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 175
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October 29, 2010 14:00 UTC+8	Netherlands	3–1	South Korea	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 42
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October 29, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Chinese Taipei	6–2	Italy	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 3,425
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October 30, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Netherlands	5–3 (F/10)	Chinese Taipei	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 9,064
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October 30, 2010 14:00 UTC+8	Cuba	5–3	Italy	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 150
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October 30, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Japan	1–8	South Korea	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 333
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Semifinals 8th–10th

October 29, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Czech Republic	13–3 (F/7)	Thailand	Taichung Baseball Stadium Attendance: 21
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October 29, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Nicaragua	12–2 (F/7)	Hong Kong	Taichung Baseball Stadium Attendance: 24
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Round 3

Finals

9th–10th place Final

October 30, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Thailand	6–5	Hong Kong	Taichung Baseball Stadium Attendance: 145
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7th–8th place Final

October 30, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Czech Republic	5–11	Nicaragua	Taichung Baseball Stadium Attendance: 70
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5th–6th place Final

October 31, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	South Korea	1–2	Japan	Douliu Baseball Stadium Attendance: 150
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Bronze Medal

October 31, 2010 12:30 UTC+8	Chinese Taipei	3–4	Italy	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 6,553
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Gold Medal

October 31, 2010 18:30 UTC+8	Cuba	4–1	Netherlands	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium Attendance: 320
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Final standings

Rk Team W L  Cuba 8 0  Netherlands 5 3  Italy 5 3 4  Chinese Taipei 5 3 5  Japan 4 4 6  South Korea 3 5 7  Nicaragua 3 3 8  Czech Republic 2 4 9  Thailand 1 5 10  Hong Kong 0 6

2010 Intercontinental Cup winners  Cuba 11th title

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.^[3]

All Star Team Position Player Starting Pitcher Pan Wei-Lun Relief Pitcher Yadier Pedroso Catcher Juan Angrisano First Base Curt Smith Second Base Héctor Olivera Third Base Yulieski Gourriel Short Stop Mariekson Gregorius Outfield Alexei Bell Giorvis Duvergel Che-Hsuan Lin Designated Hitter Kim Jae-Hwan

Tournament Awards Award Player MVP Héctor Olivera Leading Hitter Héctor Olivera Best Earned Run Average Pan Wei-Lun Best Won/Loss Average Dalier Hinojosa Most Runs Batted In Alfredo Despaigne Most Home Runs Kim Jae-Hwan Most Stolen Bases Jung Soo-Bin Most Runs Scored Héctor Olivera Outstanding Defensive Player Mariekson Gregorius

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan