Intercontinental Cup (baseball)

Intercontinental Cup (baseball)Sport| Baseball

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Founded| 1973
Ceased| 2011
No. of teams| 8 (Finals)
Continent| International
Last
champion(s)|  Cuba
Most titles|  Cuba (11 titles)

The Intercontinental Cup was a baseball tournament between the members of the then-International Baseball Federation (IBAF). It was first held in 1973 in Italy, and was held every other year following until 1999.

After 1999, the tournament was held every few four years—in 2002, 2006 and 2010. The tournament was dominated by Cuba which won 10 gold and 3 silver in 16 tournaments. The most recent tournament was held in 2010, in Taichung, Taiwan, and appears to have been the last time the tournament was held.[1][2]

The first two tournaments, in 1973 and 1975, were organized by the IBAF splinter group FEMBA during a period of international baseball conflict. The groups reunited in 1976 and continued to present the competition.[3]

## Results

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Year  | Host  |  | Medalists[4]

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Gold  | Silver  | Bronze
1973
Details |
Parma and Rimini |
Japan |
Puerto Rico |
United States
1975
Details |
Montreal |
United States |
Japan |
Nicaragua
1977
Details |
Managua |
South Korea |
United States |
Japan
1979
Details |
Havana |
Cuba |
Japan |
United States
1981
Details |
Edmonton |
United States |
Cuba |
Dominican Republic
1983
Details |
Brussels |
Cuba |
United States |
Chinese Taipei
1985
Details |
Edmonton |
Cuba |
South Korea |
Japan
1987
Details |
Havana |
Cuba |
United States |
Japan
1989
Details |
San Juan |
Cuba |
Japan |
Puerto Rico
1991
Details |
Barcelona |
Cuba |
Japan |
Nicaragua
1993
Details |
Italy[a] |
Cuba |
United States |
Japan
1995
Details |
Havana |
Cuba |
Japan |
Nicaragua
1997
Details |
Barcelona |
Japan |
Cuba |
Australia
1999
Details |
Sydney |
Australia |
Cuba |
Japan
2002
Details |
Havana |
Cuba |
South Korea |
Panama
2006
Details |
Taichung |
Cuba |
Netherlands |
Chinese Taipei
2010
Details |
Taichung and Yunlin |
Cuba |
Netherlands |
Italy

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Cuba| 11| 3| 0| 14
2|  Japan| 2| 5| 5| 12
3|  United States| 2| 4| 2| 8
4|  South Korea| 1| 2| 0| 3
5|  Australia| 1| 0| 1| 2
6|  Netherlands| 0| 2| 0| 2
7|  Puerto Rico| 0| 1| 1| 2
8|  Nicaragua| 0| 0| 3| 3
9|  Chinese Taipei| 0| 0| 2| 2
10|  Dominican Republic| 0| 0| 1| 1
Italy| 0| 0| 1| 1
Panama| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (12 entries)| 17| 17| 17| 51

## Notes

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1. ^ Games were hosted in Macerata, Rimini, Bologna, Verona, Novara, Modena, Reggio Emilia, and Parma[5]

## See also

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* Baseball awards § World

## References

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1. ^ "IBAF". Archived from the original on 2011-01-27. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
2. ^ At Baseball-Reference.com, scroll down and click on "Bullpen Wiki", then scroll down to "Categories". Under "Categories", go to "Leagues and Teams" and click on "International Baseball". Then click on "2010 International Cup".
3. ^ "IBAF". Archived from the original on 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
4. ^ List of medalists Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Bjarkman, Peter (2007). A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006. McFarland. p. 217\. ISBN 0786428295.

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