Intercontinental Cup (baseball)

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The Intercontinental Cup is an international baseball competition sponsored by the International Baseball Federation. It was first held in 1973 in Italy and was held biannually until 1999. The 2001 competition was delayed until 2002 and the sixteenth edition of the tournament would have to wait another four years to be held. The 2006 tournament was held in Taichung, Taiwan November 9-19.

[edit] Past Medal Winners

	Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	1973	Italy	Japan	Puerto Rico	United States
2	1975	Canada	United States	Japan	Nicaragua
3	1977	Nicaragua	South Korea	United States	Japan
4	1979	Cuba	Cuba	Japan	United States
5	1981	Canada	United States	Cuba	Dominican Republic
6	1983	Belgium	Cuba	United States	Chinese Taipei
7	1985	Canada	Cuba	South Korea	Japan
8	1987	Cuba	Cuba	United States	Japan
9	1989	Puerto Rico	Cuba	Japan	Puerto Rico
10	1991	Spain	Cuba	Japan	Nicaragua
11	1993	Italy	Cuba	United States	Japan
12	1995	Cuba	Cuba	Japan	Nicaragua
13	1997	Spain	Japan	Cuba	Australia
14	1999	Australia	Australia	Cuba	Japan
15	2002	Cuba	Cuba	South Korea	Dominican Republic
16	2006	Chinese Taipei	Cuba	The Netherlands	Chinese Taipei

[edit] Medal Winner Rankings

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total Medals
1	Cuba	10	3	0	13
2	Japan	2	5	5	12
3	United States	2	4	2	8
4	South Korea	1	2	0	3
5	Nicaragua	0	0	3	3
6	Australia	1	0	1	2
7	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2
8	Chinese Taipei	0	0	2	2
9	Dominican Republic	0	0	2	2
10	The Netherlands	0	1	0	1