2006 Women's World Baseball Championship

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2006 Women's World Baseball Championship
Tournament details
host Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
Period July 31 - 6. August
Attendees 7th
Defending champion   United StatesUnited States United States
Bottom line
gold
winner
United StatesUnited States United States (2nd title)
silver
Second
JapanJapan Japan
bronze
Third
CanadaCanada Canada
Fourth AustraliaAustralia Australia
statistics
Games   21st
MVP Donna Mills United StatesUnited States

The 2006 Women's Baseball World Cup was the second edition of this women's baseball competition and took place in Taipei from July 31 to August 6, 2006 . The game was played in the "Tien-Mou Stadium". A total of seven teams took part in the tournament.

The opening ceremony took place on July 31, 2006 at 6:00 pm.

The team from the United States won the title for the first time .

Attendees

by continent (number of participations in brackets)

0 from Europe      
3 from North and Central America CanadaCanada Canada (2) CubaCuba Cuba (1) United StatesUnited States United States (2)
0 from South America      
0 from Africa      
3 from Asia JapanJapan Japan (2) Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (2) Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong (1)
1 from Oceania AustraliaAustralia Australia (2)    

mode

The seven teams played each against each other once. The medals were awarded on the basis of the final table. In the event of a tie, first the direct comparison and then the lower number of allowed runs per inning decided.

table

Pl. S. N Pzt.
1. United StatesUnited States United States 5 1 0.833
2. JapanJapan Japan * 4th 2 0.667
3. CanadaCanada Canada * 4th 2 0.667
4th AustraliaAustralia Australia * 4th 2 0.667
5. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 3 3 0.500
6th CubaCuba Cuba 1 5 0.167
7th Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong 0 6th 0,000

(Final score)
* Japan, Canada and Australia had the same number of points and the same direct encounters (1-1), so the RA / Inn had to. decide (Japan 0.86 / Canada 0.92 / Australia 1.15)

Results

date time Stadion encounter Result
July 31 10:00 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong - AustraliaAustralia Australia 2:22 (5)
July 31 14:00 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei CanadaCanada Canada - United StatesUnited States United States 5: 2
July 31 18:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei - JapanJapan Japan 0: 9
August 1st 10:00 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei CubaCuba Cuba - CanadaCanada Canada 8:10
August 1st 14:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei JapanJapan Japan - Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong 43: 0 (5)
August 1st 18:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei AustraliaAustralia Australia - Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 4-0
August 2nd 10:00 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei United StatesUnited States United States - AustraliaAustralia Australia 7: 2
August 2nd 14:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong - Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 2:21 (5)
August 2nd 18:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei CubaCuba Cuba - JapanJapan Japan 0:15 (5)
3rd August 10:00 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei United StatesUnited States United States - Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong 12: 0 (5)
3rd August 14:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei AustraliaAustralia Australia - CubaCuba Cuba 5: 4
3rd August 18:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei JapanJapan Japan - CanadaCanada Canada 3: 6
4th of August 10:00 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei JapanJapan Japan - AustraliaAustralia Australia 11: 6
4th of August 14:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei CubaCuba Cuba - United StatesUnited States United States 4:14 (6)
4th of August 18:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei CanadaCanada Canada - Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 1: 7
5th of August 10:00 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong - CubaCuba Cuba 4:14
5th of August 14:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei - United StatesUnited States United States 1: 3
5th of August 18:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei AustraliaAustralia Australia - CanadaCanada Canada 9: 4
6th of August 10:00 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei United StatesUnited States United States - JapanJapan Japan 13:11
6th of August 14:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei CanadaCanada Canada - Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong 10: 0 (5)
6th of August 18:30 Tien-Mou Stadium, Taipei Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei - CubaCuba Cuba 8-0

Awards

During the closing ceremony it was announced which players had been chosen to join the All Star Team and who had won the tournament awards.

All Star Team
position Player
Pitcher Pei-Chun Lin Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei
Simone Wearne AustraliaAustralia
Catcher Tomomi Takashima JapanJapan
First base Amanda Asay CanadaCanada
Second base Shae Lillywhite AustraliaAustralia
Third base Donna Mills United StatesUnited States
Short stop Ayumi Ota JapanJapan
Outfield Amy McCann AustraliaAustralia
Bridget Veenema United StatesUnited States
Kim Voisard United StatesUnited States
Designated hitter Tomomi Nishi JapanJapan
Tournament awards
Award Player
MVP Donna Mills United StatesUnited States
Best hitter Tomomi Nishi JapanJapan
Best running average achieved Feng-Yin Cheng Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei
Best win / loss ratio Trista Russo United StatesUnited States
Most runs taken Donna Mills United StatesUnited States
Most home runs Ayumi Ota JapanJapan
Most of the stolen bases Samantha Hamilton AustraliaAustralia
Scored most runs Kazumi Morii JapanJapan
Outstanding defensive player Tomomi Takashima JapanJapan

See also

Portal: Baseball  - Overview of Wikipedia content on baseball

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australia Baseball 2006 IBAF Women's World Cup. baseball.com.au, accessed August 29, 2012 .