2006 Women's Baseball World Cup

The 2006 Women's Baseball World Cup was the second edition of the Women's Baseball World Cup. It was held in Taipei City, Taiwan. It was held from July 31 to August 6 at Tien-Mou Stadium. The competition was won by the United States.

Competing Nations

Further information: 2006 Women's Baseball World Cup rosters

•  Australia
•  Canada
•  Chinese Taipei
•  Cuba
•  Hong Kong
•  Japan
•  United States

Competition Format and Rules

The seven competing nations played one game versus each opponent in a round-robin format. Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals were awarded to the top three teams with the best records. All games were played at Tien-Mou Stadium. All games were seven innings in length with a ten run mercy rule in place after five innings. IBAF tiebreakers were in place, with the first tie-breaker being head-to-head record and the second as runs against per inning in the games between the tied teams.

Final Ranking

Rank	Nation
Gold	United States
Silver	Japan
Bronze	Canada
4th	Australia
5th	Chinese Taipei
6th	Cuba
7th	Hong Kong

Game Results

July 31

Game 1: 10:00 AM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	4	5	3	10	0	-	-	22	21	3
Hong Kong	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	2	1	7

game ended after five innings due to mercy rule

Game 2: 2:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6	1
Canada	0	2	0	2	0	1	x	5	6	2

Game 3: 6:30 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	1	2	1	3	1	1	9	9	1
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7

August 1

Game 4: 10:00 AM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	1	3	0	3	0	2	1	10	14	2
Cuba	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	8	10	3

Game 5: 2:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	1	13
Japan	8	17	7	11	X	-	-	43	32	1

game ended after five innings due to mercy rule

Game 6: 6:30 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Australia	0	1	0	0	3	0	x	4	3	1

August 2

Game 7: 10:00 AM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2
United States	1	2	1	0	3	0	x	7	7	0

Game 8: 2:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei'	2	1	1	0	17	-	-	21	15	2
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	2	-	-	2	3	2

game ended after five innings due to mercy rule

Game 9: 6:30 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	2	8	3	2	0	-	-	15	17	1
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	1	2

game ended after five innings due to mercy rule

August 3

Game 10: 10:00 AM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	1	6
United States	5	3	4	0	x	-	-	12	10	0

game ended after five innings due to mercy rule

Game 11: 2:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cuba	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	9	1
Australia	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	10	3

Game 12: 6:30 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	6	10	0
Japan	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	6	1

August 4

Game 13: 10:00 AM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	6	7	0
Japan	1	7	0	0	0	3	x	11	8	3

Game 14: 2:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	4	4	0	1	0	5	-	14	14	1
Cuba	3	0	0	0	1	0	-	4	8	3

game ended after six innings due to mercy rule

Game 15: 6:30 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	7	9	1
Canada	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2

August 5

Game 16: 10:00 AM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cuba	1	4	2	2	2	0	3	14	16	1
Hong Kong	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	13	6

Game 17: 2:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	10	0
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	2

Game 18: 6:30 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canada	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	10	3
Australia	0	4	5	0	0	0	x	9	10	0

August 6

Game 19: 10:00 AM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	2	8	0	1	11	8	3
United States	3	2	5	0	0	3	x	13	12	1

Game 20: 2:00 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	3	2
Canada	3	4	2	1	x	-	-	10	11	1

game ended after five innings due to mercy rule

Game 21: 6:30 PM

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Chinese Taipei	0	2	2	2	2	0	x	8	11	1

Final Standings

Nation	G	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Tiebreaker
United States	6	5	1	0.833	51	23
Japan	6	4	2	0.667	92	25	1-1, 0.86 RA/Inn.
Canada	6	4	2	0.667	36	29	1-1, 0.92 RA/Inn.
Australia	6	4	2	0.667	48	28	1-1, 1.15 RA/Inn.
Chinese Taipei	6	3	3	0.500	37	19
Cuba	6	1	5	0.167	30	56
Hong Kong	6	0	6	0.000	8	122

• Australia, Canada, and Japan were tied after the first tie-breaker (head-to-head record) at 1-1. After the second tie-breaker (runs allowed per inning), Japan was second with 0.86 RA/Inn., Canada was third with 0.92 RA/Inn., and Australia was fourth at 1.15 RA/Inn.

Leaders and Awards

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Donna Mills ( United States)
• Outstanding Defensive Player: Tomomi Takashima ( Japan)

Leaders

• Leading Hitter: .625, 10 H, 16 H; Tomomi Nishi ( Japan)
• Pitcher with best ERA: 0.00, 7 IP, 0 ER; Feng-Yin Cheng ( Chinese Taipei)
• Pitcher with best won-loss average: 1.000, 2 W, 0 L; Trista Russo ( United States})
• Most Runs Batted In: 13; Donna Mills ( United States)
• Most Home Runs: 1; Ayumi Ota ( Japan)
• Most Stolen Bases: 6; Samantha Hamilton ( Australia)
• Most Runs Scored: 12; Kazumi Morii ( Japan)

All-Stars Team

Position	Player	Nation
Pitchers	Pei-Chun Lin	Chinese Taipei
	Simone Wearne	Australia
Catchers	Tomomi Takashima	Japan
First Baseman	Amanda Asay	Canada
Second Baseman	Shae Lillywhite	Australia
Third Baseman	Donna Mills	United States
Shortstop	Ayumi Ota	Japan
Outfielders	Amy McCann	Australia
	Bridget Veenema	United States
	Kim Voisard	United States
Designated Hitter	Tomomi Nishi	Japan