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1999 Intercontinental Cup (baseball)

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Host country
  
Australia

Dates
  
3 – 14 November

Defending champions
  
Japan (1997)

City
  
Sydney

Teams
  
8

Champions
  
Australia (1st title)

The 1999 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was held in Australia from 3 November to 14 November 1999. Eight countries contested the tournament, and has been the only Intercontinental Cup hosted in the Southern Hemisphere. The eight participating countries were Cuba, Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, United States and Chinese Taipei. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation.

The Cup was perhaps the brightest moment in the history of the Australia national baseball team, as they stunned the Cuba national baseball team in the finals, winning the game 4-3. The MVP of the tournament was also Australian MLB player and former All-Star, Dave Nilsson.

All-Star team

  • C: Dave Nilsson, Australia
  • 1B: Dan Held, USA
  • 2B: Oscar Macías, Cuba
  • SS: Danel Castro, Cuba
  • 3B: Akinori Iwamura, Japan
  • OF: Yuan-Chia Chen, Chinese Taipei
  • OF: Yobal Dueñas, Cuba
  • OF: Claudio Liverziani, Italy
  • DH: Michael Moyle, Australia
  • P: Faustino Corrales, Cuba
  • P: Adrian Meagher, Australia
  • References

    1999 Intercontinental Cup (baseball) Wikipedia