The eight teams will play a round-robin format in which they will each play the other teams once. This means that each team will play seven games in this first phase of the tournament over the course of eight days.
First pitch in a competitive game at the stadium in a game between the Philippines and South Korea in the 2006 Intercontinental CupA look in the Philippine dugout during the game against South Korea on November 9Japan v. CubaA look inside the Korean dugoutTaiwanese fans before a game.
RA/9DI=Runs allowed for every nine defensive innings played
Tiebreaker
head-to-head
RA/9DI
Notes
Cuba wins tiebreaker over Japan based on head-to-head result
South Korea wins tiebreaker over Italy based on head-to-head result
Classification round
The teams that finish in fifth through eighth place in the round robin will face off in the consolation round. All consolation round matches will be played at Taichung Baseball Field.
Taiwanese players thank the home fans after the loss to CubaCuba receives the gold medal between the silver and bronze medalists
The top four teams from the round robin will enter the medal round of the competition. All medal round games will be played at the Intercontinental Baseball Stadium.
