Tournament organizers owe a debt of thanks to the foreign community for turning out and supporting this tournament, as the local turnout so far has been dismal unless the Taiwan team is playing.
Thousands of Japanese attended the game against Cuba.
At the Canada-Russia game, at least 300 of the 500 fans at the game were Canadians waiving the Maple Leaf flag, boosting beer sales, and providing some good-natured taunting of the Russian pitchers
Canadian outfielder Jeremy Ware said he appreciated the support in the stands.
"Definitely. We saw them out there, waving the flags and cheering. It gives you a lift to be playing overseas for your country and see people out there for you," he said.
"I hope that they come back."
At the Shinchuan Baseball Park in Taipei -- one of four stadiums where tournament games are being held -- only 1,380 tickets were sold for the last eight games played over the last four days.
For the first game played at Shinchuan, between Australia and Russia only 61 tickets were sold; while only 47 tickets were sold for the game between Cuba and the Philippines.
At Chiayi it was pretty much the same story.
Hot tickets
Last night's sold-out game in Taipei between big guns Japan and Cuba, however, left many fans on the outside without tickets.
Those that were lucky enough to have purchased ticket vouchers in advance at 7-Eleven stores were disappointed to find that they had to wait up to two hours to get into the stadium.
First, they had to wait to exchange the vouchers for tickets, and then get in another line to clear security to enter the stadium.
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