2007 Asia Series

thumb|right|Official logo (Japanese language) The third annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2007 with four teams participating. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan along with an all-star team from China took part in the competition. The tournament was sponsored by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association and Konami Corporation. All games were held in Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The Chunichi Dragons defeated the SK Wyverns in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Infielder Hirokazu Ibata was named the MVP of the series. Participating teams China Baseball League (China): China Stars, an all-star team of China Baseball League. Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan): Chunichi Dragons, winner of 2007 Japan Series. Based in Nagoya, Japan. Korea Baseball Organization (Korea): SK Wyverns, winner of 2007 Korea Series. Based in Incheon, South Korea. Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan): Uni-President Lions, winner of 2007 Taiwan Series. Based in Tainan, Taiwan. Round Robin Standings main WL complete runs true true percentage KOR JPN TPE CHN C C 3 0 32 4 2 1 16 9 1 2 12 22 0 3 6 31 KOR SK Wyverns KOR JPN Chunichi Dragons JPN TPE Uni-President Lions TPE CHN China Stars CHN 6–3 13–1 13–0 3–6 4–2 9–1 1–13 2–4 9–5 0–13 1–9 5–9 Q green1 Advance to Championship Results All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) x November 8 12:00 Tokyo Dome (Game 1) 2,978 Uni-President Lions Uni-President 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 9 14 0 China Stars China 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 16 0 Nelson Figueroa (1–0) Xu Zheng (徐錚) (0–1) Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) 2 (2), Yang Sen (陽森) (1) x November 18:00 Tokyo Dome (Game 2) 19,095 SK Wyverns SK 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 6 8 0 Chunichi Dragons Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 6 2 Kim Kwang-Hyun (김광현) (1–0) Nakata Kenichi (中田賢一) (0–1) Inoue Kazuki (井上一樹) (1) x November 9 12:30 Tokyo Dome (Game 3) (F/7) 2,547 China Stars China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 4 3 SK Wyverns SK 0 1 4 1 3 4 X - - 13 10 0 Michael Desport Romano (1–0) Chen Junyi (陈俊毅) (0–1) x November 9 18:30 Tokyo Dome (Game 4) 11,167 Chunichi Dragons Chunichi 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 8 1 Uni-President Lions Uni-President 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 2 Kenta Asakura (朝倉健太) (1–0) Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0–1) Hitoki Iwase (岩瀬仁紀) (1) x November 10 12:00 Tokyo Dome (Game 5) 12,633 China Stars China 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 Chunichi Dragons Chunichi 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 X 9 10 0 Ogasawara Takashi (小笠原孝) (1–0) Lu Jiangang (吕建刚) (0–1) Inoue Kazuki (井上一樹) (2), Araki Masahiro (荒木雅博) (1) x November 10 18:00 Tokyo Dome (Game 6) (F/7) 7,290 Uni-President Lions Uni-President 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - - 1 6 1 SK Wyverns SK 2 6 3 2 0 0 X - - 13 12 0 Chei Byung Yong (채병용) (1–0) Peter Munro (0–1) Yang Sung-hsien (楊松弦) (1) Park Kyung Oan (박경완) (1) Championship November 11 18:00 Tokyo Dome (Game 7) 21,091 Chunichi Dragons Chunichi 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 6 7 1 SK Wyverns SK 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 8 1 Yoshihiro Suzuki (鈴木義廣) (1–0) Michael Desport Romano (1–1) Hitoki Iwase (岩瀬仁紀) (2) Inoue Kazuki (井上一樹) (3), Lee Byung-Kyu (이병규) (1) Kim Jae-Hyun (김재현) (1), Lee Jin-Young (이진영) (1) See also Japan Series Korea Series Taiwan Series World Series External links Konami Cup Asia Series 2007 KONAMI CUP Asia Series Category:Asia Series Asia Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Japan Asia Series Asia Series Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo Asia Series Category:Events at Tokyo Dome