2008 Asia Series

International baseball competition thumb|right|Official logo (Japanese language) The 2008 Asia Series was contested on November 13–16 by the champions of Nippon Professional Baseball's Japan Series, the Korea Baseball Organization's Korean Series, Chinese Professional Baseball League's Taiwan Series, and the championship of the China Baseball League of the People's Republic of China. In 2008, it was the first time that the champion of the China Baseball League participates in instead of the all-star team China Stars. The winning team will receive ¥50 million yen ($0.5 million), the second place team will receive ¥30 million yen, and the other teams will receive ¥10 million yen each. All games were held in Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The Saitama Seibu Lions defeated the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Outfielder Tomoaki Satoh was named the MVP of the series. Participating teams China Baseball League (China): Tianjin Lions, winner of 2008 CBL championship series. Based in Tianjin, China. Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan): Saitama Seibu Lions, winner of 2008 Japan Series. Based in Saitama, Japan. Korea Baseball Organization (Korea): SK Wyverns, winner of 2008 Korea Series. Based in Incheon, South Korea. Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan): Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, winner of 2008 Taiwan Series. Based in Tainan, Taiwan. Matchups All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) November 13 x Game 1http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111301.html 2008年11月13日(木) 東京ドーム Game1 Japanese 2008-11-13 2008-11-13 Nippon Professional Baseball 12:00 Tokyo Dome Tianjin Lions Tianjin 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions Uni-President 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 7 7 1 Tseng Yi-cheng (曾翊誠) (1–0) Lu Jiangang (吕建刚) (0–1) Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (1), Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (1) Attendance: 2,788    Time: 3:04 x Game 2http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111302.html 2008年11月13日(木) 東京ドーム Game2 Japanese 2008-11-13 2008-11-13 Nippon Professional Baseball 18:00 Tokyo Dome Saitama Seibu Lions Seibu 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 SK Wyverns SK 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 4 7 1 Lee Seung-Ho (이승호) (1–0) Hoashi Kazuyuki (帆足和幸) (0–1) Park Jae-Hong (박재홍) (1), Lee Jae-won (이재원) (1) Attendance: 9,277    Time: 3:03 November 14 x Game 3http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111401.html 2008年11月14日(金) 東京ドーム Game3 Japanese 2008-11-14 2008-11-14 Nippon Professional Baseball 2009-03-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20090313045728/http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111401.html dead 12:00 Tokyo Dome SK Wyverns SK 0 0 7 2 2 0 4 - - 15 14 0 Tianjin Lions Tianjin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 5 3 Lee Young-wook (이영욱) (1–0) Chen Wei (陈玮) (0–1) Kim Jae-hyun (김재현) (1) Attendance: 2,489    Time: 2:27 (shorten: mercy rule) x Game 4http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111402.html 2008年11月14日(金) 東京ドーム Game4 Japanese 2008-11-14 2008-11-14 Nippon Professional Baseball 18:00 Tokyo Dome Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions Uni-President 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Saitama Seibu Lions Seibu 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0 Takayuki Kishi (岸孝之) (1–0) Pan Wei-Lun (潘威倫) (0–1) Chikara Onodera (小野寺力) (1) Attendance: 8,443    Time: 2:34 November 15 x Game 5http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111501.html 2008年11月15日(土) 東京ドーム Game5 Japanese 2008-11-15 2008-11-15 Nippon Professional Baseball 12:00 Tokyo Dome Saitama Seibu Lions Seibu 2 3 6 2 0 3 0 - - 16 13 0 Tianjin Lions Tianjin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 2 4 2 Kohji Onuma (大沼幸二) (1–0) Chen Wei (陈玮) (0–2) Takeya Nakamura (中村剛也) (1), Ginjiro (銀仁朗) (1) Attendance: 8,478    Time: 2:41 (shorten: mercy rule) x Game 6http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111502.html 2008年11月15日(土) 東京ドーム Game6 Japanese 2008-11-15 2008-11-15 Nippon Professional Baseball https://web.archive.org/web/20081209053203/http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111502.html 9 December 2008 live 18:00 Tokyo Dome SK Wyverns SK 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 8 1 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions Uni-President 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 4 X 10 12 1 Lin Yueh-ping (林岳平) (1–0) Chae Byeong-yong (채병용) (0–1) Lee Jin-Young (이진영) (1) Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) 2 (3), Kao Chih-kang (高志綱) (1), Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) (1) Attendance: 5,228    Time: 3:22 Round Robin Standings PositionTeamWinsLossesRSRATie-breakerhttp://www.npb.or.jp/asia/2008regulation.html アジアシリーズ2008　試合規定 Japanese 2008-11-15 2008-11-15 Nippon Professional Baseball 1 Saitama Seibu Lions — ○2–1 ●3–4 ○16–2 2 1 21 7 1–1, 0.292 2 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions ●1–2 — ○10–4 ○7–4 2 1 18 10 1–1, 0.385 3 SK Wyverns ○4–3 ●4–10 — ○15–0 2 1 23 13 1–1, 0.542 4 Tianjin Lions ●2–16 ●4–7 ●0–15 — 0 3 6 38 — Championship, November 16 Game 7http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111601.html 2008年11月16日(日) 東京ドーム Game7 Japanese 2008-11-16 2008-11-16 Nippon Professional Baseball https://web.archive.org/web/20081209054346/http://asia.npb.or.jp/score/2008111601.html 9 December 2008 live 14:00 Tokyo Dome Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions Uni-President 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Saitama Seibu Lions Seibu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1 Shinya Okamoto (岡本真也) (1–0) Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0–2) Attendance: 18,370    Time: 3:07 Broadcasting JPN TBS: SK Wyverns vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (G2) JPN Asahi: Saitama Seibu Lions vs. Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions (G4) JPN NTV: Tianjin Lions vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (G5), Championship (G7) JPN J SPORTS: All games. KOR MBC ESPN: All games. KOR KBS 2TV : SK Wyverns vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (G2) KOR SBS : Championship (G7) TWN VL: All games. See also 2008 China Baseball League season 2008 Chinese Professional Baseball League season 2008 Korea Baseball Organization season 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season References External links 2008 Asia Series Official Website Category:Asia Series Asia Series Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Japan Category:Saitama Seibu Lions Asia Series Asia Series Asia Series Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo Category:Events at Tokyo Dome