2006 Asia Series

Asia Series 2005 Japan 4 (4 countries) Asia Series 2006.png 9 – 12 November 1 Japan Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Taiwan La New Bears 7 73,698 Yu Darvish (Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters) 2007 2005The 2006 Asia Series, officially branded as the 2006 Konami Cup Asia Series, was the second edition of the Asia Series club baseball tournament, following the inaugural tournament the year prior, with all games being played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. In the final on 12 November, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters defeated Taiwan's La New Bears to clinch their first title. Starting pitcher Yu Darvish of the Fighters was named the tournament's most valuable player. Participating teams China Baseball League (China): China Stars, an all-star team of the China Baseball League of China. Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan): Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, winner of the 2006 Japan Series. Based in Sapporo, Japan. Korea Baseball Organization (Korea): Samsung Lions, winner of the 2006 Korean Series. Based in Daegu, South Korea. Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan): La New Bears, winner of 2006 Taiwan Series. Based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Matchups All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) November 9 x Game 1 12:00 Tokyo Dome La New Bears La New 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 2 - 12 18 1 China Stars China 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 2 Fiore James (1–0) Chen Faifeng (陈海峰) (0–1) Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) 2 (2), Chen Feng-min (陳峰民) (1) Attendance: 2,127    Time: 2:37 Note: Game ended due to mercy rule. x Game 2 18:00 Tokyo Dome Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Hokkaido 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 7 10 1 Samsung Lions Samsung 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Takehiko Oshimoto (押本健彥) (1–0) Lim Dong-Gyu (임동규) (0–1) Atsunori Inaba (稲葉篤紀) (1) Attendance: 15,147    Time: 3:14 November 10 x Game 3 12:30 Tokyo Dome China Stars China 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - 1 4 3 Samsung Lions Samsung 0 0 0 2 10 1 X - - 13 15 1 Jun Byung-Ho (전병호) (1–0) Guo Youhua (郭有華) (0–1) Attendance: 2,024    Time: 2:27 Note: Game ended due to mercy rule. x Game 4 18:30 Tokyo Dome Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Hokkaido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 La New Bears La New 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Masaru Takeda (武田勝) (1–0) Morel Rafael (0–1) Micheal (マイケル中村) (1) Tseng Hao-chu (曾豪駒) (1) Attendance: 11,038    Time: 2:43 November 11 x Game 5 13:00 Tokyo Dome China Stars China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Hokkaido 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 6 13 0 Satoru Kanemura (金村暁) (1–0) Zhang Li (張力) (0–1) Li Lei (李磊) (1) Shinji Takahashi (高橋信二) (1) Attendance: 12,337    Time: 2:46 x Game 6 19:00 Tokyo Dome Samsung Lions Samsung 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 La New Bears La New 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3 5 0 Huang Chun-chung (黃俊中) (1–0) Lim Chang-Yong (임창용) (0–1) Morel Rafael (1) Yang Joon-Hyuk (양준혁) (1) Lin Chih-sheng (林智勝) (1) Attendance: 6,445    Time: 2:57 Round-Robin Standings PositionTeamHokkaido Nippon Ham FightersLa New BearsSamsung LionsChina StarsWinsLossesRSRA 1 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters — ○2–1 ○7–1 ○6–1 3 0 15 3 2 La New Bears ●1–2 — ○3–2 ○12–2 2 1 16 6 3 Samsung Lions ●1–7 ●2–3 — ○13–1 1 2 16 11 4 China Stars ●1–6 ●2–12 ●1–13 — 0 3 4 32 Championship, November 12 Game 7 18:00 Tokyo Dome La New Bears La New 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Hokkaido 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 5 0 Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ 有) (1–0) Fiore James (1–1) Micheal (マイケル中村) (2) Attendance: 24,580    Time: 2:33 External links KONAMI CUP Asia Series Category:Asia Series Asia Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Japan Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo Asia Series Asia Series Asia Series Category:Events at Tokyo Dome