2011 Asia Series

January 2018 January 2018Asia Series 2011 Taiwan 4 (4 countries) Asia Series 2011.png 25 – 29 November 1 South Korea Samsung Lions Japan Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 7 57,088 Jang Won-sam (Samsung Lions) 2012 2008The 2011 Asia Series was the fifth time the Asia Series has been held, and the first after a two-year break. The tournament was held in Taiwan, the first time it has been held outside Japan. Though originally scheduled to commence on 11 November, the tournament was postponed by two weeks to allow for the delayed finish to the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) season due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The new schedule has the opening games to be played on 25 November, and the championship game concluded the tournament on 29 November.Asia Series 2011 opens November 25 International Baseball Federation 19 May 2011 http://www.ibaf.org/en/article-detail.aspx?id=55097b82-94ae-4de0-8f02-6f640ea2845b 24 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111004193732/http://www.ibaf.org/en/article-detail.aspx?id=55097b82-94ae-4de0-8f02-6f640ea2845b 4 October 2011 live As had been the case in previous tournaments, the winners of NPB's 2011 Japan Series, Korea Baseball Organization's (KBO) 2011 Korean Series and Chinese Professional Baseball League's (CPBL) 2011 Taiwan Series competed. Though originally included, no team represented the China Baseball League (CBL) due to ″concerns about the team's makeup″. An Australian team participated in the tournament for the first time: the Perth Heat were invited as winners of the Australian Baseball League's (ABL) 2011 Championship series.Stephan Gene Heat to take on Asia's best teams http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/other/9470782/heat-to-take-on-asias-best-teams/ 20 May 2011 The West Australian 19 May 2011 Seven West Media Limited https://web.archive.org/web/20120927214220/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/other/9470782/heat-to-take-on-asias-best-teams/ 27 September 2012 live The Samsung Lions defeated the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the title game to become the first non-Japanese champion. Starting pitcher Jang Won-Sam was named the MVP of the series. Participating teams League Team Qualification Location Australian Baseball League AUS Perth Heat 2010–11 ABL champions Perth, Australia Chinese Professional Baseball League TWN Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 2011 CPBL champions Tainan, Taiwan Korea Baseball Organization KOR Samsung Lions 2011 KBO champions Daegu, South Korea Nippon Professional Baseball JPN Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2011 NPB champions Fukuoka, Japan Format Each of the four teams participated in a round-robin series, playing each other team once. The two teams with the best win-loss percentage faced each other in the final, with the team finishing higher considered the "home team", meaning that they had the advantage of batting last. In previous tournaments, if teams were tied a series of tiebreakers were used to decide which teams qualified for the final and in what order, firstly using the head-to-head win–loss records amongst tied teams, and if necessary the ranking based on the lowest team run average. Round-robin stage Pos Team W L Pct. GB R RA 1 JPN Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 0 3 0 – 19 5 2 KOR Samsung Lions 2 1 2 1 1 16 14 3 TWN Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 1 2 1 2 2 11 14 4 AUS Perth Heat 0 3 0 3 3 4 17 250 25 November 12:00 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium AUS Perth Heat AUS 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 4 KOR Samsung Lions KOR 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 6 X 10 12 0 Jang Won-Sam (1–0) Daniel Schmidt (0–1) Shin Myung-Chul (1) Allan de San Miguel (1) 1,599 http://www.cpbl.com.tw/GResult/Result.aspx?gameno=09&pbyear=2011&game=1 250 25 November 19:00 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium TWN Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions TWN 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 9 2 JPN Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks JPN 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 X 6 7 0 Nagisa Arakaki (1–0) Ryan Glynn (0–1) Takehito Kanazawa (1) 19,026 http://www.cpbl.com.tw/GResult/Result.aspx?gameno=09&pbyear=2011&game=2 250 26 November 12:00 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium JPN Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks JPN 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 9 11 2 KOR Samsung Lions KOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 Hiroki Yamada (1–0) Lee Woo-Seon (0–1) 7,131 http://www.cpbl.com.tw/GResult/Result.aspx?gameno=09&pbyear=2011&game=3 250 26 November 18:00 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium TWN Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions TWN 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 10 0 AUS Perth Heat AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 3 Wang Ching-ming (1–0) Cameron Lamb (0–1) Lin Yueh-ping (1) 7,301 http://www.cpbl.com.tw/GResult/Result.aspx?gameno=09&pbyear=2011&game=4 250 27 November 13:00 Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium JPN Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks JPN 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 9 1 AUS Perth Heat AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Sho Iwasaki (1–0) Trevor Caughey (0–1) 5,703 http://www.cpbl.com.tw/GResult/Result.aspx?gameno=09&pbyear=2011&game=5 250 27 November 19:00 Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium KOR Samsung Lions KOR 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 10 1 TWN Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions TWN 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 1 Kwon Oh-Joon (1-0) Ryan Glynn (0-2) Oh Seung-Hwan (1) 12,000 http://www.cpbl.com.tw/GResult/Result.aspx?gameno=09&pbyear=2011&game=6 Final 250 29 November 19:00 Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium KOR Samsung Lions KOR 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 8 0 JPN Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks JPN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 10 1 Jang Won-Sam (2–0) Sho Iwasaki (1–1) Oh Seung-Hwan (2) 4,328 http://www.cpbl.com.tw/GResult/Result.aspx?gameno=09&pbyear=2011&game=7 See also 2010–11 Australian Baseball League season 2011 Chinese Professional Baseball League season 2011 Korea Baseball Organization season 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season List of sporting events in Taiwan References External links Official Website zh autocollapse Category:Asia Series Category:2011 in baseball Asia Series Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Taiwan Asia Series Category:Sport in Taichung