2005 Asia Series

Asia Series 2005 Japan 4 (4 countries) Asia Series 2005.png 10 – 13 November 1 Japan Chiba Lotte Marines South Korea Samsung Lions 7 120,877 Benny Agbayani (Chiba Lotte Marines) 2006 The 2005 Asia Series, officially branded as the 2005 Konami Cup Asia Series, was the first edition of the Asia Series, an international club baseball competition contested by the champions of all four professional leagues associated with the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). All games were held in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The tournament was sponsored by Nippon Professional Baseball and Konami. The Chiba Lotte Marines defeated the Samsung Lions in the title game to win their first title. Outfielder Benny Agbayani of the Marines was named the MVP of the series. Participating teams China Baseball League (China): China Stars, an all-star team of the China Baseball League of China. Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan): Chiba Lotte Marines, winner of the 2005 Japan Series. Based in Chiba, Japan. Korea Baseball Organization (Korea): Samsung Lions, winner of the 2005 Korea Series. Based in Daegu, South Korea. Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan): Sinon Bulls, winner of the 2005 Taiwan Series. Based in Taichung, Taiwan. Matchups All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) November 10 x Game 1 11:00 Tokyo Dome Sinon Bulls Sinon 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 6 9 1 China Stars China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Lenin Picota (1–0) Chen Kun (陳坤) (0–1) Chang Chien-Ming (張建銘) (1) Attendance: 2,643    Time: 2:37 x Game 2 18:00 Tokyo Dome Samsung Lions Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 10 0 Chiba Lotte Marines Chiba 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 X 6 8 1 Hiroyuki Kobayashi (小林宏之) (1–0) Martin Vargas (0–1) Tasuku Hashimoto (橋本将) (1) Attendance: 27,305    Time: 3:05 November 11 x Game 3 11:00 Tokyo Dome China Stars China 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 9 3 Samsung Lions Samsung 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 X 8 13 0 Jun Byung-Ho (전병호) (1–0) Lai Guojun (賴國鈞) (0–1) Lim Dong-Gyu (임동규) (1) Attendance: 2,036    Time: 3:15 x Game 4 18:00 Tokyo Dome Chiba Lotte Marines Chiba 1 2 0 0 3 1 5 - - 12 10 0 Sinon Bulls Sinon 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - 1 4 2 Naoyuki Shimizu (清水直行) (1–0) Yang Chien-fu (陽建福) (0–1) Benny Agbayani 2 (2) Attendance: 18,911    Time: 2:20 Note: Game ended at seventh inning due to mercy rule November 12 x Game 5 12:00 Tokyo Dome China Stars China 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 Chiba Lotte Marines Chiba 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 X 3 4 4 Satoru Komiyama (小宮山悟) (1–0) Zhang Li (張力) (0–1) Masahide Kobayashi (小林雅英) (1) Attendance: 26,564    Time: 2:48 x Game 6 19:00 Tokyo Dome Sinon Bulls Sinon 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 Samsung Lions Samsung 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 5 1 Tim Harikkala (1–0) Osvaldo Martinez (0–1) Oh Seung-Hwan (오승환) (1) Attendance: 6,340    Time: 2:36 Round-Robin Standings PositionTeamChiba Lotte MarinesSamsung LionsSinon BullsChina StarsWinsLossesRSRA 1 Chiba Lotte Marines — ○6–2 ○12–1 ○3–1 3 0 21 4 2 Samsung Lions ●2–6 — ○4–3 ○8–3 2 1 14 12 3 Sinon Bulls ●1–12 ●3–4 — ○6–0 1 2 10 16 4 China Stars ●1–3 ●3–8 ●0–6 — 0 3 4 17 Championship, November 13 Game 7 18:00 Tokyo Dome Samsung Lions Samsung 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13 0 Chiba Lotte Marines Chiba 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 X 5 6 2 Shunsuke Watanabe (渡辺俊介) (1–0) Bae Young-Soo (배영수) (0–1) Masato Watanabe (渡辺正人) (1) Attendance: 37,078    Time: 3:27 External links KONAMI CUP Asia Series 2005 KONAMI CUP Asia Series Category:Asia Series Asia Category:International baseball competitions hosted by Japan Asia Series Asia Series Asia Series Category:Sports competitions in Tokyo Category:Events at Tokyo Dome