2012 Asia Series

thumb|right|Official logo The 2012 Asia Series was the sixth time the Asia Series was held. The tournament was held in Busan, South Korea, and began on 8 November 2012 with the Final held on 12 November.2012 Asia Series Schedule Announced http://baseballdeworld.com/2012/08/21/2012-asia-series-schedule-announced/ Baseball deWorld 22 August 2012 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180536/http://baseballdeworld.com/2012/08/21/2012-asia-series-schedule-announced/ dead The tournament included six teams, a two team increase from the previous tournament. As has been the case in previous tournaments, the winners of NPB's 2012 Japan Series, Korea Baseball Organization's (KBO) 2012 Korean Series, Chinese Professional Baseball League's (CPBL) 2012 Taiwan Series and the Australian Baseball League's 2012 Championship Series qualified. The China Baseball League (CBL) returned to the Asia Series, with the 2012 Champion representing the country, and the host team, Busan's Lotte Giants, also participated in the tournament. Participating teams League Team Qualification Location Australian Baseball League AUS Perth Heat 2011–12 ABL champions Perth, Australia China Baseball League CHN China Stars 2012 CBL champions China Chinese Professional Baseball League ROC Lamigo Monkeys 2012 CPBL champions Taoyuan, Taiwan Korea Baseball Organization KOR Samsung Lions 2012 KBO champions Daegu, South Korea Korea Baseball Organization KOR Lotte Giants Hosts Busan, South Korea Nippon Professional Baseball JPN Yomiuri Giants 2012 NPB champions Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan Format The six teams are placed in two groups of three (see below), with each team playing two games - one against each other member of their group. The team with the best record in each group will advance to the Final. Round-robin stage Group A Pos Team W L Pct. GB R RA 1 ROC Lamigo Monkeys 2 0 2 0 – 17 1 2 KOR Samsung Lions 1 1 1 1 1 9 3 3 CHN China Stars 0 2 0 2 2 1 23 250 8 November 12:00 Sajik Baseball Stadium ROC Lamigo Monkeys ROC 3 0 6 1 0 4 0 X X 14 15 1 CHN China Stars CHN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1 6 1 Treng Chou-hau (1-0) Luo Xia (0-1) Lin Chih-sheng (1), Chen Chin-feng (1), Shih Chih-wei (1) http://www.asiaseries2012.com/Schedule/BoxScoreEn.aspx?gmkey=88881108LMCS0&dryear=2012 250 9 November 19:00 Sajik Baseball Stadium KOR Samsung Lions KOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 ROC Lamigo Monkeys ROC 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 8 0 Mike Loree (1-0) Bae Young-Soo (0-1) Lin Hung-Yu (1) http://www.asiaseries2012.com/Schedule/BoxScoreEn.aspx?gmkey=88881109SSLM0&dryear=2012 250 10 November 19:00 Sajik Baseball Stadium CHN China Stars CHN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 KOR Samsung Lions KOR 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 9 14 0 Jung In Wook (1-0) Bu Tao (0-1) http://www.asiaseries2012.com/Schedule/BoxScoreEn.aspx?gmkey=88881110CSSS0&dryear=2012 Group B Pos Team W L Pct. GB R RA 1 JPN Yomiuri Giants 2 0 2 0 - 12 1 2 KOR Lotte Giants 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 3 AUS Perth Heat 0 2 0 2 2 2 13 250 8 November 19:00 Sajik Baseball Stadium KOR Lotte Giants KOR 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 6 12 0 AUS Perth Heat AUS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 Song Seung-Jun (1-0) Virgil Vasquez (0-1) http://www.asiaseries2012.com/Schedule/BoxScoreEn.aspx?gmkey=88881108LTPE0&dryear=2012 250 9 November 12:00 Sajik Baseball Stadium AUS Perth Heat AUS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 4 JPN Yomiuri Giants JPN 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 X 7 12 1 Yasunari Takagi (1-0) Anthony Claggett (0-1) http://www.asiaseries2012.com/Schedule/BoxScoreEn.aspx?gmkey=88881109PEYO0&dryear=2012 250 10 November 12:00 Sajik Baseball Stadium JPN Yomiuri Giants JPN 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 11 0 KOR Lotte Giants KOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 Hirokazu Sawamura (1-0) Ko Won Jun (0-1) http://www.asiaseries2012.com/Schedule/BoxScoreEn.aspx?gmkey=88881110YOLT0&dryear=2012 Final 250 11 November 14:00 Sajik Baseball Stadium JPN Yomiuri Giants JPN 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 10 1 ROC Lamigo Monkeys ROC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 1 Ryosuke Miyaguni (1-0) Paul Phillips (0-1) Lin Chih-sheng (2) Kazunari Sanematsu (1) http://www.asiaseries2012.com/Schedule/BoxScoreEn.aspx?gmkey=88881111YOLM0&dryear=2012 See also 2011–12 Australian Baseball League season 2012 Chinese Professional Baseball League season 2012 Korea Baseball Organization season 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season References External links Official Website autocollapse Category:Asia Series Category:2012 in baseball Category:2012 in South Korean sport Category:Sports competitions in Busan Category:International baseball competitions hosted by South Korea Asia Series