2006 Asia Series

Official logo

The second annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2006 with four teams participating. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan along with an all-star team from China took part in the competition. All games were held in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The tournament was sponsored by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association and Konami. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters defeated the La New Bears in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Starting pitcher Yu Darvish was named the MVP of the series.

Participating teams

• China Baseball League (China): China Stars, an all-star team of China Baseball League of China.
• Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan): Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, winner of 2006 Japan Series. Based in Sapporo, Japan.
• Korea Baseball Organization (Korea): Samsung Lions, winner of 2006 Korea Series. Based in Daegu, South Korea.
• Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan): La New Bears, winner of 2006 Taiwan Series. Based in Kaohsuing, Taiwan.

Matchups

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

November 9

Game 1 12:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E La New Bears 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 2 - 12 18 1 China Stars 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 2 WP: Fiore James (1–0)   LP: Chen Faifeng (陈海峰) (0–1) Home runs: La New: Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) 2 (2), Chen Feng-min (陳峰民) (1) China: None Attendance: 2,127    Time: 2:37 Note: Game ended due to mercy rule.

Game 2 18:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 7 10 1 Samsung Lions 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 WP: Takehiko Oshimoto (押本健彥) (1–0)   LP: Lim Dong-Gyu (임동규) (0–1) Home runs: Hokkaido: Atsunori Inaba (稲葉篤紀) (1) Samsung: None Attendance: 15,147    Time: 3:14

November 10

Game 3 12:30 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E China Stars 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - 1 4 3 Samsung Lions 0 0 0 2 10 1 X - - 13 15 1 WP: Jun Byung-Ho (전병호) (1–0)   LP: Guo Youhua (郭有華) (0–1) Attendance: 2,024    Time: 2:27 Note: Game ended due to mercy rule.

Game 4 18:30 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 La New Bears 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 WP: Masaru Takeda (武田勝) (1–0)   LP: Morel Rafael (0–1)   Sv: Micheal (マイケル中村) (1) Home runs: Hokkaido: None La New: Tseng Hao-chu (曾豪駒) (1) Attendance: 11,038    Time: 2:43

November 11

Game 5 13:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E China Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 6 13 0 WP: Satoru Kanemura (金村暁) (1–0)   LP: Zhang Li (張力) (0–1) Home runs: China: Li Lei (李磊) (1) Hokkaido: Shinji Takahashi (高橋信二) (1) Attendance: 12,337    Time: 2:46

Game 6 19:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Samsung Lions 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 La New Bears 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3 5 0 WP: Huang Chun-chung (黃俊中) (1–0)   LP: Lim Chang-Yong (임창용) (0–1)   Sv: Morel Rafael (1) Home runs: Samsung: Yang Joon-Hyuk (양준혁) (1) La New: Lin Chih-sheng (林智勝) (1) Attendance: 6,445    Time: 2:57

Round-Robin Standings

Position	Team	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	La New Bears	Samsung Lions	China Stars	Wins	Losses	RS	RA
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 at Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
La New Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1	5	0
WP: Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ 有) (1–0)   LP: Fiore James (1–1)   Sv: Micheal (マイケル中村) (2)

Attendance: 24,580    Time: 2:33

External links

• KONAMI CUP Asia Series