2006 Asia Series
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
Attendance: 2,127 Time: 2:37 |
Attendance: 15,147 Time: 3:14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
November 10
Attendance: 2,024 Time: 2:27 |
Attendance: 11,038 Time: 2:43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
November 11
Attendance: 12,337 Time: 2:46 |
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
| 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