2007 Asia Series

Summary

The third annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2007 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. The tournament was sponsored by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association and Konami Corporation. All games were held in Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The Chunichi Dragons defeated the SK Wyverns in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Infielder Hirokazu Ibata was named the MVP of the series.

Official logo (Japanese language)

Participating teams edit

Round Robin edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification        
1   SK Wyverns 3 3 0 32 4 +28 1.000 Advance to Championship 6–3 13–1 13–0
2   Chunichi Dragons 3 2 1 16 9 +7 .667 1 3–6 4–2 9–1
3   Uni-President Lions 3 1 2 12 22 −10 .333 2 1–13 2–4 9–5
4   China Stars 3 0 3 6 31 −25 .000 3 0–13 1–9 5–9
Source:[citation needed]

Results edit

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Championship edit

November 11 18:00 at Tokyo Dome (Game 7)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi Dragons 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 6 7 1
SK Wyverns 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 8 1
WP: Yoshihiro Suzuki (鈴木義廣) (1–0)   LP: Michael Desport Romano (1–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (岩瀬仁紀) (2)
Home runs:
Chunichi: Inoue Kazuki (井上一樹) (3), Lee Byung-Kyu (이병규) (1)
SK: Kim Jae-Hyun (김재현) (1), Lee Jin-Young (이진영) (1)
Attendance: 21,091

See also edit

External links edit

  • KONAMI CUP Asia Series