2007 Asia Series

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

• China Baseball League (China): China Stars, an all-star team of China Baseball League.
• Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan): Chunichi Dragons, winner of 2007 Japan Series. Based in Nagoya, Japan.
• Korea Baseball Organization (Korea): SK Wyverns, winner of 2007 Korea Series. Based in Incheon, South Korea.
• Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan): Uni-President Lions, winner of 2007 Taiwan Series. Based in Tainan, Taiwan.

Matchups

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

November 8

Game 1 12:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Uni-President Lions 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 9 14 0 China Stars 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 16 0 WP: Nelson Figueroa (1–0)   LP: Xu Zheng (徐錚) (0–1) Home runs: Uni-President: Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) 2 (2), Yang Sen (陽森) (1) China: None Attendance: 2,978    Time: 3:40

Game 2 18:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E SK Wyverns 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 6 8 0 Chunichi Dragons 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 6 2 WP: Kim Kwang-Hyun (김광현) (1–0)   LP: Nakata Kenichi (中田賢一) (0–1) Home runs: SK: None Chunichi: Inoue Kazuki (井上一樹) (1) Attendance: 19,095    Time: 3:34

November 9

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 0 0 - - 0 4 3 SK Wyverns 0 1 4 1 3 4 X - - 13 10 0 WP: Michael Desport Romano (1–0)   LP: Chen Junyi (陈俊毅) (0–1) Attendance: 2,547    Time: 2:28 Game ended in seventh inning due to mercy rule.

Game 4 18:30 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Chunichi Dragons 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 8 1 Uni-President Lions 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 2 WP: Kenta Asakura (朝倉健太) (1–0)   LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0–1)   Sv: Hitoki Iwase (岩瀬仁紀) (1) Attendance: 11,167    Time: 3:28

November 10

Game 5 12:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E China Stars 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 Chunichi Dragons 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 X 9 10 0 WP: Ogasawara Takashi (小笠原孝) (1–0)   LP: Lu Jiangang (吕建刚) (0–1) Home runs: China: None Chunichi: Inoue Kazuki (井上一樹) (2), Araki Masahiro (荒木雅博) (1) Attendance: 12,633    Time: 2:42

Game 6 18:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Uni-President Lions 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - - 1 6 1 SK Wyverns 2 6 3 2 0 0 X - - 13 12 0 WP: Chei Byung Yong (채병용) (1–0)   LP: Peter Munro (0–1) Home runs: Uni-President: Yang Sung-hsien (楊松弦) (1) SK: Park Kyung Oan (박경완) (1) Attendance: 7,290    Time: 2:31 Game ended in seventh inning due to mercy rule.

Round Robin Standings

Position	Team					Wins	Losses	RS	RA
1	SK Wyverns	—	○6–3	○13–1	○13–0	3	0	32	4
2	Chunichi Dragons	●3–6	—	○4–2	○9–1	2	1	16	9
3	Uni-President Lions	●1–13	●2–4	—	○9–5	1	2	12	22
4	China Stars	●0–13	●1–9	●5–9	—	0	3	6	31

Championship, November 11

Game 7 18:00 at Tokyo Dome

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    Time: 3:51

See also

• Japan Series
• Korea Series
• Taiwan Series
• World Series

External links

• KONAMI CUP Asia Series