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

Matchups

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

November 8

November 9

November 10

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
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Chunichi Dragons010022001671
SK Wyverns200001020581
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

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