2011 Asia Series

The 2011 Asia Series was the fifth time the Asia Series has been held, and the first after a two-year break. The tournament was held in Taiwan, the first time it has been held outside Japan. Though originally scheduled to commence on 11 November, the tournament was postponed by two weeks to allow for the delayed finish to the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) season due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The new schedule has the opening games to be played on 25 November, and the championship game concluded the tournament on 29 November.[1]

Official logo

As had been the case in previous tournaments, the winners of NPB's 2011 Japan Series, Korea Baseball Organization's (KBO) 2011 Korean Series and Chinese Professional Baseball League's (CPBL) 2011 Taiwan Series competed. Though originally included, no team represented the China Baseball League (CBL) due to ″concerns about the team's makeup″. An Australian team participated in the tournament for the first time: the Perth Heat were invited as winners of the Australian Baseball League's (ABL) 2011 Championship series.[2]

The Samsung Lions defeated the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the title game to become the first non-Japanese champion. Starting pitcher Jang Won-Sam was named the MVP of the series.

Participating teams
League Team Qualification Location
Australian Baseball League Perth Heat 2010–11 ABL champions Perth, Australia
Chinese Professional Baseball League Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 2011 CPBL champions Tainan, Taiwan
Korea Baseball Organization Samsung Lions 2011 KBO champions Daegu, South Korea
Nippon Professional Baseball Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2011 NPB champions Fukuoka, Japan

Format

Each of the four teams participated in a round-robin series, playing each other team once. The two teams with the best win-loss percentage faced each other in the final, with the team finishing higher considered the "home team", meaning that they had the advantage of batting last. In previous tournaments, if teams were tied a series of tiebreakers were used to decide which teams qualified for the final and in what order, firstly using the head-to-head win-loss records amongst tied teams, and if necessary the ranking based on the lowest team run average.[1]

Round-robin stage
Pos Team W L Pct. GB R RA
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 0 1.000 – 19 5
2 Samsung Lions 2 1 .667 1 16 14
3 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 1 2 .333 2 11 14
4 Perth Heat 0 3 .000 3 4 17
25 November 12:00 at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
Team123456789RHE
Perth Heat001001000274
Samsung Lions00300106X10120
WP: Jang Won-Sam (1–0)   LP: Daniel Schmidt (0–1)
Home runs:
: Allan de San Miguel (1)
: Shin Myung-Chul (1)
Attendance: 1,599
Boxscore
25 November 19:00 at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
Team123456789RHE
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions020000003592
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks10203000X670
WP: Nagisa Arakaki (1–0)   LP: Ryan Glynn (0–1)   Sv: Takehito Kanazawa (1)
Attendance: 19,026
Boxscore
26 November 12:00 at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
Team123456789RHE
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks0500210109112
Samsung Lions000000000052
WP: Hiroki Yamada (1–0)   LP: Lee Woo-Seon (0–1)
Attendance: 7,131
Boxscore
26 November 18:00 at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
Team12345678910RHE
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions00000200013100
Perth Heat0000000200243
WP: Wang Ching-ming (1–0)   LP: Cameron Lamb (0–1)   Sv: Lin Yueh-ping (1)
Attendance: 7,301
Boxscore
27 November 13:00 at Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium
Team123456789RHE
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks100021000491
Perth Heat000000000033
WP: Sho Iwasaki (1–0)   LP: Trevor Caughey (0–1)
Attendance: 5,703
Boxscore
27 November 19:00 at Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium
Team123456789RHE
Samsung Lions0021000216101
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions000102000361
WP: Kwon Oh-Joon (1-0)   LP: Ryan Glynn (0-2)   Sv: Oh Seung-Hwan (1)
Attendance: 12,000
Boxscore

Final
29 November 19:00 at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium
Team123456789RHE
Samsung Lions000050000580
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks1000000203101
WP: Jang Won-Sam (2–0)   LP: Sho Iwasaki (1–1)   Sv: Oh Seung-Hwan (2)
Attendance: 4,328
Boxscore
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See also

References
  1. "Asia Series 2011 opens November 25" (Press release). International Baseball Federation. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  2. Stephan, Gene (19 May 2011). "Heat to take on Asia's best teams". The West Australian. Seven West Media Limited. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
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