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.
Participating teams
[edit]- 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.
Round Robin
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification | 
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| 1 | SK Wyverns
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3 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 4 | +28 | 1.000 | — | Advance to Championship | — | 6–3 | 13–1 | 13–0 | |
| 2 | Chunichi Dragons
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3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | .667 | 1 | 3–6 | — | 4–2 | 9–1 | ||
| 3 | Uni-President Lions
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3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 22 | −10 | .333 | 2 | 1–13 | 2–4 | — | 9–5 | ||
| 4 | China Stars
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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)
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Championship
[edit]| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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