2005 Asia Series

The first Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2005 with four teams participating. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, (South) Korea and Taiwan along with a team of all stars from China's domestic league all took part in the competition. All games were held in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The tournament is sponsored by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association. It was won by Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan.

Participating Teams

flagicon|CHN China: China Stars, an all-star team of China Baseball League of China.
flagicon|JPN Japan: Chiba Lotte Marines, winner of 2005 Japan Series. Based in Chiba, Japan.
flagicon|KOR Korea: Samsung Lions, winner of 2005 Korea Series. Based in Daegu, South Korea.
flagicon|TWN Taiwan: Sinon Bulls, winner of 2005 Taiwan Series. Based in Taichung, Taiwan.

Matchups

November 10

WP: Jun Byung-Ho (전병호) (1-0) LP: Lai Guojun (賴國鈞) (0-1) SV: Lim Dong-Gyu (임동규)
Attendance: 2,036

WP: Tim Harikkala (1-0) LP: Osvaldo Martinez (0-1) SV: Oh Seung-Hwan (오승환)
Attendance: 6,340

Round-Robin Standings

Championship, November 13

WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (渡辺俊介) (1-0) LP: Bae Young-Soo (배영수) (0-1)
HRs: Masato Watanabe (渡辺正人) (1)
Attendance: 37,078

External links

* [http://asia.npb.or.jp/en/2005/game/index.html KONAMI CUP Asia Series 2005]
* [http://asia.npb.or.jp/en/ KONAMI CUP Asia Series]