2006 Asia Series

2005 Asia Series

Tournament details
Country	Japan
Dates	9 – 12 November
Teams	4 (4 countries)
Final positions
Champions	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (1st title)
Runners-up	La New Bears
Tournament statistics
Games played	7
Attendance	73,698 (10,528 per game)
Awards
MVP	Yu Darvish (Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters)

The 2006 Asia Series, officially branded as the 2006 Konami Cup Asia Series, was the second edition of the Asia Series club baseball tournament, following the inaugural tournament the year prior, with all games being played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. In the final on 12 November, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters defeated Taiwan's La New Bears to clinch their first title. Starting pitcher Yu Darvish of the Fighters was named the tournament's most valuable player.

Participating teams

• China Baseball League (China): China Stars, an all-star team of the China Baseball League of China.
• Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan): Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, winner of the 2006 Japan Series. Based in Sapporo, Japan.
• Korea Baseball Organization (Korea): Samsung Lions, winner of the 2006 Korean Series. Based in Daegu, South Korea.
• Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan): La New Bears, winner of 2006 Taiwan Series. Based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Matchups

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

November 9

Game 1 12:00
Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
La New Bears	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	2	-	12	18	1
China Stars	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-	2	8	2
WP: Fiore James (1–0)   LP: Chen Faifeng (陈海峰) (0–1) Home runs: La New: Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) 2 (2), Chen Feng-min (陳峰民) (1) China: None

Attendance: 2,127    Time: 2:37
Note: Game ended due to mercy rule.

Game 2 18:00
Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	7	10	1
Samsung Lions	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
WP: Takehiko Oshimoto (押本健彥) (1–0)   LP: Lim Dong-Gyu (임동규) (0–1) Home runs: Hokkaido: Atsunori Inaba (稲葉篤紀) (1) Samsung: None

Attendance: 15,147    Time: 3:14

November 10

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	1	0	-	-	1	4	3
Samsung Lions	0	0	0	2	10	1	X	-	-	13	15	1
WP: Jun Byung-Ho (전병호) (1–0)   LP: Guo Youhua (郭有華) (0–1)

Attendance: 2,024    Time: 2:27
Note: Game ended due to mercy rule.

Game 4 18:30
Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	0
La New Bears	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
WP: Masaru Takeda (武田勝) (1–0)   LP: Morel Rafael (0–1)   Sv: Micheal (マイケル中村) (1) Home runs: Hokkaido: None La New: Tseng Hao-chu (曾豪駒) (1)

Attendance: 11,038    Time: 2:43

November 11

Game 5 13:00
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	1	1	9	1
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	6	13	0
WP: Satoru Kanemura (金村暁) (1–0)   LP: Zhang Li (張力) (0–1) Home runs: China: Li Lei (李磊) (1) Hokkaido: Shinji Takahashi (高橋信二) (1)

Attendance: 12,337    Time: 2:46

Game 6 19:00
Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Samsung Lions	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
La New Bears	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	3	5	0
WP: Huang Chun-chung (黃俊中) (1–0)   LP: Lim Chang-Yong (임창용) (0–1)   Sv: Morel Rafael (1) Home runs: Samsung: Yang Joon-Hyuk (양준혁) (1) La New: Lin Chih-sheng (林智勝) (1)

Attendance: 6,445    Time: 2:57

Round-Robin Standings

Position	Team	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	La New Bears	Samsung Lions	China Stars	Wins	Losses	RS	RA
1	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	—	○2–1	○7–1	○6–1	3	0	15	3
2	La New Bears	●1–2	—	○3–2	○12–2	2	1	16	6
3	Samsung Lions	●1–7	●2–3	—	○13–1	1	2	16	11
4	China Stars	●1–6	●2–12	●1–13	—	0	3	4	32

Championship, November 12

Game 7 18:00 at Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
La New Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1	5	0
WP: Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ 有) (1–0)   LP: Fiore James (1–1)   Sv: Micheal (マイケル中村) (2)

Attendance: 24,580    Time: 2:33

External links

• KONAMI CUP Asia Series