2006 Asia Series

The second annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2006, and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters defeated the La New Bears in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Starting pitcher Yu Darvish was named the MVP of the series. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, (South) Korea, Taiwan along with an all-star team from China took part in the competition. All games were held in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The tournament was sponsored by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association and Konami. It was won by Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan.

Participants

China: China Stars, an all-star team of China Baseball League of China.
Japan: Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, winner of 2006 Japan Series. Based in Sapporo, Japan.
Korea: Samsung Lions, winner of 2006 Korea Series. Based in Daegu, Südkorea.
Taiwan: La New Bears, winner of 2006 Taiwan Series. Based in Kaohsuing, Taiwan.

Matchups

November 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
La New Bears	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	2	X	12	18	1
China Stars	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	2	8	2

WP: Fiore James (1-0) LP: Chen Faifeng (陈海峰) (0-1)
HRs: La New - Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) (1) (2), Chen Feng-min (陳峰民) (1)
Attendance: 2,127
Note: Game ended due to mercy rule.

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)
HRs: Hookaido Nippon Ham - Atsunori Inaba (稲葉 篤紀) (1)
Attendance: 15,147

November 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
China Stars	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1	4	3
Samsung Lions	0	0	0	2	10	1	X	X	X	13	15	1

WP: Jun Byung-Ho (전병호) (1-0) LP: Guo Youhua (郭有華) (0-1)
Attendance: 2,024
Note: Game ended due to mercy rule.

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 久) (1-0) LP: Morel Rafael (0-1) SV: Micheal (マイケル中村) (1)
HRs: La New - Tseng Hao-chu (曾豪駒) (1)
Attendance: 11,038

November 11

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)
HRs: People's Republic of China - Li Lei (李磊) (1); Hokkaido Nippon Ham - Shinji Takahashi (高橋 信二) (1)
Attendance:

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)
HRs: Samsung - Yang Joon-Hyuk (양준혁) (1); La New - Lin Chih-sheng (林智盛) (1)
Attendance: 6,445

Round-Robin Standings

Position	Team					Wins	Losses	RS	RA
1	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	-	○2-1	○7-1	○13-1	3	0	22	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	15	11
4	China Stars	●1-6	●2-12	●1-13	-	0	3	4	31

Championship - November 12

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

External links

• KONAMI CUP Asia Series