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 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. The Chiba Lotte Marines defeated the Samsung Lions in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Outfielder Benny Agbayani was named the MVP of the series.
Participating teams
- China Baseball League (China): China Stars, an all-star team of China Baseball League of China.
- Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan): Chiba Lotte Marines, winner of 2005 Japan Series. Based in Chiba, Japan.
- Korea Baseball Organization (Korea): Samsung Lions, winner of 2005 Korea Series. Based in Daegu, South Korea.
- Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan): Sinon Bulls, winner of 2005 Taiwan Series. Based in Taichung, Taiwan.
Matchups
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
November 10
Attendance: 2,643 Time: 2:37 |
Attendance: 27,305 Time: 3:05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
November 11
Attendance: 2,036 Time: 3:15 |
Attendance: 18,911 Time: 2:20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
November 12
Attendance: 26,564 Time: 2:48 |
Attendance: 6,340 Time: 2:36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Round-Robin Standings
| Position | Team | Chiba Lotte Marines | Samsung Lions | Sinon Bulls | China Stars | Wins | Losses | RS | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chiba Lotte Marines | — | ○6–2 | ○12–1 | ○3–1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 2 | Samsung Lions | ●2–6 | — | ○4–3 | ○8–3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 |
| 3 | Sinon Bulls | ●1–12 | ●3–4 | — | ○6–0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | China Stars | ●1–3 | ●3–8 | ●0–6 | — | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
Championship, November 13
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Chiba Lotte Marines | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||
| WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (渡辺俊介) (1–0) LP: Bae Young-Soo (배영수) (0–1) Home runs: Samsung: None Chiba: Masato Watanabe (渡辺正人) (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance: 37,078 Time: 3:27