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.

Official logo

Participating teams

Matchups

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

November 10

November 11

November 12

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
Game 7 18:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team123456789RHE
Samsung Lions0010000023130
Chiba Lotte Marines10220000X562
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

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