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

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

Matchups

November 9

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.

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

Championship - November 12

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

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