2008 Asia Series

The 2008 Asia Series was contested on November 13–16 by the champions of Nippon Professional Baseball's Japan Series, the Korea Baseball Organization's Korean Series, Chinese Professional Baseball League's Taiwan Series, and the championship of the China Baseball League of the People's Republic of China. In 2008, it was the first time that the champion of the China Baseball League participates in instead of the all-star team China Stars. The winning team will receive ¥50 million yen ($0.5 million), the second place team will receive ¥30 million yen, and the other teams will receive ¥10 million yen each. All games were held in Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The Saitama Seibu Lions defeated the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Outfielder Tomoaki Satoh was named the MVP of the series.

Official logo (Japanese language)

Participating teams

• China Baseball League (China): Tianjin Lions, winner of 2008 CBL championship series. Based in Tianjin, China.
• Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan): Saitama Seibu Lions, winner of 2008 Japan Series. Based in Saitama, Japan.
• Korea Baseball Organization (Korea): SK Wyverns, winner of 2008 Korea Series. Based in Incheon, South Korea.
• Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan): Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, winner of 2008 Taiwan Series. Based in Tainan, Taiwan.

Matchups

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

November 13

Game 1^[1] 12:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tianjin Lions 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 7 7 1 WP: Tseng Yi-cheng (曾翊誠) (1–0)   LP: Lu Jiangang (吕建刚) (0–1) Home runs: Tianjin: None Uni-President: Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (1), Pan Wu-hsiung (潘武雄) (1) Attendance: 2,788    Time: 3:04

Game 2^[2] 18:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Saitama Seibu Lions 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 SK Wyverns 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 4 7 1 WP: Lee Seung-Ho (이승호) (1–0)   LP: Hoashi Kazuyuki (帆足和幸) (0–1) Home runs: Seibu: None SK: Park Jae-Hong (박재홍) (1), Lee Jae-won (이재원) (1) Attendance: 9,277    Time: 3:03

November 14

Game 3^[3] 12:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E SK Wyverns 0 0 7 2 2 0 4 - - 15 14 0 Tianjin Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 5 3 WP: Lee Young-wook (이영욱) (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei (陈玮) (0–1) Home runs: SK: Kim Jae-hyun (김재현) (1) Tianjin: None Attendance: 2,489    Time: 2:27 (shorten: mercy rule)

Game 4^[4] 18:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Saitama Seibu Lions 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0 WP: Takayuki Kishi (岸孝之) (1–0)   LP: Pan Wei-Lun (潘威倫) (0–1)   Sv: Chikara Onodera (小野寺力) (1) Attendance: 8,443    Time: 2:34

November 15

Game 5^[5] 12:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Saitama Seibu Lions 2 3 6 2 0 3 0 - - 16 13 0 Tianjin Lions 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 2 4 2 WP: Kohji Onuma (大沼幸二) (1–0)   LP: Chen Wei (陈玮) (0–2) Home runs: Seibu: Takeya Nakamura (中村剛也) (1), Ginjiro (銀仁朗) (1) Tianjin: None Attendance: 8,478    Time: 2:41 (shorten: mercy rule)

Game 6^[6] 18:00 Tokyo Dome Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E SK Wyverns 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 8 1 Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 4 X 10 12 1 WP: Lin Yueh-ping (林岳平) (1–0)   LP: Chae Byeong-yong (채병용) (0–1) Home runs: SK: Lee Jin-Young (이진영) (1) Uni-President: Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) 2 (3), Kao Chih-kang (高志綱) (1), Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) (1) Attendance: 5,228    Time: 3:22

Round Robin Standings

Position	Team					Wins	Losses	RS	RA	Tie-breaker^[7]
1	Saitama Seibu Lions	—	○2–1	●3–4	○16–2	2	1	21	7	1–1, 0.292
2	Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions	●1–2	—	○10–4	○7–4	2	1	18	10	1–1, 0.385
3	SK Wyverns	○4–3	●4–10	—	○15–0	2	1	23	13	1–1, 0.542
4	Tianjin Lions	●2–16	●4–7	●0–15	—	0	3	6	38	—

Championship, November 16

Game 7^[8] 14:00 at Tokyo Dome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Saitama Seibu Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1
WP: Shinya Okamoto (岡本真也) (1–0)   LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0–2)

Attendance: 18,370    Time: 3:07

Broadcasting

•   TBS: SK Wyverns vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (G2)
•   Asahi: Saitama Seibu Lions vs. Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions (G4)
•   NTV: Tianjin Lions vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (G5), Championship (G7)
•   J SPORTS: All games.
•   MBC ESPN: All games.
•   KBS 2TV : SK Wyverns vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (G2)
•   SBS : Championship (G7)
•   VL: All games.

See also

• 2008 China Baseball League season
• 2008 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
• 2008 Korea Baseball Organization season
• 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season

References

1. "2008年11月13日(木) 東京ドーム Game1" (Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
2. "2008年11月13日(木) 東京ドーム Game2" (Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
3. . Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-14. Archived from the original (Japanese) on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
4. "2008年11月14日(金) 東京ドーム Game4" (Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
5. "2008年11月15日(土) 東京ドーム Game5" (Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-15. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
6. "2008年11月15日(土) 東京ドーム Game6" (Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-15. from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
7. "アジアシリーズ2008　試合規定" (Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-15. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
8. "2008年11月16日(日) 東京ドーム Game7" (Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. 2008-11-16. from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-16.

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