2005 Asia Series

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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

Game 1 11:00
Tokyo Dome

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Sinon Bulls	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	6	9	1
China Stars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Template:Br separated entries Template:!) Attendance: 2,643    Time: 2:37																																		Game 2 18:00 Tokyo Dome Team Template:Linescore/style | 1 Template:Linescore/style | 2 Template:Linescore/style | 3 Template:Linescore/style | 4 Template:Linescore/style | 5 Template:Linescore/style | 6 Template:Linescore/style | 7 Template:Linescore/style | 8 Template:Linescore/style | 9 Template:Linescore/style | R Template:Linescore/style | H Template:Linescore/style | E Samsung Lions 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 10 0 Chiba Lotte Marines 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 X 6 8 1 Template:Br separated entries Template:!) Attendance: 27,305    Time: 3:05 November 11 Game 3 11:00 Tokyo Dome Team Template:Linescore/style | 1 Template:Linescore/style | 2 Template:Linescore/style | 3 Template:Linescore/style | 4 Template:Linescore/style | 5 Template:Linescore/style | 6 Template:Linescore/style | 7 Template:Linescore/style | 8 Template:Linescore/style | 9 Template:Linescore/style | R Template:Linescore/style | H Template:Linescore/style | E China Stars 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 9 3 Samsung Lions 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 X 8 13 0 Template:Br separated entries Template:!) Attendance: 2,036    Time: 3:15 Game 4 18:00 Tokyo Dome Team Template:Linescore/style | 1 Template:Linescore/style | 2 Template:Linescore/style | 3 Template:Linescore/style | 4 Template:Linescore/style | 5 Template:Linescore/style | 6 Template:Linescore/style | 7 Template:Linescore/style | 8 Template:Linescore/style | 9 Template:Linescore/style | R Template:Linescore/style | H Template:Linescore/style | E Chiba Lotte Marines 1 2 0 0 3 1 5 - - 12 10 0 Sinon Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - - 1 4 2 Template:Br separated entries Template:!) Attendance: 18,911    Time: 2:20 Note: Game ended at seventh inning due to mercy rule November 12 Game 5 12:00 Tokyo Dome Team Template:Linescore/style | 1 Template:Linescore/style | 2 Template:Linescore/style | 3 Template:Linescore/style | 4 Template:Linescore/style | 5 Template:Linescore/style | 6 Template:Linescore/style | 7 Template:Linescore/style | 8 Template:Linescore/style | 9 Template:Linescore/style | R Template:Linescore/style | H Template:Linescore/style | E China Stars 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 Chiba Lotte Marines 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 X 3 4 4 Template:Br separated entries Template:!) Attendance: 26,564    Time: 2:48 Game 6 19:00 Tokyo Dome Team Template:Linescore/style | 1 Template:Linescore/style | 2 Template:Linescore/style | 3 Template:Linescore/style | 4 Template:Linescore/style | 5 Template:Linescore/style | 6 Template:Linescore/style | 7 Template:Linescore/style | 8 Template:Linescore/style | 9 Template:Linescore/style | R Template:Linescore/style | H Template:Linescore/style | E Sinon Bulls 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 Samsung Lions 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 5 1 Template:Br separated entries Template:!) 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 Game 7 18:00 at Tokyo Dome Team Template:Linescore/style | 1 Template:Linescore/style | 2 Template:Linescore/style | 3 Template:Linescore/style | 4 Template:Linescore/style | 5 Template:Linescore/style | 6 Template:Linescore/style | 7 Template:Linescore/style | 8 Template:Linescore/style | 9 Template:Linescore/style | R Template:Linescore/style | H Template:Linescore/style | 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 Template:Br separated entries Template:!) Attendance: 37,078    Time: 3:27 External links KONAMI CUP Asia Series 2005 KONAMI CUP Asia Series