Asia Series is an official international competition for professional baseball teams in various Asian countries. The first competition was held at the Tokyo Dome Baseball Stadium on November 10, 2005. The competition is participated by the annual championship team of the three professional baseball leagues including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the team composed of Chinese baseball league . First, the single round preliminary round will be held, and then the top two teams with the best record will be held in the finals to strive for the title of "Asia No. 1".
Evolution
- In order to make baseball more international, in recent years, Asian countries have continuously developed the idea of organizing the "Asian Professional Baseball League": in addition to the original Asian Baseball Championship (sold once every two years. Each country recruits players to form a team to participate. There is no limit to professional baseball players, but only national players), Asian regional professional baseball competitions will be held. Japan has a history of 70 years since its establishment of the Professional Baseball League in 1936; South Korea and Taiwan also established the Professional Baseball League in 1982 and 1990 respectively; China's official professional baseball league, but it has also held the Chinese Baseball League since 2002 and has begun to take shape in the prototype of a professional baseball team.
- Until March 22, 2005, under the leadership of the Japanese wild ball agency, representatives of the Korean Baseball Committee (South Korea), Major League Baseball (Taiwan) and Chinese Baseball Association held a press conference at Tokyo Imperial Hotel , announcing that the first Asian Professional Baseball Competition will be held and the executive committee will be established. The meeting confirmed that the official name of the first competition was "Asia Series 2005". The participating teams were the annual champion teams of professional baseball leagues in various countries. The competition dates were from November 10 to 13, 2005, and the amount of the game prize (the first place is 50 million yen, the second place is 30 million yen, and the third and fourth places are 10 million yen). In addition, the meeting also confirmed the establishment of the planning committee and executive committee, and exchanged opinions on the foreign generals' presence, drug testing, technical committee, etc.
regulations
participants are the annual championship teams of the professional baseball league or league in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and China, and conduct a single-loop preliminaries. The top two teams in the preliminary round will play a finals. Teams that are third and fourth in the preliminary round will no longer play third-place games.
If the winner is not decided in the regular nine-game match, the preliminary round can be extended to the fifteenth game at most; the finals will not be limited until the winner is decided.
The number of players in each team is limited to 28; the player qualifications are limited to those with contractual relationships with the team to which they belong, so players cannot be recruited from other teams to participate. The number of foreign players on the field in the midfield of
games is subject to the regulations of the professional baseball leagues or leagues of each country.
All games are subject to the designated strike (DH) system (pitchers do not have to play strike).
After the preliminaries, if the two teams have the same record, the two teams will compare one by one according to the following four team records to determine the ranking order. Those with better records will get a higher ranking:
Preliminary match results between the two teams
Preliminary schedule Total points lost
preliminary schedule total score
preliminary schedule total strike rate
(Note: Since China's baseball started late, the reserve players of a single team may be insufficient. After coordination, the other three parties agreed to China's requirements to form a team to participate.)
Previous competitions
sessions Organizing location During the competition period champion runner-up third place
1 Tokyo Dome November 10-November 13 2005 Chiba Rhodes Samsung Lion Xingnong Cattle China Star
2 Tokyo Dome 2006 Japanese Ham La New Bear Samsung Lion China Star
3 Tokyo Dome November 8-November 11, 2007 China-Japan Dragon SK Flying Dragon Unified Lion China Star
4 Tokyo Dome November 13-November 16, 2008 Saitama Seibu Lion Unified 7-ELEVEn Lion SK Flying Dragon Tianjin Lions
Vocational Baseball Team
Total There are a total of five professional baseball leagues and thirty-two professional baseball teams in Asia.
Chinese Professional Baseball Major League (CPBL)
Brother Elephant Team Brother Elephant S
Uni-President Lions Yida Rhinos 2012 Old Name Xingnong Bulls
CITIC Whale Team Chinatrust WhalesLamigo Taoyuan Lamigo Monkeys 2011 old name La New Bears 2011 La New Bears 3
Chengtai Cobras 3cobras 3
Japanese wild ball agency (NPB)
Central League: (Central League)
Yomi Giants Yomiuri Giants
Sakayashi Tigers Hanshin Tigers
Chinese and Japanese Dragon Team Chunichi Dragons
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Yokohama Bay Star Team Yokohama Bay Stars
Hiroshima Toyo Carp Team Hiroshima Toyo Carp Team3
Pacific League: (Pacific League)
Fukuoka Software Bank Hawk Team Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
Chiba Rhodes Ocean Team Chiba Lotte Marines
Okkaido Japanese Ham Fighter Team Orix Buffaloes
Seibu Lions Team Seibu Lions
Hokkaido Japanese Ham Fighter Team Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Northeast Rakuten Golden Eagles Team Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eaglestml3
KBo)
Modern Unicorns Team HYUNDAI Unicorns
SK Flying Dragon Team SK Wyverns
Kia Tigers KIA Tigers
Sams Lions SAMSUNG Lions SAMSUNG Lions 3
Hanhua Eagles HANANA Eagles 3
LG Twinshtml LG Twins
Lotte Giants Lotte Giants
Doosan Bears Team Doosan Bears
Chinese Baseball Association (CBA)
Beijing Tigers
Beijing Tigers
Tianjin Lions TeamTianjin Lions
Shanghai Golden Eagles Eagles
Guangdong Cheetah TeamGuandong Leopards
Sichuan Dragon Team Sichuan Dragons
Hope Stars Team China Hope Stars
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