The third annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2007 with four teams participating. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan along with an all-star team from China took part in the competition. The tournament was sponsored by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association and Konami Corporation. All games were held in Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The Chunichi Dragons defeated the SK Wyverns in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Infielder Hirokazu Ibata was named the MVP of the series.
Participating teams
- China Baseball League (China): China Stars, an all-star team of China Baseball League.
- Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan): Chunichi Dragons, winner of 2007 Japan Series. Based in Nagoya, Japan.
- Korea Baseball Organization (Korea): SK Wyverns, winner of 2007 Korea Series. Based in Incheon, South Korea.
- Chinese Professional Baseball League (Taiwan): Uni-President Lions, winner of 2007 Taiwan Series. Based in Tainan, Taiwan.
Round Robin
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK Wyverns | 3 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 4 | +28 | 1.000 | — | Advance to Championship | — | 6–3 | 13–1 | 13–0 | |
| 2 | Chunichi Dragons | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | .667 | 1 | 3–6 | — | 4–2 | 9–1 | ||
| 3 | Uni-President Lions | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 22 | −10 | .333 | 2 | 1–13 | 2–4 | — | 9–5 | ||
| 4 | China Stars | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 31 | −25 | .000 | 3 | 0–13 | 1–9 | 5–9 | — |
Source: [citation needed]
Results
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK Wyverns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chunichi Dragons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kim Kwang-Hyun (김광현) (1–0) LP: Nakata Kenichi (中田賢一) (0–1) Home runs: SK: None Chunichi: Inoue Kazuki (井上一樹) (1) Attendance: 19,095 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chunichi Dragons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kenta Asakura (朝倉健太) (1–0) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (岩瀬仁紀) (1) Attendance: 11,167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SK Wyverns | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | - | - | 13 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Chei Byung Yong (채병용) (1–0) LP: Peter Munro (0–1) Home runs: Uni-President: Yang Sung-hsien (楊松弦) (1) SK: Park Kyung Oan (박경완) (1) Attendance: 7,290 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chunichi Dragons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SK Wyverns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yoshihiro Suzuki (鈴木義廣) (1–0) LP: Michael Desport Romano (1–1) Sv: Hitoki Iwase (岩瀬仁紀) (2) Home runs: Chunichi: Inoue Kazuki (井上一樹) (3), Lee Byung-Kyu (이병규) (1) SK: Kim Jae-Hyun (김재현) (1), Lee Jin-Young (이진영) (1) Attendance: 21,091 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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