2011 Asia Series
The 2011 Asia Series was the fifth time the Asia Series has been held, and the first after a two-year break. The tournament was held in Taiwan, the first time it has been held outside Japan. Though originally scheduled to commence on 11 November, the tournament was postponed by two weeks to allow for the delayed finish to the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) season due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The new schedule has the opening games to be played on 25 November, and the championship game concluded the tournament on 29 November.[1]
As had been the case in previous tournaments, the winners of NPB's 2011 Japan Series, Korea Baseball Organization's (KBO) 2011 Korean Series and Chinese Professional Baseball League's (CPBL) 2011 Taiwan Series competed. Though originally included, no team represented the China Baseball League (CBL) due to ″concerns about the team's makeup″. An Australian team participated in the tournament for the first time: the Perth Heat were invited as winners of the Australian Baseball League's (ABL) 2011 Championship series.[2]
The Samsung Lions defeated the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the title game to become the first non-Japanese champion. Starting pitcher Jang Won-Sam was named the MVP of the series.
Participating teams
| League | Team | Qualification | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Baseball League | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Perth Heat |
2010–11 ABL champions | Perth, Australia |
| Chinese Professional Baseball League |  Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions |
2011 CPBL champions | Tainan, Taiwan |
| Korea Baseball Organization |  Samsung Lions |
2011 KBO champions | Daegu, South Korea |
| Nippon Professional Baseball |  Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
2011 NPB champions | Fukuoka, Japan |
Format
Each of the four teams participated in a round-robin series, playing each other team once. The two teams with the best win-loss percentage faced each other in the final, with the team finishing higher considered the "home team", meaning that they had the advantage of batting last. In previous tournaments, if teams were tied a series of tiebreakers were used to decide which teams qualified for the final and in what order, firstly using the head-to-head win-loss records amongst tied teams, and if necessary the ranking based on the lowest team run average.[1]
Round-robin stage
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
3 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 19 | 5 |
| 2 | Samsung Lions |
2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions |
1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| 4 | Perth Heat |
0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | X | 10 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Jang Won-Sam (1–0) LP: Daniel Schmidt (0–1) Home runs: : Allan de San Miguel (1): Shin Myung-Chul (1)Attendance: 1,599 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Nagisa Arakaki (1–0) LP: Ryan Glynn (0–1) Sv: Takehito Kanazawa (1) Attendance: 19,026 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| WP: Hiroki Yamada (1–0) LP: Lee Woo-Seon (0–1) Attendance: 7,131 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| WP: Wang Ching-ming (1–0) LP: Cameron Lamb (0–1) Sv: Lin Yueh-ping (1) Attendance: 7,301 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Perth Heat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| WP: Sho Iwasaki (1–0) LP: Trevor Caughey (0–1) Attendance: 5,703 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Kwon Oh-Joon (1-0) LP: Ryan Glynn (0-2) Sv: Oh Seung-Hwan (1) Attendance: 12,000 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Final
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Jang Won-Sam (2–0) LP: Sho Iwasaki (1–1) Sv: Oh Seung-Hwan (2) Attendance: 4,328 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- 2010–11 Australian Baseball League season
- 2011 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
- 2011 Korea Baseball Organization season
- 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season
References
- "Asia Series 2011 opens November 25" (Press release). International Baseball Federation. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- Stephan, Gene (19 May 2011). "Heat to take on Asia's best teams". The West Australian. Seven West Media Limited. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
External links
- Official Website (in Chinese)