2005 Asia Series

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

Game 1 11:00
Tokyo Dome
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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
WP: Lenin Picota (1–0) LP: Chen Kun (陳坤) (0–1) Home runs: Sinon: Chang Chien-Ming (張建銘) (1) China: None

Attendance: 2,643 Time: 2:37

Game 2 18:00
Tokyo Dome
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	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
WP: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (小林宏之) (1–0) LP: Martin Vargas (0–1) Home runs: Samsung: None Chiba: Tasuku Hashimoto (橋本将) (1)

Attendance: 27,305 Time: 3:05

Game 3 11:00
Tokyo Dome
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	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
WP: Jun Byung-Ho (전병호) (1–0) LP: Lai Guojun (賴國鈞) (0–1) Sv: Lim Dong-Gyu (임동규) (1)

Attendance: 2,036 Time: 3:15

Game 4 18:00
Tokyo Dome
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	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
WP: Naoyuki Shimizu (清水直行) (1–0) LP: Yang Chien-fu (陽建福) (0–1) Home runs: Chiba: Benny Agbayani 2 (2) Sinon: None

Attendance: 18,911 Time: 2:20
Note: Game ended at seventh inning due to mercy rule

Game 5 12:00
Tokyo Dome
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	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
WP: Satoru Komiyama (小宮山悟) (1–0) LP: Zhang Li (張力) (0–1) Sv: Masahide Kobayashi (小林雅英) (1)

Attendance: 26,564 Time: 2:48

Game 6 19:00
Tokyo Dome
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	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
WP: Tim Harikkala (1–0) LP: Osvaldo Martinez (0–1) Sv: Oh Seung-Hwan (오승환) (1)

Attendance: 6,340 Time: 2:36

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

Game 7 18:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	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
WP: Shunsuke Watanabe (渡辺俊介) (1–0) LP: Bae Young-Soo (배영수) (0–1) Home runs: Samsung: None Chiba: Masato Watanabe (渡辺正人) (1)

Attendance: 37,078 Time: 3:27