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The second annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2006 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. All games were held in the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The tournament was sponsored by the Nippon Professional Baseball Association and Konami. The Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters defeated the La New Bears in the title game to win the championship for Japan. Starting pitcher Yu Darvish was named the MVP of the series.

Participating teams

Matchups

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

November 9

November 10

November 11

Round-Robin Standings

Position Team Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters La New Bears Samsung Lions China Stars Wins Losses RS RA
1 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters — ○2–1 ○7–1 ○6–1 3 0 15 3
2 La New Bears ●1–2 — ○3–2 ○12–2 2 1 16 6
3 Samsung Lions ●1–7 ●2–3 — ○13–1 1 2 16 11
4 China Stars ●1–6 ●2–12 ●1–13 — 0 3 4 32

Championship, November 12

Game 7 18:00 at Tokyo Dome
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
La New Bears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 5 0
WP: Yu Darvish (ダルビッシュ 有) (1–0)   LP: Fiore James (1–1)   Sv: Micheal (マイケル中村) (2)

Attendance: 24,580    Time: 2:33

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Samsung Lions
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Asia Professional Baseball Championship
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