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| most_champs = Canberra Cavalry Chiba Lotte Marines Chunichi Dragons Saitama Seibu Lions Samsung Lions Yomiuri Giants (1 each) | website = | ceo = | TV = | related_comps = ABL CBL CPBL European Cup (CEB) KBO NPB | founder = }} The Asia Series is an international club-level baseball tournament in East Asia that was first held in 2005. It features the annual champions of Nippon Professional Baseball, Chinese Professional Baseball League, the Korean Baseball Organization, the Australian Baseball League, and (beginning with the 2013 Asia Series) the European Cup champion,〔http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2013/10/02/bologna-italy-to-play-in-asia-series/76f72236-3fde-4c85-a372-7428c5a8c19e〕 as well as an additional team from the host city. The China Baseball League, which did not hold any games during 2013, has also historically participated in the tournament. == Background == The Asia Series began as a tournament among the annual champions of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) Japan Series, the Korea Baseball Organization's (KBO) Korean Series, the Chinese Professional Baseball League's (CPBL) Taiwan Series, and the China Baseball League's (CBL) championship series. (Prior to 2008 a China Baseball League all-star team, the China Stars, participated in the series instead of the league champion.) The tournament was sponsored by Konami from 2005 to 2007 and was known as the Konami Cup during that period. The Asia Series was placed on hold due to financing issues following the withdrawal of Konami, reducing 2009's pan-Asian postseason to a single Club Championship game between the Japanese and Korean champions at Nagasaki, with the Yomiuri Giants defeating the Kia Tigers, 9–4.〔(History of Asia Series - Cancellation of 2009 Asia Series and Follow-Up ). (Traditional Chinese/English). Retrieved on November 24, 2011.〕 A potential 2010 revival was then cancelled due to a conflict with the 2010 Asian Games〔Yoon Chul. (Asia Series Likely Off Due to Schedule Conflict. ) ''The Korea Times''; January 28, 2010. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.〕 and replaced with another round of club championship games. The Korean champion SK Wyverns split a two-game series with CPBL champion Brother Elephants in Taiwan, before being defeated by the NPB's Chiba Lotte Marines at the Tokyo Dome, 3–0.〔(History of Asia Series - Cancellation of 2010 Asia Series and Follow-Up ). (Traditional Chinese/English). Retrieved on November 24, 2011.〕 The subject of re-introducing the event for 2011 was discussed in a November 2010 meeting between the heads of the NPB, KBO, CPBL, and Australian Baseball League (ABL). The CPBL offered to host the event in November 2011. The ABL champion Perth Heat participated, with the ABL (whose season runs from November through February) adding a bye week to allow for it. In 2013, Fortitudo Baseball Bologna of the Italian Baseball League competed as the first representative of Europe to participate in the tournament, qualifying as the 2013 European Cup champions. Due to the CBL's hiatus that year, the tournament remained at six teams. The 2014 edition was cancelled due to scheduling issues.〔http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/perth-heats-asian-expedition-off-after-annual-series-cancelled-20141008-11388k.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asia Series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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