Taiwan Series
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Taiwan Series (traditional Chinese: 台灣大賽) is the championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. It is usually played in October, after the regular season. It was originally called Chinese Professional Baseball League Annual Championship Series (traditional Chinese: 中華職棒年度總冠軍賽), and was renamed Taiwan Series after the merger of the Chinese Professional Baseball League with the Taiwan Major League in 2003. Starting in 2005, the winner of the Taiwan Series goes on to play in the Konami Cup Asia Series.
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[edit] Qualification
Teams play two fifty-game half seasons. The two half-season winners are automatically the number one and two seeds. The one with the better full-season record gains an automatic berth into the Taiwan Series. The other team must play a best three-of-five game series against the non-winner who had the best full season record. If the same team wins both halves, the next two teams with the best full-season record will play in the first round. The winner plays in the Taiwan Series, but reduced to having the home field advantage only two times in the series.
[edit] Results
Season | Champions | Games won | Runners-up |
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1990 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4 - 2 | Mercuries Tigers |
1991 | Uni-President Lions | 4 - 3 | Wei Chuan Dragons |
1992 | Brother Elephants | Elephants won the title by virtue of winning both half-seasons. | |
1993 | Brother Elephants | 4 - 2 | Uni-President Lions |
1994 | Brother Elephants | Elephants won the title by virtue of winning both half-seasons. | |
1995 | Uni-President Lions | Lions won the title by virtue of winning both half-seasons. | |
1996 | Uni-President Lions | 4 - 2 | Wei Chuan Dragons |
1997 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4 - 2 | China Times Eagles |
1998 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4 - 3 | Sinon Bulls |
1999 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4 - 1 | Koos Group Whales |
2000 | Uni-President Lions | 4 - 3 | Brother Elephants |
2001 | Brother Elephants | 4 - 3 | Uni-President Lions |
2002 | Brother Elephants | 4 - 0 | Chinatrust Whales |
2003 | Brother Elephants | 4 - 2 | Sinon Bulls |
2004 | Sinon Bulls | 4 - 3 | Uni-President Lions |
2005 | Sinon Bulls | 4 - 0 | Macoto Cobras |
2006 | La New Bears | 4 - 0 | Uni-President Lions |
2007 | Uni-President Lions | 4 - 3 | La New Bears |
[edit] See also
- Chinese Professional Baseball League
- 2006 Chinese Professional Baseball League Playoffs
- 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League Playoffs
[edit] External links
- Chinese Professional Baseball League (in Chinese)
- History of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (in English)
- Taiwanese Baseball Primer