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
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

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