The 2012 Asia Series was the sixth time the Asia Series was held. The tournament was held in Busan, South Korea, and began on 8 November 2012 with the Final held on 12 November.[1]

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The tournament included six teams, a two team increase from the previous tournament. As has been the case in previous tournaments, the winners of NPB's 2012 Japan Series, Korea Baseball Organization's (KBO) 2012 Korean Series, Chinese Professional Baseball League's (CPBL) 2012 Taiwan Series and the Australian Baseball League's 2012 Championship Series qualified. The China Baseball League (CBL) returned to the Asia Series, with the 2012 Champion representing the country, and the host team, Busan's Lotte Giants, also participated in the tournament.

Participating teams

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League Team Qualification Location
Australian Baseball League   Perth Heat 2011–12 ABL champions Perth, Australia
China Baseball League   China Stars 2012 CBL champions China
Chinese Professional Baseball League   Lamigo Monkeys 2012 CPBL champions Taoyuan, Taiwan
Korea Baseball Organization   Samsung Lions 2012 KBO champions Daegu, South Korea
Korea Baseball Organization   Lotte Giants Hosts Busan, South Korea
Nippon Professional Baseball   Yomiuri Giants 2012 NPB champions Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

Format

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The six teams are placed in two groups of three (see below), with each team playing two games - one against each other member of their group. The team with the best record in each group will advance to the Final.

Round-robin stage

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Group A

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Pos Team W L Pct. GB R RA
1   Lamigo Monkeys 2 0 1.000 17 1
2   Samsung Lions 1 1 .500 1 9 3
3   China Stars 0 2 .000 2 1 23
8 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Lamigo Monkeys 3 0 6 1 0 4 0 X X 14 15 1
  China Stars 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1 6 1
WP: Treng Chou-hau (1-0)   LP: Luo Xia (0-1)
Home runs:
 : Lin Chih-sheng (1), Chen Chin-feng (1), Shih Chih-wei (1)
 : None
Boxscore
9 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Samsung Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
  Lamigo Monkeys 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 3 8 0
WP: Mike Loree (1-0)   LP: Bae Young-Soo (0-1)
Home runs:
 : None
 : Lin Hung-Yu (1)
Boxscore
10 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  China Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
  Samsung Lions 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 9 14 0
WP: Jung In Wook (1-0)   LP: Bu Tao (0-1)
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Group B

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Pos Team W L Pct. GB R RA
1   Yomiuri Giants 2 0 1.000 - 12 1
2   Lotte Giants 1 1 .500 1 6 6
3   Perth Heat 0 2 .000 2 2 13
8 November 19:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Lotte Giants 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 6 12 0
  Perth Heat 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
WP: Song Seung-Jun (1-0)   LP: Virgil Vasquez (0-1)
Boxscore
9 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Perth Heat 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 4
  Yomiuri Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 X 7 12 1
WP: Yasunari Takagi (1-0)   LP: Anthony Claggett (0-1)
Boxscore
10 November 12:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Yomiuri Giants 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 11 0
  Lotte Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
WP: Hirokazu Sawamura (1-0)   LP: Ko Won Jun (0-1)
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Final

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11 November 14:00 at Sajik Baseball Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Yomiuri Giants 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 10 1
  Lamigo Monkeys 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 1
WP: Ryosuke Miyaguni (1-0)   LP: Paul Phillips (0-1)
Home runs:
 : Kazunari Sanematsu (1)
 : Lin Chih-sheng (2)
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2012 Asia Series Schedule Announced". Baseball deWorld. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
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