The Taiwan Series () is the final championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). It is usually played in late October or early November, after the regular season. It was formerly known as the CPBL Seasonal Championship Series (), and was renamed the Taiwan Series after the merger of the CPBL and the Taiwan Major League in 2003.
Qualification Teams play two sixty-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 best-of-seven Taiwan Series, played in a 2-2-3 format. The other team must play a best-of-five series against the team with the best full-season record but didn't win either half-season. If the same team wins both halves, the next two teams with the best full-season record play in the first round; the winner plays in the Taiwan Series, with the team that wins both halves having a 2-2-2 format, as they start the Taiwan Series with one-win advantage.
Before 2000, if a team managed to win the both half seasons, then they were directly crowned as the champion, and the Taiwan Series was not held.
Results
SeasonChampionsResultRunners-up1990Wei Chuan Dragons4–2Mercuries Tigers1991Uni-President Lions4–3Wei Chuan Dragons1992Brother ElephantsBrother Elephants won the title by virtue of winning both half-seasons.1993Brother Elephants4–2Uni-President Lions1994Brother ElephantsBrother Elephants won the title by virtue of winning both half-seasons.1995Uni-President LionsUni-President Lions won the title by virtue of winning both half-seasons.1996Uni-President Lions4–2Wei Chuan Dragons1997Wei Chuan Dragons4–2China Times Eagles1998Wei Chuan Dragons4–3Sinon Bulls1999Wei Chuan Dragons4–1Koos Group Whales2000Uni-President Lions4–3Sinon Bulls2001Brother Elephants4–3Uni-President Lions2002Brother Elephants4–0Chinatrust Whales2003Brother Elephants4–2Sinon Bulls2004Sinon Bulls4–3Uni-President Lions2005Sinon Bulls4–0Macoto Cobras2006La New Bears4–0Uni-President Lions2007Uni-President Lions4–3La New Bears2008Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions4–3Brother Elephants2009Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions4–3Brother Elephants2010Brother Elephants4–0Sinon Bulls2011Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions4–1Lamigo Monkeys2012Lamigo Monkeys4–1Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions2013Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions4–0EDA Rhinos2014Lamigo Monkeys4–1CTBC Brothers2015Lamigo Monkeys4–3CTBC Brothers2016EDA Rhinos4–2CTBC Brothers2017Lamigo Monkeys4–1CTBC Brothers2018Lamigo Monkeys4–2Uni-President Lions2019Lamigo Monkeys4–1CTBC Brothers2020Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions4–3CTBC Brothers2021CTBC Brothers4–0Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions2022CTBC Brothers4–0Rakuten Monkeys2023Wei Chuan Dragons4–3Rakuten Monkeys2024CTBC Brothers4–1Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions2025Rakuten Monkeys4–1CTBC Brothers
See also Asia Series CPBL awards
External links Chinese Professional Baseball League History of the Chinese Professional Baseball League Taiwanese Baseball Primer