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.
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 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 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
Group A Pos Team W L Pct. GB R RA 1 Lamigo Monkeys 2 0 – 17 1 2 Samsung Lions 1 1 1 9 3 3 China Stars 0 2 2 1 23
Group B Pos Team W L Pct. GB R RA 1 Yomiuri Giants 2 0 - 12 1 2 Lotte Giants 1 1 1 6 6 3 Perth Heat 0 2 2 2 13
Final
See also 2011–12 Australian Baseball League season 2012 Chinese Professional Baseball League season 2012 Korea Baseball Organization season 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season
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