2006 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs


The Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs included the three top teams from the regular season and crowned a champion with the Taiwan Series through the month of October, 2006. The winner represented Taiwan in the Konami Cup in Japan with the champions from Japan, South Korea, and an all-star team from China to determine an Asian champion in November.

Participants

  • La New Bears : The Bears won the number one seed by being the regular season champion for both halves of the season, thus securing the best overall record as well. This is the first time ever in the playoff for the Bears and, as the top seed, secure automatic entry into the Taiwan Series.
  • Uni-President Lions : The Lions are returning to the playoffs after missing out last year. They are the second seed based on their having the second best overall record through the whole season. They lost the Taiwan series to the Bulls in 2004.
  • Sinon Bulls : The Bulls are entering the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year and are the number three seed based on having the third best overall record through the season. Sinon is the two-time defending Taiwan Series champion, and also made an appearance in the Taiwan Series in 2003.

    First round

In the First Round of competition, the Uni-President Lions defeated the Sinon Bulls in 3 games to 0.

Game 1, October 13

, Tainan City
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Sinon Bulls0102010004100
Uni-President Lions1302002008120

WP: Jeriome Robertson LP: Alfredo Gonzalez
HRs: Sinon - Hsu Kuo-lung , Chang Tai-shan ; Uni-President - Pan Wu-hsiung , Tilson Brito
Attendance: 2,430

Game 2, October 14

, Tainan City
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Sinon Bulls000000000051
Uni-President Lions000000001151

WP: Pan Wei-lun LP: Kuo Yung-chih
Attendance: 4,755

Game 3, October 14

, Tainan City
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Sinon Bulls000000000060
Uni-President Lions20002020X6111

WP: Hansel Izquierdo LP: Billy Sylvester
HRs: Uni-President - Chen Chia-wei
Attendance: 5,392

Taiwan Series

The Taiwan Series was played between the La New Bears and the Uni-President Lions.

Game 1

October 21 @ Kaohsiung La New Bears 4 Uni-President Lions 3
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La New Bears100020000014100

Game 2

October 22 @ Douliou - La New Bears 6 Uni-President Lions 5
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Uni-President Lions1120000105120
La New Bears0200010216140

Game 3

October 24 @ Sinjhuang La New Bears 5 Uni-President Lions 2
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La New Bears23000000X591

Game 4

October 25 @ Tainan La New Bears 7 Uni-President Lions 3
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Uni-President Lions100200000352

La New Bears win series 4 games to 0 for their first ever CPBL/Taiwan Series championship and advance to the 2006 Konami Cup Asia Series.