# 2012 Asia Series

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 | 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) Boxscore |||||||||||||

### Group B

| 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) Boxscore |||||||||||||

## Final

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) Boxscore |||||||||||||