Taiwan Series
The Taiwan Series (Chinese: 台灣大賽) 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 (Chinese: 中華職棒年度總冠軍賽), 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.
Results
| Season | Champions | Result | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4–2 | Mercuries Tigers |
| 1991 | Uni-President Lions
|
4–3 | Wei Chuan Dragons |
| 1992 | Brother Elephants | Brother Elephants won the title by virtue of winning both half-seasons. | |
| 1993 | Brother Elephants | 4–2 | Uni-President Lions
|
| 1994 | Brother Elephants | Brother Elephants won the title by virtue of winning both half-seasons. | |
| 1995 | Uni-President Lions
|
Uni-President Lions won the title by virtue of winning both half-seasons. | |
| 1996 | Uni-President Lions
|
4–2 | Wei Chuan Dragons |
| 1997 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4–2 | China Times Eagles |
| 1998 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4–3 | Sinon Bulls |
| 1999 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4–1 | Koos Group Whales |
| 2000 | Uni-President Lions
|
4–3 | Sinon Bulls |
| 2001 | Brother Elephants | 4–3 | Uni-President Lions
|
| 2002 | Brother Elephants | 4–0 | Chinatrust Whales |
| 2003 | Brother Elephants | 4–2 | Sinon Bulls |
| 2004 | Sinon Bulls | 4–3 | Uni-President Lions
|
| 2005 | Sinon Bulls | 4–0 | Macoto Cobras |
| 2006 | La New Bears | 4–0 | Uni-President Lions
|
| 2007 | Uni-President Lions
|
4–3 | La New Bears |
| 2008 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
|
4–3 | Brother Elephants |
| 2009 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
|
4–3 | Brother Elephants |
| 2010 | Brother Elephants | 4–0 | Sinon Bulls |
| 2011 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
|
4–1 | Lamigo Monkeys |
| 2012 | Lamigo Monkeys | 4–1 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
|
| 2013 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
|
4–0 | EDA Rhinos |
| 2014 | Lamigo Monkeys | 4–1 | CTBC Brothers |
| 2015 | Lamigo Monkeys | 4–3 | CTBC Brothers |
| 2016 | EDA Rhinos | 4–2 | CTBC Brothers |
| 2017 | Lamigo Monkeys | 4–1 | CTBC Brothers |
| 2018 | Lamigo Monkeys | 4–2 | Uni-President Lions
|
| 2019 | Lamigo Monkeys | 4–1 | CTBC Brothers |
| 2020 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
|
4–3 | CTBC Brothers |
| 2021 | CTBC Brothers | 4–0 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions
|
| 2022 | CTBC Brothers | 4–0 | Rakuten Monkeys |
| 2023 | Wei Chuan Dragons | 4–3 | Rakuten Monkeys |
See also
External links
- Chinese Professional Baseball League (in Chinese)
- History of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (in English)
- Taiwanese Baseball Primer (in English)