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Sports season
The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 63rd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950 .
Regular season standings [ edit ] Climax Series [ edit ] Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.
First Stage Final Stage Japan Series 1 Yomiuri Giants 4 2 Chunichi Dragons 2 2 Chunichi Dragons 3 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 CL1 Yomiuri Giants 4 PL1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4 2 Saitama Seibu Lions 1 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2
First stage [ edit ] The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Central League [ edit ] Chunichi Dragons (2) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 13 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6 Nagoya Dome 3:11 31,146[1] 2 October 14 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0 Nagoya Dome 3:26 33,852[2] 3 October 15 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4 Nagoya Dome 3:39 23,264[3]
Pacific League [ edit ] Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (1)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 13 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 2:54 32,074[4] 2 October 14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8 Seibu Dome 3:23 33,918[5] 3 October 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2 Seibu Dome 3:23 25,002[6]
Final stage [ edit ] The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Central League [ edit ] Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Chunichi Dragons (3)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 17 Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 3:21 40,039[7] 2 October 18 Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:40 39,135[8] 3 October 19 Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:41 44,744[9] 4 October 20 Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 2:57 46,158[10] 5 October 21 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:40 45,897[11] 6 October 22 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:18 44,351[12]
Pacific League [ edit ] Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 17 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 2:56 31,022[13] 2 October 18 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:17 23,610[14] 3 October 19 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:16 37,166[15]
Japan Series [ edit ] CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 27 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 8 Tokyo Dome 3:13 44,981[16] 2 October 28 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 2:51 44,932[17] 3 October 30 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7 Sapporo Dome 4:04 36,942[18] 4 October 31 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 Sapporo Dome 4:15 40,433[19] 5 November 1 Yomiuri Giants – 10, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2 Sapporo Dome 3:52 40,579[20] 6 November 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:22 45,018[21]
League leaders [ edit ] Central League [ edit ] Pacific League [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Saturday, October 13, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 . ^ "Sunday, October 14, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 . ^ "Monday, October 15, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 . ^ "Saturday, October 13, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 . ^ "Sunday, October 14, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 . ^ "Monday, October 15, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 . ^ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 . ^ "Thursday, October 18, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 . ^ "Friday, October 19, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 . ^ "Saturday, October 20, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 . ^ "Sunday, October 21, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 . ^ "Monday, October 22, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 . ^ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 . ^ "Thursday, October 18, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 . ^ "Friday, October 19, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 . ^ "Saturday, October 27, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 27, 2012 . ^ "Sunday, October 28, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 28, 2012 . ^ "Tuesday, October 30, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 30, 2012 . ^ "Wednesday, October 31, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 1, 2012 . ^ "Thursday, November 1, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 1, 2012 . ^ "Saturday, November 3, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 3, 2012 .