Taiwan Series

Championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League

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

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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, as they start the Taiwan Series with one-win advantage.

Before 2000, if a team managed to win the both half seasons, then they were directly crowned as the champion, and the Taiwan Series was not held.

## Results

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Season  | Champions  | Result  | Runners-up

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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
2024  | CTBC Brothers | 4–1 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions

## See also

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* Asia Series
* CPBL awards

## External links

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* Chinese Professional Baseball League (in Chinese)
* History of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (in English)
* Taiwanese Baseball Primer (in English)

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