2007 Japan Series

The 2007 Japan Series, the 58th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series, began Saturday, October 27, 2007, pitting the Pacific League champions, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, and the Chunichi Dragons, winners of the Central League, in a rematch of last year's Japan Series, won by the Fighters.

In a virtual mirror image of the 2006 series, the Dragons won in the same manner that the Fighters had the previous year, losing the first game and sweeping the next four.

• TV: TV Tokyo (Game 2, 5), TV Asahi (Game 1) Fuji Television (Game 3), TBS (Game 4)
• MVP: Norihiro Nakamura (Chunichi)

Climax Series

1st stage

2nd stage

Japan Series

C1

Yomiuri Giants

0

C2

Chunichi Dragons

2

Chunichi Dragons

3

C3

Hanshin Tigers

0

C2

Chunichi Dragons

4

P1

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

1

P1

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

3

P2

Chiba Lotte Marines

2

Chiba Lotte Marines

2

P3

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

1

Series matchups

Game	Date	Score	Attendance	Location
1	October 27	Chunichi 1 at Nippon Ham 3	40,616	Sapporo Dome
2	October 28	Chunichi 8 at Nippon Ham 1	40,770	Sapporo Dome
3	October 30	Nippon Ham 1 at Chunichi 9	38,068	Nagoya Dome
4	October 31	Nippon Ham 2 at Chunichi 4	38,059	Nagoya Dome
5	November 1	Nippon Ham 0 at Chunichi 1		Nagoya Dome
Chunichi wins 4–1

Game 1, October 27

Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0
Nippon Ham	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0

Game 2, October 28

Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Hokkaido

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	1	0	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	8	8	0
Nippon Ham	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0

Game 3, October 30

Nagoya Dome, Nagoya

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nippon Ham	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0
Chunichi	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	9	12	0

Game 4, October 31

Nagoya Dome, Nagoya

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nippon Ham	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	1
Chunichi	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4	5	1

Game 5, November 1

Nagoya Dome, Nagoya

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nippon Ham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chunichi	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	1	5	0