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Climax Series logo. The Climax Series (クライマックスシリーズ, Kuraimakkusu Shirīzu) is the current annual playoff system implemented by Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). It determines which team from the Central League (CL) and from the Pacific League (PL) will advance to compete for the championship in the Japan Series ...
The 2023 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) was a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The first stage began on October 14 and the final stage concluded on October 21. The first stage was a best-of-three series between the second-place Chiba Lotte Marines and the third-place Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
The 2024 Pacific League Climax Series was a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball. The first stage began on October 12th and the final stage concluded on October 18th. The first stage was a best-of-three series between the second-place Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and the third-place Chiba Lotte Marines.
The 2022 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) was a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The first stage began on October 8 and the final stage concluded on October 15. The first stage was a best-of-three series between the second-place Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and the third-place Saitama Seibu Lions.
The championship advanced the Buffaloes directly to the Final Stage of the Climax Series to host the Marines, the eventual winner of the First Stage. [8] The two teams split the season series 10–10–5, with Orix and finishing 2.5 games ahead of Lotte. [7] The series was the first time the two teams played each other in the Climax Series.
The Marines won the season series with a 12–11–1 record, however the Hawks won seven of the last eight games. [9] Lotte finished the season 14 games behind the first-place SoftBank. [10] Previously the two teams met in the Climax Series a total of five times, twice in the First Stage, three times in the Final Stage.
Later that year, PL and CL officials agreed on a unified postseason system. The CL implemented a playoff system identical to the PL's, and the entire playoff series was dubbed the Climax Series, NPB's current playoff format. The PL agreed to name the regular-season first-place finishers league champions rather than the team that won the leagues ...
The 2024 Japan Series (日本シリーズ, Nippon Shiriizu) was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) 2024 season. The 75th edition of the Japan Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of the Central League (CL) and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Pacific League (PL).