65th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series
Baseball championship series
The 2014 Japan Series (known as the SMBC Nippon Series 2014 for sponsorship reasons) was the 65th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) championship series known colloquially as the Japan Series. The best-of-seven playoff was won by the Pacific League champion Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in five games over the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers. The series began on Saturday, October 25, 2014, and ended on Thursday, October 30, 2014, at the Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture.[1]
