Japanese baseball series
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 final stage was a best-of-six against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the Pacific League (PL) champion, being awarded a one-win advantage against the Fighters, the eventual winner of the first stage. The Hawks advanced to the 2024 Japan Series to compete against the winner of the 2024 Central League Climax Series, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.