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2026 Japan Series
Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series
2026 Japan Series
The 2026 Japan Series (日本シリーズ, Nippon Shirīzu; branded as the SMBC Nippon Series 2026 for sponsorship reasons) was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) 2026 season. The 77th edition of the Japan Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff series played between the Central League (CL) Climax Series champion Yokohama DeNA BayStars and the Pacific League (PL) Climax Series champion Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. This was the second time these two teams met in the Japan Series in just three years, both with identical records from their previous Japan Series matchup. The Hawks swept the BayStars in 4 games to take home their 13th Japan Series championship, tying the Saitama Seibu Lions for the most Japan Series championships for a Pacific League club. Neither SoftBank nor DeNA suffered a defeat in their roads to the Japan Series during the postseason. For SoftBank, after sweeping Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the Climax Series Final Stage, they returned to the Japan Series...
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