19 Nihon Sekiyu (7 innings, called) 5 TDK (5/19) 0W 1L 11 Hitachi Seisakusho (7 innings, called) 2 Mitsubishi Juko - Nagoya (2/11) 0W 1L 16 Sumitomo Kinzoku 11 Kawatetsu - Chiba (11/16) 0W 1LAt Kawasaki Kyuju
11 Mitsubishi Jidosha - Kawasaki 5 Seino Unyu (5/11) 0W 1L 13 Tokyo Gas 11 Oji Seishisen - Komaki (11/13) 0W 1L 9 Isuzu Jidosha 8 NTT - Shikoku (8/9) 0W 1L
Games of March 8:
At Jingu Kyuju
3 Nippon Tsuun 2 Yamaha (2/3) 0W 1L 5 Nihon Seimei 4 Shidax (4/5) 0W 1L 11 Prince Hotels 8 Mitsubishi Jidosha - Tokyo-to (8/11) 0W 1LAt Kawasaki
15 Toshiba 5 Kawatetsu - Mizushima (5/15) 0W 1L 11 Nissan Jidosha 5 Mitsubishi Juko - Kobe (5/11) 0W 1L 7 Nissan Jidosha - Kyushu 6 Sumitomo Kinzoku - Kagoshima (6/7) 0W 1L
Games of March 9:
Locations not specified
4 NTT - Tokyo 3 Showa Concrete (3/4) 0W 1L 10 Mitsubishi Juko - Yokohama 7 Fuji Juko (7/10) 0W 1L 8 Nakayama Seiko 5 JR Higashi Nihon (5/8) 0W 1L 7 Matsushita Denki 4 Honda Giken (4/7) 0W 1L
Round 2
9 Nihon Sekiyu (28/13) 8 Hitachi Seisakusho (19/11) 1W 1L 13 Mitsubishi Jidosha - Kawasaki (7 innings called) (24/10) 5 Sumitomo Kinzoku (21/24) 1W 1L
Games of March 10:
At Jingu Kyuju
6 Isuzu Jidosha (15/11) 3 Tokyo Gas (16/17) 1W 1L 5 Nippon Tsuun (8/5) 3 Nihon Seimei (8/9) 1W 1L 9 Toshiba (24/7) 2 Prince Hotels (13/17) 1W 1LAt Yokohama Stadium
11 Nissan Jidosha (22/14) 9 Nissan Jidosha - Kyushu (16/17) 1W 1L 2 NTT - Tokyo (6/4) 1 Matsushita Denki (8/6) 1W 1L 13 Nakayama Seiko (21/16) 11 Mitsubishi Juko - Yokohama (21/20) 1W 1L
Round 3 (Quarter-finals)
Games of March 11:
At Jingu Kyuju
3 Mitsubishi Jidosha - Kawasaki (27/12) 2 Nihon Sekiyu (30/16) 2W 1L 7 Nippon Tsuun (15/6) 1 Isuzu Jidosha (16/18) 2W 1L
At Yokohama Stadium
9 Nissan Jidosha (31/15) 1 Toshiba (25/16) 2W 1L 8 NTT - Tokyo (14/8) 4 Nakayama Seiko (25/24) 2W 1L
Round 4 (Semi-finals)
Games of March 12: (Rained Out)*
*6th rainout in tournament history, means a double header for the teams in the tournamnet finale.
Games of March 13:
At Jingu Kyuju
0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 Mitsubishi Jidosha - Kawasaki (33/21) 3W 1L 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 0 x 9 Nippon Tsuun (24/12) 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 11 Nissan Jidosha (42/27) 3W 1L 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 2 3x 12 NTT Tokyo (26/19)Nippon Tsuun wins the tournament for the third time and for the first time in 11 years. Tournament MVP was pitcher Nogi, a 21-year old who is a highly touted prospect for this year's pro draft in November.
Final
1 1 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 11 Nippon Tsuun (35/13) 5W 0L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 NTT Tokyo (27/30) 4W 1L
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