2002 Japan Series

2002 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season Yomiuri Giants (4) Tatsunori Hara 86–52–2 Seibu Lions (0) Haruki Ihara 90–49–1
Dates	October 26–30
MVP	Tomohiro Nioka
Broadcast
Television	NTV (Game 1, 2), TV Asahi (Game 3), TBS (Game 4)
Streaming
Japan Series

The 2002 Japan Series was the 53rd edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. It matched the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants against the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions. The Giants swept the Lions in four games to win their 20th Japan Series championship.

Summary

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Giants – 4, Lions – 1	October 26	Tokyo Dome	45,107
2	Giants – 9, Lions – 4	October 27	Tokyo Dome	45,223
3	Lions – 2, Giants – 10	October 29	Seibu Dome	30,933
4	Lions – 2, Giants – 6	October 30	Seibu Dome	31,072

See also

• 2002 World Series