| 1966 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 12–19 | |||||||||
| MVP | Isao Shibata (Yomiuri) | |||||||||
| FSA | Taisuke Watanabe (Nankai) | |||||||||
The1966 Japan Series was the championship series ofNippon Professional Baseball for the1966 season. The 17th edition of theSeries, it was abest-of-seven playoff that matched theCentral League championYomiuri Giants against thePacific League championNankai Hawks. This was a rematch of theprevious year's Japan Series, which the Giants won. Yomiuri again defeated Nankai, this time in six games, to win their second consecutive championship.
CLYomiuri Giants (4) vs. PLNankai Hawks (2)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 12 | Yomiuri Giants – 12, Nankai Hawks – 5 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:52 | 27,145[1] |
| 2 | October 13 | Yomiuri Giants – 2,Nankai Hawks – 5 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:39 | 27,395[1] |
| 3 | October 16 | Nankai Hawks – 2,Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Osaka Stadium | 2:08 | 29,978[1] |
| 4 | October 17 | Nankai Hawks – 1,Yomiuri Giants – 8 | Osaka Stadium | 2:35 | 30,178[1] |
| 5 | October 18 | Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Osaka Stadium | 3:50 | 19,791[1] |
| 6 | October 19 | Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:14 | 29,112[1] |
