Winning the final game against the Ham Team with a score of 3-0, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks' season record ultimately settled at 77 wins, 65 losses, and 2 draws.
This record lags 5.5 games behind this year's Pacific League champions, the Rakuten Golden Eagles, and is 2 games ahead of the third-ranked Saitama Seibu Lions. Although they couldn't achieve the winning goal set at the beginning of the season, considering the various unexpected situations that occurred this season, it's indeed remarkable that the SoftBank Team completed the official season games with such a record.
With the standings confirmed, the groupings for the climax series were freshly unveiled:
