In the four-team round-robin final series, the Japanese fielded a team entirely composed of professional players. Under coach Nagashima Shigeo, who is virtually synonymous with baseball in Japan, the team well and truly lived up to expectations, coming out as champions with an undefeated three wins from three games and only conceding one run.
決賽四強中，完全以職棒球員出擊的日本隊，在日本棒球的代名詞──長？茂雄教練帶領下，不負眾望以三戰三勝、總失分一分的完美戰績拿下冠軍。