The Doosan Bears, as the regular season champions, automatically advanced to the Korean Series, where they faced the Kiwoom Heroes.
[2] The team won the pennant race to advance directly to the Korean Series in dramatic fashion.
After a rally which started in late August and following a late-season collapse of SK, Doosan was able to secure the pennant in the last game of the season.
Kiwoom trailed SK and Doosan for most of the year, and finally settled for 3rd place in the regular season.
In the semi-playoff, the Heroes beat the 4th-place LG Twins in 4 games, and swept the defending champions SK Wyverns in a rematch of the previous year's playoffs.