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[[Image:Little League World Series and Lamade Stadium.JPG|thumb|400px|right|A Little League World Series game at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport.]]
The '''[[Little League]] World Series''' is a [[baseball]] [[tournament]] for children aged 11 and 12 years old. Named for the [[World Series]] in [[Major League Baseball]], it was first held in [[1947 in baseball|1947]] and is held every August in [[South Williamsport, Pennsylvania|South Williamsport]], [[Pennsylvania]] in the [[United States]]. (The postal address of the organization is in [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]], but the stadium complex is in South Williamsport.) Initially, only teams from the US competed, but it has since become a worldwide tournament. The tournament has gained popular renown, especially in the United States, where games from the Series and even from regional tournaments are broadcast on [[ESPN]].
In [[2006 in baseball|2006]], the age limit was changed such that players could turn 13 after [[May 1]], not [[August 1]], as had previously been the case. As the competitions take place in the Northern Hemisphere summer, many of the players have already turned 13 before the World Series. The 2006 tournament also marked the end of the [[American Broadcasting Company]] broadcasts under the "ABC Sports" name. As of September 1, 2006, all Disney sports properties are under the ESPN title, regardless of which channel from Disney airs the sporting event.
The Little League World Series is one of [http://www.littleleague.org/series/index.htm eight tournaments] sponsored by Little League International. Each of them brings baseball or [[softball]] all-star teams from around the world together in one of four age divisions. The tournament structure described here is that used for the Little League Baseball World Series. The structure used for the other World Series is similar.
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"
! Division
! Location
! First Held
! Series
|-
| [[Little League Baseball]]
| [[South Williamsport, Pennsylvania]]
| 1947
| [[Little League World Series]]
|-
| [[Junior League Baseball]]
| [[Taylor, Michigan]]
| 1981
| [[Junior League World Series]]
|-
| [[Senior League Baseball]]
| [[Bangor, Maine]]
| 1961
| [[Senior League World Series]]
|-
| [[Big League Baseball]]
| [[Easley, South Carolina]]
| 1968
| [[Big League World Series]]
|-
| [[Little League Softball]]
| [[Portland, Oregon]]
| 1974
| [[Little League World Series (softball)]]
|-
| [[Junior League Softball]]
| [[Kirkland, Washington]]
| 1999
| [[Junior League World Series (softball)]]
|-
| [[Senior League Softball]]
| [[Sussex County, Delaware]]
| 1976
| [[Senior League World Series (softball)]]
|-
| [[Big League Softball]]
| [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]
| 1982
| [[Big League World Series (softball)]]
|}
==Qualifying tournaments==
[[Image:Little League World Series Welcome Sign crop.JPG|thumb|Welcome sign in the Little League World Series Complex]]
In the summer months leading up to the Little League World Series, held each year in August, [[Little League]]s around the world select an All-Star team made up of players from its league. It is these All-Star teams that compete in district, sectional, state, and regional tournaments hoping to advance to Williamsport for the Little League World Series. How many games a team has to play varies from region to region. In the United States, the tournaments at the lowest (district) level lack nationwide standardization. Some use pool play or double elimination, while others use single elimination.
In the United States, the fate of district winners varies widely from state to state. In some larger states such as New York, Florida and California, the district winners advance to one of many sectional tournaments. The winners of each sectional tournament then advance to a state or divisional tournament, currently held only in Texas and California, which closely resemble the state tournaments held in less densely populated states. Most smaller states lack competition at the sectional level and go straight from district to state tournaments. A handful of states are composed of only one district, and the district champion is the automatic state champion.
With four exceptions, every state as well as the [[District of Columbia]] crowns a state champion, and sends that team to represent it to one of eight regional tournaments. The exceptions involve [[California]], [[Texas]], and the states of [[North Dakota]] and [[South Dakota]]. Because of their large geographic and population sizes, California and Texas send two representatives to their regional tournament; [[Northern California]] and [[Southern California]] in the West region tournament and Texas East and Texas West (whose areas encompass more than the geographical areas of [[East Texas]] and [[West Texas]], splitting roughly along the [[Interstate 35 (Texas)|I-35]]/[[Interstate 37 (Texas)|I-37]] corridor) compete in the Southwest region tournament. Conversely, because of their sparse population, the [[Dakotas]] have one district spanning the two states, and its winner becomes the joint champion and advances to the Midwest region tournament.
The state champions (as well as the Northern California, Southern California, Texas East, Texas West and Dakotas champions) compete in one of eight different regional tournaments. Each regional tournament winner then advances to the Little League World Series. See [http://www.unpage.org] for a comprehensive breakdown of current and historical US regional tournament locations, participants and results.
Other countries and regions pick their own way of crowning a champion. Little League [[Canada]] holds tournaments at the provincial and regional level to field five champions at the national tournament: [[Ontario]], [[Quebec]], [[British Columbia]], the [[Atlantic Canada|Atlantic Provinces]], and the [[Prairie Provinces]]. The host site of the national tournament varies from year to year, and the [[home team]] gets an automatic berth as the sixth team. The winner of the national tournament earns the right to represent Canada at the Little League World Series.
==World Series breakdown==
[[Image:Little League World Series Game 2 crop.JPG|thumb|A Little League World Series Game at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.]]
The Little League World Series consists of 16 teams—8 from the United States, and 8 from other countries. Prior to 2001 there were eight teams in the LLWS: four U.S. teams (North, South, East, and West) and four international (Canada, Latin America, Europe, and Asia). (In 1975 there were only four teams in the LLWS, all from the United States. The international teams returned in 1976.)
The 16 teams are divided into two brackets, the United States Bracket and the International Bracket. Each team is then randomly assigned to one of two "pools" in their respective bracket. In the opening days of the tournament, the teams compete [[round robin]] within their own pool. The top two teams in each pool advance to the semifinal of their bracket, where the 1st place team from one pool competes against the 2nd place team from the other. The respective winners advance to play in either the United States or International Final. The U.S. champion and the International champion advance to compete in the Little League World Series Championship Game.
The eight regional tournament winners which compete in the United States Bracket of the Little League World Series, as well as the states those regional champions could possibly hail from are as follows:
* [[New England in the Little League World Series|New England (ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT)]]
* [[Mid-Atlantic in the Little League World Series|Mid-Atlantic (PA, NY, NJ, MD, DC, DE)]]
* [[Midwest in the Little League World Series|Midwest (ND/SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO)]]
* [[Great Lakes in the Little League World Series|Great Lakes (MI, WI, OH, IN, IL, KY)]]
* [[Southeast in the Little League World Series|Southeast (VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, TN)]]
* [[Southwest in the Little League World Series|Southwest (MS, LA, AR, TX East, TX West, OK, CO, NM)]]
* [[Northwest in the Little League World Series|Northwest (AK, WA, OR, ID, MT, WY)]]
* [[West in the Little League World Series|West (AZ, NV, UT, CA (Northern), CA (Southern), HI)]]
The eight divisions which compete in the International Bracket are as follows:
* [[Canada in the Little League World Series|Canada]]
* [[Mexico in the Little League World Series|Mexico]]
* [[Caribbean in the Little League World Series|Caribbean]]
* [[Latin America in the Little League World Series|Latin America]]
* [[Japan in the Little League World Series|Japan]]
* [[Asia-Pacific in the Little League World Series|Asia-Pacific]]
* [[Europe Region in the Little League World Series|Europe]]
* [[MEA Region in the Little League World Series|MEA (Middle East-Africa)]]
Prior to 2008, instead of two separate geographic regions, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa held two coterminous regions[http://www.eteamz.com/llbeurope/]:
* [[EMEA Region in the Little League World Series|Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA)]]
* [[Transatlantic Region in the Little League World Series|Transatlantic]]
The Transatlantic and EMEA regions were geographically identical. Leagues from the Transatlantic region generally consist of children and other dependents of American expatriates, typically [[United States Armed Forces|Armed Forces]] personnel, international organization members, and oil company workers (such as the team representing the [[Saudi Aramco Residential Camp in Dhahran]], which has advanced to the World Series 19 times, including the last eight in succession). The leagues within the "EMEA" region consist of players native to the league's own country. Representative teams for the Trans-Atlantic region must be at least 51% nationals of Canada, the U.S. or Japan. Teams for the EMEA region can have no more than three players from those three countries.
==Venues==
Two venues host World Series games: [[Howard J. Lamade Stadium]] and [[Little League Volunteer Stadium]]. Lamade Stadium has hosted games since 1959, while Little League Volunteer Stadium opened in [[2001 Little League World Series|2001]] when the field expanded to 16 teams. Prior to 1959 the Little League World Series was held at Original Little League on West Fourth Street in [[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport]].
Both fields have symmetrical fences, with a distance of 225 feet from home plate to each of the outfield positions. That distance had been 205 feet before 2006.
Admission to all LLWS games is free. Lamade Stadium has a [[berm]] beyond the fences that has held up to 45,000 spectators.
==Little League World Series champions==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!width="50"|Year
!width="150"|Winner
!width="50"|Score
!width="150"|Runner-Up
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1947 Little League World Series|1947]]'''
|{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}<br>[[Williamsport, Pennsylvania|Williamsport, PA]]
|16-7
|{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}<br>[[Lock Haven, Pennsylvania|Lock Haven, PA]]
|-
|'''[[1948 Little League World Series|1948]]'''
|{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}<br>[[Lock Haven, Pennsylvania|Lock Haven, PA]]
|6-5
|{{flagicon|Florida}}<br>[[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg, FL]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1949 Little League World Series|1949]]'''
|{{flagicon|New Jersey}}<br>[[Hammonton, New Jersey|Hammonton, NJ]]
|5-0
|{{flagicon|Florida}}<br>[[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola, FL]]
|-
|'''[[1950 Little League World Series|1950]]'''
|{{flagicon|Texas}}<br>[[Austin, Texas|Austin, TX]]
|2-1
|{{flagicon|Connecticut}}<br>[[Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport, CT]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1951 Little League World Series|1951]]'''
|{{flagicon|Connecticut}}<br>[[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford, CT]]
|3-0
|{{flagicon|Texas}}<br>[[Austin, Texas|Austin, TX]]
|-
|'''[[1952 Little League World Series|1952]]'''
|{{flagicon|Connecticut}}<br>[[Norwalk, Connecticut|Norwalk, CT]]
|4-3
|{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}<br>[[Monongahela, Pennsylvania|Monongahela, PA]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1953 Little League World Series|1953]]'''
|{{flagicon|Alabama}}<br>[[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham, AL]]
|1-0
|{{flagicon|New York}}<br>[[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady, NY]]
|-
|'''[[1954 Little League World Series|1954]]'''
|{{flagicon|New York}}<br>[[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady, NY]]
|7-5
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Colton, California|Colton, CA]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1955 Little League World Series|1955]]'''
|{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}<br>[[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville, PA]]
|4-3
|{{flagicon|New Jersey}}<br>[[Merchantville, New Jersey|Merchantville, NJ]]
|-
|'''[[1956 Little League World Series|1956]]'''
|{{flagicon|New Mexico}}<br>[[Roswell, New Mexico|Roswell, NM]]
|3-1
|{{flagicon|New Jersey}}<br>[[Merchantville, New Jersey|Merchantville, NJ]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1957 Little League World Series|1957]]'''
|{{flagicon|MEX}}<br>[[Monterrey]], [[Mexico|Mex.]]
|4-0
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[La Mesa, California|La Mesa, CA]]
|-
|'''[[1958 Little League World Series|1958]]'''
|{{flagicon|MEX}}<br>[[Monterrey]], [[Mexico|Mex.]]
|10-1
|{{flagicon|Illinois}}<br>[[Kankakee, Illinois|Kankakee, IL]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1959 Little League World Series|1959]]'''
|{{flagicon|Michigan}}<br>[[Hamtramck, Michigan|Hamtramck, MI]]
|12-0
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Auburn, California|Auburn, CA]]
|-
|'''[[1960 Little League World Series|1960]]'''
|{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}<br>[[Levittown, Pennsylvania|Levittown, PA]]
|5-0
|{{flagicon|Texas}}<br>[[Fort Worth, Texas|Ft. Worth, TX]]
|-
|'''[[1961 Little League World Series|1961]]'''
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[El Cajon, California|El Cajon, CA]]
|4-2
|{{flagicon|Texas}}<br>[[El Campo, Texas|El Campo, TX]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1962 Little League World Series|1962]]'''
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[San Jose, California|San Jose, CA]]
|3-0
|{{flagicon|Illinois}}<br>[[Kankakee, Illinois|Kankakee, IL]]
|-
|'''[[1963 Little League World Series|1963]]'''
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Granada Hills, California|Granada Hills, CA]]
|2-1
|{{flagicon|Connecticut}}<br>[[Stratford, Connecticut|Stratford, CT]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1964 Little League World Series|1964]]'''
|{{flagicon|New York}}<br>[[Staten Island, New York|Staten Island, NY]]
|4-0
|{{flagicon|MEX}}<br>[[Monterrey]], [[Mexico|Mex.]]
|-
|'''[[1965 Little League World Series|1965]]'''
|{{flagicon|Connecticut}}<br>[[Windsor Locks, Connecticut|Windsor Locks, CT]]
|3-1
|{{flagicon|CAN}}<br>[[Stoney Creek, Ontario]].
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1966 Little League World Series|1966]]'''
|{{flagicon|Texas}}<br>[[Houston, Texas|Houston, TX]]
|8-2
|{{flagicon|New Jersey}}<br>[[West New York, New Jersey|W. New York, NJ]]
|-
|'''[[1967 Little League World Series|1967]]'''
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Tokyo|West Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|4-1
|{{flagicon|Illinois}}<br>[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago, IL]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1968 Little League World Series|1968]]'''
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
|1-0
|{{flagicon|Virginia}}<br>[[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond, VA]]
|-
|'''[[1969 Little League World Series|1969]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]
|5-0
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara, CA]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1970 Little League World Series|1970]]'''
|{{flagicon|New Jersey}}<br>[[Wayne, New Jersey|Wayne, NJ]]
|2-0
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Campbell, California|Campbell, CA]]
|-
|'''[[1971 Little League World Series|1971]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Tainan City|Tainan]], [[Taiwan]]
|12-3 (F/9)
|{{flagicon|Indiana}}<br>[[Gary, Indiana|Gary, IN]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1972 Little League World Series|1972]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]
|6-0
|{{flagicon|Indiana}}<br>[[Hammond, Indiana|Hammond, IN]]
|-
|'''[[1973 Little League World Series|1973]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Tainan City]], [[Taiwan]]
|12-0
|{{flagicon|Arizona}}<br>[[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson, AZ]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1974 Little League World Series|1974]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]]
|12-1
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Red Bluff, California|Red Bluff, CA]]
|-
|'''[[1975 Little League World Series|1975]]'''<sup><small>*</small></sup>
|{{flagicon|New Jersey}}<br>[[Lakewood, New Jersey|Lakewood, NJ]]
|4-3
|{{flagicon|Florida}}<br>[[Tampa, Florida|Tampa, FL]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1976 Little League World Series|1976]]'''
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|10-3
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Campbell, California|Campbell, CA]]
|-
|'''[[1977 Little League World Series|1977]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]]
|7-2
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[El Cajon, California|El Cajon, CA]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1978 Little League World Series|1978]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Pingtung]], [[Taiwan]]
|11-1
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Danville, California|Danville, CA]]
|-
|'''[[1979 Little League World Series|1979]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Hsien, Taiwan|Hsien]], [[Taiwan]]
|2-1
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Campbell, California|Campbell, CA]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1980 Little League World Series|1980]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Hua-Lien]], [[Taiwan]]
|4-3
|{{flagicon|Florida}}<br>[[Tampa, Florida|Tampa, FL]]
|-
|'''[[1981 Little League World Series|1981]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Taichung]], [[Taiwan]]
|4-2
|{{flagicon|Florida}}<br>[[Tampa, Florida|Tampa, FL]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1982 Little League World Series|1982]]'''
|{{flagicon|Washington}}<br>[[Kirkland, Washington|Kirkland, WA]]
|6-0
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Chiai]], [[Taiwan]]
|-
|'''[[1983 Little League World Series|1983]]'''
|{{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}}<br>[[Marietta, Georgia|Marietta, GA]]
|3-1
|{{flagicon|DOM}}<br>[[Barahona]], [[Dominican Republic|Dom. Rep.]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1984 Little League World Series|1984]]'''
|{{flagicon|KOR}}<br>[[Seoul]], [[South Korea|S. Korea]]
|6-2
|{{flagicon|Florida}}<br>[[Altamonte Springs, Florida|Altamonte Springs, FL]]
|-
|'''[[1985 Little League World Series|1985]]'''
|{{flagicon|KOR}}<br>[[Seoul]], [[South Korea|S. Korea]]
|7-1
|{{flagicon|MEX}} {{flagicon|California}}<sup><small>†</small></sup><br>[[Mexicali]], [[Mexico|Mex.]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1986 Little League World Series|1986]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Tainan City|Tainan Park]], [[Taiwan]]
|12-0
|{{flagicon|Arizona}}<br>[[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson, AZ]]
|-
|'''[[1987 Little League World Series|1987]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Hua-Lien]], [[Taiwan]]
|21-1
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Irvine, California|Irvine, CA]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1988 Little League World Series|1988]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Taichung]], [[Taiwan]]
|10-0
|{{flagicon|Hawaii}}<br>[[Pearl City, Hawaii|Pearl City, HI]]
|-
|'''[[1989 Little League World Series|1989]]'''
|{{flagicon|Connecticut}}<br>[[Trumbull, Connecticut|Trumbull, CT]]
|5-2
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1990 Little League World Series|1990]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Tainan County]], [[Taiwan]]
|9-0
|{{flagicon|Pennsylvania}}<br>[[Shippensburg, Pennsylvania|Shippensburg, PA]]
|-
|'''[[1991 Little League World Series|1991]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Taichung]], [[Taiwan]]
|11-0
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[San Ramon, California|San Ramon Valley, CA]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1992 Little League World Series|1992]]'''
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Long Beach, California|Long Beach, CA]]
|6-0<sup><small>‡</small></sup>
|{{flagicon|Philippines|1919}}<br>[[Zamboanga City]], [[Philippines|Phil.]]
|-
|'''[[1993 Little League World Series|1993]]'''
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Long Beach, California|Long Beach, CA]]
|3-2
|{{flagicon|PAN}}<br>[[David Chiriqui]], [[Panama|Pan.]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1994 Little League World Series|1994]]'''
|{{flagicon|VEN}}<br>[[Maracaibo]], [[Venezuela]]
|4-3
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Northridge, California|Northridge, CA]]
|-
|'''[[1995 Little League World Series|1995]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Tainan City|Tainan]], [[Taiwan]]
|17-3
|{{flagicon|Texas}}<br>[[Spring, Texas|Spring, TX]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1996 Little League World Series|1996]]'''
|{{flagicon|TWN}}<br>[[Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]]
|13-3
|{{flagicon|Rhode Island}}<br>[[Cranston, Rhode Island|Cranston, RI]]
|-
|'''[[1997 Little League World Series|1997]]'''
|{{flagicon|MEX}}<br>[[Guadalupe, Nuevo León|Guadalupe]], [[Mexico|Mex.]]
|5-4
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Mission Viejo, California|South Mission Viejo, CA]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[1998 Little League World Series|1998]]'''
|{{flagicon|New Jersey}}<br>[[Toms River, New Jersey|Toms River, NJ]]
|12-9
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Kashima]], [[Japan]]
|-
|'''[[1999 Little League World Series|1999]]'''
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Hirakata, Osaka|Hirakata]], [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
|5-0
|{{flagicon|Alabama}}<br>[[Phenix City, Alabama|Phenix City, AL]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[2000 Little League World Series|2000]]'''
|{{flagicon|VEN}}<br>[[Maracaibo]], [[Venezuela]]
|3-2
|{{flagicon|Texas}}<br>[[Bellaire, Texas|Bellaire, TX]]
|-
|'''[[2001 Little League World Series|2001]]'''
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Tokyo Kitasuna]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|2-1
|{{flagicon|Florida}}<br>[[Apopka, Florida|Apopka, FL]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[2002 Little League World Series|2002]]'''
|{{flagicon|Kentucky}}<br>[[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville, KY]]
|1-0
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Sendai, Miyagi|Sendai]], [[Japan]]
|-
|'''[[2003 Little League World Series|2003]]'''
|{{flagicon|JPN}}<br>[[Musashi-Fuchu]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|10-1
|{{flagicon|Florida}}<br>[[Boynton Beach, Florida|East Boynton Beach, FL]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[2004 Little League World Series|2004]]'''
|{{flagicon|Curaçao}}<br>[[Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles|Willemstad]], [[Curaçao]]
|5-2
|{{flagicon|California}}<br>[[Thousand Oaks, California|Thousand Oaks, CA]]
|-
|'''[[2005 Little League World Series|2005]]'''
|{{flagicon|Hawaii}}<br>[[Ewa Beach]], [[Hawaii|HI]]
|7-6 (F/7)
|{{flagicon|Curaçao}}<br>[[Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles|Willemstad]], [[Curaçao]]
|-style="background: #D0E6FF;"
|'''[[2006 Little League World Series|2006]]'''
|{{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}}<br>[[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]]
|2-1
|{{flagicon|Japan}}<br>[[Kawaguchi City]], [[Japan]]
|-
|'''[[2007 Little League World Series|2007]]'''
|{{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}}<br>[[Warner Robins, Georgia|Warner Robins]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]]
|3-2 (F/8)
|{{flagicon|Japan}}<br>[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|}
==Championship tally by country==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team !! Championships
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[USA]] || 30
|-
| {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Taiwan]] || 17
|-
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan]] || 6
|-
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico]] || 3
|-
| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[South Korea]] || 2
|-
| {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Venezuela]] || 2
|-
| {{flagicon|Curaçao}} [[Curaçao]] || 1
|}
==Championship tally by U.S. state==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Championships !! State(s)
|-
| 5 || {{flagicon|California}} [[California]]
|-
| 4 || {{flagicon|Connecticut}} [[Connecticut]] {{flagicon|New Jersey}} [[New Jersey]] {{flagicon|Pennsylvania}} [[Pennsylvania]]
|-
| 3 || {{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|-
| 2 || {{flagicon|New York}} [[New York]] {{flagicon|Texas}} [[Texas]]
|-
| 1 || {{flagicon|Alabama}} [[Alabama]] {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Hawaii]] {{flagicon|Kentucky}} [[Kentucky]] {{flagicon|Michigan}} [[Michigan]] {{flagicon|New Mexico}} [[New Mexico]] {{flagicon|Washington}} [[Washington]]
|}
== Famous participants in Little League World Series ==
* [[Wilson Alvarez]] - MLB Player (1982 World Series) / [[Maracaibo, Venezuela]]
* [[Jim Barbieri]] - Former MLB Player (1954 World Series, 1966 MLB World Series) / [[Schenectady, New York]]
* [[Jason Bay]] - MLB Player (1990 World Series) /[[Trail, British Columbia]]
* Lee Xiong III- Japan league superstar (1990-2006 MVP)
* [[Larvell Blanks]] - Former MLB Player (1962 World Series) / [[Del Rio, Texas]]
* [[Derek Bell (baseball player)|Derek Bell]] - Former MLB Player (1980, 1981 World Series, 1992 MLB World Series Champion) / [[Tampa, Florida]]
* [[Sean Burroughs]] - MLB Player (1992, 1993 World Series) / [[Long Beach, CA]]
* [[Matt Cassel]] - NFL Quarterback for the [[New England Patriots]] (1994 World Series) / [[Northridge, California]]
* [[Bill Connors]] - Former MLB Player (1954 World Series) / [[Schenectady, New York]]
* [[Chris Drury]] - NHL Player (1989 World Series Champion, 2001 [[Stanley Cup]] Champion)/ [[Trumbull, Connecticut|Trumbull, CT]] - 1989 LLWS MVP, 1998 [[Hobey Baker Award]] Winner, 1999 [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] Winner
* [[Ray Ferraro]] - Former NHL Player (1976 World Series) / [[Trail, British Columbia]]
* [[Dwight Gooden]] - Former MLB Player (1979 World Series, 1986 MLB World Series Champion) / [[Tampa, Florida]]
* [[Charlie Hayes]] - Former MLB Player (1977 World Series, 1996 MLB world Series Champion) / [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]]
* [[Ken Hubbs]] - Former MLB Player (1954 World Series) / [[Colton, California]] 1962 National League MLB Rookie of The Year and [[Gold Glove]] Winner
* [[Keith Lampard]] - Former MLB Player (1958 World Series) / [[Portland, Oregon]]
* [[Carney Lansford]] - Former MLB Player (1969 World Series, 1988 & 1990 MLB World Series Runner-Up, 1989 MLB World Series Champion) / [[Santa Clara, California]] 1981 MLB Batting Champ, 1988 AL All-Star, 1992 [[Hutch Award]] Winner
* [[Vance Lovelace]] - Former MLB Player (1975 World Series) / [[Tampa, Florida]]
* [[Jason Marquis]] - MLB Player (1991 World Series & 2006 MLB World Series Champion) / [[Staten Island, New York]] 2005 NL [[Silver Slugger]]
* [[Stephane Matteau]] - Former NHL Player (1982 World Series, 1994 [[Stanley Cup]] Champion)/ [[Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec]]
* [[Lloyd McClendon]] - Former MLB Player & Manager, Currently an MLB Hitting Coach (1971 World Series) / [[Gary, Indiana]]
* [[Lastings Milledge]] - MLB Player (1997 World Series) / [[Bradenton, Florida]]
* [[Jim Pankovits]] - Former MLB Player (1968 World Series) / [[Richmond, Virginia]]
* [[Marc Pisciotta]] - Former MLB Player (1983 World Series) / [[Marietta, Georgia]]
* [[Boog Powell]] - Former MLB Player (1954 World Series, 1969 & 1971 MLB World Series Runner-Up, 1966 & 1970 MLB World Series Champion) / [[Lakeland, Florida]]
* [[Turk Schonert]] - Former NFL Player and Currently an NFL Quarterback Coach (1968 World Series) / [[Garden Grove, California]]
* [[Gary Sheffield]] - MLB Player (1980 World Series, 1997 MLB World Series Champion) / [[Tampa, Florida]] 1992 MLB Batting Champ, 7-Time NL All-Star, 2-Time AL All-Star, 5-Time [[Silver Slugger]]
* [[Brian Sipe]] - Former [[NFL]] [[quarterback]] and 1980 NFL MVP (1961 World Series) / [[El Cajon, California]]
* [[Carl Taylor]] - Former MLB Player (1954 World Series) / [[Lakeland, Florida]]
* [[Hector Torres]] - Former MLB Player (1958 World Series) / [[Monterrey, Mexico]]
* [[George Tsamis]] - Former MLB Player (1979 World Series) / [[Campbell, California]]
* [[Pierre Turgeon]] - Former NHL Player (1982 World Series / [[Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec]] 4-Time NHL All-Star
* [[Jason Varitek]] - MLB Player (1984 World Series, 1994 NCAA CWS, 2004 & 2007 MLB World Series Champion) / [[Altamonte Springs, Florida]]
* [[Ed Vosberg]] - Former MLB Player (1973 World Series Runner-Up, 1980 NCAA CWS Champion, 1997 MLB World Series Champion) / [[Tucson, Arizona]]
* [[Dan Wilson (baseball player)|Dan Wilson]] - Former MLB Player (1981 World Series) / [[Barrington, Illinois]] 1996 AL All-Star
* [[Rick Wise]] - Former MLB Player (1958 World Series, 1975 MLB World Series) / [[Portland, Oregon]]
Gale Gilbert former quarterback from California (starting the 1982 Band Game vs Stanford and NFL with the Buffalo Bills (Super Bowl) San Diego (Super Bowl) Chargers and Seattle Seahawks. (1974 World Series Runner-up Red Bluff, Ca.)
==Championship notes==
*In 1975, Little League Baseball banned all non-US teams from the World Series. After considerable criticism, the ban was rescinded the following year.[http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/features/littleleagueworldseries.html]
*In 1985, Mexicali (MX) represented the Western Region of the United States because of its proximity to the El Centro/Calexico area in Southern California, and the potential players from that region could have played for that city's leagues. It represented California's District 22 in the Southern California region, and won the Western Region tournament. After the 1985 Series, the region was shifted from California leagues to Mexico leagues. Similarly, the South Lake Tahoe (CA) Little League plays in the Nevada region of Little League in order to save on travel costs with the team closer to other leagues in Nevada than to those in California.
*In 1992, Long Beach declared a 6–0 winner after the international tournament committee determined that [[1992 Little League World Series|Zamboanga City had used ineligible players]] that were either not from within its [[city limits]], overage, or both.
No teams from Taiwan (now required to compete as "Chinese Taipei") participated after the 1996 tournament until the 2003 tournament, after the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association decided its leagues would no longer charter with Little League, claiming inability to comply with rules enacted in 1992 regarding the maximum size of player pools and number of participating teams in leagues based at schools, and residency requirements, which Little League Baseball had stated they would enforce more strictly, especially after the 1992 incident. From the introduction of Far East teams in 1967 until after 1996, Taiwan had won 17 of a possible 30 championships and had been runners-up twice.<ref>Taiwan, once dominant, to return to Little League, Associated Press Newswires, 25 April 2003, The Associated Press.</ref>
==Television coverage==
The first broadcast of the Little League World Series on [[television]] was on ABC Sports (now [[ESPN on ABC]]) in [[1963 Little League World Series|1963]]. At first, only the championship game was televised. Since the late 1980s, when the tournament was reorganized, both the U.S. and international championships, the "semifinals," have been shown. As the years passed, more telecasts were added on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[ESPN]], and [[ESPN2]]. In [[2006 Little League World Series|2006]], 28 of the 36 games were televised on the three networks.
The 2006 world championship game was to be the last telecast on ABC Sports before ESPN's complete takeover of the sports division and name change. However, the final was postponed one day because of rain and was shown by ESPN2.
In January 2007, it was announced that ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC had extended their contract with the Little League organization through 2014.[http://www.latimes.com/sports/custom/extras/la-spw-tvcol5jan05,1,6528696.column?page=2&coll=la-sports-extras] That year, every game of the LLWS was scheduled to be televised for the first time, with all but one game live on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC. (The other game was to be available online at [[ESPN360]], then shown on ESPN2 the next day.)[http://www.littleleague.org/media/tv_lineup_07.asp] In addition, a number of games were to be shown in [[high-definition TV|high-definition]] on one of ESPN's two [[ESPNHD|dedicated]] [[ESPN2HD|HD]] channels, or on [[ABC HD]]. The championship games in all other divisions, as well as the semifinals and finals of the Little League Softball World Series, was scheduled for either ESPN, ESPN2 or [[ESPNU]].
==Radio coverage==
Most LLWS games are broadcast live on local radio station [[WRAK]] 1400AM, which is owned by [[Clear Channel Communications|Clear Channel]]. The radio broadcasts are also streamed online at [http://www.littleleague.org/series/2007divisions/llbb/series.htm the LLWS page at littleleague.org].
==See also==
*[[Danny Almonte]] - the center of an age fraud investigation during [[2001 in baseball|2001]] series
*[[List of Little League World Series broadcasters]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.littleleague.org/series/2007divisions/llbb/series.htm Official site]
*[http://www.littleleague.org/museum/ Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum]
*[http://www.unpage.org/shared/un-genin.htm Comprehensive information on regional tournaments]
*[http://www.schenectadyny.info/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b=schll,m=1094997004 '''1954 Schenectady Little League Honored''']
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