Little League World Series

The Little League Baseball World Series is an international baseball tournament for boys 11 to 12 years. The first tournament was conducted in 1947 under the name National Little League Tournament. Only later the name was adapted to the Major League Baseball and renamed the tournament in Little League World Series. The tournament has been held since then, always in August in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania instead.

Initially, only teams from playing with the United States, gradually more and more international teams were added. As of 1957, the countries and states were divided into eight groups ( four U.S. and four international groups). For each group a team to the World Series qualified. As of 2001, the number of groups was doubled.

The games are being broadcast in the United States nationwide live by ESPN and ABC. The local radio station wrak (AM) transmits some games live also.

In Europe, the games on ESPN America can be seen live.

Qualification

The qualifying tournament for the Little League World Series usually find the beginning summer all over the world instead. The respective modes differ from region to region. Thus, already begun in the United States to stage school district with the tournaments. Thus, it may be that in the larger States, some teams have to win up to four tournaments to qualify for the World Series. In Japan and Europe, however, ranging from two tournaments.

Thus the qualification regions of the United States shall bring together:

Region Great Lakes
Mid-Atlantic Region
Midwest Region
New England region
Northwest region
Southeast region
Southwest Region
West Region

At the international level, the regions set from 2013 as follows:

Asia- Pacific and Middle East
Region Canada
Caribbean Region
Region Europe and Africa
Region Japan
Latin America region
Region Mexico
Region Australia

The regions were changed again and again before 2013. Former regions were:

Asia (International)
Asia- Pacific (International)
Region Europe ( International)
Europe, Middle East and Africa ( International)
Region Far East (International)
Region Gulf States (USA)
Region Middle East Africa ( International)
Eastern Region (USA)
Pacific Region (International)
Southern Region (USA)
Transatlantic region (International)
Central Region (USA)
West ( U.S. ) Region

Venues

In the history of the Little League World Series was played in three different venues. Originally the games were held in Williamsport. Since 1959 stage will be played in South Williamsport at Howard J. Lamade. A second stadium In 2001, the number of participants was increased to 16 teams built the Little League Volunteer Stadium. In the latter two stages is still played today.

Both stages are equal and have a pitch length of the home base to the fence of 68.6 m ( 62.5 to 2006 m). Admission is free for all, but must be given away due to the high demand tickets. Outside the Lamade Stadium has a hill with a berm which is actively used by the spectators. The stadium and the hill together have a capacity of up to 45,000 spectators. This is the same amount as the Angel Stadium of Anaheim, or Citi Field. In German-speaking countries, this is comparable to the Weser Stadium or the St. Jakob- Park.

The current attendance record dates back to 2011, when the game against Great Lakes Mid-Atlantic 41 848 spectators were counted.

Final Games

In the sweeps were as follows playoffs:

In April 1997, told the national organizers of Taiwan that they send no more teams to the Little League World Series more, as they were of the opinion that this tournament was no longer compatible with the national sports promotion. In addition, they no longer saw themselves in a position to comply with the regulations of the LLWS. Not until 2003 that another team was sent.

Championships by State

Major participants in the Little League World Series

The following table lists some participants in the LLWS on which were allowed to celebrate more successes later. The list is not exhaustive.

Danny Almonte (LLWS 2001) - was used in 2001 as its former players. Therefore, the team from New York was disqualified.
Jason Bay (LLWS 1990) - MLB player for the New York Mets (2013 ): 3x All-Star ( 2005, 2006, 2009), NL Rookie of the Year 2004, Silver Slugger Award 2009
Matt Cassel (LLWS 1994) - NFL Quarterback: 2 × AFC Offensive Player of the Week (2008)
Chris Drury (LLWS 1989 World Champion) - Former NHL player: Stanley Cup Winner 2001 Hobey Baker Award winner in 1998, Calder Memorial Trophy winner in 1999
Ray Ferraro (LLWS 1976) - Former NHL Player All-Star Player (1992 )
Stephane Matteau (LLWS 1982) - Former NHL player: Stanley Cup Winner 1994
Pierre Turgeon (LLWS 1982) - Former NHL player: 4x NHL All-Star Player (1990, 1993, 1994, 1996), 2x Michel Bergeron Trophy (1986, 1987), 1x Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (1993 )

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