Tournament details | |
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Dates | August 18–August 28 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Northern Little League Columbus, Georgia |
Runners-up | Kawaguchi City Little League Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan |
The 2006 Little League World Series , held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, took place between August 18 and August 28, one day later than originally scheduled. Inclement weather forced the cancellation of the third-place game on August 27 and the postponement of the championship game also scheduled for that date. The Northern Little League of Columbus, Georgia, defeated Kawaguchi City Little League of Kawaguchi, Japan, in the championship game of the 60th Little League World Series.
The event was broadcast in the United States on ABC Sports, ESPN and ESPN2 in both analog and high-definition. The U.S. Championship game was the last ABC Sports telecast. Games were held in the two stadiums located at Little League headquarters in South Williamsport:
Between five and twelve teams take part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which vary in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments are in the same format as the Little League World Series itself: a round-robin tournament followed by an elimination round to determine the regional champion.
The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 27 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage. Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. If a clear winner cannot be determined from head-to-head results, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs-per-defensive-inning ratio advances.
Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Run Ratio |
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1 | Great Lakes | 2-1 | 1 | 0.056 |
2 | Southeast | 2–1 | 5 | 0.263 |
3 | West | 2–1 | 5 | 0.278 |
4 | Mid-Atlantic | 0–3 | 8 | 0.421 |
Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Run Ratio |
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1 | New England | 2–1 | 15 | 0.833 |
2 | Northwest | 2–1 | 8 | 0.444 |
3 | Midwest | 1–2 | 6 | 0.381 |
4 | Southwest | 1–2 | 14 | 0.737 |
Pool | Away | Score | Home | Score | Time (Venue) | |
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August 18 | ||||||
B | New England | 6 | Northwest | 1 | 4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
B | Southwest | 1 (F/9) | Midwest | 0 | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
August 19 | ||||||
A | Mid-Atlantic | 2 | Southeast | 3 (F/7) | 1:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
A | West | 1 | Great Lakes | 0 | 3:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
August 20 | ||||||
B | New England | 5 | Midwest | 14 | Noon (Volunteer Stadium) | |
A | Southeast | 4 | West | 1 | 1:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
B | Southwest | 1 | Northwest | 9 | 3:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
A | Mid-Atlantic | 0 | Great Lakes | 1 | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
August 21 | ||||||
B | Southwest | 0 | New England | 5 | 3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
B | Northwest | 2 | Midwest | 1 | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
August 22 | ||||||
A | West | 4 | Mid-Atlantic | 1 | 3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
A | Southeast | 0 | Great Lakes | 2 | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) |
Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Run Ratio |
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1 | Latin America | 3–0 | 2 | 0.136 |
2 | Transatlantic | 2–1 | 2 | 0.100 |
3 | Canada | 1–2 | 9 | 0.500 |
4 | Pacific | 0–3 | 12 | 0.600 |
Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Run Ratio |
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1 | Asia | 3–0 | 3 | 0.176 |
2 | Mexico | 2–1 | 9 | 0.529 |
3 | Caribbean | 1–2 | 10 | 0.556 |
4 | EMEA | 0–3 | 30 | 1.875 |
Pool | Away | Score | Home | Score | Time (Venue) | |
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August 18 | ||||||
C | Transatlantic | 5 | Canada | 0 | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
August 19 | ||||||
D | EMEA | 0 | Asia * | 11 (F/5) | 11:00 am (Lamade Stadium) | |
D | Caribbean | 2 | Mexico | 3 | 4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
C | Pacific | 0 | Latin America | 1 (F/8) | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
August 20 | ||||||
C | Pacific | 1 | Transatlantic | 9 | 5:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
D | EMEA | 1 | Mexico | 11 (F/5) | 7:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
August 21 | ||||||
D | EMEA | 0 | Caribbean | 8 | 11:00 am (Lamade Stadium) | |
D | Asia | 6 | Mexico | 1 | 1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
C | Canada | 2 | Latin America | 3 | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
August 22 | ||||||
D | Asia | 7 | Caribbean | 2 | 11:00 am (Lamade Stadium) | |
C | Canada | 2 | Pacific | 1 | 1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
C | Transatlantic | 0 | Latin America | 1 (F/8) | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
August 24 – 3:00 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
Transatlantic | 1 | |||||||||
August 26 – 7:30 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
Asia | 4 | |||||||||
Asia | 3 | |||||||||
August 23 – 3:00 pm - Lamade (F/4) | ||||||||||
Mexico | 0 | |||||||||
Latin America | 0 | |||||||||
August 28 – 5:00 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
Mexico | 11 | |||||||||
Asia | 1 | |||||||||
August 24 – 7:30 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
Southeast | 2 | |||||||||
Southeast | 8 | |||||||||
August 27 – 3:30 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
New England | 0 | |||||||||
Southeast | 7 | |||||||||
August 23 – 7:30 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
Northwest | 3 | |||||||||
Great Lakes | 3 | |||||||||
Northwest | 4 | |||||||||
The consolation game between Matamoros, Mexico and Beaverton, Oregon, scheduled for August 27 at Volunteer Stadium, was cancelled due to rain, and both teams share third place. The championship game was originally scheduled for 3:30 pm US EDT on August 27, but was postponed due to rain. The game was originally rescheduled for 8:00 pm on August 28, but changed because of weather concerns.
2006 Little League World Series Champions |
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Northern Little League Columbus, Georgia |
The Columbus Northern LL went undefeated on their road to the LLWS, winning all eleven of their matches. [2] [3] Their total record was 16–1, their only loss coming against Lemont LL (from Illinois).
Round | Opposition | Result |
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Georgia State Tournament | ||
Group Stage | Cartersville LL | 9–0 |
Group Stage | Decatur Belvedere LL | 15–0 |
Group Stage | Toccoa American LL | 12–2 |
Group Stage | Masters City LL | 17–2 |
Semifinals | Masters City LL | 15–5 |
Championship | Buckhead | 4–0 |
Southeast Regional | ||
Group Stage | Bridgeport American LL | 16–0 (4 inn.) |
Group Stage | Columbia American LL | 8–0 |
Group Stage | Greater Dunedin LL | 10–6 |
Semifinals | Cottage Hill LL | 11–0 (4 inn.) |
Southeast Region Championship | Greater Dunedin LL | 5–0 |
Television coverage aired throughout the United States on ABC Sports and ESPN. At first, there was no delay on its broadcasts, despite the fact that all managers and coaches were equipped with miniature microphones. That changed after two incidents; one in a preliminary game where an unidentified California pitcher told his coach that "[the umpire] ain't giving me shit" in reference to a tight strike zone, but the other, more important incident took place late in a preliminary-round game in which a player for Mid-Island Little League of Staten Island, New York, who was not publicly identified, told his teammates to just score "one fucking run" that was broadcast live on ESPN. In response, the team's manager, Nick Doscher, slapped the player, a violation of a Little League policy against physical contact targeting players. Both the player and manager were reprimanded, and ESPN and ABC imposed a five-second delay on future telecasts. The incident was part of the continuing legacy of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy.
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