1980 Little League World Series

1980 Little League World Series

Tournament details
Dates	August 26–August 30
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Longkuang Little League Hualien, Taiwan
Runners-up	Belmont Heights Little League Tampa, Florida
←  1979 1981  →

The 1980 Little League World Series took place between August 26 and August 30 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Longkuang Little League of Hualien, Taiwan, defeated the Belmont Heights Little League of Tampa, Florida, in the championship game of the 34th Little League World Series.

Teams

United States	International
Des Moines, Iowa Central Region Grandview National Little League	Trail, British Columbia Canada Region Trail Little League
Pawtucket, Rhode Island East Region Darlington American Little League	Madrid, Spain Europe Region Torrejon Air Base Little League
Tampa, Florida South Region Belmont Heights Little League	Hualien, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Far East Region Longkuong Little League
Kirkland, Washington West Region Kirkland National Little League	Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles Latin America Region Pabao Little League

• Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.

Championship Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 26
	Curaçao	0
					August 28
	Taiwan	6
					Taiwan	23
	August 27
					Canada	0
	Canada	9
									August 30
	Spain	2
									Taiwan	4
	August 26
									Florida	3
	Florida	20
					August 28
	Rhode Island	3
					Florida	16
	August 27
					Washington	0			Third place
	Washington	5
									August 29
	Iowa	0
									Canada	1
									Washington	2

Position Bracket

	Games A & B				Game D
	August 26
	Curaçao	7
					August 28
	Rhode Island	0
					Curaçao	1
	August 27
					Iowa	2
	Iowa	8
	Spain	1
					Game C
					August 28
					Rhode Island	6
					Spain	0

1980 Little League World Series Champions
Longkuang Little League Hualien, Taiwan

Notable players

• Gary Sheffield (Tampa, Florida) – MLB outfielder and third baseman from 1988 to 2009
• Derek Bell (Tampa, Florida) – MLB outfielder from 1991 to 2001
• Ty Griffin (Tampa, Florida) - 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist (Team USA - Baseball)
• Maurice Crum Sr. (Tampa, Florida) - 2 Time NCAA Football Champion (Miami Hurricanes)

External links

• 1980 Little League World Series at the Wayback Machine (archived October 21, 2017)
• Line scores for the 1980 LLWS at the Wayback Machine (archived August 26, 2017)