2002 Little League World Series qualification

2002 Little League World Series qualification
2002 Little League World Series qualification
United States
Great Lakes winner	Louisville, Kentucky
Mid-Atlantic winner	Manhattan, New York
Midwest winner	Webb City, Missouri
New England winner	Worcester, Massachusetts
Northwest winner	Waipahu, Hawaii
Southeast winner	Clemmons, North Carolina
Southwest winner	Fort Worth, Texas
West winner	Aptos, California
International
Asia winner	Sendai, Japan
Canada winner	Regina, Saskatchewan
Caribbean winner	Willemstad, Curaçao
Europe, Middle East & Africa winner	Moscow, Russia
Latin America winner	Valencia, Venezuela
Mexico winner	Monterrey, Mexico
Pacific winner	Hagåtña, Guam
Transatlantic winner	Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Tournaments
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Last updated August 30, 2025

Qualification for the 2002 Little League World Series took place in sixteen different parts of the world during July and August 2002, with formats and number of teams varying by region.

United States

Great Lakes

The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 1–10.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Kentucky	Louisville	Valley Sports American	4–0
Indiana	Brownsburg	Brownsburg	3–1
Illinois	Bourbonnais	Bradley-Bourbonnais American	2–2
Ohio	Hamilton	West Side American	2–2
Michigan	Grosse Pointe Farms	Grosse Pointe Farms-City	1–3
Wisconsin	Merrill	Merrill	0–4

Semi-finals		Final

August 9

Kentucky	2
		August 10
Ohio	1
		Kentucky	8
August 9
		Indiana	1
Indiana	5

Illinois	3

Mid-Atlantic

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 3–13.^[2]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Delaware	Frankford	Lower Sussex	3–1
New Jersey	Hamilton Square	Nottingham	3–1
Pennsylvania	Bethlehem	Lehigh	3–1
New York	Manhattan	Harlem	2–2
Washington, D.C.		Capitol City	1–3
Maryland	Preston	South Caroline	0–4

Semi-finals		Final

August 10

Delaware	5
		August 13
New York	7
		New York	5
August 10
		Pennsylvania	4
New Jersey	3

Pennsylvania	10

Midwest

The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 2–11.^[3]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Iowa	Des Moines	Grandview	5–0
Missouri	Webb City	Webb City	4–0
Nebraska	Central City	Central City	2–3
South Dakota	Rapid City	Harney	1–3
Minnesota	Coon Rapids	Coon Rapids National	1–3
Kansas	Riverton	Riverton Area	0–4

Semi-finals		Final

August 9

Iowa	5
		August 11
Nebraska	3
		Iowa	1
August 9
		Missouri	2
Missouri	16

South Dakota	3

New England

The tournament was held in Bristol, Connecticut from August 3–12.^[4]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Connecticut	Orange	Orange	3–1
Massachusetts	Worcester	Jesse Burkett	3–1
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	3–1
Rhode Island	Portsmouth	Portsmouth	2–2
Maine	Westbrook	Westbrook	1–3
Vermont	Essex Junction	Essex Junction	0–4

Semi-finals		Final

August 10

Connecticut	0
		August 12
Rhode Island	1
		Rhode Island	0
August 10
		Massachusetts	1
Massachusetts	1

New Hampshire	0

Northwest

The tournament was held in San Bernardino, California from August 2–12.^[5]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Washington	Mill Creek	Mill Creek	4–0
Idaho	Coeur d'Alene	Coeur d'Alene	3–1
Oregon	Salem	Parrish	2–2
Hawaii	Waipahu	Waipio	2–2
Montana	Missoula	Mount Sentinel	1–3
Alaska	Juneau	Gastineau Channel East	0–4

Semi-finals		Final

August 10

Washington	3
		August 12
Hawaii	5
		Hawaii	5
August 10
		Idaho	3
Idaho	6

Oregon	4

Southeast

The tournament took place in St. Petersburg, Florida from August 3–10.^[6]

**Pool A**
State	City	LL Organization	Record
North Carolina	Clemmons	Southwest Forsyth	3–0
Virginia	Bridgewater	Bridgewater Community	2–1
West Virginia	Charles Town	Charles Town-Ranson	1–2
South Carolina	Spartanburg	Hillbrook	0–3

**Pool B**
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Florida	Bradenton	Braden River	3–0
Alabama	Phenix City	Phenix City American	1–2
Georgia	Columbus	Columbus American	1–2
Tennessee	Morristown	Morristown American	1–2

Semi-finals		Final

August 7

North Carolina	10
		August 9
Alabama	4
		North Carolina	4
August 7
		Virginia	2
Florida	3

Virginia	4

Southwest

The tournament took place in Waco, Texas from August 5–11.^[7]

**Pool A**
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Arkansas	Benton	Benton National	3–0
Louisiana	Lake Charles	South Lake Charles	2–1
New Mexico	Roswell	Noon Optimist	1–2
Colorado	Boulder	North Boulder	0–3

**Pool B**
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Texas East	Sugar Land	First Colony American	3–0
Texas West	Fort Worth	Fort Worth Westside	2–1
Mississippi	Ocean Springs	Ocean Springs	1–2
Oklahoma	Tulsa	Tulsa National	0–3

Semi-finals		Final

August 9

Arkansas	5
		August 11
Texas West	8
		Texas West	2
August 9
		Texas East	0
Texas East	4

Louisiana	1

West

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 2–13.^[8]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Northern California	Aptos	Aptos	3–1
Arizona	Glendale	Arrowhead	3–1
Nevada	Las Vegas	Peccole	2–2
Utah	Taylorsville	Taylorsville	2–2
Southern California	Anaheim	West Anaheim	2–2
Wyoming	Laramie	Laramie	0–4

Semi-finals		Final

August 11

Northern California	4
		August 13
Utah	1
		Northern California	4
August 11
		Arizona	3
Arizona	4

Nevada	3

International

Asia

The tournament took place in Manila, Philippines from July 28–August 4.

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Japan	Tokyo	Sendai Higashi	4–0
South Korea			2–2
Hong Kong			0–4

	Final

	August 3

	Japan	6

	South Korea	1

Canada

The tournament was held in Lethbridge, Alberta from August 2–11.^[9]

Province	City	LL Organization	Record
Saskatchewan	Regina	North Regina	4–1
British Columbia	Surrey	Whalley	4–1
Ontario	Ottawa	Gloucester	4–1
Nova Scotia	Sydney	Sydney	2–3
Alberta (Host)	Lethbridge	Lethbridge Southwest	1–4
Quebec	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Valleyfield	0–5

Semi-finals		Final

August 8

Saskatchewan	6
		August 9
Nova Scotia	4
		Saskatchewan	5
August 8
		Ontario	0
British Columbia	0

Ontario	5

Caribbean

The tournament took place in St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands from July 26–August 4.

**Pool A**
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Bonaire		Bonaire	2–2
US Virgin Islands	St. Thomas	Alvin McBean	2–2
Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	Sint Maarten	2–2

**Pool B**
Region	City	LL Organization	Record
Puerto Rico	Cabo Rojo	Adaberto Rodriues	3–0
Curaçao	Willemstad	Pariba	2–1
Aruba	San Nicolaas	Aruba South	1–2
US Virgin Islands (Host)	St. Croix	Elmo Plasket East	0–3

Semi-finals		Final

July 25

Bonaire	3
		July 26
Curaçao	4
		Curaçao	16
July 25
		Puerto Rico	1
Puerto Rico	8

St. Thomas	6
		Third place

		July 26

		Bonaire	1

		St. Thomas	5

Europe, Middle East and Africa

The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland from July 4–14.

Country	Record
Russia	7–0
Romania	5–2
Georgia	5–2
Austria	4–3
Bulgaria	4–3
Poland	2–5
Germany	1–6
Lithuania	0–7

Semi-finals		Final

July 13

Russia	7
		July 14
Georgia	0
		Russia	1
July 13
		Romania	0
Romania	6

Austria	2
		Third place

		July 14

		Georgia	7

		Austria	4

Latin America

The tournament took place in Managua, Nicaragua from July 27–August 4.

Country	Record
Panama	5–0
Venezuela	4–1
Nicaragua A	3–2
Nicaragua B	2–3
El Salvador	1–4
Colombia	0–5

Semi-finals		Final

August 2

Panama	4
		August 3
Nicaragua B	0
		Panama	2
August 2
		Venezuela	3
Venezuela	8

Nicaragua A	1
		Third place

		August 3

		Nicaragua B	2

		Nicaragua A	5

Mexico

The tournament took place in Monterrey, Nuevo León from July 19–29.

**Pool A**
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Nuevo León	Monterrey	Unidad Modelo	5–2
Tamaulipas	Matamoros	Villa del Refugio	4–2
Sonora	Guaymas	Sector Pesca	3–3
Nuevo León	Anáhuac	Anáhuac	2–3
Jalisco	Tlaquepaque	Sutaj Tlaquepaque	2–3
Coahuila	Sabinas	Sabinas	0–5

**Pool B**
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Baja California	Mexicali	IMSS	7–0
Tamaulipas	Reynosa	Ninos Heroes	4–2
Nuevo León	Monterrey	Contry de Monterrey	4–2
CDMX	Mexico City	Olmeca	2–3
San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí	San Luis A.C.	1–4
Chihuahua	Ciudad Juárez	El Granjero	1–5

Semi-finals		Final

July 28

IMSS	5
		July 29
Contry de Monterrey	6
		Contry de Monterrey	6
July 28
		Ninos Heroes	3
Villa del Refugio	3

Ninos Heroes	8

Pacific

The tournament took place in Manila, Philippines from July 28–August 4.

Country	Record
Guam	4–0
Northern Mariana Islands	3–1
Indonesia	2–2
Philippines	1–3
New Zealand	0–4

	Final

	August 1

	Guam	6

	Northern Mariana Islands	2

Transatlantic

The tournament was held in Kutno, Poland from August 3–10.

**Pool A**
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Belgium	Brussels	SHAPE/Waterloo	3–0
Spain	Rota	Rota	2–1
Germany	Ramstein-Miesenbach	Ramstein	1–2
Austria	Vienna	AIBC	0–3

**Pool B**
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Saudi Arabia	Dhahran	Arabian-American	3–0
Netherlands	Brunssum/Schinnen	Brunssum/Schinnen	2–1
England	London	London Area Youth	1–2
Italy	Naples	Naples	0–3

Semi-finals		Final

July 22

Belgium	11
		July 23
Netherlands	5
		Belgium	1
July 22
		Saudi Arabia	10
Saudi Arabia	5

Spain	2
		Third place

		July 23

		Netherlands	11

		Spain	7

References

External links

2002 Little League World Series website

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[1] 2002 Little League® Baseball Great Lakes Region Tournament

[2] 2002 Little League® Baseball Mid-Atlantic Region Tournament

[3] 2002 Little League® Baseball Midwest Region Tournament

[4] 2002 Little League® Baseball New England Region Tournament

[5] 2002 Little League® Baseball Northwest Region Tournament

[6] 2002 Little League® Baseball Southeast Region Tournament

[7] 2002 Little League® Baseball Southwestern Region Tournament

[8] 2002 Little League® Baseball West Region Tournament

[9] 2002 Little League® Baseball Canadian Region Tournament Historical Results

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