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| Tournament details | |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Easley, South Carolina |
| Dates | 29 July – 5 August 2009 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Santiago, Dominican Republic |
| Runner-up |  Thousand Oaks, California |
The 2009 Big League World Series took place from July 29-August 5 in Easley, South Carolina, United States. Santiago, Dominican Republic defeated Thousand Oaks, California in the championship game.
| United States | International |
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 Easley, South Carolina District 1 Host |  Yona, Guam District 1 Asia–Pacific |
 Burbank, Illinois District 15 Central |   Cape Breton, Nova Scotia District 1 Canada |
 Williamsport, Pennsylvania District 12 East |  Ramstein, Germany District 2 EMEA |
 Vero Beach, Florida District 17 Southeast | Santiago, Dominican Republic Los Bravos de Pontezuela Latin America |
 Ruston. Louisiana District 5 Southwest |  Mexicali, MexicoDistrict 14 Mexico |
| Thousand Oaks, California District 13 West | |
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| Semifinals | World Championship | ||||||||
| 4–0 | Louisiana | 2 | |||||||
| 3–1 | California | 5 | |||||||
| 4–1 | California | 0 | |||||||
| 5–0 | Dominican Republic | 12 | |||||||
| 4–0 | Dominican Republic | 6 | |||||||
| 3–1 | Mexico | 4 | |||||||
| 2009 Big League World Series Champions |
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 Los Bravos de Pontezuela Santiago, Dominican Republic |
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