2015 Little League World Series qualification

2015 Little League World Series qualification
United States
Great Lakes winner	Bowling Green, Kentucky
Mid-Atlantic winner	Lewisberry, Pennsylvania
Midwest winner	Webb City, Missouri
New England winner	Cranston, Rhode Island
Northwest winner	Portland, Oregon
Southeast winner	Taylors, South Carolina
Southwest winner	Pearland, Texas
West winner	Bonita, California
International
Asia-Pacific and Middle East winner	Taipei, Taiwan
Australia winner	Sydney, New South Wales
Canada winner	White Rock, British Columbia
Caribbean winner	Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Europe and Africa winner	Kampala, Uganda
Japan winner	Tokyo
Latin America winner	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Mexico winner	Mexicali, Baja California
Tournaments
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Qualification for the 2015 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2015. Starting this year, all eight United States regional tournaments used a modified double elimination format and moved away from the round robin format used since the 1990s. ^[1]

United States

Great Lakes

The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 9–15. ^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Illinois	Olney	Olney	1–2
Indiana	New Albany	New Albany	2–2
Kentucky	Bowling Green	Bowling Green Eastern	3–1
Michigan	Bay City	Bay City Southwest	0–2
Ohio	Hamilton	West Side	2–2
Wisconsin	Burlington	Burlington	2–1

	First Round					Second Round					Semi-Finals					Great Lakes Championship
							Kentucky	5
		Indiana	3				Indiana	2
		Ohio	2									Kentucky	0
												Wisconsin(F/4)	10
							Wisconsin(F/5)	10
		Illinois	10				Illinois	0
		Michigan	4
																	Wisconsin	0
																	Kentucky(F/4)	13
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower final
		Ohio	7
												Kentucky	4
		Illinois	6
							Ohio	5				Ohio	3
							Indiana	4
		Michigan	0
		Indiana	3

Mid-Atlantic

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 10–16. ^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Delaware	Middletown	M-O-T	0–2
Maryland	Delmar	Delmar	3–2
New Jersey	Jackson	Jackson Township	2–2
New York	Maine-Endwell	Maine-Endwell	2–2
Pennsylvania	Lewisberry	Red Land	3–0
Washington, D.C.		Capitol City	0–2

	First Round					Second Round					Semi-Finals					Mid-Atlantic Championship
							New Jersey	7
		Washington, D.C.	5				Maryland	4
		Maryland	10									New Jersey	2
												Pennsylvania	13
							Pennsylvania	11
		Delaware	6				New York	3
		New York	9
																	Pennsylvania	12
																	New Jersey	0
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower final
		Washington, D.C.	8
												New Jersey(F/4)	10
		New York	10
							New York	8				Maryland	0
							Maryland	15
		Delaware	3
		Maryland(F/4)	15

Midwest

The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 9–15. ^[1]

Note: North Dakota and South Dakota are organized into a single Little League district.

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Iowa	Des Moines	Grandview	1–2
Kansas	Frontenac	Frontenac Youth	0–2
Minnesota	Coon Rapids	Coon Rapids Cardinal	2–1
Missouri	Webb City	Webb City	4–1
Nebraska	Omaha	Memorial	2–2
South Dakota	Rapid City	Canyon Lake	1–2

	First Round					Second Round					Semi-Finals					Midwest Championship
							South Dakota	5
		Nebraska(F/7)	3				Nebraska	2
		Missouri	2									South Dakota	7
												Minnesota	15
							Minnesota	11
		Kansas	3				Iowa	7
		Iowa	11
																	Minnesota	0
																	Missouri(F/4)	10
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower final
		Missouri	11
												South Dakota	2
		Iowa	3
							Missouri	15				Missouri(F/5)	13
							Nebraska	4
		Kansas	6
		Nebraska	11

New England

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 10–16. ^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Connecticut	Waterford	Waterford	2–2
Maine	Biddeford	Biddeford	0–2
Massachusetts	Newton	Newton SouthEast	1–2
New Hampshire	Bedford	Bedford	2–1
Rhode Island	Cranston	Cranston Western	4–1
Vermont	South Burlington	South Burlington	1–2

	First Round					Second Round					Semi-Finals					New England Championship
							Vermont	10
		Maine	0				Massachusetts	5
		Massachusetts	11									Vermont	5
												New Hampshire	11
							New Hampshire(F/4)	16
		Connecticut	3				Connecticut	1
		Rhode Island	2
																	New Hampshire	4
																	Rhode Island	10
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower final
		Maine	5
												Vermont	1
		Connecticut(F/4)	15
							Connecticut	2				Rhode Island	7
							Rhode Island(F/7)	3
		Rhode Island	11
		Massachusetts	4

Northwest

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 9–15. ^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Alaska	Juneau	Gastineau Channel	0–2
Idaho	Eagle	West Valley	3–2
Montana	Billings	Boulder Arrowhead	1–2
Oregon	Portland	Wilshire/Riverside	4–0
Washington	Vancouver	Cascade	2–2
Wyoming	Gillette	Gillette	0–2

	First Round					Second Round					Semi-Finals					Northwest Championship
							Alaska	6
		Wyoming	3				Oregon	11
		Oregon	12									Oregon	10
												Washington	6
							Montana	2
		Idaho	0				Washington	11
		Washington	5
																	Oregon	15
																	Idaho	3
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower final
		Wyoming	1
												Washington	7
		Montana	10
							Montana	11				Idaho	8
							Idaho	16
		Idaho(F/4)	10
		Alaska	0

Southeast

The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia from August 7–13. ^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Alabama	Phenix City	Phenix City American	0–2
Florida	Tampa	Keystone	2–2
Georgia	Peachtree City	Peachtree City American	1–2
North Carolina	Wilson	Wilson City	0–2
South Carolina	Taylors	Northwood	4–0
Tennessee	Nashville	South Nashville American	2–2
Virginia	Mechanicsville	Mechanicsville National	4–2
West Virginia	Bridgeport	Bridgeport	1–2

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Southeast Championship
		North Carolina	3
		South Carolina	9
							South Carolina(F/5)	18
							Tennessee	3
		Tennessee	4
		West Virginia	2
												South Carolina	5
												Florida	4
		Alabama	1
		Florida	5
							Florida	8
							Virginia	4
		Georgia	3
		Virginia	5																			South Carolina	7
																						Virginia	0
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
							West Virginia	3
		North Carolina	1				Virginia(F/4)	30									Florida	2
		West Virginia	3									Virginia	10				Virginia	5
												Tennessee	6
							Georgia	4
		Alabama	0				Tennessee	5
		Georgia(F/4)	10

Southwest

The tournament took place in Waco, Texas from August 7–13. ^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Arkansas	Pine Bluff	Pine Bluff Western	3–2
Colorado	Boulder	North Boulder	3–2
Louisiana	Jefferson Parish	Eastbank	2–2
Mississippi	Starkville	Starkville	1–2
New Mexico	Albuquerque	Paradise Hills	0–2
Oklahoma	Tulsa	Tulsa National	0–2
Texas East	Pearland	Pearland West	4–0
Texas West	San Antonio	McAllister Park National	1–2

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Southwest Championship
		Louisiana	3
		Texas West	8
							Texas West	4
							Colorado	5
		Oklahoma	1
		Colorado	9
												Colorado	1
												Texas East	9
		Arkansas	4
		Texas East(F/7)	8
							Texas East(F/4)	15
							Mississippi	0
		Mississippi(F/5)	10
		New Mexico	0																			Texas East	9
																						Colorado	2
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
							Louisiana	12
		Louisiana(F/4)	13				Mississippi	6									Colorado	11
		Oklahoma	1									Louisiana	0				Arkansas	9
												Arkansas	1
							Arkansas	9
		Arkansas	9				Texas West	7
		New Mexico	4

West

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 9–15. ^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Arizona	Chandler	Chandler National North	1–2
Hawaii	Waipahu	Waipio	3–2
Nevada	Henderson	Paseo Verde	1–2
Northern California	San Jose	Cambrian Park	0–2
Southern California	Bonita	Sweetwater Valley	4–0
Utah	Santa Clara	Snow Canyon	1–2

	First Round					Second Round					Semi-Finals					West Championship
							Utah(F/5)	11
		Northern California	0				Arizona	1
		Arizona	1									Utah	1
												Southern California(F/4)	11
							Nevada	2
		Hawaii	9				Southern California	11
		Southern California	16
																	Southern California	12
																	Hawaii	10
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower final
		Northern California	3
												Utah	0
		Nevada	9
							Nevada	3				Hawaii(F/4)	15
							Hawaii(F/5)	14
		Hawaii(F/7)	12
		Arizona	9

International

Asia-Pacific and Middle East

The tournament took place in Guilin, China from July 13–21. ^[1]

Pool A Country City LL Organization Record   Philippines Makati Illam Central 3–1   Hong Kong Hong Kong 2–2   Northern Mariana Islands Saipan Saipan 2–2   Saudi Arabia Dhahran Arabian American 2–2   China Guangzhou Guangzhou 0–4

Pool B Country City LL Organization Record   South Korea Seoul East Seoul 4–0   Taiwan Taipei Tung Yuan 3–1   Indonesia Jakarta 1–1   Guam Hagåtña 0–2   Thailand Bangkok 0–2

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 19 – Guilin
	2B Taiwan	11
					July 20 – Guilin
	1A Philippines	6
					2B Taiwan	3
	July 19 – Guilin
					1B South Korea	2
	2A Hong Kong	0
	1B South Korea	16

Australia

The tournament took place in Lismore, New South Wales on June 4–9. ^[2] The top two teams in each pool advance to the elimination round, where they are seeded one through eight based on overall record. The "runs against ratio" (RAR) is used as the tiebreaker. It is calculated by the number of runs scored against a team, divided by the number of defensive innings the team played.

Pool A State/Territory LL Organization Record   New South Wales Cronulla 4–0   Victoria Southern Mariners 2–2   New South Wales Manly 2–2   Queensland Gold Coast 1–3   Western Australia West Coast 1–3 Pool C State/Territory LL Organization Record   Western Australia Swan Hills 4–0   Western Australia Perth Metro East 3–1   South Australia Adelaide West 2–2   New South Wales Central Coast 1–3   Northern Territory Northern Territory 0–4

Pool B State/Territory LL Organization Record   New South Wales Hills 4–0   Western Australia Perth Metro North 3–1   South Australia Adelaide North 2–2   Victoria Yarra Rangers 1–3   Queensland Brisbane North 0–4 Pool D State/Territory LL Organization Record   New South Wales Ryde North 4–0   Western Australia Perth Metro Central 3–1   New South Wales Ryde South 2–2   Victoria Northern Diamondbacks 1–3   Australian Capital Territory Canberra 0–4

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Australia Championship
	June 7 – Lismore (F/5)
	Hills	12
					June 8 – Lismore
	Perth Metro North	5
					Hills	2
	June 7 – Lismore
					Cronulla	4
	Cronulla	3
									June 9 – Lismore
	Perth Metro Central	1
									Cronulla	7
	June 7 – Lismore
									Swan Hills	3
	Swan Hills	4
					June 8 – Lismore
	Southern Mariners	0
					Swan Hills	6
	June 7 – Lismore (F/4)
					Ryde North	1			Third
	Ryde North	12
									June 9 – Lismore
	Perth Metro East	2
									Hills	6
									Ryde North	7

Canada

The tournament took place in Ottawa, Ontario from August 7–16. ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification				(H)
1	White Rock South Surrey	6	5	1	86	16	+70	.833	Advance to Semifinals		—	9–8	5–6	22–1	5–1	14–0	31–0
2	High Park	6	5	1	58	23	+35	.833			8–9	—	14–4	6–5	8–0	12–3	10–2
3	East Nepean (H)	6	5	1	56	23	+33	.833			6–5	4–14	—	16–0	5–2	14–2	11–0
4	Glace Bay	6	3	3	48	73	−25	.500			1–22	5–6	0–16	—	6–3	20–14	16–12
5	Lethbridge Southwest	6	2	4	39	26	+13	.333			1–5	0–8	2–5	3–6	—	15–1	18–1
6	Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	6	1	5	31	78	−47	.167			0–14	3–12	2–14	14–20	1–15	—	11–3
7	Moose Jaw	6	0	6	18	97	−79	.000			0–31	2–10	0–11	12–16	1–18	3–11	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

	Semifinals					Canada Championship
	3	East Nepean	2
	2	High Park	1
						3	East Nepean (F/5)	0
						1	White Rock South Surrey	16
	4	Glace Bay (F/5)	1
	1	White Rock South Surrey	11

Caribbean

The tournament took place in Willemstad, Curaçao from July 18–25. ^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	Qualification
1	Curaçao (A)	5	5	0	34	18	+16	1.000	Advance to Semifinals
2	Dominican Republic	5	4	1	38	25	+13	.800
3	Curaçao (B)	5	3	2	37	33	+4	.600
4	Aruba	5	1	4	29	33	−4	.200
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	5	1	4	22	41	−19	.200
6	Puerto Rico	5	1	4	28	38	−10	.200

Source: ^[1]

	Semifinals					Caribbean Championship
	3	Curaçao (B)	1
	2	Dominican Republic	3
						2	Dominican Republic	13
						4	Aruba	2
	4	Aruba	4
	1	Curaçao (A)	0			Consolation
						3	Pariba	2
						1	Pabao	13

Europe and Africa

The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland from July 16–23. ^[1] The format of the tournament is double elimination.

Teams Country City LL Organization Record   Austria Vienna East Austria 1–2   Belarus Brest Brest Zubrs 1–2   Belgium Brussels Brussels 0–2   Czech Republic Brno South Moravia 2–2 Germany–United States Ramstein KMC American 2–2   Hungary Budapest Central 0–2   Italy Emilia Emilia 3–2   Moldova Tiraspol Kvint 1–2   Netherlands Rotterdam Rotterdam 3–2   Poland Wodzisław Śląski Zory/Jastrzebie/Rybnik 0–2   Spain Barcelona Catalunya 6–2   Uganda Kampala AVRS Secondary School 5–0   United Kingdom London London Youth Baseball 2–2   Ukraine Kirovograd Kirovograd Center 0–2

Results July 16 Game Visitor Score Home 1 Hungary (0–1) 0–10 Italy(1–0) 2 Germany-USA(1–0) 4–3 Ukraine (0–1) 3 United Kingdom (0–1) 7–8 Netherlands(1–0) 4 Uganda(1–0) 21–1 Belgium (0–1) 5 Belarus(1–0) 11–4 Austria (0–1) 6 Spain(1–0) 15–2 Moldova (0–1) July 17 Game Visitor Score Home 7 Poland (0–1) 4–15 Italy(2–0) 8 Germany-USA(2–0) 10–4 Netherlands (1–1) 9 Belarus (1–1) 1–16 Uganda(2–0) 10 Czech Republic(1–0) 13–3 Spain (1–1) 11 Austria(1–1) 5–1 Belgium (0–2) 12 Ukraine (0–2) 2–7 United Kingdom(1–1) July 18 Game Visitor Score Home 13 Poland (0–2) 5–6 Moldova(1–1) 14 Hungary (0–2) 2–8 Spain(2–1) 15 Netherlands(2–1) 15–3 Austria (1–2) 16 United Kingdom(2–1) 14–4 Belarus (1–2) July 19 Game Visitor Score Home 17 Italy(3–0) 10–1 Germany-USA (2–1) 18 Czech Republic (1–1) 0–10 Uganda(3–0) 19 Moldova (1–2) 2–12 Netherlands(3–1) 20 United Kingdom (2–2) 5–11 Spain(3–1) July 20 Game Visitor Score Home 21 Netherlands (3–2) 1–5 Czech Republic(2–1) 22 Spain(4–1) 10–0 Germany-USA (2–2) 23 Italy (3–1) 0–4 Uganda(4–0) July 21 Game Visitor Score Home 24 Spain(5–1) 11–0 Czech Republic (2–2) July 22 Game Visitor Score Home 25 Spain(6–1) 5–2 Italy (3–2) July 23 Game Visitor Score Home 26 Uganda(5–0) 16–0 Spain (6–2)

Japan

The first two rounds of the tournament took place on July 19. The semifinals and championship were played on July 20. All games were played in Shirakawa, Fukushima. ^[1]

Participating teams	Prefecture	City	LL Organization
Chūgoku Champions	Okayama	Okayama	Okayama
Higashikanto Champions	Ibaraki	Ushiku	Ushiku
Hokkaido Champions	Hokkaido	Sapporo	Sapporo Shiroishi
Kanagawa Champions	Kanagawa	Hiratsuka	Hiratsuka
Kansai Champions	Nara	Nara	Keina
Kansai Runner-Up	Osaka	Kaizuka	Kaizuka
Kitakanto Champions	Saitama	Urawa	Urawa
Kyushu Champions	Miyazaki	Miyakonojō	Miyakonojō
Shikoku Champions	Ehime	Iyo District	Ehime Konan
Shin'etsu Champions	Nagano	Nagano	Nagano Minami
Tōhoku Champions	Fukushima	Shirakawa	Shirakawa
Tōhoku Runner-Up	Miyagi	Shiogama	Shiogama
Tōkai Champions	Aichi	Ichinomiya	Owari Ichimiya
Tōkai Runner-Up	Shizuoka	Fuji	Fuji
Tokyo Champions	Tokyo	Tokyo	Tokyo Kitasuna
Tokyo Runner-Up	Tokyo	Tokyo	Hachioji

Opening Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

July 19 – Shirakawa

Shirakawa

7

July 19 – Shirakawa

Hiratsuka

9

Hiratsuka

9

July 19 – Shirakawa

Ushiku

2

Ushiku

4

July 20 – Shirakawa

Kaizuka

0

Hiratsuka

2

July 19 – Shirakawa

Hachiouji

4

Sapporo Shiroishi

0

July 19 – Shirakawa

Hachiouji

16

Hachiouji (F/4)

15

July 19 – Shirakawa

Owari Ichinomiya

2

Urawa

3

July 20 – Shirakawa

Owari Ichinomiya (F/4)

4

Hachiouji

3

July 19 – Shirakawa

Tokyo Kitasuna (F/4)

20

Okayama

1

July 19 – Shirakawa

Shiogama

7

Shiogama

0

July 19 – Shirakawa

Nagano Minami

8

Keina

2

July 20 – Shirakawa

Nagano Minami

3

Nagano Minami

1

July 19 – Shirakawa

Tokyo Kitasuna

4

Fuji

2

July 19 – Shirakawa

Miyakonojō

1

Fuji

0

July 19 – Shirakawa

Tokyo Kitasuna (F/5)

10

Tokyo Kitasuna

10

Ehime Konan

0

Latin America

The tournament took place in Panama City, Panama from July 11–18. ^[1]

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Venezuela	Barquisimeto	Cardenales	6–0
Panama (B)	San Miguelito	San Antonio	4–2
Panama (A)	Santiago de Veraguas	Activo 20-30	4–2
Colombia	Cartagena	Falcon	2–4
Ecuador	Guayaquil	C Unidas Miraflores	2–4
Nicaragua	Managua	Ciudad Sandino	2–4
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Liga Pequena Javier de Baseball	1–5

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 17 – Panama City
	3 Panama (A)	7
					July 18 – Panama City
	2 Panama (B)	0
					3 Panama (A)	0
	July 17 – Panama City
					1 Venezuela	5
	4 Colombia	3
	1 Venezuela	9

Mexico

The tournament took place in Matamoros, Tamaulipas from July 11–17. ^[1]

Pool A State City LL Organization Record   Tamaulipas Matamoros Villa Del Refugio 6–0   Sonora Hermosillo Conno de Hermosillo 5–1   Chihuahua Ciudad Juárez Satélite 4–2   Nuevo León Monterrey Mitras 3–3   Veracruz Poza Rica Poza Rica A.C. 1–5   Jalisco Zapopan Legión Zapopan 1–5   Durango Lerdo C.D. Lerdo Durango 1–5

Pool B State City LL Organization Record   Nuevo León San Nicolás de los Garza San Nicolas de los Garza 5–1   Baja California Mexicali Seguro Social 5–1   Tamaulipas Matamoros Matamoros 4–2   Veracruz Poza Rica Poza Rica Municipal 3–3   Chihuahua Delicias A Cura Trillo 2–4   Coahuila Sabinas Juvenil De Sabinas 2–4   Jalisco Guadalajara Sutaj Alfarera 0–6

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 16 – Matamoros
	2B Seguro Social	4
					July 17 – Matamoros
	1A Villa Del Refugio	2
					2B Seguro Social	13
	July 16 – Matamoros
					2A Conno de Hermosillo	7
	2A Conno de Hermosillo	6
	1B San Nicolas	1

References

1. "Little League Baseball® Regional & World Series Results". Littleleague.org. Little League. Archived from the original on August 29, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
2. "Australian Region Little League Tournament Historical Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2015.