Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
City | Easley, South Carolina |
Dates | 26 July – 2 August 2016 |
Teams | 11 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Taoyuan, Taiwan |
Runners-up | Maui, Hawaii |
The 2016 Big League World Series was a youth baseball tournament that took place from July 26-August 2 in Easley, South Carolina, United States. Taoyuan, Taiwan defeated Maui, Hawaii in the championship game. It was the first BLWS title for Taiwan since 1996, and extended their overall record to 18.
On August 26, 2016 Little League announced the elimination of the "Big League" division in baseball, and softball. This made the 49th edition the final BLWS.
United States | International |
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Easley, South Carolina District 1 Host | Taoyuan, Taiwan Taoyuan County Asia–Pacific |
Grand Rapids, Michigan District 9 Central | Regina, Saskatchewan District 1 Canada |
Dover, Delaware District 1 East | Rotterdam, Netherlands District 1 Europe–Africa |
Clearwater, Florida District 12 Southeast | Willemstad, Curaçao Hubenil/Willemstad Latin America |
Montgomery, Texas District 28 Southwest | Guayama, Puerto Rico District 12 Puerto Rico |
Maui, Hawaii Kihei West | |
United States Bracket
First Round | Second Round | Semifinals | United States Championship | |||||||||||||||
— | Michigan | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
— | Hawaii | 3 | 1–0 | Hawaii | 3 | |||||||||||||
— | Delaware | 2 | 2–0 | Hawaii | 0 | |||||||||||||
1–0 | Florida | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
— | Florida | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
— | Texas | 1 | 1–0 | South Carolina | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | South Carolina | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
2–0 | Florida | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
3–1 | Hawaii | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
0–1 | Delaware | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2–1 | Hawaii | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
1–1 | South Carolina | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
2–1 | South Carolina | 4 | 2–1 | Michigan | 3 | |||||||||||||
1–1 | Michigan | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
0–1 | Texas | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
0–1 | Michigan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
International Bracket
First Round | Second Round | Semifinals | International Championship | |||||||||||||||
— | Taiwan | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
— | Curaçao | 3 | 1–0 | Curaçao | 1 | |||||||||||||
— | Canada | 0 | 1–0 | Taiwan | 7 | |||||||||||||
1–0 | Puerto Rico | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
— | Netherlands | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
— | Puerto Rico | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
2–0 | Taiwan | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2–1 | Puerto Rico | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||
1–1 | Puerto Rico | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
1–1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2–1 | Curaçao | 0 | |||||||||||||
0–1 | Canada | 1 | 1–1 | Curaçao | 9 | |||||||||||||
0–1 | Netherlands | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Consolation round
Elimination Round
Semifinals | World Championship | ||||||||
2–0 | Florida | 1 | |||||||
3–1 | Hawaii | 4 | |||||||
4–1 | Hawaii | 2 | |||||||
3–0 | Taiwan | 6 | |||||||
2–0 | Taiwan | 3 | |||||||
2–1 | Puerto Rico | 0 |
2016 Big League World Series Champions |
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Taoyuan County LL Taoyuan, Taiwan |
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