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Tournament details | |
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Dates | August 8–August 15 |
Teams | 10 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Wheelersburg, Ohio Wheelersburg LL |
Runners-up | Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania Tunkhannock LL |
The 2018 Little League Softball World Series was held in Portland, Oregon from August 8 to August 15, 2018. [1] Six teams from the United States and four from throughout the world competed for the Little League Softball World Series Championship.
Each team that competed in the tournament came out of one of the 10 regions.
United States | International |
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Wheelersburg, Ohio Central Region Wheelersburg LL | Bacolod, Philippines Asia-Pacific Bacolod City West LL |
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania East Region Tunkhannock LL | Victoria, British Columbia Canada Layritz LL |
Gray, Tennessee Southeast Region Daniel Boone LL | Prague, Czech Republic Europe & Africa Northwest Czech Republic LL |
River Ridge, Louisiana Southwest Region Eastbank LL | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Latin America Cuauhtemoc LL |
Kirkland, Washington West Region Kirkland LL | Only 4 International Teams |
Lake Oswego, Oregon Oregon District 4 Lake Oswego Girls Softball LL |
Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Defensive Innings | Run Ratio |
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1 | East | 3–1 | 3 | 20 | .150 |
2 | West | 3–1 | 20 | 22 | .909 |
3 | Canada | 2-2 | 11 | 23 | .478 |
4 | Southeast | 2-2 | 16 | 21 | .762 |
5 | Europe-Africa | 0-4 | 56 | 16 | 3.5 |
Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Defensive Innings | Run Ratio |
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1 | Southwest | 3-1 | 9 | 24 | .375 |
2 | Oregon D4 | 2-2 | 12 | 22 | .545 |
3 | Central | 2-2 | 15 | 27 | .555 |
4 | Asia-Pacific | 1-3 | 8 | 26 | .308 |
5 | Latin America | 1-3 | 21 | 22 | .955 |
All times US PST.
Pool | Away | Score | Home | Score | Time |
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August 8 | |||||
A | Canada | 0 | East | 2 | 10:00am |
B | Oregon D4 | 1 | Southwest | 5 | 1:00pm |
B | Central | 9 | Latin America | 0 | 4:00pm |
A | West | 9 | Southeast | 5 | 7:00pm |
August 9 | |||||
B | Latin America | 1 | Southwest | 8 | 10:00am |
A | Southeast | 2 | Canada | 7 | 1:00pm |
B | Asia-Pacific | 0 | Oregon D4 | 1 | 4:00pm |
A | Europe-Africa | 0 | East | 17(F/3) | 7:00pm |
August 10 | |||||
B | Asia-Pacific | 2 | Central | 3 | 10:00am |
A | West | 15(F/4) | Europe-Africa | 0 | 1:00pm |
A | East | 0 | Southeast | 1 | 4:00pm |
B | Oregon D4 | 2 | Latin America | 5 | 7:00pm |
August 11 | |||||
A | East | 12 | West | 2 | 9:00am |
B | Oregon D4 | 3 | Central | 2 | 1:30pm |
A | Canada | 9 | Europe-Africa | 0 | 4:30pm |
B | Southwest | 4 | Asia-Pacific | 3 | 7:30pm |
August 12 | |||||
A | Southeast | 15(F/4) | Europe-Africa | 0 | 10:00am |
B | Latin America | 0 | Asia-Pacific | 2 | 1:00pm |
B | Southwest | 10 | Central | 4 | 4:00pm |
A | West | 7 | Canada | 3 | 7:00pm |
August 14 | |||||
9th | Latin America | 6 | Europe-Africa | 5 | 10:00am |
August 15 | |||||
7th | Asia-Pacific | 6 | Southeast | 0 | 10:00am |
5th | Canada | 4 | West | 14(F/5) | 12:30pm |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
August 13 – 10:00 am | ||||||||||
A2 Kirkland, Washington | 1 | |||||||||
August 14 – 4:00 pm | ||||||||||
B3 Wheelersburg, Ohio | 10 | |||||||||
Wheelersburg, Ohio | 5 | |||||||||
August 13 – 1:00 pm | ||||||||||
River Ridge, Louisiana | 1 | |||||||||
A4 Gray, Tennessee | 2 | |||||||||
August 15 – 7:00 pm | ||||||||||
B1 River Ridge, Louisiana | 9 | |||||||||
Wheelersburg, Ohio | 3 | |||||||||
August 13 – 4:00 pm | ||||||||||
Warwick, Pennsylvania | 0 | |||||||||
A3 Victoria, British Columbia | 3 | |||||||||
August 14 – 6:30 pm | ||||||||||
B2 Lake Oswego, Oregon | 4 | |||||||||
Lake Oswego, Oregon | 4 | |||||||||
August 13 – 7:00 pm | ||||||||||
Warwick, Pennsylvania | 6 | Third place | ||||||||
B4 Asia-Pacific | 1 | |||||||||
August 15 – 3:00 pm | ||||||||||
A1 Warwick, Pennsylvania | 2 | |||||||||
River Ridge, Louisiana | 12 | |||||||||
Lake Oswego, Oregon | 5 | |||||||||
2018 Little League Softball World Series Champions |
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Wheelersburg LL Wheelersburg, Ohio |
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