2018 Little League Softball World Series

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2018 Little League Softball World Series
Tournament details
DatesAugust 8–August 15
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Flag of Ohio.svg Wheelersburg, Ohio Wheelersburg LL
Runners-up Flag of Pennsylvania.svg 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.

Contents

Teams

Each team that competed in the tournament came out of one of the 10 regions.

United StatesInternational
Flag of Ohio.svg Wheelersburg, Ohio
Central Region
Wheelersburg LL
Flag of the Philippines.svg Bacolod, Philippines
Asia-Pacific
Bacolod City West LL
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
East Region
Tunkhannock LL
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
Layritz LL
Flag of Tennessee.svg Gray, Tennessee
Southeast Region
Daniel Boone LL
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague, Czech Republic
Europe & Africa
Northwest Czech Republic LL
Flag of Louisiana.svg River Ridge, Louisiana
Southwest Region
Eastbank LL
Flag of Mexico.svg Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Latin America
Cuauhtemoc LL
Flag of Washington.svg Kirkland, Washington
West Region
Kirkland LL
Only 4 International Teams
Flag of Oregon.svg Lake Oswego, Oregon
Oregon District 4
Lake Oswego Girls Softball LL

Results

Pool A
RankRegionRecordRuns AllowedDefensive InningsRun Ratio
1 Flag of Pennsylvania.svg East 3–1320.150
2 Flag of Washington.svg West 3–12022.909
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2-21123.478
4 Flag of Tennessee.svg Southeast 2-21621.762
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Europe-Africa 0-456163.5
Pool B
RankRegionRecordRuns AllowedDefensive InningsRun Ratio
1 Flag of Louisiana.svg Southwest 3-1924.375
2 Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon D4 2-21222.545
3 Flag of Ohio.svg Central 2-21527.555
4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Asia-Pacific 1-3826.308
5 Flag of Mexico.svg Latin America 1-32122.955

All times US PST.

PoolAwayScoreHomeScoreTime
August 8
A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 0 Flag of Pennsylvania.svg East 210:00am
B Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon D4 1 Flag of Louisiana.svg Southwest 51:00pm
B Flag of Ohio.svg Central 9 Flag of Mexico.svg Latin America 04:00pm
A Flag of Washington.svg West 9 Flag of Tennessee.svg Southeast 57:00pm
August 9
B Flag of Mexico.svg Latin America 1 Flag of Louisiana.svg Southwest 810:00am
A Flag of Tennessee.svg Southeast 2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 71:00pm
B Flag of the Philippines.svg Asia-Pacific 0 Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon D4 14:00pm
A Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Europe-Africa 0 Flag of Pennsylvania.svg East 17(F/3)7:00pm
August 10
B Flag of the Philippines.svg Asia-Pacific 2 Flag of Ohio.svg Central 310:00am
A Flag of Washington.svg West 15(F/4) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Europe-Africa 01:00pm
A Flag of Pennsylvania.svg East 0 Flag of Tennessee.svg Southeast 14:00pm
B Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon D4 2 Flag of Mexico.svg Latin America 57:00pm
August 11
A Flag of Pennsylvania.svg East 12 Flag of Washington.svg West 29:00am
B Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon D4 3 Flag of Ohio.svg Central 21:30pm
A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 9 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Europe-Africa 04:30pm
B Flag of Louisiana.svg Southwest 4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Asia-Pacific 37:30pm
August 12
A Flag of Tennessee.svg Southeast 15(F/4) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Europe-Africa 010:00am
B Flag of Mexico.svg Latin America 0 Flag of the Philippines.svg Asia-Pacific 21:00pm
B Flag of Louisiana.svg Southwest 10 Flag of Ohio.svg Central 44:00pm
A Flag of Washington.svg West 7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 37:00pm
August 14
9th Flag of Mexico.svg Latin America 6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Europe-Africa 510:00am
August 15
7th Flag of the Philippines.svg Asia-Pacific 6 Flag of Tennessee.svg Southeast 010:00am
5th Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 4 Flag of Washington.svg West 14(F/5)12:30pm

Elimination round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 13 – 10:00 am
 
 
A2 Flag of Washington.svg Kirkland, Washington 1
 
August 14 – 4:00 pm
 
B3 Flag of Ohio.svg Wheelersburg, Ohio 10
 
Flag of Ohio.svg Wheelersburg, Ohio 5
 
August 13 – 1:00 pm
 
Flag of Louisiana.svg River Ridge, Louisiana 1
 
A4 Flag of Tennessee.svg Gray, Tennessee 2
 
August 15 – 7:00 pm
 
B1 Flag of Louisiana.svg River Ridge, Louisiana 9
 
Flag of Ohio.svg Wheelersburg, Ohio 3
 
August 13 – 4:00 pm
 
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Warwick, Pennsylvania 0
 
A3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Victoria, British Columbia 3
 
August 14 – 6:30 pm
 
B2 Flag of Oregon.svg Lake Oswego, Oregon 4
 
Flag of Oregon.svg Lake Oswego, Oregon 4
 
August 13 – 7:00 pm
 
Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Warwick, Pennsylvania 6 Third place
 
B4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Asia-Pacific 1
 
August 15 – 3:00 pm
 
A1 Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Warwick, Pennsylvania 2
 
Flag of Louisiana.svg River Ridge, Louisiana 12
 
 
Flag of Oregon.svg Lake Oswego, Oregon 5
 
2018 Little League Softball World Series Champions
Flag of the United States.svg   Flag of Ohio.svg
Wheelersburg LL
Wheelersburg, Ohio

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References

  1. "2018 WORLD SERIES TOURNAMENT INFO". Littleleague.org. August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.