2018 Little League World Series qualification

2018 Little League World Series qualification
United States
Great Lakes winner	Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
Mid-Atlantic winner	Staten Island, New York
Midwest winner	Des Moines, Iowa
New England winner	Coventry, Rhode Island
Northwest winner	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Southeast winner	Peachtree City, Georgia
Southwest winner	Houston, Texas
West winner	Honolulu, Hawaii
International
Asia-Pacific and Middle East winner	Seoul, South Korea
Australia winner	Gold Coast, Queensland
Canada winner	Surrey, British Columbia
Caribbean winner	Guayama, Puerto Rico
Europe and Africa winner	Barcelona, Spain
Japan winner	Kawaguchi, Saitama
Latin America winner	Arraiján, Panama
Mexico winner	Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Tournaments
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Qualification for the 2018 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2018.

United States

Great Lakes

The tournament took place in Westfield, Indiana from August 5–11. ^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Illinois	West Dundee	Tri-Cities	0–2
Indiana	New Albany	New Albany	3–2
Kentucky	St. Matthews	St. Matthews Baseball	1–2
Michigan	Grosse Pointe Woods	Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores	4–0
Ohio	New Albany	New Albany	2–2
Wisconsin	Wausau	Wausau National	0–2

					August 6 – Game 3
					Wisconsin	2
	August 5 – Game 1
					Michigan	12
	Illinois	2
									August 8 – Game 7 (F/4)
	Michigan	7
									Michigan	14
	August 5 – Game 2
									Indiana	2
	Indiana	6
					August 6 – Game 4
	Kentucky	1
					Ohio	5
					Indiana	8
													August 11 – Championship (F/4)
													Michigan	13
	August 7 – Game 5
													Indiana	0
	Illinois	0
					August 9 – Game 8
	Ohio	4
					Ohio	9
	August 7 – Game 6
					Kentucky	1
	Kentucky	2
									August 10 – Game 9
	Wisconsin	1
									Indiana	8
									Ohio	0

Mid-Atlantic

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 5–12. ^[2]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Delaware	Milton	Milton	0–2
Maryland	Berlin	Berlin	4–2
New Jersey	Middletown	Middletown	1–2
New York	Staten Island	Mid-Island	4–0
Pennsylvania	Clinton County	Keystone	1–2
Washington, D.C.		Mamie Johnson	0–2

					August 6 – Game 3
					Pennsylvania	0
	August 5 – Game 1
					New York	7
	New York	10
									August 8 – Game 7
	Washington, D.C.	2
									New York	5
	August 5 – Game 2
									New Jersey	2
	Maryland	6
					August 6 – Game 4
	Delaware	0
					New Jersey	6
					Maryland	2
													August 12 – Championship
													New York	4
	August 7 – Game 5
													Maryland	0
	Washington, D.C.	7
					August 9 – Game 8
	Maryland	18
					Maryland	6
	August 7 – Game 6
					Pennsylvania	0
	Delaware	1
									August 10 – Game 9 (F/5)
	Pennsylvania	6
									New Jersey	1
									Maryland	11

Midwest

The tournament took place in Westfield, Indiana from August 5–11. ^[3]

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

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Iowa	Des Moines	Grandview	4–1
Kansas	Pittsburg	J.L. Hutchinson Baseball	1–2
Minnesota	Coon Rapids	Coon Rapids Andover American	2–2
Missouri	Webb City	Webb City	0–2
Nebraska	Kearney	Kearney	0–2
North Dakota	Fargo	Fargo	3–1

					August 6 – Game 3 (F/4)
					Kansas	1
	August 5 – Game 1
					Minnesota	11
	Missouri	0
									August 8 – Game 7
	Minnesota	4
									Minnesota	0
	August 5 – Game 2 (F/5)
									North Dakota	6
	North Dakota	15
					August 6 – Game 4
	Nebraska	1
					Iowa	1
					North Dakota	4
													August 11 – Championship
													North Dakota	4
	August 7 – Game 5 (F/7)
													Iowa	7
	Missouri	1
					August 9 – Game 8 (F/5)
	Iowa	2
					Iowa	14
	August 7 – Game 6
					Kansas	0
	Nebraska	3
									August 10 – Game 9
	Kansas	5
									Minnesota	2
									Iowa	6

New England

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 5–12. ^[4]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Connecticut	Fairfield	Fairfield American	1–2
Maine	Saco	Saco/Maremont	0–2
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	Pittsfield American	3–1
New Hampshire	Goffstown	Goffstown Junior Baseball	2–2
Rhode Island	Coventry	Coventry	4–1
Vermont	South Burlington	South Burlington	0–2

					August 6 – Game 3 (F/5)
					Vermont	0
	August 5 – Game 1 (F/4)
					Rhode Island	10
	Connecticut	0
									August 8 – Game 7
	Rhode Island	10
									Rhode Island	1
	August 5 – Game 2
									Massachusetts	10
	Massachusetts	4
					August 6 – Game 4
	New Hampshire	2
					Maine	4
					Massachusetts	9
													August 12 – Championship
													Massachusetts	2
	August 7 – Game 5
													Rhode Island	3
	Connecticut	7
					August 9 – Game 8
	Maine	1
					Connecticut	3
	August 7 – Game 6
					New Hampshire	9
	New Hampshire	13
									August 10 – Game 9
	Vermont	0
									Rhode Island	6
									New Hampshire	5

Northwest

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California August 5–11. ^[5]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Alaska	Juneau	Gastineau Channel	1–2
Idaho	Coeur d'Alene	Coeur d'Alene	4–1
Montana	Billings	Boulder Arrowhead	2–1
Oregon	Beaverton	Murrayhill	2–2
Washington	Seattle	West Seattle	1–2
Wyoming	Gillette	Gillette	0–2

					August 6 – Game 3
					Montana	11
	August 5 – Game 1
					Alaska	0
	Alaska	2
									August 9 – Game 8
	Oregon	1
									Montana	5
	August 5 – Game 2 (F/5)
									Idaho	2
	Washington	6
					August 6 – Game 4
	Idaho	16
					Wyoming	1
					Idaho	13
													August 11 – Championship
													Montana	0
	August 7 – Game 5
													Idaho	2
	Oregon	13
					August 8 – Game 7
	Wyoming	10
					Oregon	7
	August 7 – Game 6
					Washington	3
	Washington	11
									August 10 – Game 9
	Alaska	2
									Idaho	8
									Oregon	3

Southeast

The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia from August 3–8. ^[6]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Alabama	Bessemer	McCalla	2–2
Florida	Lehigh Acres	Lehigh Acres	0–2
Georgia	Peachtree City	Peachtree City American	4–0
North Carolina	Greenville	North State	1–2
South Carolina	Taylors	Northwood	1–2
Tennessee	Nolensville	South Nashville South	0–2
Virginia	South Riding	Loudoun South American	4–2
West Virginia	Barboursville	Barboursville	2–2

	August 3 – Game 1
	Georgia	1
					August 4 – Game 7
	Tennessee	0
					Georgia	4
	August 3 – Game 2
					Virginia	3
	West Virginia	5
									August 6 – Game 12
	Virginia	12
									Georgia	8
	August 3 – Game 3 (F/4)
									Alabama	3
	Alabama	12
					August 4 – Game 8
	North Carolina	2
					Alabama	3
	August 3 – Game 4
					South Carolina	2
	South Carolina	10
	Florida	2
																	August 8 – Championship
																	Georgia	3
	August 4 – Game 5
																	Virginia	0
	Tennessee	1
					August 5 – Game 9
	West Virginia	2
					South Carolina	0
					West Virginia	3
									August 6 – Game 11
									West Virginia	4
	August 4 – Game 6
									Virginia	7
	North Carolina	5
					August 5 – Game 10
	Florida	2
					Virginia	4
					North Carolina	3
													August 7 – Game 13 (F/7)
													Alabama	6
													Virginia	9

Southwest

The tournament took place in Waco, Texas August 2–8. ^[7]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Arkansas	White Hall	White Hall	1–2
Colorado	Colorado Springs	Academy	0–2
Louisiana	Lake Charles	South Lake Charles	2–2
Mississippi	Meadville	Franklin County	1–2
New Mexico	Carlsbad	Shorthorn	3–2
Oklahoma	Tulsa	Tulsa National	3–2
Texas East	Houston	Post Oak	4–0
Texas West	Brownsville	East Brownsville	0–2

	August 2 – Game 1
	Louisiana	7
					August 4 – Game 7 (F/7)
	Texas West	3
					Louisiana	2
	August 2 – Game 2
					Oklahoma	3
	Oklahoma	6
									August 6 – Game 12
	New Mexico	3
									Oklahoma	0
	August 2 – Game 3
									Texas East	5
	Colorado	10
					August 4 – Game 8 (F/5)
	Mississippi	15
					Mississippi	4
	August 2 – Game 4 (F/4)
					Texas East	16
	Texas East	14
	Arkansas	1
																	August 8 – Championship
																	Texas East	8
	August 3 – Game 5
																	Oklahoma	0
	Texas West	5
					August 5 – Game 9
	New Mexico	6
					Mississippi	6
					New Mexico	10
									August 6 – Game 11
									New Mexico	3
	August 3 – Game 6
									Louisiana	0
	Colorado	2
					August 5 – Game 10
	Arkansas	4
					Louisiana	11
					Arkansas	6
													August 7 – Game 13
													Oklahoma	3
													New Mexico	2

West

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California August 5–11. ^[5]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Arizona	Tucson	Sunnyside	0–2
Hawaii	Honolulu	Honolulu	4–0
Nevada	Las Vegas	Silverado West	1–2
Northern California	Rocklin	Tri-City	3–2
Southern California	Chula Vista	Park View	2–2
Utah	St. George	Dixie	0–2

					August 6 – Game 3
					Utah	2
	August 5 – Game 1
					Hawaii	8
	Arizona	3
									August 9 – Game 8
	Hawaii	7
									Hawaii	5
	August 5 – Game 2
									Nevada	1
	Southern California	16
					August 6 – Game 4
	Northern California	8
					Nevada	5
					Southern California	3
													August 11 – Championship
													Hawaii	11
	August 7 – Game 5
													Northern California	2
	Arizona	5
					August 8 – Game 7
	Southern California	9
					Southern California	5
	August 7 – Game 6
					Northern California	7
	Northern California	6
									August 10 – Game 9
	Utah	0
									Nevada	0
									Northern California	11

International

Asia-Pacific

The tournament took place in Seoul, South Korea from June 30–July 6. ^[8]

Pool A Country Record   South Korea 4–0   Guam 3–1   China 2–2   Northern Mariana Islands 1–3   Indonesia 0–4

Pool B Country Record   Chinese Taipei 1 4–0   Hong Kong 3–1   Thailand 2–2   New Zealand 1–3   Philippines 0–4

¹ Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.

	Semi-finals				Asia-Pacific Championship
	July 5 – Seoul
	1A  South Korea	11
					July 6 – Seoul
	2B  Hong Kong	0
					1A  South Korea	6
	July 5 – Seoul
					1B  Chinese Taipei	1
	1B  Chinese Taipei	6
	2A  Guam	0

Australia

The tournament took place in Lismore, New South Wales June 6–11. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the elimination round. ^[9]

Pool A State/Territory LL Organization Record   Victoria Eastern Athletics 3–1   Queensland Gold Coast 3–1   South Australia Adelaide Rays 2–2   Western Australia Perth Metro Central 2–2   New South Wales Manly 0–4 Pool C State/Territory LL Organization Record   Western Australia Perth Metro North 3–1   Victoria Southern Mariners 2–2   Western Australia Coastal Bay 2–2   New South Wales Hills 2–2   Queensland Brisbane North 1–3

Pool B State/Territory LL Organization Record   New South Wales Cronulla 4–0   New South Wales Illawara 2–2   Victoria Northwestern Twins 2–2   Western Australia Southern Hills 1–3   Queensland Brisbane Metro 1–3 Pool D State/Territory LL Organization Record   New South Wales Ryde North 4–0   South Australia Adelaide Seahawks 3–1   Western Australia Swan Hills 2–2   Queensland Far North Coast 1–3   Australian Capital Territory Canberra 0–4

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Australia Championship
	June 9 – Lismore
	1A Eastern Athletics	3
					June 10 – Lismore
	2D Adelaide Seahawks	7
					2D Adelaide Seahawks	7
	June 9 – Lismore
					1B Cronulla	2
	1B Cronulla	12
									June 11 – Lismore (F/4)
	2C Southern Mariners	11
									2D Adelaide Seahawks	0
	June 9 – Lismore
									2A Gold Coast	11
	1C Perth Metro North	2
					June 10 – Lismore
	2B Illawara	6
					2B Illawara	6
	June 9 – Lismore
					2A Gold Coast	8
	1D Ryde North	1
	2A Gold Coast	5

Canada

The tournament took place in Mirabel, Quebec from August 2–11. ^[10]

Province	City	LL Organization	Record
British Columbia	Surrey	Whalley	6–0
Quebec (Host)	Mirabel	Diamond Baseball Academy	5–1
Nova Scotia	Glace Bay	Glace Bay	4–2
Ontario	Toronto	High Park	3–3
Saskatchewan	Regina	Regina Kiwanas National	2–4
Alberta	Lethbridge	Lethbridge Southwest	1–5
Quebec	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Valleyfield	0–6

	Semi-finals				Canada Championship
	August 10
	1  British Columbia	8
					August 11
	4  Ontario	2
					1  British Columbia	11
	August 10
					3  Nova Scotia	0
	2  Quebec	4
	3  Nova Scotia	5

Caribbean

The tournament took place in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico from July 14–20. ^[11]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Puerto Rico A	Guayama	Radames Lopez	6–0
Curaçao	Willemstad	Pabao	4–2
Aruba	Santa Cruz	Aruba Center	4–2
Bahamas	Nassau	Freedom Farm	3–3
Dominican Republic	Santiago	Los Bravos de Pontezuela	3–3
US Virgin Islands	Saint Thomas	District 1	1–5
Puerto Rico B	Sabana Grande	Gino Vega	0–6

	Semi-finals				Caribbean Championship
	July 19
	1  Puerto Rico	3
					July 20
	4  Bahamas	0
					Puerto Rico	5
	July 19
					Curaçao	2
	2  Curaçao	5
	3  Aruba	2

Europe and Africa

In an expanded format, 10 countries have automatic berths into the regional tournament based on participation and enrollment figures. ^[12] A qualifier tournament from additional countries wishing to enter took place from July 12–17. The format of the qualifier tournament is a round robin with an elimination round where the two semifinal winners advanced to the double-elimination regional tournament from July 20–27. Both tournaments took place in Kutno, Poland. ^[13]

Qualifier tournament

Teams Country Record   Austria 5–0   Hungary 4–1   Belarus 3–2   Croatia 2–3    Switzerland 1–4   Poland 0–5

Semi-finals Qualifier Championship±                 July 16     1  Austria 6   July 17   4  Croatia 5   1  Austria –   July 16   3  Belarus –   2  Hungary 1     3  Belarus 9

• Qualifier Championship between Austria and Belarus was canceled due to inclement weather, as a make up was unnecessary because both teams had already advanced.

Regional tournament

Teams Country City LL Organization Record   Austria Vienna East Austria 4–2   Belarus Skidel Sugar Storm 1–2   Belgium Brussels Brussels 0–2   Czech Republic Prague Northwest Czech Republic 3–2   France Paris Ile-De-France 3–2 Germany-US Ramstein Air Base KMC American 2–2   Italy Ronchi dei Legionari Friuli Venezia Giulia 1–2   Lithuania Vilnius Vilnius 1–2   Netherlands Haarlem Kennemerland 3–2   Spain Barcelona Catalunya 4–0   Ukraine Kirovograd Kirovograd Center 0–2   United Kingdom London London 0–2

Results July 20 Game Visitor Score Home 1  France(1–0) 10–7 Germany-USA (0–1) 2  Belgium (0–1) 0–10  Austria(1–0) 3  United Kingdom (0–1) 10–11  Belarus(1–0) 4  Czech Republic(1–0) 9–3  Italy (0–1) July 21 Game Visitor Score Home 5  Netherlands(1–0) 9–4  France (1–1) 6  Ukraine (0–1) 1–2  Austria(2–0) 7  Spain(1–0) 13–3  Belarus (1–1) 8  Lithuania (0–1) 1–16  Czech Republic(2–0) July 22 Game Visitor Score Home 9  United Kingdom (0–2) 4–9  France(2–1) 10  Italy(1–1) 1–0  Ukraine (0–2) 11 Germany-USA(1–1) 6–2  Belarus (1–2) 12  Belgium (0–2) 7–8  Lithuania(1–1) July 23 Game Visitor Score Home 13  Netherlands(2–0) 11–3  Austria (2–1) 14  Spain(2–0) 1–0  Czech Republic (2–1) 15  France(3–1) 4–2  Italy (1–2) 16 Germany-USA(2–1) 20–2  Lithuania (1–2) July 24 Game Visitor Score Home 17  France (3–2) 2–10  Czech Republic(3–1) 18 Germany-USA (2–2) 4–10  Austria(3–1) 19  Netherlands (2–1) 2–6  Spain(3–0) July 25 Game Visitor Score Home 20  Czech Republic (3–2) 5–9  Austria(4–1) July 26 Game Visitor Score Home 21  Austria (4–2) 3–13  Netherlands(3–1) July 27 Game Visitor Score Home 22  Spain(4–0) 19–0  Netherlands (3–2)

Japan

The tournament took place in Tokyo from July 21–22. ^{[14] [15]}

Participating teams	Prefecture	City	LL Organization
Chūgoku Champions	Okayama	Okayama	Okayama
Higashikanto Champions	Chiba	Chiba	Chiba City
Hokkaido Champions	Hokkaido	Sapporo	Sapporo Shiroishi
Kanagawa Champions	Kanagawa	Yokohama	Seya
Kansai Champions	Hyogo	Shiso-Gun	Hyogo Yamasaki
Kansai Runner-up	Osaka	Takatsuki	Osaka Takatsuki
Kitakanto Champions	Saitama	Kawaguchi	Kawaguchi
Kyushu Champions	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	Nagasaki Minami
Shikoku Champions	Ehime	Niihama	Niihama
Shin'etsu Champions	Nagano	Ueda	Ueda Minami
Tōhoku Champions	Miyagi	Sendai	Sendai Hirose
Tōhoku Runner-up	Miyagi	Sendai	Sendai Aoba
Tōkai Champions	Aichi	Anjō	Anjō
Tōkai Runner-up	Shizuoka	Hamamatsu	Hamamatsu
Tokyo Champions	Tokyo	Tokyo	Tokyo Kitasuna
Tokyo Runner-Up	Tokyo	Tokyo	Tokyo Nakano

Opening Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

July 21 – Tokyo

Tokyo Nakano

0

July 21 – Tokyo

Niihama

1

Niihama

3

July 21 – Tokyo

Sendai Hirose

16

Sapporo Shiroishi

7

July 22 – Tokyo

Sendai Hirose

8

Sendai Hirose

2

July 21 – Tokyo

Kawaguchi

13

Seya

12

July 21 – Tokyo

Okayama

0

Seya

2

July 21 – Tokyo

Kawaguchi

7

Kawaguchi

2

July 22 – Tokyo

Anjō

1

Kawaguchi

23

July 21 – Tokyo

Nagasaki Minami

2

Ueda Minami

10

July 21 – Tokyo

Chiba City

0

Ueda Minami

8

July 21 – Tokyo

Tokyo Kitasuna

10

Tokyo Kitasuna

10

July 22 – Tokyo

Osaka Takatsuki

8

Tokyo Kitasuna

2

July 21 – Tokyo

Nagasaki Minami

3

Nagasaki Minami

11

July 21 – Tokyo

Sendai Aoba

1

Nagasaki Minami

5

July 21 – Tokyo

Hyogo Yamasaki

2

Hyogo Yamasaki

5

Hamamatsu

2

Latin America

The tournament took place in Panama City, Panama from July 21–28. ^[16]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Panama A	Arraiján	Vacamonte	5–1
Nicaragua	Rivas	Rivas	5–1
Venezuela	San Francisco	San Francisco	4–2
Panama B	Aguadulce	Aguadulce Cabezera	4–2
Colombia	Cartagena	Falcon	2–4
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Javier	1–5
Costa Rica	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo de Heredia	0–6

	Semi-finals				Latin America Championship
	July 27
	1 Panama A	2
					July 28
	4 Panama B	0
					Panama	6
	July 27
					Nicaragua	3
	2 Nicaragua	4
	3 Venezuela	0

Mexico

The tournament took place in Monterrey from July 7–13.

Pool A State City LL Organization Record   Tamaulipas Reynosa Guadalupe Treviño Kelly 4–1   Baja California Mexicali Seguro Social 4–1   Veracruz Medellín Infantil y Juvenil Veracruzana 4–1   Nuevo León Monterrey Unidad Modelo 2–3   Coahuila Torreón Infantil y Juvenil Sertoma A.C. 1–4   Chihuahua Ciudad Juárez Satélite 0–5

Pool B State City LL Organization Record   Tamaulipas Matamoros Matamoros A.C. 6–0   Nuevo León Guadalupe Guadalupe Linda Vista 4–2   Coahuila Monclova Ribereña 4–2   Sonora Hermosillo Conno Hermosillo 3–3   Quintana Roo Cancún Quintana Roo 3–3   Chihuahua Delicias A Cura Trillo 1–5   Jalisco Guadalajara Fenix 0–6

	Semi-finals				Mexico Championship
	July 12
	2B Linda Vista	2
					July 13
	1A Treviño Kelly	3
					1A Treviño Kelly	3
	July 12
					1B Matamoros	5
	2A Seguro Social	0
	1B Matamoros	4

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