| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 9–August 15 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Hewitt, Texas Midway LL |
| Runners-up |  Delmar, Maryland Delmar LL |
The 2022 Little League Softball World Series was held in Greenville, North Carolina from August 9 to August 15, 2022. [1]
Each team that competed in the tournament came out of one of 12 qualifying regions.
| Purple Bracket | Orange Bracket |
|---|---|
Asia-Pacific Region Bacolod, Philippines Negros Occidental LL | Host Region (North Carolina) Winterville, North Carolina Pitt County Girls Softball LL |
Canada Region St. Albert, Alberta St Albert/YYC Softball LL | Latin America Region Guayama, Puerto Rico Guayama Softball LL |
Central Region Columbia, Missouri Daniel Boone LL | Northwest Region Issaquah, Washington Issaquah LL |
Europe-Africa Region Bologna, Italy Emilia Romagna LL | Southeast Region Chesterfield, Virginia Chesterfield LL |
| Mid-Atlantic Region Delmar, Maryland Delmar LL | Southwest Region Hewitt, Texas Midway LL |
New England Region Milford, Connecticut Milford LL | West Region La Verne, California La Verne LL |
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | |||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 | ||||||||||
| Maryland | 3 | Maryland | 2 | ||||||||
| Missouri | 1 | Maryland | 2 | ||||||||
| Philippines | 0 | ||||||||||
| Italy | 1 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 1 | Philippines | 4 | ||||||||
| Canada | 0 | ||||||||||
| First Round | Second Round | ||||||
| Missouri | 12 | ||||||
| Italy | 0 | ||||||
| Missouri | 2 | ||||||
| Connecticut | 8 | ||||||
| Canada | 0 | ||||||
| Connecticut | 4 | Elimination Bracket Final | |||||
| Connecticut | 0 | ||||||
| Philippines | 1 | ||||||
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | |||||||||
| Puerto Rico | 0 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 4 | Texas | 2 | ||||||||
| Texas | 13 | Texas | 1 | ||||||||
| Virginia | 0 | ||||||||||
| Virginia | 6 | ||||||||||
| North Carolina | 2 | California | 1 | ||||||||
| California | 9 | ||||||||||
| First Round | Second Round | ||||||
| Washington | 1 | ||||||
| California | 7 | ||||||
| California | 1 | ||||||
| North Carolina | 6 | ||||||
| North Carolina | 8 | ||||||
| Puerto Rico | 0 | Elimination Bracket Final | |||||
| North Carolina | 1 | ||||||
| Virginia | 2 | ||||||
| Bracket Championships | Championship Game | ||||||
| Maryland | 11 | ||||||
| Philippines | 0 | ||||||
| Maryland | 4 | ||||||
| Texas | 5 | ||||||
| Texas | 5 | ||||||
| Virginia | 1 | Consolation Game | |||||
| Philippines | 0 | ||||||
| Virginia | 9 | ||||||
| 2022 Little League Softball World Series Champions |
|---|
  Midway LL Hewitt, Texas |
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