List of Little League World Series appearances by region

Last updated

This is the list of regions that have sent teams to the Little League World Series since its inception in 1947. Many regions have gone through major realignment over the years. As of 2025, 21 regions are active, 10 from the United States and 11 from international. The Far East region, inactive since 2000, has won the most overall championships (23). [1]

Contents

LLWS Regions

As of the 2025 Little League World Series.

RegionCountryStatusFirst LLWSLast AppearanceAppearancesChampionshipsRunners-UpThird Place
Finishes		Record
in LLWS		PCT
InvitationU.S.Inactive 1947 1948 8220––
Region 1 [2] U.S.Inactive 1949 1956 80127–9.438
Region 2U.S.Inactive 1949 1956 841014–4.778
Region 3U.S.Inactive 1949 1956 81118–8.500
Region 4U.S.Inactive 1949 1956 802312–10.545
Region 5U.S.Inactive 1949 1956 81015–7.417
Region 6U.S.Inactive 1949 1956 80103–9.250
Region 7U.S.Inactive 1949 1956 81117–7.500
Region 8U.S.Inactive 1949 1956 81108–10.444
Central [a] U.S.Inactive 1957 2000 4415854–74.422
East U.S.Inactive 1957 2000 4474970–66.515
South U.S.Inactive 1957 2000 443 [b] 101574–57.565
West (1957–2000) U.S.Inactive 1957 2000 44617785–50.630
Pacific (1958–1961) U.S.Inactive 1958 1961 40003–6.333
Great Lakes U.S.Active 2001 2025 2521037–48.435
Metro U.S.Active 2022 2025 40019–7.563
Mid-Atlantic U.S.Active 2001 2025 2511039–46.459
Midwest U.S.Active 2001 2025 2500020–59.253
Mountain U.S.Active 2022 2025 40109–8.529
New England U.S.Active 2001 2025 2500032–53.376
Northwest U.S.Active 2001 2025 2510236–50.419
Southeast U.S.Active 2001 2025 2533068–49.581
Southwest U.S.Active 2001 2025 2511362–50.554
West U.S.Active 2001 2025 2564389–34.724
Canada [c] InternationalActive 1958 2025 6501257–137.294
Far East InternationalInactive 1962 2000 37233399–24.805
Asia InternationalInactive 2001 2006 622027–7.794
Pacific (2001–2006) InternationalInactive 2001 2006 60008–13.381
Asia-Pacific InternationalInactive 2007 2012 601113–11.542
Asia-Pacific and Middle East InternationalActive 2013 2025 1123238–14.731
Japan [d] InternationalActive 2007 2025 1752461–21.744
Europe (1960–2000) InternationalInactive 1960 2000 4000224–94.203
Europe, Middle East & Africa InternationalInactive 2001 2007 70001–20.048
Transatlantic InternationalInactive 2001 2007 70007–14.333
Europe (2008–2012) InternationalInactive 2008 2012 50001–14.067
Middle East-Africa InternationalInactive 2008 2012 50003–12.200
Europe and Africa InternationalActive 2013 2025 110003–27.100
Latin America InternationalActive 1958 2025 654313127–101.557
Panama InternationalActive 2022 2025 30004–6.400
Mexico [e] InternationalActive 2001 2025 2301562–45.579
Caribbean InternationalActive 2001 2025 2314364–45.587
Puerto Rico InternationalActive 2022 2025 30000–6.000
Cuba InternationalActive 2023 2024 20002–4.333
Australia InternationalActive 2013 2025 110006–25.194
Total813787791
  1. ↑ The Central region was known as the North region between 1957 and 1972.
  2. ↑ One of the championships was won by Mexico, an international team participating in the South region, in 1957. [3]
  3. ↑ Canada, as a team, also qualified to the LLWS via the U.S. Region 1 (1952) and Region 8 (1953), before the Canada region was formed.
  4. ↑ Japan, as a team, also qualified to the LLWS via the Far East (1962–2000) and the Asia (2001–2006) region, before the Japan region was formed.
  5. ↑ Mexico, as a team, also qualified to the LLWS via the U.S. South (1957), the Latin America (1958–1998), and the U.S. West (1985) region, before the Mexico region was formed.

See also

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.