List of Little League World Series championship games

Since the inception of the Little League World Series in 1947, 78 Little League World Series championship games have been played. The United States leads the number of championship games won with 40, followed by Taiwan with 18, Japan with 11, Mexico and South Korea with 3 each, Venezuela with 2, and Curaçao with 1.

Little League World Series championship games

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1947	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	16–7	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
1948	Lock Haven, Pennsylvania	6–5	St. Petersburg, Florida
1949	Hammonton, New Jersey	5–0	Pensacola, Florida
1950	Houston, Texas	2–1	Bridgeport, Connecticut
1951	Stamford, Connecticut	3–0	Austin, Texas
1952	Norwalk, Connecticut	4–3	Monongahela, Pennsylvania
1953	Birmingham, Alabama	1–0	Schenectady, New York
1954	Schenectady, New York	7–5	Colton, California
1955	Morrisville, Pennsylvania	4–3	Delaware Township, New Jersey
1956	Roswell, New Mexico	3–1	Delaware Township, New Jersey
1957	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	4–0	La Mesa, California
1958	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	10–1	Kankakee, Illinois
1959	Hamtramck, Michigan	12–0	Auburn, California
1960	Levittown, Pennsylvania	5–0	Fort Worth, Texas
1961	El Cajon, California	4–2	El Campo, Texas
1962	San Jose, California	3–0	Kankakee, Illinois
1963	Granada Hills, California	2–1	Stratford, Connecticut
1964	Staten Island, New York	4–0	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
1965	Windsor Locks, Connecticut	3–1	Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
1966	Houston, Texas	8–2	West New York, New Jersey
1967	West Tokyo, Japan	4–1	Chicago, Illinois
1968	Wakayama, Osaka, Japan	1–0	Richmond, Virginia
1969	Taichung, Taiwan	5–0	Santa Clara, California
1970	Wayne, New Jersey	2–0	Campbell, California
1971	Tainan, Taiwan	12–3 (F/9)	Gary, Indiana
1972	Taipei, Taiwan	6–0	Hammond, Indiana
1973	Tainan, Taiwan	12–0	Tucson, Arizona
1974	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	12–1	Red Bluff, California
1975 *	Lakewood, New Jersey	4–3	Tampa, Florida
1976	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan	10–3	Campbell, California
1977	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	7–2	El Cajon, California
1978	Pingtung, Taiwan	11–1	Danville, California
1979	Taipei, Taiwan	2–1 (F/8)	Campbell, California
1980	Hualien, Taiwan	4–3	Tampa, Florida
1981	Taichung, Taiwan	4–2	Tampa, Florida
1982	Kirkland, Washington	6–0	Chiayi, Taiwan
1983	Marietta, Georgia	3–1	Barahona, Dominican Republic
1984	Seoul, South Korea	6–2	Altamonte Springs, Florida
1985	Seoul, South Korea	7–1	/ Mexicali, BC/Calexico, CA
1986	Tainan, Taiwan	12–0	Tucson, Arizona
1987	Hualien, Taiwan	21–1	Irvine, California
1988	Taichung, Taiwan	10–0	Pearl City, Hawaii
1989	Trumbull, Connecticut	5–2	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1990	Tainan, Taiwan	9–0	Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
1991	Taichung, Taiwan	11–0	Danville, California
1992	‡Long Beach, California	6–0 (fft)	‡Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1993	Long Beach, California	3–2	David, Chiriquí, Panama
1994	Maracaibo, Venezuela	4–3	Northridge, California
1995	Tainan, Taiwan	17–3 (F/5)	Spring, Texas
1996	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	13–3 (F/5)	Cranston, Rhode Island
1997	Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico	5–4	South Mission Viejo, California
1998	Toms River, New Jersey	12–9	Kashima, Japan
1999	Hirakata, Osaka, Japan	5–0	Phenix City, Alabama
2000	Maracaibo, Venezuela	3–2	Bellaire, Texas
2001	Tokyo Kitasuna, Tokyo, Japan	2–1	Apopka, Florida
2002	Louisville, Kentucky	1–0	Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
2003	Musashi-Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan	10–1	East Boynton Beach, Florida
2004	Willemstad, Curaçao	5–2	Thousand Oaks, California
2005	ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii	7–6 (F/7)	Willemstad, Curaçao
2006	Columbus, Georgia	2–1	Kawaguchi City, Japan
2007	Warner Robins, Georgia	3–2 (F/8)	Tokyo, Japan
2008	Waipahu, Hawaii	12–3	Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
2009	Chula Vista, California	6–3	Taoyuan County, Taiwan
2010	Edogawa Minami, Tokyo, Japan	4–1	Waipahu, Hawaii
2011	Huntington Beach, California	2–1	Hamamatsu City, Japan
2012	Tokyo-Kitasuna, Tokyo, Japan	12–2 (F/5)	Goodlettsville, Tennessee
2013	Musashi-Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan	6–4	Chula Vista, California
2014	Seoul, South Korea	6–0 (fft.)	‡Las Vegas, Nevada
2015	Tokyo-Kitasuna, Tokyo, Japan	18–11	Lewisberry, Pennsylvania
2016	Maine-Endwell, New York	2–1	Seoul, South Korea
2017	Tokyo-Kitasuna, Tokyo, Japan	12–2 (F/5)	Lufkin, Texas
2018	Honolulu, Hawaii	3–0	Seoul, South Korea
2019	River Ridge, Louisiana	8–0	Willemstad, Curaçao
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [1] [2]
2021	Taylor, Michigan	5–2	Hamilton, Ohio
2022	Honolulu, Hawaii	13–3 (F/4)	Willemstad, Curaçao
2023	El Segundo, California	6–5	Willemstad, Curaçao
2024	Lake Mary, Florida	2–1 (F/8)	Taoyuan, Taiwan
2025	Taipei, Taiwan	7–0	Las Vegas, Nevada

^‡ Forfeits due to ineligible players:

1. 1992: Zamboanga City, Philippines, was disqualified and stripped of its 1992 world championship for overage players. Zamboanga City won 15–4 over Long Beach.
2. Chicago was disqualified and stripped of the U.S. championship in 2014 for geographical restrictions; the U.S. championship was reallocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, which lost the U.S. championship match to Chicago. Seoul, South Korea originally won 8–4 over Chicago.

Championship tally

Championships won by country/state

Rank	Team	Titles	Years
–	United States	40	1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1975, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
1	Taiwan	18	1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2025
2	Japan	11	1967, 1968, 1976, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017
3	California	8	1961, 1962, 1963, 1992‡, 1993, 2009, 2011, 2023
4	Pennsylvania	4	1947, 1948, 1955, 1960
	Connecticut		1951, 1952, 1965, 1989
	New Jersey		1949, 1970, 1975, 1998
	Hawaii		2005, 2008, 2018, 2022
8	Mexico	3	1957, 1958, 1997
	Georgia		1983, 2006, 2007
	South Korea		1984, 1985, 2014
	New York		1954, 1964, 2016
12	Texas	2	1950, 1966
	Venezuela		1994, 2000
	Michigan		1959, 2021
15	Alabama	1	1953
	New Mexico		1956
	Washington		1982
	Kentucky		2002
	Curaçao		2004
	Louisiana		2019
	Florida		2024

Championship notes

• In November 1974, "whispers about overage Asian participants grew to shouts" when over a three-year stretch Taiwan outscored U.S. teams, 120–2, in a span of nine Little League World Series games. Then LLWS chairman Peter McGovern reluctantly agreed to a blanket ban of all international teams. After an uproar of criticism and an investigation that could produce no evidence of rules violations, ^[3] the ban was rescinded for the 1976 event. ^[4]
• In 1976, the tournament was split into two brackets; one for International teams, and one for teams representing the United States. As a result, a team representing the United States is assured of being in the finals each year.
• In 1985, Mexicali, Mexico, represented the West Region of the United States in the Little League World Series. Because of its proximity to the El Centro/Calexico area in Southern California, Mexicali competed in and represented California's District 22 in the Southern California division from 1957 to 1985, representing the bordering city of Calexico, California. ^[5]
• In 1992, Long Beach was declared a 6–0 winner after the international tournament committee determined that Zamboanga City had used ineligible players that were either not from within its city limits, over age, or both. The championship game was originally won by Zamboanga City, 15–4.
• From 1997 to 2002, no teams from Taiwan participated in the tournament. In 1997, the Taiwan Baseball Association decided its leagues would no longer charter with Little League. From the introduction of Far East teams in 1967 until after 1996, Taiwan had won 17 of a possible 30 championships and had been runner-up twice. ^[6]

Due to complicated relations with the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China—commonly known as Taiwan—is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by a majority of international organizations, including Little League Baseball. LLWS records and news accounts may use Republic of China, Taiwan, or Chinese Taipei to refer to the same entity.

• In 2001, Danny Almonte, a pitcher from the Bronx, New York, team representing the Mid-Atlantic Region, was discovered to not be eligible because he was two years over the maximum age limit. Because of this, the Mid-Atlantic team was retroactively assessed a forfeit for each game they won in the tournament. ^[7] The team's statistics, including a perfect game thrown by Almonte, were scrubbed from the record. ^[7]
• In 2009, a team from Taiwan reached the championship match for the first time since 1996, but lost to a team from Chula Vista, California.
• In 2014, Chicago defeated Las Vegas for the U.S. championship before losing to Seoul, South Korea, in the LLWS championship. On February 11, 2015, Chicago was stripped of its U.S. title for fielding ineligible players; it was retroactively awarded to Las Vegas.
• In 2019, River Ridge became the first team since the expansion to 16 teams in 2001, and the second team in tournament history, to win the LLWS after losing their first game of tournament play (the first such team was Maracaibo, Venezuela, winners of the 2000 tournament).

References

2. "Little League World Series canceled for first time because of coronavirus pandemic". ESPN. April 30, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
3. Holmes, Baxter (August 16, 2011). "With adults involved, youth baseball can be more than child's play". Los Angeles Times .
4. "Little League takes it back: foreigners can play". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 31, 1975. p. 2B.
5. See: Mexico in the Little League World Series.
6. ”Taiwan, once dominant, to return to Little League”. Associated Press Newswires, 25 April 2003
7. "It's true: Almonte is age 14—Bronx must forfeit Little League wins". Daily Press . Newport News, Virginia. AP. September 1, 2001. p. B1. Retrieved May 31, 2023– via newspapers.com.

External links

• Official website
• Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum
• The Little League Baseball International Tournament (comprehensive information on district, sectional, state/provincial/country, and regional tournaments). Unpage Publications

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