Little League World Series (Caribbean Region)

Caribbean Little League Championship
Most recent season or competition:; 2024 Little League World Series qualification
Formerly	Latin American Region (1957–2000)
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2001;23 years ago
No. of teams	15
Country	12
Most recent; champion(s)	Aruba Central Little League, Santa Cruz, Aruba
Most titles	Pabao Little League, Willemstad, Curaçao (10)

Last updated August 21, 2024

The Caribbean Region is a region that competes in the Little League World Series. The Caribbean region was first given an automatic berth in 2001. Prior to 2001, Caribbean teams competed for a berth in the LLWS in the Latin American region.

Caribbean Region Countries

Following the 2021 LLWS, Cuba and Puerto Rico, plus the Latin American Region country of Panama, will take up two berths in the LLWS. Two of the three will send champions to the LLWS each year, while the third will compete in its normal region; the automatic berths will rotate annually. This scheme is part of a planned expansion of the LLWS from 16 to 20 teams that was originally scheduled to occur for 2021, but was delayed to 2022 due to COVID-19.^[1]

Regional championship

The list below lists each country's participant in the Caribbean Little League Region Tournament. That year's winner is indicated in green.

Year	Aruba	Antigua and Barbuda	Bahamas	Bermuda	Bonaire	British Virgin Islands	Cayman Islands	Cuba	Curaçao	Dominican Republic	Jamaica	Puerto Rico	Sint Maarten	U.S. Virgin Islands	Host
2001	N/A Aruba	DNQ	N/A Bahamas	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Joined in 2019	Pariba LL Willemstad	N/A Dominican Republic	DNQ	N/A Puerto Rico	N/A Sint Maarten	N/A U.S. Virgin Islands	None
2002	Aruba South LL Sint Nicolaas	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Bonaire LL Kralendijk	DNQ	DNQ		Pariba LL Willemstad	DNQ	DNQ	Adalberto Rodriguez LL Cabo Rojo	St. Maarten LL Philipsburg	Alvin McBean LL St. Thomas	Elmo Plaskett LL St. Croix
2003	Aruba Central LL Santa Cruz	DNQ	Grand Bahamas Junior LL Freeport	DNQ	DNQ	BVI Little League Road Town	DNQ		Pabao LL Willemsted	Virgilio Jimenez LL Santo Domingo	DNQ	Rosario Y. Cardona LL Maunabo	St. Maarten LL Phillipsburg	Elmo Plaskett LL St. Croix	Wilfredo Ramirez LL Mayaguez
2004	Aruba South LL Sint Nicolaas	DNQ	Grand Bahamas Junior LL Freeport	DNQ	Bonaire LL Kralendijk	BVI Little League Road Town	DNQ		Pabao LL Willemstad	Virgilio Jimenez LL Santo Domingo	DNQ	Jose M. Rodriguez LL Manatí	St. Maarten LL Philipsburg	Elrod Hendricks LL St. Thomas	Aruba North LL Oranjestad
2005	Aruba North LL Oranjestad	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Bonaire LL Kralendijk	DNQ	DNQ		Pabao LL Willemstad	Antonio Irrizarry LL Puerto Plata	DNQ	Tati Lugo LL Yauco	St. Maarten LL Philipsburg	Elrod Hendricks LL St. Thomas	Elmo Plaskett LL St. Croix
2006	Aruba North LL Oranjestad	DNQ	Freedom Farm LL Nassau	DNQ	Bonaire LL Kralendijk	DNQ	DNQ		Pabao LL Willemstad	Antonio Concepcion LL Moca	Bayside LL Kingston	Juan A. Bibiloni LL Yabucoa	St. Maarten LL Philipsburg	Elrod Hendricks West LL St. Thomas	Jaime Collazo LL Vega Baja
2007	Aruba North LL Oranjestad	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Bonaire LL Kralendijk	DNQ	DNQ		Pabao LL Willemstad	DNQ	Bayside LL Kingston	Tati Lugo LL Yauco	St. Maarten LL Philipsburg	Elrod Hendricks West LL St. Thomas	Juan A. Bibiloni LL Yabucoa
2008	Aruba North LL Oranjestad	DNQ	DNQ	Bermuda Youth Athletic LL Southside	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		Pabao LL Willemstad	Los Bravos de Pontenzuela LL Santiago	West Portland LL Portland	Juan Antonio Bibiloni LL Yabucoa	St. Maarten LL Philipsburg	Elrod Hendricks West LL St. Thomas	Bonaire LL Kralendijk
2009	Aruba Central LL Santa Cruz	DNQ	DNQ	Bermuda Youth Athletic LL Southside	Bonaire LL Kralendijk	DNQ	DNQ		Pabao LL Willemstad	Los Bravos de Pontenzuela LL Santiago	DNQ	Radames Lopez LL Guayama	St. Maarten LL Philipsburg	Elmo Plaskett East LL St. Croix	Willemstad LL Willemstad
2010	Aruba North LL Oranjestad	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Bonaire LL Kralendijk	DNQ	Grand Cayman Island LL George Town		Pariba LL Willemstad	Virgilio Jimenez LL Santo Domingo	DNQ	Jose M. Rodriguez LL Manatí	St. Maarten LL Philipsburg	Elmo Plaskett East LL St. Croix	Miguel Luzunaris LL Humacao
2011	Aruba North LL, Oranjestad Oranjestad	Antigua LL Saint John's	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Cayman Islands LL Grand Cayman Island		Pariba LL Willemstad	José Tatis LL Puerto Plata	DNQ	Jose M. Rodriguez LL Manatí	St. Maarten LL Philipsburg	Elmo Plaskett East LL St. Croix Elrod Hendricks West LL St. Thomas	Alvin McBean LL St. Thomas
2012	Aruba Central LL Santa Cruz	Antigua LL Saint John's	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		Pariba LL Willemstad	Solano LL San Pedro de Macorís	DNQ	Jose M. Rodriguez LL Manatí	St. Maarten LL Philipsburg	Elmo Plaskett East LL St. Croix Elrod Hendricks West LL St. Thomas	Radames Lopez LL Guayama
2013	Aruba Center LL Santa Cruz	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		Pariba LL Willemstad	DNQ	Jamaica LL	Samaritana LL San Lorenzo	St. Maarten LL Philipsburg	Elmo Plaskett East LL St. Croix Elrod Hendricks West LL St. Thomas	Bonaire LL Kralendijk
2014	Aruba North LL Oranjestad	DNQ	Freedom Farm LL Nassau	DNQ	Bonaire LL Kralendijk	DNQ	Cayman Islands LL George Town		Pabao LL Willemstad	Hector Delgado LL San Cristobal	DNQ	Miguel Luzunaris LL Humacao	DNQ	Elrod Hendrick West LL St. Thomas	Grand Bahamas LL Freeport
2015	Aruba Center LL Santa Cruz	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		Pabao LL Willemstad	Los Bravos de Pontezuela LL Santiago de los Caballeros	DNQ	Roberto Rivera Miranda LL Cayey	DNQ	Elrod Hendricks LL St. Thomas	Pariba LL Willemstad
2016	Aruba Center LL Santa Cruz	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Bonaire LL Kralendijk	DNQ	DNQ		Pariba LL Willemstad	La Javilla LL Santo Domingo	DNQ	Roberto Clemente LL Carolina	DNQ	Alvin McBean East LL St. Thomas	Elmo Plaskett East LL St. Croix
2017	Aruba, North LL, Noord	Antigua LL Saint John's	Unknown	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		Pariba LL Willemstad	Los Bravos de Pontezuela LL Santiago de los Caballeros	DNQ	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown St. Thomas	Antigua LL Saint John's
2018	Aruba Center LL Santa Cruz	DNQ	Freedom Farm LL Nassau	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		Pabao LL Willemstad	Los Bravos de Pontezuela LL Santiago	DNQ	Radames Lopez LL Guayama	DNQ	Elmo Plaskett LL St. Thomas	Gino Vega LL Sabana Grande
2019	Aruba South LL San Nicolas	Antigua LL Saint John	Junior Nassau LL Nassau	DNQ	Bonaire LL Bonaire	DNQ	DNQ	Havana LL Havana	Pabao LL Willemstad	La Javilla LL Santo Domingo	DNQ	Pirates De Venezuela LL San Juan	Sint Maarten LL Sint Maarten	Elrod Hendricks West LL St. Thomas	Pariba LL Willemstad
2020								Bayamo LL Bayamo

(DNQ) – Indicates that the country did not have a team qualify in that year's tournament other than being the host.

LLWS results

As of the 2024 Little League World Series.

Year	Champion	City	LLWS	Record
2001	Pariba LL	Willemstad	Third place	4–2
2002	Pariba LL	Willemstad	Third place	4–2
2003	Pabao LL	Willemstad	Third place	4–2
2004	Pabao LL	Willemstad	Champion	6–0
2005	Pabao LL	Willemstad	Runner-up	4–2
2006	Pabao LL	Willemstad	Group stage	1–2
2007	Pabao LL	Willemstad	Fourth place	3–3
2008	Pabao LL	Willemstad	Int'l semifinal	2–2
2009	Pabao LL	Willemstad	Int'l semifinal	3–1
2010	Jose M. Rodriguez LL	Manati	Group stage	1–2
2011	Aruba North LL	Oranjestad	Round 1	1–2
2012	Pariba LL	Willemstad	Round 3	2–2
2013	Sanmaritana LL	San Lorenzo	Round 2	1–2
2014	Miguel Luzunaris LL	Humacao	Round 2	1–2
2015	Los Bravos de Pontezuela LL	Santiago de los Caballeros	Round 1	1–2
2016	Pariba LL	Willemstad	Round 2	1–2
2017	Los Bravos de Pontezuela LL	Santiago de los Caballeros	Round 2	1–2
2018	Radames Lopez LL	Guayama	Int'l semifinal	3–2
2019	Pabao LL	Willemstad	Runner-up	5–2
2022	Pabao LL	Willemstad	Runner-up	6–2
2023	Pabao LL	Willemstad	Runner-up	4–2
2024	Aruba Central LL	Santa Cruz	Round 3	2–2

Results by country

As of the 2024 Little League World Series.

Country	Caribbean Championships	Record in LLWS	PCT
Curaçao	14	49–26	.653
Puerto Rico	4	6–8	.429
Dominican Republic	2	2–4	.333
Aruba	2	3–4	.429
Total	22	60–42	.588

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References

↑ "Little League Baseball and Little League Softball World Series to Expand in 2021". Little League Baseball. Little League International. August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

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[1] "Little League Baseball and Little League Softball World Series to Expand in 2021". Little League Baseball. Little League International. August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

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