The Little League Baseball World Sequence is formally underway, and is ready to run by way of Sunday, Aug. 24, in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The occasion, which has taken place yearly since 1947, is among the most anticipated youth sporting occasions of the yr.
Final yr’s LLBWS champion Lake Mary was knocked out of their Southeast Regional closing towards Irmo Little League from Irmo, South Carolina. Meaning there can be a brand new champion in 2025 among the many 20 groups that earned a spot in Pennsylvania.
The occasion consists of 10 groups from the USA and 10 groups from elsewhere across the globe. The double-elimination match started on Aug. 13, with as many as 4 video games a day — with one exception. On Sunday, Aug 17, the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets will play within the MLB Little League Basic at 2,366-seat Bowman Discipline in neighboring Williamsport. The competition will rely as a house sport for the Mets.
The U.S. championship and worldwide championship will happen on Saturday, Aug. 23, and be televised on ABC. The worldwide closing is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. ET, with the U.S. title sport following at 3:30 p.m. ET. The following day, the comfort sport is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. ET on ESPN2 and the LLBWS championship sport is on faucet to begin at 3 p.m. ET on ABC.
How the Little League World Sequence works
The Little League World Sequence makes use of a bracket, double-elimination system. Till it reaches the championship video games, any crew that loses as soon as will get one other probability to remain within the competitors, however as soon as a crew loses twice, they’re eradicated from play. The U.S., worldwide and the LLBWS championship sport can be winner take all.
The video games run for six innings and if the rating is tied up at that time, a seventh inning, performed customary as those earlier than it, is added. If the competition continues to be tied after seven innings, every crew will start their half of the inning with a runner on second base.
All gamers have to be between 10 and 12 years previous.
The place to look at Little League World Sequence
Dates: Aug. 13-Aug. 24
Instances: Fluctuate
Location: South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
TV: ESPN, ABC | Stream: Fubo (Begin watching, save $20!)
Little League World Sequence bracket
Little League World Sequence
Sport schedule (all instances Japanese)
Wednesday, Aug. 13
Sport 1 — Worldwide: Latin America Area 5, Puerto Rico Area 0
Sport 2 — United States: Mountain Area 16, Nice Lakes Area 1
Sport 3 — Worldwide: Panama Area 7, Australia Area 2
Sport 4 — United States: Metro Area 1, Southwest Area 0
Thursday, Aug. 14
Sport 5 — Worldwide: Japan Area 12, Europe-Africa Area 0
Sport 6 — United States: Southeast Area 13, New England Area 0
Sport 7 — Worldwide: Asia-Pacific Area 3, Mexico Area 0
Sport 8 — United States: Midwest Area 2, Mid-Atlantic Area 0
Friday, Aug. 15
Sport 9 — Worldwide: Canada Area vs. Latin America Area, 1 p.m.
Sport 10 — United States: Northwest Area vs. Mountain Area, 3 p.m.
Sport 11 — Worldwide: Caribbean Area vs. Panama Area, 5 p.m.
Sport 12 — United States: West Area vs. Metro Area, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 16
Sport 13 — Worldwide: Australia Area vs. Europe-Africa Area, 1 p.m.
Sport 14 — United States: Southwest Area vs. New England Area, 3 p.m.
Sport 15 — Worldwide: Puerto Rico Area vs. Mexico Area, 5 p.m.
Sport 16 — United States: Nice Lakes Area vs. Mid-Atlantic Area, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 17
Sport 17 — United States: Sport 10 loser vs. Sport 14 winner, 9 a.m.
Sport 18 — Worldwide: Sport 9 loser vs. Sport 13 winner, 11 a.m.
Sport 19 — United States: Sport 12 loser vs. Sport 16 winner, 1 p.m.
Sport 20 — Worldwide: Sport 11 loser vs. Sport 15 winner, 2 p.m.
MLB Little League Basic — Mariners vs. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 18
Sport 21 — Worldwide: Japan Area vs. Sport 9 winner, 1 p.m.
Sport 22 — United States: Southeast Area vs. Sport 10 winner, 3 p.m.
Sport 23 — Worldwide: Sport 11 winner vs. Asia-Pacific Area, 5 p.m.
Sport 24 — United States: Sport 12 winner vs. Midwest Area, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 19
Sport 25 — Worldwide: Sport 20 winner vs. Sport 21 loser, 1 p.m.
Sport 26 — United States: Sport 29 winner vs. Sport 22 loser, 3 p.m.
Sport 27 — Worldwide: Sport 18 winner vs. Sport 23 loser, 5 p.m.
Sport 28 — United States: Sport 17 winner vs. Sport 24 loser, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 20
Sport 29 — Worldwide: Sport 21 winner vs. Sport 23 winner, 1 p.m.
Sport 30 — United States: Sport 22 winner vs. Sport 24 winner, 3 p.m.
Sport 31 — Worldwide: Sport 25 winner vs. Sport 27 winner, 5 p.m.
Sport 32 — United States: Sport 26 winner vs. Sport 28 winner, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 21
Sport 33 — Worldwide: Sport 29 loser vs. Sport 31 winner, 3 p.m.
Sport 34 — United States: Sport 30 loser vs. Sport 32 winner, 7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 22
Little League Residence Run Derby, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 23
Sport 35 — Worldwide Championship: Sport 29 winner vs. Sport 33 winner, 12:30 p.m.
Sport 36 — United States Championship: Sport 30 winner vs. Sport 34 winner, 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 24
Sport 37 — LLB World Sequence Third Place: Sport 35 loser vs. Sport 36 loser, 10 a.m.
Sport 38 — LLBWS Championship: Worldwide Sport 35 winner vs. United States Sport 36 winner, 3 p.m.
Little League World Sequence groups
United States
Nice Lakes |
Clarendon Hills LL |
Clarendon Hills, Illinois |
Metro |
Fairfield Nationwide LL |
Fairfield, Connecticut |
Mid-Atlantic |
Glenmoore Eagle LL |
Higher Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania |
Midwest |
Sioux Falls LL |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
Mountain |
Summerlin South LL |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
New England |
Braintree American LL |
Braintree, Massachusetts |
Northwest |
Bonney Lake/Sumner LL |
Bonney Lake, Washington |
Southeast |
Irmo LL |
Irmo, South Carolina |
Southwest |
Lamar LL |
Richmond, Texas |
West |
Honolulu LL |
Honolulu, Hawaii |
Worldwide
Asia-Pacific |
Tung-Yuan LL |
Taipei, Chinese language Taipei |
Australia |
Brisbane North Area LL |
Brisbane, Queensland |
Canada |
Little Mountain LL |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
Caribbean |
Aruba Middle LL |
Santa Cruz, Aruba |
Europe-Africa |
South Czech Republic LL |
Brno, Czechia |
Japan |
Joto LL |
Tokyo, Japan |
Latin America |
Cardenales LL |
Barquisimeto, Venezuela |
Mexico |
El Swing Perfecto LL |
Chihuahua, Mexico |
Panama |
Vacamonte LL |
Arraijan, Panama |
Puerto Rico |
Juan A. Bibiloni LL |
Yabucoa, Puerto Rico |