2018 Little League World Series qualification

Great Lakes winner

Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan

Mid-Atlantic winner

Staten Island, New York

Midwest winner

Des Moines, Iowa

New England winner

Coventry, Rhode Island

2018 Little League World Series qualification
United States
Great Lakes winner	Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
Mid-Atlantic winner	Staten Island, New York
Midwest winner	Des Moines, Iowa
New England winner	Coventry, Rhode Island
Northwest winner	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Southeast winner	Peachtree City, Georgia
Southwest winner	Houston, Texas
West winner	Honolulu, Hawaii
International
Asia-Pacific and Middle East winner	Seoul, South Korea
Australia winner	Gold Coast, Queensland
Canada winner	Surrey, British Columbia
Caribbean winner	Guayama, Puerto Rico
Europe and Africa winner	Barcelona, Spain
Japan winner	Kawaguchi, Saitama
Latin America winner	Arraiján, Panama
Mexico winner	Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Tournaments
← 2017 2019 →

Qualification for the 2018 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2018.

Great Lakes

The tournament took place in Westfield, Indiana from August 5–11.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Illinois	West Dundee	Tri-Cities	0–2
Indiana	New Albany	New Albany	3–2
Kentucky	St. Matthews	St. Matthews Baseball	1–2
Michigan	Grosse Pointe Woods	Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores	4–0
Ohio	New Albany	New Albany	2–2
Wisconsin	Wausau	Wausau National	0–2





		August 6 – Game 3

		Wisconsin	2
August 5 – Game 1
		Michigan	12
Illinois	2
				August 8 – Game 7 (F/4)
Michigan	7
				Michigan	14
August 5 – Game 2
				Indiana	2
Indiana	6
		August 6 – Game 4
Kentucky	1
		Ohio	5

		Indiana	8

						August 11 – Championship (F/4)

						Michigan	13
August 7 – Game 5
						Indiana	0
Illinois	0
		August 9 – Game 8
Ohio	4
		Ohio	9
August 7 – Game 6
		Kentucky	1
Kentucky	2
				August 10 – Game 9
Wisconsin	1
				Indiana	8

				Ohio	0

Mid-Atlantic

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 5–12.^[2]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Delaware	Milton	Milton	0–2
Maryland	Berlin	Berlin	4–2
New Jersey	Middletown	Middletown	1–2
New York	Staten Island	Mid-Island	4–0
Pennsylvania	Clinton County	Keystone	1–2
Washington, D.C.		Mamie Johnson	0–2





		August 6 – Game 3

		Pennsylvania	0
August 5 – Game 1
		New York	7
New York	10
				August 8 – Game 7
Washington, D.C.	2
				New York	5
August 5 – Game 2
				New Jersey	2
Maryland	6
		August 6 – Game 4
Delaware	0
		New Jersey	6

		Maryland	2

						August 12 – Championship

						New York	4
August 7 – Game 5
						Maryland	0
Washington, D.C.	7
		August 9 – Game 8
Maryland	18
		Maryland	6
August 7 – Game 6
		Pennsylvania	0
Delaware	1
				August 10 – Game 9 (F/5)
Pennsylvania	6
				New Jersey	1

				Maryland	11

Midwest

The tournament took place in Westfield, Indiana from August 5–11.^[3]

Note: North Dakota and South Dakota are organized into a single Little League district.

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Iowa	Des Moines	Grandview	4–1
Kansas	Pittsburg	J.L. Hutchinson Baseball	1–2
Minnesota	Coon Rapids	Coon Rapids Andover American	2–2
Missouri	Webb City	Webb City	0–2
Nebraska	Kearney	Kearney	0–2
North Dakota	Fargo	Fargo	3–1





		August 6 – Game 3 (F/4)

		Kansas	1
August 5 – Game 1
		Minnesota	11
Missouri	0
				August 8 – Game 7
Minnesota	4
				Minnesota	0
August 5 – Game 2 (F/5)
				North Dakota	6
North Dakota	15
		August 6 – Game 4
Nebraska	1
		Iowa	1

		North Dakota	4

						August 11 – Championship

						North Dakota	4
August 7 – Game 5 (F/7)
						Iowa	7
Missouri	1
		August 9 – Game 8 (F/5)
Iowa	2
		Iowa	14
August 7 – Game 6
		Kansas	0
Nebraska	3
				August 10 – Game 9
Kansas	5
				Minnesota	2

				Iowa	6

New England

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 5–12.^[4]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Connecticut	Fairfield	Fairfield American	1–2
Maine	Saco	Saco/Maremont	0–2
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	Pittsfield American	3–1
New Hampshire	Goffstown	Goffstown Junior Baseball	2–2
Rhode Island	Coventry	Coventry	4–1
Vermont	South Burlington	South Burlington	0–2





		August 6 – Game 3 (F/5)

		Vermont	0
August 5 – Game 1 (F/4)
		Rhode Island	10
Connecticut	0
				August 8 – Game 7
Rhode Island	10
				Rhode Island	1
August 5 – Game 2
				Massachusetts	10
Massachusetts	4
		August 6 – Game 4
New Hampshire	2
		Maine	4

		Massachusetts	9

						August 12 – Championship

						Massachusetts	2
August 7 – Game 5
						Rhode Island	3
Connecticut	7
		August 9 – Game 8
Maine	1
		Connecticut	3
August 7 – Game 6
		New Hampshire	9
New Hampshire	13
				August 10 – Game 9
Vermont	0
				Rhode Island	6

				New Hampshire	5

Northwest

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California August 5–11.^[5]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Alaska	Juneau	Gastineau Channel	1–2
Idaho	Coeur d'Alene	Coeur d'Alene	4–1
Montana	Billings	Boulder Arrowhead	2–1
Oregon	Beaverton	Murrayhill	2–2
Washington	Seattle	West Seattle	1–2
Wyoming	Gillette	Gillette	0–2





		August 6 – Game 3

		Montana	11
August 5 – Game 1
		Alaska	0
Alaska	2
				August 9 – Game 8
Oregon	1
				Montana	5
August 5 – Game 2 (F/5)
				Idaho	2
Washington	6
		August 6 – Game 4
Idaho	16
		Wyoming	1

		Idaho	13

						August 11 – Championship

						Montana	0
August 7 – Game 5
						Idaho	2
Oregon	13
		August 8 – Game 7
Wyoming	10
		Oregon	7
August 7 – Game 6
		Washington	3
Washington	11
				August 10 – Game 9
Alaska	2
				Idaho	8

				Oregon	3

Southeast

The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia from August 3–8.^[6]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Alabama	Bessemer	McCalla	2–2
Florida	Lehigh Acres	Lehigh Acres	0–2
Georgia	Peachtree City	Peachtree City American	4–0
North Carolina	Greenville	North State	1–2
South Carolina	Taylors	Northwood	1–2
Tennessee	Nolensville	South Nashville South	0–2
Virginia	South Riding	Loudoun South American	4–2
West Virginia	Barboursville	Barboursville	2–2


August 3 – Game 1

Georgia	1
		August 4 – Game 7
Tennessee	0
		Georgia	4
August 3 – Game 2
		Virginia	3
West Virginia	5
				August 6 – Game 12
Virginia	12
				Georgia	8
August 3 – Game 3 (F/4)
				Alabama	3
Alabama	12
		August 4 – Game 8
North Carolina	2
		Alabama	3
August 3 – Game 4
		South Carolina	2
South Carolina	10

Florida	2






















								August 8 – Championship

								Georgia	3
August 4 – Game 5
								Virginia	0
Tennessee	1
		August 5 – Game 9
West Virginia	2
		South Carolina	0

		West Virginia	3

				August 6 – Game 11

				West Virginia	4
August 4 – Game 6
				Virginia	7
North Carolina	5
		August 5 – Game 10
Florida	2
		Virginia	4

		North Carolina	3

						August 7 – Game 13 (F/7)

						Alabama	6

						Virginia	9

Southwest

The tournament took place in Waco, Texas August 2–8.^[7]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Arkansas	White Hall	White Hall	1–2
Colorado	Colorado Springs	Academy	0–2
Louisiana	Lake Charles	South Lake Charles	2–2
Mississippi	Meadville	Franklin County	1–2
New Mexico	Carlsbad	Shorthorn	3–2
Oklahoma	Tulsa	Tulsa National	3–2
Texas East	Houston	Post Oak	4–0
Texas West	Brownsville	East Brownsville	0–2


August 2 – Game 1

Louisiana	7
		August 4 – Game 7 (F/7)
Texas West	3
		Louisiana	2
August 2 – Game 2
		Oklahoma	3
Oklahoma	6
				August 6 – Game 12
New Mexico	3
				Oklahoma	0
August 2 – Game 3
				Texas East	5
Colorado	10
		August 4 – Game 8 (F/5)
Mississippi	15
		Mississippi	4
August 2 – Game 4 (F/4)
		Texas East	16
Texas East	14

Arkansas	1






















								August 8 – Championship

								Texas East	8
August 3 – Game 5
								Oklahoma	0
Texas West	5
		August 5 – Game 9
New Mexico	6
		Mississippi	6

		New Mexico	10

				August 6 – Game 11

				New Mexico	3
August 3 – Game 6
				Louisiana	0
Colorado	2
		August 5 – Game 10
Arkansas	4
		Louisiana	11

		Arkansas	6

						August 7 – Game 13

						Oklahoma	3

						New Mexico	2

West

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California August 5–11.^[5]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Arizona	Tucson	Sunnyside	0–2
Hawaii	Honolulu	Honolulu	4–0
Nevada	Las Vegas	Silverado West	1–2
Northern California	Rocklin	Tri-City	3–2
Southern California	Chula Vista	Park View	2–2
Utah	St. George	Dixie	0–2





		August 6 – Game 3

		Utah	2
August 5 – Game 1
		Hawaii	8
Arizona	3
				August 9 – Game 8
Hawaii	7
				Hawaii	5
August 5 – Game 2
				Nevada	1
Southern California	16
		August 6 – Game 4
Northern California	8
		Nevada	5

		Southern California	3

						August 11 – Championship

						Hawaii	11
August 7 – Game 5
						Northern California	2
Arizona	5
		August 8 – Game 7
Southern California	9
		Southern California	5
August 7 – Game 6
		Northern California	7
Northern California	6
				August 10 – Game 9
Utah	0
				Nevada	0

				Northern California	11

International

Asia-Pacific

The tournament took place in Seoul, South Korea from June 30–July 6.^[8]

Pool A
Country	Record
South Korea	4–0
Guam	3–1
China	2–2
Northern Mariana Islands	1–3
Indonesia	0–4

Pool B
Country	Record
Chinese Taipei¹	4–0
Hong Kong	3–1
Thailand	2–2
New Zealand	1–3
Philippines	0–4

¹ Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.

Semi-finals		Asia-Pacific Championship

July 5 – Seoul

1A South Korea	11
		July 6 – Seoul
2B Hong Kong	0
		1A South Korea	6
July 5 – Seoul
		1B Chinese Taipei	1
1B Chinese Taipei	6

2A Guam	0
		Third place

		July 6 – Seoul

		2B Hong Kong	7

		2A Guam	6

Australia

The tournament took place in Lismore, New South Wales June 6–11. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the elimination round.^[9]

Pool A
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record
Victoria	Eastern Athletics	3–1
Queensland	Gold Coast	3–1
South Australia	Adelaide Rays	2–2
Western Australia	Perth Metro Central	2–2
New South Wales	Manly	0–4

Pool C
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record
Western Australia	Perth Metro North	3–1
Victoria	Southern Mariners	2–2
Western Australia	Coastal Bay	2–2
New South Wales	Hills	2–2
Queensland	Brisbane North	1–3

Pool B
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record
New South Wales	Cronulla	4–0
New South Wales	Illawarra	2–2
Victoria	Northwestern Twins	2–2
Western Australia	Southern Hills	1–3
Queensland	Brisbane Metro	1–3

Pool D
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record
New South Wales	Ryde North	4–0
South Australia	Adelaide Seahawks	3–1
Western Australia	Swan Hills	2–2
Queensland	Far North Coast	1–3
Australian Capital Territory	Canberra	0–4

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Australia Championship

June 9 – Lismore

1A Eastern Athletics	3
		June 10 – Lismore
2D Adelaide Seahawks	7
		2D Adelaide Seahawks	7
June 9 – Lismore
		1B Cronulla	2
1B Cronulla	12
				June 11 – Lismore (F/4)
2C Southern Mariners	11
				2D Adelaide Seahawks	0
June 9 – Lismore
				2A Gold Coast	11
1C Perth Metro North	2
		June 10 – Lismore
2B Illawarra	6
		2B Illawarra	6
June 9 – Lismore
		2A Gold Coast	8
1D Ryde North	1

2A Gold Coast	5

Canada

The tournament took place in Mirabel, Quebec from August 2–11.^[10]

Province	City	LL Organization	Record
British Columbia	Surrey	Whalley	6–0
Quebec (Host)	Mirabel	Diamond Baseball Academy	5–1
Nova Scotia	Glace Bay	Glace Bay	4–2
Ontario	Toronto	High Park	3–3
Saskatchewan	Regina	Regina Kiwanas National	2–4
Alberta	Lethbridge	Lethbridge Southwest	1–5
Quebec	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Valleyfield	0–6

Semi-finals		Canada Championship

August 10

1 British Columbia	8
		August 11
4 Ontario	2
		1 British Columbia	11
August 10
		3 Nova Scotia	0
2 Quebec	4

3 Nova Scotia	5

Caribbean

The tournament took place in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico from July 14–20.^[11]


State	City	LL Organization	Record
Puerto Rico A	Guayama	Radames Lopez	6–0
Curaçao	Willemstad	Pabao	4–2
Aruba	Santa Cruz	Aruba Center	4–2
Bahamas	Nassau	Freedom Farm	3–3
Dominican Republic	Santiago	Los Bravos de Pontezuela	3–3
US Virgin Islands	Saint Thomas	District 1	1–5
Puerto Rico B	Sabana Grande	Gino Vega	0–6

Semi-finals		Caribbean Championship

July 19

1 Puerto Rico	3
		July 20
4 Bahamas	0
		Puerto Rico	5
July 19
		Curaçao	2
2 Curaçao	5

3 Aruba	2

Europe and Africa

In an expanded format, 10 countries have automatic berths into the regional tournament based on participation and enrollment figures.^[12] A qualifier tournament from additional countries wishing to enter took place from July 12–17. The format of the qualifier tournament is a round robin with an elimination round where the two semifinal winners advanced to the double-elimination regional tournament from July 20–27. Both tournaments took place in Kutno, Poland.^[13]

Qualifier tournament

Teams
Country	Record
Austria	5–0
Hungary	4–1
Belarus	3–2
Croatia	2–3
Switzerland	1–4
Poland	0–5

Semi-finals		Qualifier Championship±

July 16

1 Austria	6
		July 17
4 Croatia	5
		1 Austria	–
July 16
		3 Belarus	–
2 Hungary	1

3 Belarus	9

Qualifier Championship between Austria and Belarus was canceled due to inclement weather, as a make up was unnecessary because both teams had already advanced.

Regional tournament

Teams
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Austria	Vienna	East Austria	4–2
Belarus	Skidel	Sugar Storm	1–2
Belgium	Brussels	Brussels	0–2
Czech Republic	Prague	Northwest Czech Republic	3–2
France	Paris	Ile-De-France	3–2
Germany-US	Ramstein Air Base	KMC American	2–2
Italy	Ronchi dei Legionari	Friuli Venezia Giulia	1–2
Lithuania	Vilnius	Vilnius	1–2
Netherlands	Haarlem	Kennemerland	3–2
Spain	Barcelona	Catalunya	4–0
Ukraine	Kirovograd	Kirovograd Center	0–2
United Kingdom	London	London	0–2

Results
July 20
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
1	France (1–0)	10–7	Germany-USA (0–1)
2	Belgium (0–1)	0–10	Austria (1–0)
3	United Kingdom (0–1)	10–11	Belarus (1–0)
4	Czech Republic (1–0)	9–3	Italy (0–1)
July 21
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
5	Netherlands (1–0)	9–4	France (1–1)
6	Ukraine (0–1)	1–2	Austria (2–0)
7	Spain (1–0)	13–3	Belarus (1–1)
8	Lithuania (0–1)	1–16	Czech Republic (2–0)
July 22
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
9	United Kingdom (0–2)	4–9	France (2–1)
10	Italy (1–1)	1–0	Ukraine (0–2)
11	Germany-USA (1–1)	6–2	Belarus (1–2)
12	Belgium (0–2)	7–8	Lithuania (1–1)
July 23
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
13	Netherlands (2–0)	11–3	Austria (2–1)
14	Spain (2–0)	1–0	Czech Republic (2–1)
15	France (3–1)	4–2	Italy (1–2)
16	Germany-USA (2–1)	20–2	Lithuania (1–2)
July 24
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
17	France (3–2)	2–10	Czech Republic (3–1)
18	Germany-USA (2–2)	4–10	Austria (3–1)
19	Netherlands (2–1)	2–6	Spain (3–0)
July 25
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
20	Czech Republic (3–2)	5–9	Austria (4–1)
July 26
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
21	Austria (4–2)	3–13	Netherlands (3–1)
July 27
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
22	Spain (4–0)	19–0	Netherlands (3–2)

Japan

The tournament took place in Tokyo from July 21–22.^[14]^[15]

Participating teams	Prefecture	City	LL Organization
Chūgoku Champions	Okayama	Okayama	Okayama
Higashikanto Champions	Chiba	Chiba	Chiba City
Hokkaido Champions	Hokkaido	Sapporo	Sapporo Shiroishi
Kanagawa Champions	Kanagawa	Yokohama	Seya
Kansai Champions	Hyogo	Shiso-Gun	Hyogo Yamasaki
Kansai Runner-up	Osaka	Takatsuki	Osaka Takatsuki
Kitakanto Champions	Saitama	Kawaguchi	Kawaguchi
Kyushu Champions	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	Nagasaki Minami
Shikoku Champions	Ehime	Niihama	Niihama
Shin'etsu Champions	Nagano	Ueda	Ueda Minami
Tōhoku Champions	Miyagi	Sendai	Sendai Hirose
Tōhoku Runner-up	Miyagi	Sendai	Sendai Aoba
Tōkai Champions	Aichi	Anjō	Anjō
Tōkai Runner-up	Shizuoka	Hamamatsu	Hamamatsu
Tokyo Champions	Tokyo	Tokyo	Tokyo Kitasuna
Tokyo Runner-Up	Tokyo	Tokyo	Tokyo Nakano

Opening Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

July 21 – Tokyo

Tokyo Nakano

0

July 21 – Tokyo

Niihama

1

Niihama

3

July 21 – Tokyo

Sendai Hirose

16

Sapporo Shiroishi

7

July 22 – Tokyo

Sendai Hirose

8

Sendai Hirose

2

July 21 – Tokyo

Kawaguchi

13

Seya

12

July 21 – Tokyo

Okayama

0

Seya

2

July 21 – Tokyo

Kawaguchi

7

Kawaguchi

2

July 22 – Tokyo

Anjō

1

Kawaguchi

23

July 21 – Tokyo

Nagasaki Minami

2

Ueda Minami

10

July 21 – Tokyo

Chiba City

0

Ueda Minami

8

July 21 – Tokyo

Tokyo Kitasuna

10

Tokyo Kitasuna

10

July 22 – Tokyo

Osaka Takatsuki

8

Tokyo Kitasuna

2

July 21 – Tokyo

Nagasaki Minami

3

Nagasaki Minami

11

July 21 – Tokyo

Sendai Aoba

1

Nagasaki Minami

5

July 21 – Tokyo

Hyogo Yamasaki

2

Hyogo Yamasaki

5

Hamamatsu

2

Latin America

The tournament took place in Panama City, Panama from July 21–28.^[16]


State	City	LL Organization	Record
Panama A	Arraiján	Vacamonte	5–1
Nicaragua	Rivas	Rivas	5–1
Venezuela	San Francisco	San Francisco	4–2
Panama B	Aguadulce	Aguadulce Cabezera	4–2
Colombia	Cartagena	Falcon	2–4
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Javier	1–5
Costa Rica	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo de Heredia	0–6

Semi-finals		Latin America Championship

July 27

1 Panama A	2
		July 28
4 Panama B	0
		Panama	6
July 27
		Nicaragua	3
2 Nicaragua	4

3 Venezuela	0

Mexico

The tournament took place in Monterrey from July 7–13.

**Pool A**
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Tamaulipas	Reynosa	Guadalupe Treviño Kelly	4–1
Baja California	Mexicali	Seguro Social	4–1
Veracruz	Medellín	Infantil y Juvenil Veracruzana	4–1
Nuevo León	Monterrey	Unidad Modelo	2–3
Coahuila	Torreón	Infantil y Juvenil Sertoma A.C.	1–4
Chihuahua	Ciudad Juárez	Satélite	0–5

**Pool B**
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Tamaulipas	Matamoros	Matamoros A.C.	6–0
Nuevo León	Guadalupe	Guadalupe Linda Vista	4–2
Coahuila	Monclova	Ribereña	4–2
Sonora	Hermosillo	Conno Hermosillo	3–3
Quintana Roo	Cancún	Quintana Roo	3–3
Chihuahua	Delicias	A Cura Trillo	1–5
Jalisco	Guadalajara	Fenix	0–6

Semi-finals		Mexico Championship

July 12

2B Linda Vista	2
		July 13
1A Treviño Kelly	3
		1A Treviño Kelly	3
July 12
		1B Matamoros	5
2A Seguro Social	0

1B Matamoros	4

2018 Little League World Series qualification

Great Lakes

Mid-Atlantic

Midwest

New England

Northwest

Southeast

Southwest

West

International

Asia-Pacific

Australia

Canada

Caribbean

Europe and Africa

Qualifier tournament

Regional tournament

Japan

Latin America

Mexico

References

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