The best 11- to 13-year-old baseball players in the world gathered in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for the 2017 Little League World Series, and after 30 games in 11 games the kids from Tokyo, Japan won their fourth championship in the last six years.
Little League World Series 2017: Bracket, schedule, teams, live updates, and scores
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Tokyo-Kitasuna Little League won the international championship, then beat the U.S. champ from Lufin, Texas on Sunday, Aug. 27 to capture the title.
Format
Sixteen teams were split into two brackets, eight international teams and eight teams from the United States. Each bracket is a double-elimination tournament, with the U.S. winner facing the international winner in the Little League World Series championship game on Sunday, Aug. 27.
History
This is the 71st Little League World Series, which started in 1947. The United States has won 34 Little League World Series, including the team from Maine-Endwell Little League New York capturing the 2016 championship. International teams have won the tournament 36 times.
Venues
The two weeks of games are split into two parks in Williamsport — Lamade Stadium and Volunteer Stadium. The championship game will be played at Lamade Stadium.
Teams
International teams
Asia-Pacific: West Seoul Little League, Seoul, South Korea
Australia: Hills Little League, Sydney, Australia
Canada: White Rock-South Surrey Little League, White Rock, British Colombia
Caribbean: Los Bravos de Pontezuela Little League, Santiago, Dominican Republic
Europe-Africa: Emilia Little League, Emilia, Italy
Japan: Tokyo Kitasuna Little League, Tokyo, Japan
Latin America: Luz-Maracaibo Little League, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Mexico: Guadalupe Treviño Kelly Little League, Reynosa, Mexico
United States teams
Great Lakes: Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores Little League, Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Mid-Atlantic: Holbrook Little League, Jackson, New Jersey
Midwest: Sioux Falls Little League, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
New England: Fairfield American Little League, Fairfield, Connecticut
Northwest: Walla Walla Valley Little League, Walla Walla, Washington
Southeast: North State Little League, Greenville, North Carolina
Southwest: Lufkin Little League, Lufkin, Texas
West: Santa Margarita Little League, Rancho Santa Margarita, California
Bracket
Source: Little League
For the full bracket, click here.
Television coverage
ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will televise every game of the 2017 Little League World Series, with online streaming available through WatchESPN.
Schedule & results
All times ET
Game 1: Latin America 4, Mexico 1
Game 2: New England 7, Mid-Atlantic 6
Game 3: Canada 12, Europe-Africa 2 (4 innings)
Game 4: Southwest 5, Great Lakes 1
Game 5: Japan 8, Australia 0
Game 6: West 9, Northwest 0
Game 7: Asia-Pacific 10, Caribbean 1
Game 8: Southeast 6, Midwest 0
Game 9: Mexico 13, Europe-Africa 0
Game 10: Mid-Atlantic 15, Great Lakes 5
Game 11: Caribbean 8, Australia 7
Game 12: Northwest 4, Midwest 3
Game 13: Canada 7, Latin America 3
Game 14: Southwest 6, New England 3
Game 15: Japan 4, Asia-Pacific 1
Game 16: Southeast 16, West 0
Consolation Game A: Great Lakes 11, Europe-Africa 7
Game 17: Mexico 1, Asia-Pacific 0
Game 18: Mid-Atlantic 12, West 9
Game 19: Latin America 3, Caribbean 2
Game 20: New England 14, Northwest 6
Consolation Game B: Australia 11, Midwest 7
Game 21: Mexico 8, Latin America 0
Game 22: Mid-Atlantic vs. New England, 7:30 p.m. [POSTPONED]
Game 22: New England 12, Mid-Atlantic 2
Game 23: Japan 10, Canada 0
Game 24: Southeast 2, Southwest 1
Game 25: Mexico 6, Canada 2
Game 26: Southwest 14, New England 4 (5 innings)
Game 27: International championship - Japan 5, vs. Mexico 0
Game 28: U.S. championship - vs. Southwest 6, Southeast 5
Game 29: Consolation game - Mexico 14, Southeast 8
Game 30 - Little League World Series championship game: Japan 12, Southwest 2 (5 innings)
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