Little League World Series 2011

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Little League World Series 2011
LLWS 11.jpg
Tournament details
host United StatesUnited States United States
Period 18.-28. August
Attendees 16
Defending champion   JapanJapan Japan
Bottom line
gold
winner 		United StatesUnited States USA CaliforniaCalifornia Region West (7th title)
silver
Second 		JapanJapan Japan
bronze
Third 		Game for 3rd place because of
Fourth Hurricane Irene canceled
statistics
Games   31
spectator 334,641   (Ø: 10,795 per game)
< 2010 2012 >

Coordinates: 41 ° 13 ′ 45 ″  N , 77 ° 0 ′ 2 ″  W.

The Little League World Series 2011 was the 65th edition of the Little League Baseball World Series , an international baseball tournament for boys between 11 and 12 years of age. Like every year, the game was played in South Williamsport , Pennsylvania .

Attendees

Compared to 2010, there were no longer four, but only two groups with eight teams each. The two groups each play a double elimination round, the winners of the groups play against each other for the world championship title at the end.

United States International
USA KentuckyKentucky La Grange , Kentucky
Great Lakes region 		Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Kaohsiung , Taiwan
Asia Pacific Region
USA PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Clinton County Pennsylvania
Region Central Atlantic 		CanadaCanada Langley , British Columbia
Canada
USA South DakotaSouth Dakota Rapid City , South Dakota
Midwest Region 		ArubaAruba Oranjestad , Aruba
Caribbean
USA Rhode IslandRhode Island Cumberland , Rhode Island
region, New England 		NetherlandsNetherlands Rotterdam , Netherlands
Europe
USA MontanaMontana Billings , Northwest Montana
Region 		JapanJapan Hamamatsu
Japan
USA GeorgiaGeorgia Warner Robins , Georgia
Southeast Region 		VenezuelaVenezuela Maracay , Venezuela
Latin America
USA LouisianaLouisiana Lafayette , Southwest Louisiana
region 		MexicoMexico Mexicali , Mexico
Mexico
USA CaliforniaCalifornia Huntington Beach , California
west region 		Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Dhahran , Saudi Arabia
Middle East Region - Africa

Results

Round United States

  Round 1     round 2     Round 3     US semifinals     US championship
                                               
  Game 1
  USA MontanaMontana  northwest 6th  
  USA South DakotaSouth Dakota  Middle West 4th     Game 5
      USA MontanaMontana  northwest 3  
  Game 2     USA LouisianaLouisiana  southwest 1    
  USA GeorgiaGeorgia  Southeast 0          
  USA LouisianaLouisiana  southwest 2         Game 7
  Winning round       USA MontanaMontana  Northwest (7) 1            
  Game 3       USA CaliforniaCalifornia  west 0              
  USA Rhode IslandRhode Island  New England 0              
  USA CaliforniaCalifornia  west 11     Game 6          
      USA CaliforniaCalifornia  West (4) 10          
  Game 4     USA KentuckyKentucky  Big lakes 0        
  USA KentuckyKentucky  Big lakes 1          
  USA PennsylvaniaPennsylvania  Central Atlantic 0         USA MontanaMontana  northwest 2
      USA CaliforniaCalifornia  west 11
     
     
  USA South DakotaSouth Dakota  Middle West 3        
  USA GeorgiaGeorgia  Southeast 6th     USA GeorgiaGeorgia  Southeast (9) 8th        
    USA KentuckyKentucky  Big lakes 5          
  Losers round       USA GeorgiaGeorgia  Southeast 5        
  USA Rhode IslandRhode Island  New England 0         USA PennsylvaniaPennsylvania  Central Atlantic 7th     USA CaliforniaCalifornia  west 2    
  USA PennsylvaniaPennsylvania  Central Atlantic 2     USA LouisianaLouisiana  southwest 0         USA PennsylvaniaPennsylvania  Central Atlantic 0  
    USA PennsylvaniaPennsylvania  Central Atlantic (4) 10  

International round

  Round 1     round 2     Round 3     Semi-finals international     International championship
                                               
  Game 1
  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei  Asia Pacific 0  
  MexicoMexico  Mexico 3     Game 5
      MexicoMexico  Mexico (7) 3  
  Game 2     JapanJapan  Japan 2    
  ArubaAruba  Caribbean 1          
  JapanJapan  Japan (4) 12         Game 7
  Winning round       MexicoMexico  Mexico (9) 2            
  Game 3       VenezuelaVenezuela  Latin America 1              
  Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia  Middle East - Africa 5              
  CanadaCanada  Canada 6th     Game 6          
      CanadaCanada  Canada 0          
  Game 4     VenezuelaVenezuela  Latin America 8th        
  NetherlandsNetherlands  Europe 1          
  VenezuelaVenezuela  Latin America 6th         MexicoMexico  Mexico 2
      JapanJapan  Japan 5
     
     
  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei  Asia Pacific (4) 20th        
  ArubaAruba  Caribbean 3     CanadaCanada  Canada 5        
    Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei  Asia Pacific 3          
  Losers round       CanadaCanada  Canada 0        
  Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia  Mean East - Africa 4th         JapanJapan  Japan 4th     VenezuelaVenezuela  Latin America 6th    
  NetherlandsNetherlands  Europe 2     JapanJapan  Japan 13         JapanJapan  Japan 9  
    Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia  Middle East - Africa 4th  

Crossover game

The teams that have lost their first two games play the so-called crossover games against the respective teams of the other round.

date Stadion encounter Result
August 22nd Howard J. Lamade Stadium ArubaAruba Caribbean - United StatesUnited States USA South DakotaSouth Dakota Middle West 5-0
August 23 Howard J. Lamade Stadium NetherlandsNetherlands Europe - United StatesUnited States USA Rhode IslandRhode Island New England 7: 8

Consolation game

The consolation game is played between the loser of the US championship and the loser of the international championship.

date Stadion encounter Result
Game canceled due to approaching Hurricane Irene .

World Championship

date Stadion encounter Result
August 28th Howard J. Lamade Stadium United StatesUnited States USA CaliforniaCalifornia west - JapanJapan Japan 2: 1

Trivia

  • At the game Great Lakes against the Central Atlantic, the LLWS set the attendance record of 41,848.
  • The qualifying tournament for the Middle East - Africa region was actually won by the team from Uganda. For reasons not mentioned, the US State Department did not issue a visa for the team from Uganda. In order to have a participant from this region in the World Series, the team from Saudi Arabia was invited.

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Visa Applications Denied for Little League Team from Uganda. (No longer available online.) Littleleague.org, archived from the original on October 12, 2012 ; accessed on February 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.littleleague.org
  2. ^ Arabian-American Little League of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to Receive Berth in Little League Baseball World Series. (No longer available online.) Littleleague.org, archived from the original on October 12, 2012 ; accessed on February 20, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.littleleague.org