Little League World Series 2012

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Little League World Series 2012
LLWS 12.jpg
Tournament details
host United StatesUnited States United States
Period 16.-26. August
Attendees 16
Defending champion   United StatesUnited States USA CaliforniaCalifornia West region
Bottom line
gold
winner 		JapanJapan Japan (8th title)
silver
Second 		United StatesUnited States USA TennesseeTennessee Southeast region
bronze
Third 		United StatesUnited States USA CaliforniaCalifornia West region
Fourth PanamaPanama Latin America
statistics
Games   32
spectator 324,605   (Ø: 10,144 per game)
< 2011 2013 >

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

The Little League World Series 2012 was the 66th 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

The 16 teams formed a group of eight teams from the United States and a group of eight international teams. 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 IndianaIndiana New Castle , Indiana
Great Lakes region 		Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Taoyuan , Taiwan
Asia Pacific Region
USA New JerseyNew Jersey Parsippany , New Jersey
Central Atlantic Region 		CanadaCanada Vancouver , British Columbia
Canada
USA NebraskaNebraska Kearney , Midwestern Nebraska
Region 		CuracaoCuracao Willemstad , Curacao
Caribbean
USA ConnecticutConnecticut Fairfield , Connecticut
region of New England 		GermanyGermany Ramstein Air Base , Germany
Europe
USA OregonOregon Gresham , Northwest Oregon
Region 		JapanJapan Tokyo
Japan
USA TennesseeTennessee Goodlettsville , Southeast Tennessee
region 		PanamaPanama Aguadulce , Panama
Latin America
USA TexasTexas San Antonio , Texas
Southwest Region 		MexicoMexico Nuevo Laredo , Mexico
Mexico
USA CaliforniaCalifornia Petaluma , California
West Region 		UgandaUganda Lugazi , Uganda
Region Middle East - Africa

Results

The drawing of the encounters and the setting of the schedule took place on June 14, 2012.

Round United States

  Round 1     round 2     Round 3     US semifinals     US championship
                                               
  Game 1
  USA IndianaIndiana  Big lakes 4th  
  USA OregonOregon  northwest 0     Game 5
      USA IndianaIndiana  Big lakes 3  
  Game 2     USA TexasTexas  southwest 13    
  USA New JerseyNew Jersey  Central Atlantic 2          
  USA TexasTexas  southwest 5         Game 7
  Winning round       USA TexasTexas  southwest 3            
  Game 3       USA TennesseeTennessee  Southeast 4th              
  USA CaliforniaCalifornia  west 6th              
  USA ConnecticutConnecticut  New England 4th     Game 6          
      USA CaliforniaCalifornia  west 6th          
  Game 4     USA TennesseeTennessee  Southeast 9        
  USA NebraskaNebraska  Middle West 1          
  USA TennesseeTennessee  Southeast 12         USA TennesseeTennessee  Southeast (7) 24
      USA CaliforniaCalifornia  west 16
     
     
  USA OregonOregon  northwest 4th        
  USA New JerseyNew Jersey  Central Atlantic 10     USA New JerseyNew Jersey  Central Atlantic 4th        
    USA CaliforniaCalifornia  west 5          
  Losers round       USA CaliforniaCalifornia  west 5        
  USA ConnecticutConnecticut  New England (5) 12         USA ConnecticutConnecticut  New England 0     USA TexasTexas  southwest 1    
  USA NebraskaNebraska  Middle West 0     USA IndianaIndiana  Big lakes 0         USA CaliforniaCalifornia  West (5) 11  
    USA ConnecticutConnecticut  New England 4th  

International round

  Round 1     round 2     Round 3     Semi-finals international     International championship
                                               
  Game 1
  JapanJapan  Japan 7th  
  CuracaoCuracao  Caribbean 0     Game 5
      JapanJapan  Japan (9) 2  
  Game 2     Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei  Asia Pacific 0    
  GermanyGermany  Europe 1          
  Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei  Asia Pacific (4) 14th         Game 7
  Winning round       JapanJapan  Japan 4th            
  Game 3       PanamaPanama  Latin America 1              
  MexicoMexico  Mexico 9              
  CanadaCanada  Canada 13     Game 6          
      CanadaCanada  Canada 3          
  Game 4     PanamaPanama  Latin America 8th        
  PanamaPanama  Latin America 9          
  UgandaUganda  Middle East - Africa 3         JapanJapan  Japan 10
      PanamaPanama  Latin America 2
     
     
  CuracaoCuracao  Caribbean (4) 14th        
  GermanyGermany  Europe 2     CuracaoCuracao  Caribbean 4th        
    CanadaCanada  Canada 3          
  Losers round       CuracaoCuracao  Caribbean 2        
  MexicoMexico  Mexico (4) 12         MexicoMexico  Mexico 6th     PanamaPanama  Latin America 2    
  UgandaUganda  Middle East - Africa 0     Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei  Asia Pacific 3         MexicoMexico  Mexico 1  
    MexicoMexico  Mexico 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
20th of August Howard J. Lamade Stadium United StatesUnited States USA NebraskaNebraska Midwest region - GermanyGermany Europe 17: 1 (4)
August 21 Howard J. Lamade Stadium United StatesUnited States USA NebraskaNebraska Northwest region - UgandaUganda Middle East Region - Africa 2: 3

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
26th of August Howard J. Lamade Stadium PanamaPanama Latin America - United StatesUnited States USA CaliforniaCalifornia West region 4:12

World Championship

date Stadion encounter Result
26th of August Howard J. Lamade Stadium United StatesUnited States USA TennesseeTennessee Southeast region - JapanJapan Japan 2:12 (5)

Trivia

  • With the victory against the Northwest region, the team from Uganda achieved the first ever victory for Africa at the Little League World Series.
  • The team of the Tokyo Kitasuna school, which represented Japan, completed the whole qualification and the whole tournament unbeaten, these are 13 wins in a row.

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 66th Little League Baseball World Series Schedule Announced. (No longer available online.) Littleleague.org, archived from the original on June 18, 2012 ; accessed on September 10, 2012 . 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. ↑ Japan Tournament Results. unpage.org, accessed on September 10, 2012 .