Europe and Africa Region (Little League Baseball World Series)

LLWS Qualification Europe and Africa region
formerly Europe region (1960-2000)
formerly Europe, Middle East and Africa and transatlantic (2001-2007)
formerly Europe (2008-2012)

Current season	LLWS qualification 2018
sport	baseball
League foundation	2013
Teams	17 As of 2012
Title holder	Catalunya LL, Barcelona , Spain
Record champions	Saudi Arabia (19) no longer in this group Germany (16)
Website	Little League Europe and Africa (English)
Qualification too	Little League World Series 2018

The region of Europe and Africa is one of the eight international regions that send participants to the Little League Baseball World Series , the largest baseball tournament for youth. The region has been participating in this tournament since 1960. Until 2000, only European teams were organized in this group (see: Region Europe (1960–2000) ). After the number of participants doubled in 2001, two groups were formed, on the one hand the Europe, Middle East and Africa region , and on the other the Transatlantic region . In 2008 these two groups were reunited and the regions Europe and Middle East - Africa were formed. From 2013, Australia will form its own region in the Pacific region, but the Middle East - Africa region will be dissolved again and the part of Africa as well as Turkey and Israel assigned to Europe.

Participating teams

Participants from the Europe region as of 2014

The following countries are organized in the Europe group:
As of 2018

•  Belgium
•  Germany
•  France
•  Italy
•  Croatia
•  Lithuania
•  Moldova
•  Netherlands
•  Austria
•  Poland
•  Romania
•  Serbia
•  Spain
•  Czech Republic
•  Ukraine
•  Uganda
•  Hungary
•  United Kingdom
•  Belarus

Europe (1960-2000)

year	team	city	Result to LLWS	W-L
1960	Berlin Command LL	Berlin	6th place	1-2
1961	Pirmasens Housing Area LL	Pirmasens	8th place	0-3
1962	Poitiers Post LL	Vienne	6th place	1-2
1963	İzmir LL	İzmir	4th Place	0-2
1964	Wiesbaden LL	Wiesbaden Army Airfield	8th place	0-3
1965	Rota LL	rota	8th place	0-3
1966	Rhein-Main LL	Rhein-Main Air Base	7th place	1-2
1967	Rota LL	rota	7th place (shared)	0-2
1968	Wiesbaden LL	Wiesbaden Army Airfield	8th place	0-3
1969	Wiesbaden LL	Wiesbaden Army Airfield	6th place	1-2
1970	Wiesbaden LL	Wiesbaden Army Airfield	6th place	1-2
1971	Madrid LL	Madrid	4th Place	1-2
1972	Torrejon Air Base LL	Madrid	8th place	0-3
1973	Bitburg AB LL	Bitburg Air Base	7th place	1-2
1974	Athena Airport LL	Athens	8th place	0-3
1975	No participant, international teams were excluded from the tournament
1976	Kaiserslautern LL	Kaiserslautern	6th place	1-2
1977	Torrejon Air Base LL	Madrid	7th place	1-2
1978	Torrejon Air Base LL	Madrid	8th place	0-3
1979	Aviano Air Base LL	Aviano	4th Place	1-2
1980	Torrejon Air Base LL	Madrid	8th place	0-3
1981	SHAPE LL	Waterloo	8th place	0-3
1982	Torrejon Air Base LL	Madrid	5th place	2–1
1983	Arabian Gulf LL	al-Chubar	7th place	1-2
1984	Brussels Sports Association LL	Brussels	7th place	1-2
1985	Arabian Gulf LL	al-Chubar	8th place	0-3
1986	Torrejon Air Base LL	Madrid	8th place	0-3
1987	Aramco LL	Dhahran	5th place (shared)	1-1
1988	Aramco LL	Dhahran	5th place	2–1
1989	Aramco LL	Dhahran	6th place	1-2
1990	Falcon LL	Ramstein Air Base	7th place (shared)	0-2
1991	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	8th place	0-3
1992	Kaiserslautern LL	Kaiserslautern	4th place, group stage	0-3
1993	Kaiserslautern LL	Kaiserslautern	3rd place (shared)	2–2
1994	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	3rd place (shared)	2–2
1995	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	3rd place, group stage	1-2
1996	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	4th place, group stage	0-3
1997	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	3rd place, group stage	1-2
1998	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	3rd place, group stage	1-2
1999	Ramstein American LL	Ramstein Air Base	4th place, group stage	0-3
2000	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	3rd place, group stage	1-2

Europe, Middle East and Africa (2001-2007)

With the increase in the number of participants, two separate groups running in parallel were formed from 2001 onwards. In the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) group, the rule was that a maximum of three team members could be citizens of the USA, Canada or Japan. The transatlantic group was formed exactly the opposite, here at least 51% of the team members had to be from the USA, Canada or Japan. In 2008 these rules were repealed and the groups merged.

Since only European teams took part in the EMEA group apart from Kenya in 2001 and South Africa in 2003, it was still known colloquially as the Europe group.

year	team	city	Result to LLWS	W-L
2001	Khovrino LL	Moscow	4th place, group D	0-3
2002	Khovrino LL	Moscow	4th place, group D	0-3
2003	Khovrino LL	Moscow	3rd place, group D	1-2
2004	Kutno LL	Kutno	4th place, group C	0-3
2005	Brateevo LL	Moscow	4th place, group C	0-3
2006	Brateevo LL	Moscow	4th place, group D	0-3
2007	Windmills LL	Apeldoorn	4th place, group D	0-3

Transatlantic (2001-2007)

The Transatlantic group covered the same area as the EMEA group, but at least 51% of the crew members had to be citizens of the USA, Canada or Japan.

Regional championships

The respective winners are marked in green.

year	Belgium	England	Germany	Italy	Netherlands	Austria	Saudi Arabia	Spain	United Arab Emirates
2001	Belgium Int'l LL Brussels	London Area Youth LL London	Eifel LL Ramstein	Naples LL Naples	no participant	Vienna LL Vienna	Arabian American LL Dhahran	Rota LL Rota	no participant
2002	n / a Belgium	n / a England	n / a Germany	n / a Italy	n / a Netherlands	n / a Austria	Arabian American LL Dhahran	n / a Spain	no participant
2003	SHAPE and Waterloo LL Brussels	London Area Youth London	Ramstein LL Ramstein	Naples LL Naples	Brunssum / Schinnen LL Brunssum	AIBC Little League Vienna	Arabian American LL Dhahran	Rota LL Rota	no participant
2004	SHAPE and Waterloo LL Brussels	London Area Youth London	Ramstein American LL Ramstein	Naples LL Naples	Geilenkirchen-American / Brunssum / Schinnen LL Brunssum / Geilenkirchen	no participant	Arabian American LL Dhahran	Madrid LL Madrid	no participant
2005	SHAPE and Brussels LL Brussels	East Anglia LL Suffolk	Ramstein LL Ramstein	Naples LL Naples	Brunssum / Schinnen LL Brunssum	no participant	Arabian American LL Dhahran	Rota LL Rota	no participant
2006	SHAPE and Waterloo LL Brussels	London Area Youth LL London	Ramstein LL Ramstein	Naples LL Naples	no participant	no participant	Arabian American LL Dhahran	no participant	Dubai LL Dubai
2007	no participant	London Area Youth LL London	Stuttgart American LL Stuttgart	Naples LL Naples	no participant	no participant	Arabian American LL Dhahran	no participant	Dubai LL Dubai

Results at the Little League World Series

year	team	city	Result to LLWS	W-L
2001	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	3rd place, group C	1-2
2002	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	3rd place, group C	2–1
2003	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	3rd place, group C	1-2
2004	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	3rd place, group D	1-2
2005	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	4th place, group D	0-3
2006	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	Int. Semifinals	2–2
2007	Arabian American LL	Dhahran	4th place, group C	0-2

Europe (2008-2012)

Regional championships

The respective winners are marked in green.

Participants A – N

year	Belgium	Bulgaria	England / Great Britain	Germany	Ireland	Italy	Lithuania	Moldova	Netherlands
2008	Brussels LL Brussels	Dupnitsa LL Dupnitsa	London Youth Baseball London	Baden-Wuerttemberg LL Mannheim	Ireland LL Dublin	Emilia LL Emilia	Vilnius LL Vilnius	Kvint LL Tiraspol	Willows Utrecht Utrecht
2009	no participant	Devils LL Dupnitsa	London Youth Baseball London	Kaiserslautern Military Community Kaiserslautern	no participant	Marche LL Ancona	Vilnius LL Vilnius	no participant	Alkmaar LL Alkmaar
2010	East Flanders LL Antwerp	no participant	London Youth Baseball London	Kaiserslautern Military Community Ramstein	no participant	Friuli-Venezia Giulia LL Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Vilnius LL Vilnius	Kvint LL Tiraspol	Kennemerland LL Haarlem
2011	West Flanders LL West Flanders	no participant	London Youth Baseball London	Kaiserslautern Military Community Ramstein	no participant	Emilia LL Bologna	Vilnius LL Vilnius	Kvint LL Tiraspol	Rotterdam LL Rotterdam
2012	East Flanders LL East Flanders	no participant	London Youth Baseball London	Kaiserslautern Military Community Ramstein	no participant	Emilia LL Emilia	Kaunas LL Kaunas	no participant	North Holland LL Haarlem

Participants O – Z

year	Poland	Sweden	Serbia	Czech Republic	Turkey	Ukraine	Hungary	Belarus
2008	BUKS Gepardy Żory Żory	Malardalen LL Mälaren	no participant	Jihomoravský kraj LL Jihomoravský kraj	Turkiye LL Istanbul	Kirowohrad / Nove Celo LL Kirowohrad	no participant	no participant
2009	Żory / Rybnik / Jastrzebie Wodzisław Śląski	no participant	no participant	Jihomoravský kraj LL Brno	Mediterranean LL Istanbul	Kirowohrad / Nove Celo LL Kirowohrad	no participant	Brest Zubrs Brest
2010	Żory / Rybnik / Jastrzebie Wodzisław Śląski	no participant	no participant	Jihomoravský kraj LL Brno	no participant	Kirovohrad Center LL Kirovohrad	no participant	Brest Zubrs Brest
2011	Kutno LL Kutno	Stockholm LL Stockholm	no participant	Jihomoravský kraj LL Jihomoravský kraj	no participant	Kirowohrad / Nove Celo LL Kirowohrad	no participant	Brest Zubrs Brest
2012	Kutno LL Kutno	no participant	Serbia LL Belgrade	Jihomoravský kraj LL Jihomoravský kraj	no participant	Kirovohrad LL Kirovohrad	MOBSSZ Debrecen / Janossomorja Budapest / Debrecen / Jánossomorja	Brest Zubrs Brest

Results at the Little League World Series

year	team	city	Result to LLWS	W-L
2008	Emilia LL	Emilia	4th place, group C	0-3
2009	KMC American LL	Kaiserslautern	4th place, group D	0-3
2010	KMC American LL	Ramstein	Group stage	1-2
2011	Rotterdam LL	Rotterdam	Round 1	0-3
2012	KMC American LL	Ramstein	Round 1	0-3

Status after the Little League World Series 2012

Europe and Africa (from 2013)

Regional championships

The respective winners are marked in green.

Participant to

year	Belgium	Germany	France	Great Britain	Italy	Croatia	Lithuania	Moldova	Netherlands
2013	no participant	Kaiserslautern Military Community Ramstein	no participant	London Youth Baseball London	Emilia LL Emilia	no participant	Vilnius LL Vilnius	no participant	Rotterdam LL Rotterdam
2014	East Flanders LL East Flanders	Kaiserslautern Military Community Ramstein	Aquitaine LL Aquitaine	London Youth Baseball London	Emilia LL Emilia	no participant	Vilnius LL Vilnius	Kvint LL Tiraspol	Kennemerland LL Haarlem
2015	Brussels LL Brussels	Kaiserslautern Military Community Ramstein	no participant	London Youth Baseball London	Emilia LL Emilia	no participant	Vilnius LL Vilnius	Kvint LL Tiraspol	Rotterdam LL Amsterdam
2016	East Flanders LL East Flanders	Kaiserslautern Military Community Ramstein	IDF 2 LL Paris	London Youth Baseball London	Emilia LL Emilia	Northern Croatia LL Zagreb	IDF LL Kaunas	no participant	Kennemerland LL Haarlem
2017	West Flanders LL Brussels	Kaiserslautern Military Community Ramstein	no participant	London Youth Baseball London	Emilia LL Emilia	Northern Croatia LL Zagreb	no participant	no participant	Kennemerland LL Haarlem
2018	Brussels LL Brussels	Kaiserslautern Military Community Ramstein	IDF LL Paris	London LL London	Friuli Venezia Giulis LL Ronchi dei Legionari	no participant	Vilnius LL Vilnius	no participant	Kennemerland LL Haarlem

Participant OZ

year	Austria	Poland	Romania	Serbia	Spain	Czech Republic	Uganda	Hungary	Ukraine	Belarus
2013	Austria-East LL Vienna	no participant	no participant	Serbia LL Belgrade	no participant	Jihomoravský kraj LL Brno	no participant	no participant	Rivne LL Rivne	Sugar Storm LL Hrodna Raion
2014	no participant	BUKS Gepardy Żory Żory	no participant	Serbia LL Belgrade	Catalunya LL Catalonia	Jihomoravský kraj LL Brno	no participant	Kirovograd LL Kirovohrad	no participant	Brest Zubrs LL Brest
2015	Eastern Austria LL Vienna	Żory / Jastrzebie / Rybnik Wodzisław Śląski	no participant	no participant	Catalunya LL Catalonia	Jihomoravský kraj LL Brno	AVRS Secondary School LL Kampala	Kirovograd LL Kirovohrad	Central LL Budapest	Brest Zubrs LL Brest
2016	no participant	BUKS Gepardy Żory Żory	no participant	Serbia LL Belgrade	Catalunya LL Catalonia	Jihomoravský kraj LL Brno	no participant	Kirovograd LL Kirovohrad	Central / Eastern LL Budapest / Érd	Brest Zubrs LL Brest
2017	Eastern Austria LL Vienna	BUKS Gepardy Żory Żory	CSS Călărași LL Călărași	Serbia LL Belgrade	Catalunya LL Catalonia	Jihomoravský kraj LL Brno	no participant	Rivne LL Rivne	Central / Eastern LL Budapest / Érd	Sugar Storm LL Hrodna Raion
2018	Eastern Austria LL Vienna	no participant	no participant	no participant	Catalunya LL Catalonia	Northwest Czech Republic LL Prague	no participant	Kirovograd LL Kirovohrad	no participant	Sugar Storm LL Hrodna Raion

Results at the Little League World Series

year	team	city	Result to LLWS	W-L
2013	Jihomoravský kraj LL	Brno	Round 1	1-2
2014	Jihomoravský kraj LL	Brno	Round 1	0-3
2015	AVRS Secondary School LL	Kampala	round 2	1-2
2016	Emilia LL	Emilia	Round 1	0-3
2017	Emilia LL	Emilia	Round 1	0-3
2018	Barcelona	Round 1	0-2

Status after the Little League World Series 2018

Results at the Little League World Series by nations

All participants of the current European group as well as the representatives of the former groups who have qualified for the World Series are listed.

nation	Number of championships	WL to the LLWS	%
Saudi Arabia	19th	18-39	.316
Germany	16	9-39	.188
Spain	10	4-24	.143
Russia	5	1-14	.067
Italy	4th	1-11	.083
Belgium	2	1-5	.167
Czech Republic	2	1-5	.167
Netherlands	2	0-6	.000
France	1	1-2	.333
Uganda	1	1-2	.333
Turkey	1	0-2	.000
Greece	1	0-3	.000
Poland	1	0-3	.000
Bulgaria	-	0-0	-
/ England / Great Britain	-	0-0	-
Ireland	-	0-0	-
Croatia	-	0-0	-
Lithuania	-	0-0	-
Moldova	-	0-0	-
Sweden	-	0-0	-
Serbia	-	0-0	-
Ukraine	-	0-0	-
Hungary	-	0-0	-
Belarus	-	0-0	-
Total	61	37-155	.193

Status after the Little League World Series 2018 / italics = former participants

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Regions Realigned for 2013: Australia to play in Little League World Series. (No longer available online.) Www.littleleague.org, archived from the original on September 23, 2012 ; accessed on September 19, 2012 (English). 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.  
2. ↑ 2001 Little League Baseball Europe Qualify. (No longer available online.) Www.littleleague.org, archived from the original on October 5, 2012 ; accessed on September 20, 2012 (English). 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.  
3. ↑ 2003 Little League Baseball Europe Qualify. (No longer available online.) Www.littleleague.org, archived from the original on June 23, 2015 ; accessed on September 20, 2012 (English). 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.  

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