South Region (Little League Baseball World Series)

LLWS qualification region south

sport	baseball
League foundation	1957
Teams	15th
Country countries	United States
Record champions	Florida (13)
Website	Little League Baseball & Softball South Region Headquarters

The South Region was one of the four regions of the United States that sends participants to the Little League Baseball World Series , the largest youth baseball tournament. The South Region was founded in 1957. In 1967 Delaware and Maryland moved to the East region. Oklahoma and Kentucky swapped regions for the year 2000. By doubling the field of participants from 2001, the East region was divided into the Southeast and Southwest regions.

Participating States

Participants from the West region. Blue: member until 1967; Yellow: member until 1999; Red: Member from 2000

The following states were organized in this region:

•  Alabama
•  Arkansas
•  Delaware (until 1967)
•  Florida
• Georgia
•  Kentucky (until 1999)
•  Louisiana
•  Maryland (until 1967)
•  Mississippi
•  North Carolina
•  Oklahoma (from 2000)
•  South carolina
•  Tennessee
•  Texas
•  Virginia
•  West Virginia

Results at the Little League Baseball World Series

After year

year	master	city	LLWS	W − L
1957	Industrial LL	Monterrey *	World Champion	2−0
1958	National League of Gadsden LL	Gadsden	third place	2−1
1959	National League of Gadsden LL	Gadsden	First round	0-1
1960	North East Optimist Club LL	Fort Worth	Second place	2−1
1961	El Campo LL	El Campo	Second place	2−1
1962	Val Verde County LL	Del Rio	fifth place	2−1
1963	North Houston LL	North Houston	fifth place	1−1
1964	South Brookley LL	mobile	third place	2−1
1965	North Waco LL	Waco	third place	2−1
1966	Westbury American LL	Houston	World Champion	3−0
1967	West Tampa LL	Tampa	Fifth place (shared)	1−1
1968	Tuckahoe LL	Richmond	Second place	2−1
1969	West Tampa LL	Tampa	Third place (shared)	1−1
1970	National Optimist LL	Nashville	Seventh place	1−2
1971	Gardenside LL	Lexington	Eighth place	0-3
1972	National LL	Vienna	Seventh place	1−2
1973	Belmont Heights LL	Tampa	third place	2−1
1974	American LL	Jackson	fifth place	2−1
1975	Belmont Heights LL	Tampa	Second place	1−1
1976	Tuckahoe American LL	Richmond	Third place (shared)	1−1
1977	Hub City LL	Hattiesburg	fifth place	2−1
1978	South Lexington LL	Lexington	third place	2−1
1979	Burns Park LL	North Little Rock	third place	2−1
1980	Belmont Heights LL	Tampa	Second place	2−1
1981	Belmont Heights LL	Tampa	Second place	2−1
1982	American LL	Sarasota	Seventh place	1−2
1983	East Marietta National LL	Marietta	World Champion	3−0
1984	National LL	Altamonte	Second place	2−1
1985	American LL	Morristown	third place	2−1
1986	American LL	Sarasota	third place	2−1
1987	American LL	Morristown	Seventh place (shared)	0-2
1988	Northwest 45 LL	Jump	third place	2−1
1989	Northside LL	Tampa	fifth place	2−1
1990	Cottage Hill LL	mobile	Fifth place (shared)	1−1
1991	National LL	Dunedin	Sixth place	1−2
1992	South Lake Charles LL	Lake Charles	Group stage	1−2
1993	Tuckahoe American LL	Richmond	Group stage	0-3
1994	Central Springfield LL	Springfield	Third place (shared)	2−2
1995	Northwest 45 LL	Jump	Second place	3−2
1996	RL Turner LL	Panama City	Third place (shared)	3−1
1997	Manatee GT Bray East LL	Bradenton	Third place (shared)	2−2
1998	Greenville LL	Greenville	Third place (shared)	2−2
1999	National LL	Phenix City	Second place	3−2
2000	Bellaire LL	Bellaire	Second place	3−2

* Monterrey was assigned to Texas in 1957. (Mexico Region (Little League Baseball World Series))

According to state

Country	East Region Championships	World championships	WL to the LLWS	%
Florida	13	0	22-16	0.579
Texas	9	1	20−10	0.667
Alabama	5	0	8−6	0.571
Virginia	5	0	6−9	0.400
Tennessee	4th	0	5-6	0.455
Kentucky	2	0	2-4	0.333
Georgia	1	1	3−0	1,000
Mexico	1	1	2−0	1,000
Arkansas	1	0	2−1	0.667
Mississippi	1	0	2−1	0.667
North Carolina	1	0	2−2	0.500
Louisiana	1	0	1−2	0.333
Delaware	1	0	0-1	0,000
Maryland	0	0	0−0	0,000
Oklahoma	0	0	0−0	0,000
South carolina	0	0	0−0	0,000
West Virginia	0	0	0−0	0,000
Total	44	3	73-54	0.575

See also

• Southeast Region (Little League Baseball World Series)
• Southwest Region (Little League Baseball World Series)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In July 1957, the Monterrey team took part in a tournament in McAllen , Texas on a three-day visa . The plan was to play one day and two days of sightseeing. After the victory in McAllen and the two more days in the USA they ran out of money and a return to the USA would have been impossible. After several phone calls to Washington, the solution was found that the team could stay in the USA until they were definitively eliminated from the tournaments. But that never happened because the team never lost a tournament. They won six tournaments in a row, including the tournaments of the Little League World Series Region South and the Little League World Series in 1957. In September, the team returned to Mexico undefeated. The achievements of the los pequeños gigantes (the little giants) are retold in the two films Los Pequeños Gigantes (1960) iMDb and The Perfect Game (2008) iMDb .

• official website
• Little League Online
• South Region Historical Results