The 1993 Little League World Series took place between August 23 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The United States was represented by the defending series champion and West Region winner, the Long Beach, California Little League. The Latin American Region winner, the David Doleguita Little League of David, Chiriqui, Panama, won the International Championship.
Long Beach defeated Panama, 3–2, in the championship game of the 47th Little League World Series and retained its world championship. Long Beach became the first American team to repeat as champion and joined the teams from Monterrey, Mexico (in and ) and Seoul, South Korea (in and ) as the only teams to do so. Since then, only the Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao, has had the opportunity to repeat; they won the title but lost the championship game.
Regional disqualification The Dominican winners of the Latin American series were disqualified for using players who failed residency and age requirements.Little League Won't Be Embarrassed Again, San Bernardino Sun, 15 August 1993.
Teams United States International Hamilton, OhioCentral RegionWestside American Little League North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada RegionLynn Valley Little League Bedford, New HampshireEast RegionBedford Little League Kaiserslautern, GermanyEurope RegionKaiserslautern Little League Richmond, VirginiaSouth RegionTuckahoe American Little League Garapan, SaipanFar East RegionCNMI Little League Long Beach, CaliforniaWest RegionLong Beach Little League David, PanamaLatin America RegionDavid Doleguita Little League Saipan is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Pool play +United States Rank State Record 1 California 3–0 2 New Hampshire 2–1 3 Ohio 1–2 4 Virginia 0–3
+International Rank Country Record 1 Germany 2–1 2 Panama 2–1 3 Saipan 1–2 4 Canada 1–2
PoolTeam 1ScoreTeam 2Score August 23US Virginia0 New Hampshire1INT Canada0 Panama6INT Germany7 Saipan3US California8 Ohio0 August 24INT Saipan1 Panama4US California 12 Virginia8US Ohio0 New Hampshire1INT Canada8 Germany1 August 25US California21 New Hampshire2INT Canada3 Saipan4INT Germany5 Panama1US Ohio1 Virginia0
Elimination round
1993 Little League World Series ChampionsLong Beach Little LeagueLong Beach, California
Notable players Sean Burroughs (Long Beach, California) - MLB player from 2002 to 2012
Champions path The Long Beach LL won 15 matches and lost only one match to reach the LLWS. In total their record was 20-1, their only loss coming against Thousand Oaks LL (from California). RoundOppositionResultSection 4Section 4 Winner's Bracket La Palma Continental LL 14–0Section 4 Winner's Bracket Westminster LL 16–1Section 4 Championship Puente Hills LL 1–0South California DivisionalWinner's Bracket Opening Round Santana National LL 13–2Winner's Bracket Semifinals Thousand Oaks LL1–16Loser's Bracket Quarterfinals South Mission Viejo LL2–1Loser's Bracket Semifinals West Covina American LL6–2Loser's Bracket Finals Thousand Oaks LL5–1South Championship Woodland Hills Sunrise LL13–4South Championship Woodland Hills Sunrise LL14–5West RegionalRound 1 Deer Valley LL13–4Quarterfinals Spring Valley LL3–0Semifinals Noon Optimist LL 4–0Finals San Ramon Valley LL2–0Finals Danville San Ramon Valley LL5–2
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