The 2004 Little League World Series took place between August 20 and August 29 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao, defeated Conejo Valley Little League of Thousand Oaks, California, in the championship game of the 58th Little League World Series. This was the first title for the Caribbean island of Curaçao.
Qualification
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Thousand OaksWestConejo Valley RichmondSouthwestLamar National Panama City, PanamaLatin AmericaCurundu Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbeanPabao MorgantonSoutheastMorganton PrestonMid-AtlanticSouth Carolina Kaohsiung, Chinese TaipeiAsiaShou-Tien Guadalupe, Nuevo León, MexicoMexicoGuadalupe Linda Vista LincolnNew EnglandLincoln RedmondNorthwestRedmond North Ottawa, CanadaCanadaEast Nepean Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaTransatlanticArabian-American DavenportMidwestNorthwest OwensboroGreat LakesSouthern Kutno, PolandEurope, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)Kutno Saipan, Northern Mariana IslandsPacificSaipan Taiwan participates under the name Chinese Taipei in many sporting events, including Little League Baseball (LLB). Northern Mariana Islands is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States.
Pool play The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each will meet August 29 to play for the Little League world championship.
+Pool A Region Record West 3-0 Southeast 2-1 New England 1-2 Midwest 0-3
+Pool B Region Record Southwest 3-0 Mid-Atlantic 1-2 Northwest 1-2 Great Lakes 1-2
August 20 Midwest4-10SoutheastNew Englandppd.†West
August 21 Mid-Atlantic7-2Great LakesSouthwest18-7‡NorthwestMidwest2-3New England
August 22 Southwest12-2‡(5 innings)Great LakesSoutheast0-11‡(5 Innings)WestNorthwest8-3Mid-Atlantic
August 23 Midwest0-13‡(5 innings)WestNew England4-5Southeast
August 24 New England0-8WestSouthwest13-1‡Mid-AtlanticNorthwest2-3(5 innings)Great Lakes
International +Pool C Region Record Latin America 3-0 Asia 2-1 Canada 1-2 EMEA 0-3
+Pool D Region Record Caribbean 3-0 Mexico 2-1 Transatlantic 1-2 Pacific 0-3
August 20 Latin America12-2‡(5 innings)Canada
August 21 Caribbean3-2MexicoTransatlantic4-1PacificEMEA0-18‡Asia
August 22 Latin America9-0EMEATransatlantic0-1Mexico
August 23 Pacific3-6MexicoCaribbean6-1TransatlanticCanada2-7Asia
August 24 Caribbean3-0PacificCanada5-1EMEALatin America6-2Asia
Elimination rounds
2004 Little League World Series ChampionsPabao Little LeagueWillemstad, Curaçao
Notable players Christian Bethancourt (Panama City, Panama) professional baseball catcher Michael Conforto (Redmond, Washington) professional baseball outfielder Randal Grichuk (Richmond, Texas) professional baseball outfielder Hsu Chi-hung (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) professional baseball infielder Jurickson Profar (Willemstad, Curacao) professional baseball infielder Jonathan Schoop (Willemstad, Curacao) professional baseball infielder Wei-Chung Wang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) professional baseball pitcher
Champions path RoundOppositionResultCaribbean RegionalGroup Stage Philipsburg LL13-3Group Stage Virgilio Jiménez LL10-4Group Stage BVI LL4-3Group Stage Aruba South LL4-1Semifinals Elrod Hendricks LL3-0Caribbean Championship Aruba North LL6-0
Notes † Postponed (rained out) ‡ Game ended by "mercy rule" (at least 10-run difference through 4 innings)
External links 2004 official results via Wayback Machine Recap of championship game via Wayback Machine