The Big League World Series (BLWS) Latin America Region was one of four International regions that sent teams to the World Series. The region's participation in the BLWS could be dated back to 1970. Little League Baseball and Softball would later terminate the Big League division after the 2016 World Series.
Latin America Region Countries
Region Champions At one point, the tournament featured 11 teams, 3 of which were from Latin America. The champions of Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela each received automatic berths. In 1989 the Central America region was created, Mexico and Panama would play a best of 3 series to determine the champion. In 1998 all three regions were combined to form the Latin America Region.
Beginning in 2006, Mexico and Puerto Rico alternated between automatic berths. In years without an auto-bid they entered the Latin America tournament.
Mexico Region Champions YearCityBLWSRecord1974 Round 20–21975SaltilloRound 10–21976 Round 20–21977MonterreyRound 20–21978MonterreyRound 31–21979 Round 21–21980 Round 30–21981 Round 30–21982 Round 41–21983MatamorosRound 20–21984 Round 10–21985 SaltilloRound 21–21986 Round 20–21987MonterreyRound 20–21988 Round 20–22007 MonterreyInt'l Final4–12009 MexicaliInt'l Final3–22011 MonterreyPool stage2–22013 TlaquepaquePool stage2–22015 San NicolásRound 31–2
Puerto Rico Region Champions YearCityBLWSRecord1970San JuanFourth Place2–21973San JuanRound 21–21974San JuanRound 42–21975 Fourth Place2–21976 Round 32–21977 Round 20–21978 Round 20–21979 Round 32–21980 Round 31–21981 Runner-up5–21982 San JuanChampions5–01983 Round 21–21984 Round 20–21985CarolinaRunner-up4–21986 Round 41–21987San JuanRound 42–21988 Round 32–21989CarolinaRound 31–21990AreciboRound 10–21991MayaguezRound 10–21992 Round 10–21993GuayamaRound 41–21994 Round 21–21995 Round 31–21996Río PiedrasRound 21–21997 Río PiedrasInt'l Final5–22006 San JuanRunner-up5–22008 San JuanRunner-up4–12010 San JuanChampions6–02012 San JuanChampions6–02014 GuayamaRunner-up5–12016 GuayamaInt'l Final2–2
Venezuela Region Champions YearCityBLWSRecord1978 Round 31–21979 Round 20–21980 Round 41–21981 Round 43–21982 Runner-up4–21983MaracaiboThird Place4–21984MaracaiboRunner-up6–21985MaracaiboFourth Place2–21986MaracaiboChampions8–11987MaracaiboRound 41–21988MaracaiboFourth Place3–21989MaracaiboRunner-up5–21990MaracaiboRunner-up5–21991MaracaiboRunner-up3–21992MaracaiboRunner-up4–21993MaracaiboInt'l Final4–21994MaracaiboRound 31–21995MaracaiboInt'l Final3–21996 MaracaiboRound 32–21997 MaracaiboRunner-up4–2
Results by Country (Automatic Bids)
CountryBLWSAppearancesBLWSChampionshipsBLWSRecordPCT Puerto Rico 32 3 70–56 Venezuela 20 1 64–39 Mexico 0 16–39 Total 4 150–134
Central America Region Champions YearCityBLWSRecord1989 Panama City, PanamaThird Place3–21990 MexicoRound 21–21991 PanamaRound 32–21992 MexicoRound 10–21993 MexicoRound 21–21994 MexicoFourth Place2–21995 Zapopan, MexicoRound 20–21996 Mexico City, MexicoRound 41–21997 Guadalajara, MexicoRound 30–2
Latin America Region Champions YearCityBLWSRecord1998 Maracaibo, VenezuelaRunner-up3–11999 Puerto RicoInt'l Final2–22000 Yabucoa, Puerto RicoPool stage2–12001 Valencia, VenezuelaRunner-up4–12002 San Juan, Puerto RicoChampions5–12003 Guadalupe, MexicoPool stage2–22004 Nogales, MexicoPool stage1–32005 Maracaibo, VenezuelaSemifinals4–12006 Coclé, PanamaPool stage2–22007 San Juan, Puerto RicoRunner-up4–22008 Santiago, Dominican RepublicInt'l Final3–12009 Santiago, Dominican RepublicChampions6–02010 Coclé, PanamaInt'l Final3–22011 San Juan, Puerto Rico (Host)Runner-up5–12012 Maracaibo, VenezuelaInt'l Final3–22013 Maracaibo, VenezuelaRunner-up4–22014 Maracaibo, VenezuelaInt'l Final3–22015 Guayama, Puerto Rico (Host)Champions5–12016 Willemstad, CuraçaoRound 32–2
Results by Country Table includes results from Central America and Latin America region.
CountryRegionChampionshipsBLWSChampionshipsBLWSRecordPCT Mexico 9 0 8–19 Venezuela 6 21–9 Puerto Rico 4 1 13–6 Panama 0 10–8 Host Team(s) 2 1 10–2 Dominican Republic 9–1 Curaçao 1 0 2–2 Total 28 3 73–47
See also Latin America Region in other Little League divisions Little League – Latin America Little League – Caribbean Little League – Mexico Intermediate League Junior League Senior League – Latin America Senior League – Caribbean
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