Qualification for the 2018 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2018.

United States Great Lakes The tournament took place in Westfield, Indiana from August 5–11.Schedules Announced for 2018 Little League Baseball and Softball Central Region Tournaments

State City LL Organization Record West Dundee Tri-Cities 0–2 New Albany New Albany 3–2 St. Matthews St. Matthews Baseball 1–2 Grosse Pointe Woods Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 4–0 New Albany New Albany 2–2 Wausau Wausau National 0–2

Mid-Atlantic The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 5–12.Schedules Announced for 2018 Little League Baseball and Softball Eastern Region Tournaments

State City LL Organization Record Milton Milton 0–2 Berlin Berlin 4–2 Middletown Middletown 1–2 Staten Island Mid-Island 4–0 Clinton County Keystone 1–2Mamie Johnson0–2

Midwest The tournament took place in Westfield, Indiana from August 5–11.Schedules Announced for 2018 Little League Baseball and Softball Central Region Tournaments

Note: North Dakota and South Dakota are organized into a single Little League district. State City LL Organization Record Des Moines Grandview 4–1 Pittsburg J.L. Hutchinson Baseball 1–2 Coon Rapids Coon Rapids Andover American 2–2 Webb City Webb City 0–2 Kearney Kearney 0–2 Fargo Fargo 3–1

New England The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 5–12.Schedules Announced for 2018 Little League Baseball and Softball Eastern Region Tournaments

State City LL Organization Record Fairfield Fairfield American 1–2 Saco Saco/Maremont 0–2 Pittsfield Pittsfield American 3–1 Goffstown Goffstown Junior Baseball 2–2 Coventry Coventry 4–1 South Burlington South Burlington 0–2

Northwest The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California August 5–11.

State City LL Organization Record Juneau Gastineau Channel 1–2 Coeur d'Alene Coeur d'Alene 4–1 Billings Boulder Arrowhead 2–1 Beaverton Murrayhill 2–2 Seattle West Seattle 1–2 Gillette Gillette 0–2

Southeast The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia from August 3–8.Schedules Set for 2018 Little League Baseball and Softball Southeastern Regional Tournaments

State City LL Organization Record Bessemer McCalla 2–2 Lehigh Acres Lehigh Acres 0–2 Peachtree City Peachtree City American 4–0 Greenville North State 1–2 Taylors Northwood 1–2 Nolensville South Nashville South 0–2 South Riding Loudoun South American 4–2 Barboursville Barboursville 2–2

Southwest The tournament took place in Waco, Texas August 2–8.Schedules Announced for 2018 Little League Baseball and Softball Southwestern Region Tournaments

State City LL Organization Record White Hall White Hall 1–2 Colorado Springs Academy 0–2 Lake Charles South Lake Charles 2–2 Meadville Franklin County 1–2 Carlsbad Shorthorn 3–2 Tulsa Tulsa National 3–2 East Houston Post Oak 4–0 West Brownsville East Brownsville 0–2

West The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California August 5–11.

State City LL Organization Record Tucson Sunnyside 0–2 Honolulu Honolulu 4–0 Las Vegas Silverado West 1–2 Northern California Rocklin Tri-City 3–2 Southern California Chula Vista Park View 2–2 St. George Dixie 0–2

International Asia-Pacific The tournament took place in Seoul, South Korea from June 30–July 6.Little League Baseball Asia Pacific Regional

+ Pool A Country Record 4–0 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–4

+ Pool B Country Record 1 4–0 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–4

1 Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.

Australia The tournament took place in Lismore, New South Wales June 6–11. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the elimination round.Unpage Publications

+ Pool A State/Territory LL Organization Record Eastern Athletics 3–1 Gold Coast 3–1 Adelaide Rays 2–2 Perth Metro Central 2–2 Manly 0–4

+ Pool C State/Territory LL Organization Record Perth Metro North 3–1 Southern Mariners 2–2 Coastal Bay 2–2 Hills 2–2 Brisbane North 1–3

+ Pool B State/Territory LL Organization Record Cronulla 4–0 Illawarra 2–2 Northwestern Twins 2–2 Southern Hills 1–3 Brisbane Metro 1–3

+ Pool D State/Territory LL Organization Record Ryde North 4–0 Adelaide Seahawks 3–1 Swan Hills 2–2 Far North Coast 1–3 Canberra 0–4

Canada The tournament took place in Mirabel, Quebec from August 2–11.

Province City LL Organization Record Surrey Whalley 6–0 (Host) Mirabel Diamond Baseball Academy 5–1 Glace Bay Glace Bay 4–2 Toronto High Park 3–3 Regina Regina Kiwanas National 2–4 Lethbridge Lethbridge Southwest 1–5 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Valleyfield 0–6

Caribbean The tournament took place in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico from July 14–20.Little League Caribbean Region

+ State City LL Organization Record A Guayama Radames Lopez 6–0 Willemstad Pabao 4–2 Santa Cruz Aruba Center 4–2 Nassau Freedom Farm 3–3 Santiago Los Bravos de Pontezuela 3–3 Saint Thomas District 1 1–5 B Sabana Grande Gino Vega 0–6

Europe and Africa In an expanded format, 10 countries have automatic berths into the regional tournament based on participation and enrollment figures. A qualifier tournament from additional countries wishing to enter took place from July 12–17. The format of the qualifier tournament is a round robin with an elimination round where the two semifinal winners advanced to the double-elimination regional tournament from July 20–27. Both tournaments took place in Kutno, Poland.Little League Europe and Africa Region

Qualifier tournament

Teams Country Record 5–0 4–1 3–2 2–3 1–4 0–5

Qualifier Championship between Austria and Belarus was canceled due to inclement weather, as a make up was unnecessary because both teams had already advanced. Regional tournament

Teams Country City LL Organization Record Vienna East Austria 4–2 Skidel Sugar Storm 1–2 Brussels Brussels 0–2 Prague Northwest Czech Republic 3–2 Paris Ile-De-France 3–2 Germany-US Ramstein Air Base KMC American 2–2 Ronchi dei Legionari Friuli Venezia Giulia 1–2 Vilnius Vilnius 1–2 Haarlem Kennemerland 3–2 Barcelona Catalunya 4–0 Kirovograd Kirovograd Center 0–2 London London 0–2

Results July 20GameVisitorScoreHome1 10–7 Germany-USA 2 0–10 3 10–11 4 9–3 July 21GameVisitorScoreHome5 9–4 6 1–2 7 13–3 8 1–16 July 22GameVisitorScoreHome9 4–9 10 1–0 11 Germany-USA 6–2 12 7–8 July 23GameVisitorScoreHome13 11–3 14 1–0 15 4–2 16 Germany-USA 20–2 July 24GameVisitorScoreHome17 2–10 18 Germany-USA 4–10 19 2–6 July 25GameVisitorScoreHome20 5–9 July 26GameVisitorScoreHome21 3–13 July 27GameVisitorScoreHome22 19–0

Japan The tournament took place in Tokyo from July 21–22.Little League Baseball Japan Regional TournamentUnpage Publications

Participating teams Prefecture City LL Organization Chūgoku Champions Okayama Okayama Higashikanto Champions Chiba Chiba City Hokkaido Champions Sapporo Sapporo Shiroishi Kanagawa Champions Yokohama Seya Kansai Champions Shiso-Gun Hyogo Yamasaki Kansai Runner-up Takatsuki Osaka Takatsuki Kitakanto Champions Kawaguchi Kawaguchi Kyushu Champions Nagasaki Nagasaki Minami Shikoku Champions Niihama Niihama Shin'etsu Champions Ueda Ueda Minami Tōhoku Champions Sendai Sendai Hirose Tōhoku Runner-up Sendai Sendai Aoba Tōkai Champions Anjō Anjō Tōkai Runner-up Hamamatsu Hamamatsu Tokyo Champions Tokyo Tokyo Kitasuna Tokyo Runner-Up Tokyo Tokyo Nakano

Latin America The tournament took place in Panama City, Panama from July 21–28.Little League Latin America Region

+ State City LL Organization Record A Arraiján Vacamonte 5–1 Rivas Rivas 5–1 San Francisco San Francisco 4–2 B Aguadulce Aguadulce Cabezera 4–2 Cartagena Falcon 2–4 Guatemala City Javier 1–5 Santo Domingo Santo Domingo de Heredia 0–6

Mexico The tournament took place in Monterrey from July 7–13.

+Pool A State City LL Organization Record Reynosa Guadalupe Treviño Kelly 4–1 Mexicali Seguro Social 4–1 Medellín Infantil y Juvenil Veracruzana 4–1 Monterrey Unidad Modelo 2–3 Torreón Infantil y Juvenil Sertoma A.C. 1–4 Ciudad Juárez Satélite 0–5

+Pool B State City LL Organization Record Matamoros Matamoros A.C. 6–0 Guadalupe Guadalupe Linda Vista 4–2 Monclova Ribereña 4–2 Hermosillo Conno Hermosillo 3–3 Cancún Quintana Roo 3–3 Delicias A Cura Trillo 1–5 Guadalajara Fenix 0–6

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