The 2023 Little League World Series was a youth baseball tournament taking place from August 16 to August 27 at the Little League headquarters complex in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Ten teams from the United States and ten teams from other countries are competing in the 76th edition of the Little League World Series (LLWS). El Segundo Little League of El Segundo, California, defeated Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao, in the championship game by a 6–5 score on a walk-off home run by Louis Lappe. It was the first championship for a team from California since , and 8th overall, the most of any US state. Teams
Regional qualifying tournaments were held from February to August 2023.Little League Baseball 2023 Region Tournaments A team from North Dakota and Cuba participated in a Little League World Series tournament for the first time ever.
United States International Region Team Region Team Great Lakes New Albany, OhioNew Albany Little League Asia-Pacific and Middle East Taoyuan, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)Kuei-Shan Little League Metro Smithfield, Rhode IslandSmithfield Little League Australia SydneyHills Little League Mid-Atlantic Media, PennsylvaniaMedia Little League Canada Regina, SaskatchewanNorth Regina Little League Midwest Fargo, North DakotaFargo Little League Caribbean Willemstad, CuraçaoPabao Little League Mountain Henderson, NevadaHenderson Little League Cuba Bayamo, GranmaBayamo Little League New England Gray, MaineGray New Gloucester Little League Europe and Africa Brno, Czech RepublicSouth Czech Republic Little League Northwest Seattle, WashingtonNortheast Seattle Little League Japan TokyoMusashi Fuchu Little League Southeast Nolensville, TennesseeNolensville Little League Latin America Maracaibo, VenezuelaSan Francisco Little League Southwest Needville, TexasNeedville Little League Mexico Tijuana, Baja California Municipal de Tijuana Little League West El Segundo, CaliforniaEl Segundo Little League Panama Santiago de VeraguasActivo 20–30 Little League 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.
Results
The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 6, 2023.
United States bracket
International bracket
2023 Little League World Series Champions El Segundo Little League El Segundo, California
Champions path RoundOppositionResultSouthern California State TournamentWinner's Bracket Quarterfinals Fontana Community LL 7–0Winner's Bracket Semi-finals La Verne LL 9–0Winner's Bracket Final East Hills Yorba Linda Blue LL 10–0 (F/4)Championship Series Sherman Oaks Southern LL 3–4Championship Series Sherman Oaks Southern LL 3–2West Regional TournamentWinner's Bracket Semi-final Bollinger Canyon LL 4–3Semi-final Hilo LL 6–0Finals Bollinger Canyon LL 3–1
MLB Little League Classic On August 21, 2022, it was announced that the sixth MLB Little League Classic would feature the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals on August 20. The Nationals defeated the Phillies, 4–3.
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