2004 Little League World Series

2004 Little League World Series
Dates	August 20 – August 29
Teams participating	16
Champion	Pabao Little League Willemstad, Curaçao
Runner-up	Conejo Valley Little League Thousand Oaks, USA

The 2004 Little League World Series took place between August 20 and August 29 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA. The Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao defeated Conejo Valley Little League of Thousand Oaks, California (USA) in the championship game of the 58th Little League World Series, the first for the Caribbean island.

Qualification

Between five and twelve teams take part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which vary in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments are in the same format as the Little League World Series itself: a round-robin tournament followed by an elimination round to determine the regional champion.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Thousand Oaks West Conejo Valley	Richmond Southwest Lamar National	Panama City Latin America Curundu	Willemstad Caribbean Pabao
Morganton Southeast Morganton	Preston Mid-Atlantic South Caroline	Kaohsiung Asia Shou-Tien	Guadalupe, Nuevo León Mexico Guadalupe Linda Vista
Lincoln New England Lincoln	Redmond Northwest North	Ottawa Canada East Nepean	Dhahran Transatlantic Arabian-American
Davenport Midwest Northwest	Owensboro Great Lakes Southern	Kutno Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Kutno	Saipan Pacific Saipan

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

Midwest	4-10	Southeast
New England	ppd.†	West

August 21

Mid-Atlantic	7-2	Great Lakes
Southwest	18-7‡	Northwest
Midwest	2-3	New England

August 22

Southwest	12-2‡ (5 innings)	Great Lakes
Southeast	2-9	West
Northwest	8-3	Mid-Atlantic

August 23

Midwest	0-10‡ (5 innings)	West
New England	4-5	Southeast

August 24

New England	1-3	West
Southwest	13-1‡	Mid-Atlantic
Northwest	2-3 (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 America

12-2‡ (5 innings)

Canada

August 21

Caribbean	3-2	Mexico
Transatlantic	4-1	Pacific
EMEA	0-18‡	Asia

August 22

Latin America	9-0	EMEA
Transatlantic	0-1	Mexico

August 23

Pacific	3-6	Mexico
Caribbean	6-1	Transatlantic
Canada	2-7	Asia

August 24

Caribbean	3-0	Pacific
Canada	5-1	EMEA
Latin America	6-2	Asia

Elimination rounds

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 25 - Lamade
	Willemstad, Curaçao	9
					August 28 - Lamade
	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	8
					Willemstad, Curaçao	4
	August 26 - Lamade
					Guadalupe, Mexico	0
	Panama City, Panama	2
									August 29 - Lamade
	Guadalupe, Mexico	6
									Thousand Oaks	2
	August 25 - Lamade
									Willemstad, Curaçao	5
	Richmond, Texas	8
					August 28 - Lamade
	Morganton	2
					Richmond	0			Third place
	August 26 - Lamade
					Thousand Oaks	4
	Thousand Oaks, California	3							Richmond	5
	Preston	1							Guadalupe, Mexico	0
									August 29 - Volunteer

2004 Little League World Series Champions
Pabao Little League Willemstad, Curaçao

Champions Path

Round	Opposition	Result
Caribbean Regional
Group Stage	Philipsburg LL	13-3
Group Stage	Virgilio Jiménez LL	10-4
Group Stage	BVI LL	4-3
Group Stage	Aruba South LL	4-1
Semifinals	Elrod Hendricks LL	3-0
Caribbean Championship	Aruba North LL	6-0

Notes

• † Postponed (rained out)
• ‡ Game ended by "mercy rule" (at least 10-run difference through 4 innings)

External links

• Official tournament page
• Review of championship game