1987 Little League World Series
Template:Infobox LLWS The 1987 Little League World Series took place between August 25 and August 29 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Hualien Little League from Hualien, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), defeated the United States Champion Northwood Little League of Irvine, California, in the championship game of the 41st Little League World Series.
As of the 2010 tournament, the 21 runs scored by Chinese Taipei and their winning margin of 20 runs are championship game records. The Northwood team went on an 18-0 undefeated streak to become the U.S. Champions.
Trivia
- Rolando Paulino, the namesake of the Little League team from Moca, was later embroiled in scandal after the 2001 Little League World Series when Danny Almonte, pitcher for the Bronx, New York, team was found to be over the age limit.
Qualification
| United States | International |
|---|---|
 Chesterfield, IndianaCentral Region Chesterfeld |
  Glace Bay, Nova ScotiaCanada Region Glace Bay |
 Dover, New HampshireEast Region Northside |
 Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaEurope Region Aramco |
 Morristown, TennesseeSouth Region American |
 Hualien, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)Far East Region Taiping |
 Irvine, CaliforniaWest Region Northwood |
 Moca, Dominican RepublicLatin America Region Rolando Paulino |
Championship Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| August 25 | ||||||||||
| Far East | 7 | |||||||||
| August 27 | ||||||||||
| Europe | 0 | |||||||||
| Far East | 4 | |||||||||
| August 26 | ||||||||||
| Latin America | 0 | |||||||||
| Canada | 4 | |||||||||
| August 29 | ||||||||||
| Latin America | 6 | |||||||||
| Far East | 21 | |||||||||
| August 25 | ||||||||||
 West | 1 | |||||||||
| Central | 4 | |||||||||
| August 27 | ||||||||||
| South | 1 | |||||||||
| Central | 1 | |||||||||
| August 26 | ||||||||||
| West | 8 | |||||||||
| West | 13 | |||||||||
| East | 0 | |||||||||
- The third place game was cancelled due to inclement weather; Moca, Dominican Republic and Chesterfield, Indiana, shared third place.
Position Bracket
| Game A | ||
| August 26 | ||
| Europe | 13 | |
| South | 2 | |
| Game B | ||
| August 27 | ||
| Canada | 3 | |
| East | 1 | |
- The last two games in the position bracket were cancelled due to inclement weather.
| 1987 Little League World Series Champions |
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 Hualien Little Little League Hualien, Chinese Taipei |
| 1987 Little League World Series U.S. Champions |
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| Northwood Little Little League Irvine, California |