2015 Little League World Series qualification

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Qualification for the 2015 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2015. Starting this year, all eight United States regional tournaments used a modified double elimination format and moved away from the round robin format used since the 1990s.^[1]

United States

Great Lakes

The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 9–15.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Illinois	Olney	Olney	1–2
Indiana	New Albany	New Albany	2–2
Kentucky	Bowling Green	Bowling Green Eastern	3–1
Michigan	Bay City	Bay City Southwest	0–2
Ohio	Hamilton	West Side	2–2
Wisconsin	Burlington	Burlington	2–1


First Round			Second Round			Semi-Finals			Great Lakes Championship



				Kentucky	5

	Indiana	3		Indiana	2

	Ohio	2					Kentucky	0

							Wisconsin (F/4)	10

				Wisconsin (F/5)	10

	Illinois	10		Illinois	0

	Michigan	4
										Wisconsin	0

										Kentucky (F/4)	13

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower final



	Ohio	7
							Kentucky	4
	Illinois	6
				Ohio	5		Ohio	3

				Indiana	4
	Michigan	0

	Indiana	3

Mid-Atlantic

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 10–16.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Delaware	Middletown	M-O-T	0–2
Maryland	Delmar	Delmar	3–2
New Jersey	Jackson	Jackson Township	2–2
New York	Maine-Endwell	Maine-Endwell	2–2
Pennsylvania	Lewisberry	Red Land	3–0
Washington, D.C.		Capitol City	0–2


First Round			Second Round			Semi-Finals			Mid-Atlantic Championship



				New Jersey	7

	Washington, D.C.	5		Maryland	4

	Maryland	10					New Jersey	2

							Pennsylvania	13

				Pennsylvania	11

	Delaware	6		New York	3

	New York	9
										Pennsylvania	12

										New Jersey	0

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower final



	Washington, D.C.	8
							New Jersey (F/4)	10
	New York	10
				New York	8		Maryland	0

				Maryland	15
	Delaware	3

	Maryland (F/4)	15

Midwest

The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 9–15.^[1]

Note: North Dakota and South Dakota are organized into a single Little League district.

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Iowa	Des Moines	Grandview	1–2
Kansas	Frontenac	Frontenac Youth	0–2
Minnesota	Coon Rapids	Coon Rapids Cardinal	2–1
Missouri	Webb City	Webb City	4–1
Nebraska	Omaha	Memorial	2–2
South Dakota	Rapid City	Canyon Lake	1–2


First Round			Second Round			Semi-Finals			Midwest Championship



				South Dakota	5

	Nebraska (F/7)	3		Nebraska	2

	Missouri	2					South Dakota	7

							Minnesota	15

				Minnesota	11

	Kansas	3		Iowa	7

	Iowa	11
										Minnesota	0

										Missouri (F/4)	10

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower final



	Missouri	11
							South Dakota	2
	Iowa	3
				Missouri	15		Missouri (F/5)	13

				Nebraska	4
	Kansas	6

	Nebraska	11

New England

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 10–16.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Connecticut	Waterford	Waterford	2–2
Maine	Biddeford	Biddeford	0–2
Massachusetts	Newton	Newton SouthEast	1–2
New Hampshire	Bedford	Bedford	2–1
Rhode Island	Cranston	Cranston Western	4–1
Vermont	South Burlington	South Burlington	1–2


First Round			Second Round			Semi-Finals			New England Championship



				Vermont	10

	Maine	0		Massachusetts	5

	Massachusetts	11					Vermont	5

							New Hampshire	11

				New Hampshire (F/4)	16

	Connecticut	3		Connecticut	1

	Rhode Island	2
										New Hampshire	4

										Rhode Island	10

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower final



	Maine	5
							Vermont	1
	Connecticut (F/4)	15
				Connecticut	2		Rhode Island	7

				Rhode Island (F/7)	3
	Rhode Island	11

	Massachusetts	4

Northwest

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 9–15.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Alaska	Juneau	Gastineau Channel	0–2
Idaho	Eagle	West Valley	3–2
Montana	Billings	Boulder Arrowhead	1–2
Oregon	Portland	Wilshire/Riverside	4–0
Washington	Vancouver	Cascade	2–2
Wyoming	Gillette	Gillette	0–2


First Round			Second Round			Semi-Finals			Northwest Championship



				Alaska	6

	Wyoming	3		Oregon	11

	Oregon	12					Oregon	10

							Washington	6

				Montana	2

	Idaho	0		Washington	11

	Washington	5
										Oregon	15

										Idaho	3

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower final



	Wyoming	1
							Washington	7
	Montana	10
				Montana	11		Idaho	8

				Idaho	16
	Idaho (F/4)	10

	Alaska	0

Southeast

The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia from August 7–13.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Alabama	Phenix City	Phenix City American	0–2
Florida	Tampa	Keystone	2–2
Georgia	Peachtree City	Peachtree City American	1–2
North Carolina	Wilson	Wilson City	0–2
South Carolina	Taylors	Northwood	4–0
Tennessee	Nashville	South Nashville American	2–2
Virginia	Mechanicsville	Mechanicsville National	4–2
West Virginia	Bridgeport	Bridgeport	1–2

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Southwest

The tournament took place in Waco, Texas from August 7–13.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Arkansas	Pine Bluff	Pine Bluff Western	3–2
Colorado	Boulder	North Boulder	3–2
Louisiana	Jefferson Parish	Eastbank	2–2
Mississippi	Starkville	Oktibbeha/Winston	1–2
New Mexico	Albuquerque	Paradise Hill	0–2
Oklahoma	Tulsa	Tulsa National	0–2
Texas East	Pearland	Pearland West	4–0
Texas West	San Antonio	McAllister Park	1–2

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West

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 9–15.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Arizona	Chandler	Chandler National North	1–2
Hawaii	Waipahu	Waipio	3–2
Nevada	Henderson	Paseo Verde	1–2
Northern California	San Jose	Cambrian Park	0–2
Southern California	Bonita	Sweetwater Valley	4–0
Utah	Santa Clara	Snow Canyon	1–2


First Round			Second Round			Semi-Finals			West Championship



				Utah (F/5)	11

	Northern California	0		Arizona	1

	Arizona	1					Utah	1

							Southern California (F/4)	11

				Nevada	2

	Hawaii	9		Southern California	11

	Southern California	16
										Southern California	12

										Hawaii	10

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower final



	Northern California	3
							Utah	0
	Nevada	9
				Nevada	3		Hawaii (F/4)	15

				Hawaii (F/5)	14
	Hawaii (F/7)	12

	Arizona	9

International

Asia-Pacific and Middle East

The tournament took place in Guilin, China from July 13–21.^[1]

Pool A
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Philippines	Makati	ILLAM Central	3–1
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	2–2
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	Saipan	2–2
Saudi Arabia	Dhahran	Arabian American	2–2
China		Guangzhou	0–4

Pool B
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
South Korea	Seoul	East Seoul	4–0
Chinese Taipei	Taipei	Tung Yuan	3–1
Indonesia	Jakarta		1–1
Guam	Hagåtña		0–2
Thailand	Bangkok		0–2

Semi-finals		Final

July 19 – Guilin

2B Chinese Taipei	11
		July 20 – Guilin
1A Philippines	6
		2B Chinese Taipei	3
July 19 – Guilin
		1B South Korea	2
2A Hong Kong	0

1B South Korea	16

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 on June 4–9.^[2] The top two teams in each pool advance to the elimination round, where they are seeded one through eight based on overall record. The "runs against ratio" (RAR) is used as the tiebreaker. It is calculated by the number of runs scored against a team, divided by the number of defensive innings the team played.

Pool A
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record
New South Wales	Cronulla	4–0
Victoria	Southern Mariners	2–2
New South Wales	Manly	2–2
Queensland	Gold Coast	1–3
Western Australia	West Coast	1–3

Pool C
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record
Western Australia	Swan Hills	4–0
Western Australia	Perth Metro East	3–1
South Australia	Adelaide West	2–2
New South Wales	Central Coast	1–3
Northern Territory	Northern Territory	0–4

Pool B
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record
New South Wales	Hills	4–0
Western Australia	Perth Metro North	3–1
South Australia	Adelaide North	2–2
Victoria	Yarra Rangers	1–3
Queensland	Brisbane North	0–4

Pool D
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record
New South Wales	Ryde North	4–0
Western Australia	Perth Metro Central	3–1
New South Wales	Ryde South	2–2
Victoria	Northern Diamondbacks	1–3
Australian Capital Territory	Canberra	0–4

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Australia Championship

June 7 – Lismore (F/5)

Hills	12
		June 8 – Lismore
Perth Metro North	5
		Hills	2
June 7 – Lismore
		Cronulla	4
Cronulla	3
				June 9 – Lismore
Perth Metro Central	1
				Cronulla	7
June 7 – Lismore
				Swan Hills	3
Swan Hills	4
		June 8 – Lismore
Southern Mariners	0
		Swan Hills	6
June 7 – Lismore (F/4)
		Ryde North	1	Third
Ryde North	12
				June 9 – Lismore
Perth Metro East	2
				Hills	6

				Ryde North	7

Teams
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Austria	Vienna	Austria East	1–2
Belarus	Brest	Brest Zubrs	1–2
Belgium	Brussels	Brussels	0–2
Czech Republic	Brno	South Moravia	2–2
Germany–USA	Ramstein Air Base	KMC American	2–2
Hungary	Budapest	Central	0–2
Italy	Emilia	Emilia	3–2
Moldova	Tiraspol	Kvint	1–2
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Rotterdam	3–2
Poland	Wodzisław Śląski	Zory/Jastrzebie/Rybnik	0–2
Spain	Barcelona	Catalunya	6–2
Uganda	Kampala	AVRS School	5–0
United Kingdom	London	London Youth Baseball	2–2
Ukraine	Kirovograd	Kirovograd	0–2

Results
July 16
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
1	Hungary (0–1)	0–10	Italy (1–0)
2	Germany-USA (1–0)	4–3	Ukraine (0–1)
3	United Kingdom (0–1)	7–8	Netherlands (1–0)
4	Uganda (1–0)	21–1	Belgium (0–1)
5	Belarus (1–0)	11–4	Austria (0–1)
6	Spain (1–0)	15–2	Moldova (0–1)
July 17
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
7	Poland (0–1)	4–15	Italy (2–0)
8	Germany-USA (2–0)	10–4	Netherlands (1–1)
9	Belarus (1–1)	1–16	Uganda (2–0)
10	Czech Republic (1–0)	13–3	Spain (1–1)
11	Austria (1–1)	5–1	Belgium (0–2)
12	Ukraine (0–2)	2–7	United Kingdom (1–1)
July 18
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
13	Poland (0–2)	5–6	Moldova (1–1)
14	Hungary (0–2)	2–8	Spain (2–1)
15	Netherlands (2–1)	15–3	Austria (1–2)
16	United Kingdom (2–1)	14–4	Belarus (1–2)
July 19
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
17	Italy (3–0)	10–1	Germany-USA (2–1)
18	Czech Republic (1–1)	0–10	Uganda (3–0)
19	Moldova (1–2)	2–12	Netherlands (3–1)
20	United Kingdom (2–2)	5–11	Spain (3–1)
July 20
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
21	Netherlands (3–2)	1–5	Czech Republic (2–1)
22	Spain (4–1)	10–0	Germany-USA (2–2)
23	Italy (3–1)	0–4	Uganda (4–0)
July 21
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
24	Spain (5–1)	11–0	Czech Republic (2–2)
July 22
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
25	Spain (6–1)	5–2	Italy (3–2)
July 23
Game	Visitor	Score	Home
26	Uganda (5–0)	16–0	Spain (6–2)

Japan

The first two rounds of the tournament took place on July 19. The semifinals and championship were played on July 20. All games were played in Shirakawa, Fukushima.^[1]

Participating teams	Prefecture	City	LL Organization
Chūgoku Champions	Okayama	Okayama	Okayama
Higashikanto Champions	Ibaraki	Ushiku	Ushiku
Hokkaido Champions	Hokkaido	Sapporo	Sapporo Shiroishi
Kanagawa Champions	Kanagawa	Hiratsuka	Hiratsuka
Kansai Champions	Nara	Nara	Keina
Kansai Runner-Up	Osaka	Kaizuka	Kaizuka
Kitakanto Champions	Saitama	Urawa	Urawa
Kyushu Champions	Miyazaki	Miyakonojō	Miyakonojō
Shikoku Champions	Ehime	Iyo District	Ehime Konan
Shin'etsu Champions	Nagano	Nagano	Nagano Minami
Tōhoku Champions	Fukushima	Shirakawa	Shirakawa
Tōhoku Runner-Up	Miyagi	Shiogama	Shiogama
Tōkai Champions	Aichi	Ichinomiya	Owari Ichimiya
Tōkai Runner-Up	Shizuoka	Fuji	Fuji
Tokyo Champions	Tokyo	Tokyo	Tokyo Kitasuna
Tokyo Runner-Up	Tokyo	Tokyo	Hachioji

Opening Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

July 19 – Shirakawa

Shirakawa

7

July 19 – Shirakawa

Hiratsuka

9

Hiratsuka

9

July 19 – Shirakawa

Ushiku

2

Ushiku

4

July 20 – Shirakawa

Kaizuka

0

Hiratsuka

2

July 19 – Shirakawa

Hachiouji

4

Sapporo Shiroishi

0

July 19 – Shirakawa

Hachiouji

16

Hachiouji (F/4)

15

July 19 – Shirakawa

Owari Ichinomiya

2

Urawa

3

July 20 – Shirakawa

Owari Ichinomiya (F/4)

4

Hachiouji

3

July 19 – Shirakawa

Tokyo Kitasuna (F/4)

20

Okayama

1

July 19 – Shirakawa

Shiogama

7

Shiogama

0

July 19 – Shirakawa

Nagano Minami

8

Keina

2

July 20 – Shirakawa

Nagano Minami

3

Nagano Minami

1

July 19 – Shirakawa

Tokyo Kitasuna

4

Fuji

2

July 19 – Shirakawa

Miyakonojō

1

Fuji

0

July 19 – Shirakawa

Tokyo Kitasuna (F/5)

10

Tokyo Kitasuna

10

Ehime Konan

0

Latin America

The tournament took place in Panama City, Panama from July 11–18.^[1]

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Venezuela	Barquisimeto	Cardenales	6–0
Panama (B)	San Antonio	San Antonio	4–2
Panama (A)	Santiago de Veraguas	Club activo 2030 Santiago	4–2
Colombia	Cartagena	Alcon	2–4
Ecuador	Guayaquil	Liga De Guayaquil	2–4
Nicaragua	Managua	Liga Ciudad Sandino	2–4
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Liga Pequena Javier de Base Ball	1–5

Semi-finals		Final

July 17 – Panama City

3 Panama (A)	7
		July 18 – Panama City
2 Panama (B)	0
		3 Panama (A)	0
July 17 – Panama City
		1 Venezuela	5
4 Colombia	3

1 Venezuela	9

Mexico

The tournament took place in Matamoros, Tamaulipas from July 11–17.^[1]

**Pool A**
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Tamaulipas	Matamoros	Villa Del Refugio	6–0
Sonora	Hermosillo	Conno de Hermosillo	5–1
Chihuahua	Ciudad Juárez	Satélite	4–2
Nuevo León	Monterrey	Mitras	3–3
Veracruz	Poza Rica	Poza Rica A.C.	1–5
Jalisco	Zapopan	Legión Zapopan	1–5
Durango	Lerdo	C.D. Lerdo Durango	1–5

**Pool B**
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Nuevo León	San Nicolás de los Garza	San Nicolas de los Garza	5–1
Baja California	Mexicali	Seguro Social	5–1
Tamaulipas	Matamoros	Matamoros	4–2
Veracruz	Poza Rica	Poza Rica Municipal	3–3
Chihuahua	Delicias	A Cura Trillo	2–4
Coahuila	Sabinas	Juvenil De Sabinas	2–4
Jalisco	Guadalajara	Sutaj Alfarera	0–6

Semi-finals		Final

July 16 – Matamoros

2B Seguro Social	4
		July 17 – Matamoros
1A Villa Del Refugio	2
		2B Seguro Social	13
July 16 – Matamoros
		2A Conno de Hermosillo	7
2A Conno de Hermosillo	6

1B San Nicolas	1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Little League Baseball® Regional & World Series Results". Littleleague.org. Little League. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
^ "Australian Region Little League Tournament Historical Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2015.

[schedule-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Little League Baseball® Regional & World Series Results". Littleleague.org. Little League. Retrieved June 19, 2015.

[2] "Australian Region Little League Tournament Historical Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved June 2, 2015.

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2015 Little League World Series qualification

United States

Great Lakes

Mid-Atlantic

Midwest

New England

Northwest

Southeast

Southwest

West

International

Asia-Pacific and Middle East

Australia

Canada

Caribbean

Europe and Africa

Japan

Latin America

Mexico

References