2003 Little League World Series

2003 Little League World Series
Tournament details
Dates	August 15–August 24
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Musashi-Fuchu Little League; Tokyo, Japan
Runner-up	East Boynton Beach Little League; Boynton Beach, Florida
	← 2002 2004 →

The 2003 Little League World Series took place between August 15 and August 24 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Musashi-Fuchu Little League of Tokyo, Japan, defeated the East Boynton Beach Little League of Boynton Beach, Florida, in the championship game of the 57th Little League World Series.

Notable players

The following LLWS players later appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB):

Player	LLWS team	MLB debut year & team
Randal Grichuk	Richmond, Texas	2014 St. Louis Cardinals
Brady Rodgers	Richmond, Texas	2016 Houston Astros
Jonathan Schoop	Curaçao	2013 Baltimore Orioles
Devon Travis	Boynton Beach, Florida	2015 Toronto Blue Jays
Dario Pizzano	Saugus, Massachusetts	2012 Pulaski Mariners (MiLB)

Teams

Between five and twelve quailcation 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
Boynton Beach, Florida Southeast East Boynton Beach Little League	Salisbury, Maryland Mid-Atlantic West Salisbury Little League	Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean Pabao Little League	Taichung Pacific
Saugus, Massachusetts New England Saugus American Little League	Urbandale, Iowa Midwest Urbandale Little League	Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada Glace Bay Little League	Valencia Latin America Los Leones
Tallmadge, Ohio Great Lakes Tallmadge Little League	Las Vegas, Nevada West Mountain Ridge Little League	Tokyo, Japan Asia Edogawa Minami	Nuevo Laredo Mexico Oriente
Richland, Washington Northwest Pacific Little League	Richmond, Texas Southwest Lamar Little League	Dhahran Transatlantic Arabian-American	Moscow Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Brattevo

Pool play

The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 24 to play for the Little League world championship.

**Pool A**
Region	Record
New England	3-0
Southeast	2-1
Great Lakes	1-2
Northwest	0-3

**Pool B**
Region	Record
West	3-0
Southwest	2-1
Mid-Atlantic	1-2
Midwest	0-3

August 15

New England	2-1	Great Lakes
Southeast	8-1	Northwest

August 16

Southwest	7-2	Midwest
Mid-Atlantic	1-5	West

August 17

Great Lakes	2-7^†	Southeast
West	10-4	Southwest
Northwest	1-2	New England
Midwest	7-8	Mid-Atlantic

August 18

Northwest	4-5	Great Lakes
New England	4-3	Southeast

August 19

Southwest	7-1	Mid-Atlantic
West	8-7	Midwest

International

**Pool C**
Region	Record
Japan	3-0
Caribbean	2-1
Transatlantic	1-2
Canada	0-3

**Pool D**
Region	Record
Latin America	3-0
Mexico	2-1
EMEA	1-2
Pacific	0-3

August 15

Caribbean

1-4

Asia

August 16

Latin America	9-0	Pacific
EMEA	1-2	Mexico

August 17

Transatlantic	3-2^†	Canada
EMEA	2-0	Pacific

August 18

Caribbean	9-2^†	Transatlantic
Pacific	3-11	Mexico
Latin America	7-1	EMEA
Asia	7-0	Canada

August 19

Latin America	6-2	Mexico
Asia	17-0^‡ (4 innings)	Transatlantic
Caribbean	2-1	Canada

Elimination rounds

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

August 20 - Lamade

Altagracia, Zulia, Venezuela	0
		August 23 - Lamade
Willemstad, Curaçao	10
		Willemstad, Curaçao	6
August 21 - Lamade
		Tokyo, Japan	14
Tokyo, Japan	7
				August 24 - Lamade
Mexico City	1
				Tokyo, Japan	10
August 20 - Lamade
				Boynton Beach, Florida	1
Chandler, Arizona	1
		August 23 - Lamade
Boynton Beach, Florida	4
		Boynton Beach, Florida	9
August 21 - Lamade
		Saugus, Massachusetts	2	Third place
Saugus, Massachusetts	14
				August 24 - Volunteer
Richmond, Texas	13
				Saugus, Massachusetts	1

				Willemstad, Curaçao	5

2003 Little League World Series Champions
Musashi-Fuchu Little League Tokyo, Japan

References

Notes

† Postponed (rained out)
‡ Game ended by "mercy rule" (at least 10-run difference through 5 innings)

External links

2003 official results via Wayback Machine
Recap of championship game via Wayback Machine