2014 Little League World Series qualification

Qualification for the 2014 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 10, 2014.[1]

2014 Little League World Series qualification
United States
Great Lakes Winner	New Albany, Indiana
Mid-Atlantic Winner	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Midwest Winner	Rapid City, South Dakota
New England Winner	Cumberland, Rhode Island
Northwest Winner	Lynnwood, Washington
Southeast Winner	Nashville, Tennessee
Southwest Winner	Pearland, Texas
West Winner	Las Vegas, Nevada
International
Asia-Pacific and Middle East Winner	Seoul, South Korea
Australia Winner	Perth, Western Australia
Canada Winner	Vancouver, British Columbia
Caribbean Winner	Humacao, Puerto Rico
Europe and Africa Winner	Brno, Czech Republic
Japan Winner	Tokyo
Latin America Winner	Maracaibo, Venezuela
Mexico Winner	Guadalupe, Nuevo León
Tournaments

United States

Great Lakes

The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 2–9.[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Illinois	Chicago	Jackie Robinson West	0-4*
Indiana	New Albany	New Albany	3–1
Wisconsin	Burlington	Burlington	2–2
Ohio	Canfield	Canfield	2–2
Michigan	Midland	Midland Northeast	1–3
Kentucky	Bowling Green	Warren County Southern	0–4

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 7 – Lawrence, IN (F/4)
	4  Ohio	6
					August 9 – Indianapolis
	1  Illinois	0*
					1  Illinois	0*
	August 7 – Indianapolis (F/4)
					2  Indiana	6
	3  Wisconsin	4
	2  Indiana	14

*On February 15, 2015, Jackie Robinson West Little League was forced to forfeit all its matches due to rules violations for fielding ineligible players - they are officially recorded as 6-0 victories for the opposing team. The Great Lakes Championship was retroactively awarded to the Indiana representative New Albany Little League.

Mid-Atlantic

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

State	City	LL Organization	Record
New Jersey	Toms River	Toms River	4–0
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Taney Youth Baseball Association	3–1
New York	Colonie	Colonie	2–2
Delaware	Newark	Newark National	2–2
Maryland	Salisbury	West Salisbury	1–3
Washington, D.C.		Northwest Washington	0–4

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 8 – Bristol
	4  Delaware	4
					August 10 – Bristol
	1  New Jersey	3
					4  Delaware	0
	August 8 – Bristol
					2  Pennsylvania	8
	3  New York	5
	2  Pennsylvania	6

Midwest

The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 1–8.[1]

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

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Minnesota	Plymouth/New Hope	Plymouth/New Hope	4–0
South Dakota	Rapid City	Canyon Lake	4–0
Missouri	Joplin	Joplin South	1–3
Nebraska	Kearney	Kearney	1–3
Iowa	Sioux City	Headid	1–3
Kansas	Frontenac	Frontenac	1–3

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 6 – Indianapolis
	4  Nebraska	11
					August 8 – Indianapolis (F/4)
	1  Minnesota	7
					4  Nebraska	4
	August 6 – Indianapolis
					2  South Dakota	15
	3  Missouri	3
	2  South Dakota	7

New England

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 1–9.[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Connecticut	Fairfield	Fairfield American	3–1
Rhode Island	Cumberland	Cumberland American	3–1
Maine	Falmouth	Falmouth	2–2
Massachusetts	Barnstable	Barnstable	2–2
New Hampshire	Goffstown	Goffstown	1–3
Vermont	Williston	Williston	1–3

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 7 – Bristol
	4  Massachusetts	0
					August 9 – Bristol
	1  Connecticut	9
					1  Connecticut	6
	August 7 – Bristol (F/8)
					2  Rhode Island	10
	3  Maine	4
	2  Rhode Island	13

Northwest

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

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Washington	Lynnwood	Pacific	4–0
Oregon	Bend	Bend North	3–1
Alaska	Eagle River	Knik	3–1
Montana	Billings	Boulder Arrowhead	1–3
Idaho	Lewiston	Lewiston	1–3
Wyoming	Cody	Cody	0–4

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 7 – San Bernardino
	4  Montana	3
					August 9 – San Bernardino
	1  Washington	10
					1  Washington	6
	August 7 – San Bernardino
					2  Oregon	3
	3  Alaska	6
	2  Oregon	7

Southeast

The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia from August 2–8.[1]

Pool A State City LL Organization Record  Florida Brandon South Brandon 2–1  Georgia^[a] Columbus Columbus Northern 2–1  North Carolina Clemmons Forsyth County 2–1  West Virginia Bridgeport Bridgeport 0–3

Pool B State City LL Organization Record  Virginia Richmond Tuckahoe American 2–1  Tennessee Nashville South Nashville 2–1  Alabama Jackson Jackson 1–2  South Carolina Taylors Northwood 1–2

• ^a Peachtree City National Little League of Peachtree City, Georgia won the Georgia state tournament by defeating Columbus Northern. However, Peachtree City was stripped of their title by virtue of having twelve players on the team whose league age was 12-years old. Little League regulations state that the maximum number for a team is eight.[2]

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 6 – Warner Robins (F/4)
	2B  Tennessee	13
					August 8 – Warner Robins
	1A  Florida	1
					2B  Tennessee	9
	August 6 – Warner Robins
					1B  Virginia	4
	2A  Georgia	7
	1B  Virginia	8

Southwest

The tournament took place in Waco, Texas from August 1–6.[1]

Pool A State City LL Organization Record  New Mexico Albuquerque Eastdale 3–0  Mississippi Biloxi Biloxi 2–1  Colorado Boulder North Boulder 1–2  Arkansas Pine Bluff Pine Bluff Western 0–3

Pool B State City LL Organization Record  Texas East Pearland Pearland Maroon 3–0  Louisiana Lake Charles South Lake Charles 2–1  Texas West San Antonio Northside Suburban 1–2  Oklahoma McAlester Pittsburg County 0–3

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 5 – Waco (F/7)
	2B  Louisiana	10
					August 6 – Waco
	1A  New Mexico	9
					2B  Louisiana	3
	August 5 – Waco
					1B  Texas East	7
	2A  Mississippi	6
	1B  Texas East	12

West

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

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Hawaii	Honolulu	Honolulu	4–0
Nevada	Las Vegas	Mountain Ridge	4–0
Southern California	Encinitas	Encinitas	2–2
Northern California	Pacifica	Pacifica American	1–3
Arizona	Chandler	Chandler National	1–3
Utah	St. George	Dixie youth baseball	0–4

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 8 – San Bernardino
	4 Northern California	1
					August 9 – San Bernardino
	1  Hawaii	0
					4 Northern California	2
	August 8 – San Bernardino
					2  Nevada	11
	3 Southern California	1
	2  Nevada	5

International

Asia-Pacific and Middle East

The tournament took place in Clark, Philippines from June 29–July 5.[1]

Pool A Country City LL Organization Record  Hong Kong, China 4–1  Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)^1 3–2  Saudi Arabia Dhahran Arabian American 3–2  Northern Mariana Islands 3–2  United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai 2–3  Vietnam Hanoi Hanoi 0–5

Pool B Country City LL Organization Record  South Korea Seoul Seoul 4–0  Philippines 3–1  Guam 2–2  Indonesia Jakarta Jakarta 1–3  New Zealand 0–4

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 4 – Philippines
	2B  Philippines	9
					July 5 – Philippines
	1A  Hong Kong	10
					1A  Hong Kong	0
	July 4 – Philippines
					1B  South Korea	11
	2A  Chinese Taipei	2
	1B  South Korea	9

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 Gold Coast, Queensland on June 4–9.[1] 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 Manly 3–1  Western Australia Perth Metro North 3–1  Queensland Brisbane South 2–2  Western Australia West Coast 2–2  Australian Capital Territory Canberra 0–4 Pool C State/Territory LL Organization Record  Queensland Brisbane Metro 3–1  Western Australia Perth Metro East 3–1  New South Wales Ryde North 2–2  Victoria Sunraysia 1–3  South Australia Adelaide Southern Districts 1–3

Pool B State/Territory LL Organization Record  Western Australia Perth Metro Central 4–0  New South Wales MacArthur 2–2  New South Wales Hills North 2–2  Queensland Brisbane North 2–2  Victoria Yarra Rangers 0–4 Pool D State/Territory LL Organization Record  Western Australia Swan Hills 4–0  New South Wales Cronulla North 3–1  South Australia Adelaide Southern Districts 2–2  Queensland Gold Coast 1–3  Victoria Northern Diamondbacks 0–4

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	June 7 – Gold Coast
	Swan Hills	7
					June 8 – Gold Coast (F/7)
	MacArthur	5
					Swan Hills	6
	June 7 – Gold Coast
					Manly	7
	Manly	6
									June 9 – Gold Coast (F/7)
	Brisbane Metro	0
									Manly	2
	June 7 – Gold Coast
									Perth Metro North	3
	Perth Metro Central	4
					June 8 – Gold Coast
	Perth Metro East	2
					Perth Metro Central	3
	June 7 – Gold Coast
					Perth Metro North	4
	Perth Metro North	4
	Cronulla North	2

Canada

The tournament took place in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec from August 1–10.[1]

Province	City	LL Organization	Record
Ontario	Toronto	High Park	6–0
British Columbia	Vancouver	South Vancouver	4–2
Alberta	Lethbridge	Lethbridge Southwest	4–2
Quebec	Montreal	Notre-Dame-de-Grace	4–2
Saskatchewan (Prairie Provinces)	Regina	North Regina	2–4
New Brunswick (Atlantic Provinces)	Lancaster	Lancaster	1–5
Quebec (Host)	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	Valleyfield	0–6

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 9 – Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
	4  Quebec	6
					August 10 – Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
	1  Ontario	7
					1  Ontario	1
	August 9 – Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
					2  British Columbia	4
	3  Alberta	0
	2  British Columbia	2

Caribbean

The tournament took place in Freeport, Bahamas from July 19–25.[1]

Pool A Country City LL Organization Record  United States Virgin Islands St. Thomas Elrod Hendrick West 3–1  Puerto Rico Humacao Miguel Luzunaris 3–1  Bonaire Kralendijk Bonaire 2–2  Bahamas (Host) Freeport Grand Bahamas 2–2  Cayman Islands George Town Cayman Islands 0–4

Pool B Country City LL Organization Record  Bahamas Nassau Freedom Farm 3–0  Curaçao Willemstad Pabao 2–1  Aruba Oranjestad Aruba North 1–2  Dominican Republic San Cristóbal Hector Delgado 0–3

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 24 – Freeport
	2B  Curaçao	6
					July 25 – Freeport
	1A  Virgin Islands	7
					1A  Virgin Islands	3
	July 24 – Freeport
					2A  Puerto Rico	14
	2A  Puerto Rico	6
	1B  Bahamas	4

Europe & Africa

The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland on July 14–21.[1][3]

Pool A Country City LL Organization Record  Italy Emilia Emilia 4–0  Netherlands Haarlem Kennemerland 3–1  Lithuania Vilnius Vilnius 2–2  Belarus Brest Brest Zubrs 1–3  Moldova Tiraspol Kvint 0–4 Pool C Country City LL Organization Record  Czech Republic Brno South Moravia 3–0  Belgium East Flanders Flanders East 2–1 Germany-US Ramstein Air Base KMC American 1–2  France Aquitaine Aquitaine 0–3

Pool B Country City LL Organization Record  Spain Catalonia Cataluña 4–0  United Kingdom London London Youth Baseball 3–1  Ukraine Kirovohrad Kirovograd 2–2  Serbia Belgrade Serbia 1–3  Poland Żory BUKS GepardyŻory 0–4

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

C1

Czech Republic

12

A2

Netherlands

6

A2

Netherlands

3

B2

United Kingdom

2

C1

Czech Republic

11

B1

Spain

6

B1

Spain

4

C2

Belgium

2

A1

Italy

1

A1

Italy

12

Japan

The first two rounds of the tournament were held on June 28, and the remaining two rounds were played on July 5. All games are played in Tokyo.[1]

Participating teams	Prefecture	City	LL Organization
Chūgoku Champions	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	Hiroshima Aki
Higashikanto Champions	Ibaraki	Ushiku	Ushiku
Hokkaido Champions	Hokkaido	Asahikawa	Asahikawa Chuo
Kanagawa Champions	Kanagawa	Hiratsuka	Hiratsuka
Kansai Champions	Osaka	Toyonaka	Toyonaka
Kansai Runner-Up	Osaka	Ibaraki	Osaka Ibaraki
Kitakanto Champions	Saitama	Ageo	Ageo Nishi
Kyushu Champions	Nagasaki	Nagasaki	Nagasaki Kita
Shikoku Champions	Ehime	Iyo District	Ehime Konan
Shin'etsu Champions	Niigata	Niigata	Niigata Minami
Tōhoku Champions	Fukushima	Shirakawa	Shirakawa
Tōhoku Runner-Up	Miyagi	Miyagi District	Miyagi Rifu
Tōkai Champions	Aichi	Handa	Chita
Tōkai Runner-Up	Shizuoka	Hamamatsu	Hamamatsu Minami
Tokyo Champions	Tokyo	Tokyo	Tokyo Kitasuna
Tokyo Runner-Up	Tokyo	Tokyo	Musashi Fuchu

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

June 28 – Tokyo

Tokyo Kitasuna

2

June 28 – Tokyo[4]

Niigata Minami

1

Tokyo Kitasuna

2

June 28 – Tokyo

Miyagi Rifu

1

Ageo Nishi

6

July 5 – Tokyo

Miyagi Rifu

7

Osaka Ibaraki

2

June 28 – Tokyo

Tokyo Kitasuna (F/4)

12

Ehime Konan

2

June 28 – Tokyo

Osaka Ibaraki

14

Osaka Ibaraki

9

June 28 – Tokyo

Ushiku

8

Ushiku

1

July 5 – Tokyo

Chita

0

Tokyo Kitasuna (F/4)

12

June 28 – Tokyo

Toyonaka

0

Shirakawa

21

June 28 – Tokyo[4]

Nagasaki Kita

5

Shirakawa

3

June 28 – Tokyo

Musashi Fuchu

4

Hiratsuka

0

July 5 – Tokyo

Musashi Fuchu (F/4)

10

Musashi Fuchu

4

June 28 – Tokyo

Toyonaka (F/8)

5

Hamamatsu Minami

4

June 28 – Tokyo

Hiroshima Aki

5

Hiroshima Aki

2

June 28 – Tokyo

Toyonaka

4

Toyonaka

3

Asahikawa Chuo

0

Latin America

The tournament took place in Managua, Nicaragua from June 22–29.[1]

Pool A Country City LL Organization Record  Nicaragua (A) Chinandega Chinandega 5–1  Colombia Cartagena Falcon 3–3  El Salvador San Salvador Ayabeisi 2–2  Guatemala Guatemala City Liga Pequeña Javier de Baseball 1–3  Costa Rica San José Upala 0–4

Pool B Country City LL Organization Record  Venezuela Maracaibo Coquivacoa 5–0  Panama Panama City Tomas Munoz 3–1  Nicaragua (B) Managua 14 de September 1–3  Honduras San Pedro Sula Liga Marinera 0–3

	Semi-finals				Final
	June 28 – Managua
	2B  Panama	5
					June 29 – Managua
	1A  Nicaragua	0
					2B  Panama	5
	June 28 – Managua
					1B  Venezuela	8
	2A  Colombia	2
	1B  Venezuela	4

Mexico

The tournament took place in Monterrey, Nuevo León during July 5–11.[1]

Pool A City LL Organization Record Mexicali, Baja California Félix Arce 6–0 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua El Granjero 5–1 Monterrey, Nuevo León Buenos Aires 4–2 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Oriente 3–3 Poza Rica, Veracruz Poza Rica A.C. 2–4 Saltillo, Coahuila Saltillo 1–5 Zapopan, Jalisco Legión Zapopan 0–6

Pool B City LL Organization Record Guadalupe, Nuevo León Linda Vista 6–0 Tijuana, Baja California Municipal De Tijuana 5–1 Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalara Sutaj 4–2 Matamoros, Tamaulipas Matamoros 3–3 Medellín, Veracruz Veracruzana Beto Avila 2–4 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Satélite 1–5 Monclova, Coahuila Carlos Segura Fabela 0–6

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 10 – Monterrey
	2B Municipal De Tijuana	7
					July 11 – Monterrey
	1A Félix Arce	11
					1A Félix Arce	6
	July 10 – Monterrey
					1B Linda Vista	12
	2A El Granjero	2
	1B Linda Vista	9

References

1. "Little League Baseball World Series Results". Littleleague.org. Little League. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
2. Paluska, Mike (August 4, 2014). "Metro Atlanta Little League team stripped of state championship". cbs46.com. WGCL-TV Atlanta. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
3. "2014 Little League Baseball Europe & Africa Regional Tournament" (PDF). eteamz.com/llbeurope. Little League Baseball Europe. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
4. Resumed on July 4 due to rain.