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Junior League World Series
Recurring baseball tournament for children ages 12-14 help in Taylor, Michigan
Recurring baseball tournament for children ages 12-14 help in Taylor, Michigan
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Junior League World Series |
| last_season | 2025 Junior League World Series |
| logo | Junior League World Series field, Heritage Park 2.jpg |
| caption | The field at Heritage Park in Taylor, Michigan |
| sport | Baseball |
| venue | Heritage Park |
| founded | 1981 |
| teams | 12 |
| country | International |
| champion | ROC Taichung, Taiwan |
| most_champs | Taiwan (11) |
| website | LittleLeague.org |
The Junior League World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 12, 13, and 14 years old. The tournament is held annually at Heritage Park in Taylor, Michigan. It is patterned after the Little League World Series, which was named for the World Series in Major League Baseball.
The Junior League World Series is one of eleven tournaments sponsored by Little League International. Each of them brings baseball or softball teams from around the world together in one of four age divisions. The tournament structure for each division's World Series is similar to that used for the Little League Baseball World Series.
Tournament history
The tournament started in 1981, and was originally created for 13-year-old players competing in Little League's Senior League division (which at the time included 13- to 15-year-olds). In 1999, Little league spun a separate Junior League division off from the Senior League division, which included 13- and 14-year-old players (currently, 15-year-olds are also eligible if their date of birth is after May 1 of the current season). Unlike the Little League World Series — which has sixteen regions (eight in the U.S. and eight international) — the Junior League World Series has only twelve regions. The twelve regional champions are divided into two pools (USA and International). The two best teams from each pool advance to the semi-finals, to determine the US champion and the International champion. The semi-final winners play for the World Series Championship. The losing teams face off in classification games.
Originally only US teams played in the tournament. As time progressed, however, international teams began to participate. The Puerto Rico Region was established as the first international region, in 1982. The Mexico Region followed in 1986, the Canada Region in 1988, the first European team in 1990, and the Australia Region in 2016. Prior to 2000, the Mexico and Puerto Rico regions each received automatic berths into the tournament. In 2000, a Latin America Region was formed and included the former Mexico and Puerto Rico regions. Starting in 2004, the Mexico Region now receives an automatic berth to the tournament in even-numbered years, while the Puerto Rico Region receives an automatic berth in odd-numbered years. (Each year, the teams from the region without an automatic berth instead participate in the Latin America Region tournament.) From 1985–89 the Michigan state champion received a slot as the Host Team. In 2018, the Host Team was brought back to the tournament as the sixth United States region.
The six United States regions are:
- Central
- East
- Host
- Southeast
- Southwest
- West
The six International regions are:
- Asia–Pacific
- Australia
- Canada
- Europe–Africa
- Latin America
- Mexico or Puerto Rico
List of champions
| Year | Winner | Region | Score | Runner–Up | Region | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Year | Winner | Region | Score | Runner–Up | Region | |
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| Ohio Boardman, Ohio | Central | 4–0 | Virginia Richmond, Virginia | South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Tampa, Florida | South | 6–1 | Illinois Libertyville, Illinois | Central | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRI Manatí, Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 3–0 | Florida Altamonte Springs, Florida | South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii Pearl City, Hawaii | West | 7–5 | PRI Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Tampa, Florida | South | 10–3 | Maryland Salisbury, Maryland | East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland Waldorf, Maryland | East | 4–3 | Ohio Athens County, Ohio | Central | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Rowland Heights, Southern California | West | 16–4 & 14–3 | New York Wappinger, New York | East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MEX Mexicali, Mexico | Mexico | 11–6 | Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii | West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRI Manatí, Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 2–9 & 9–2 | Georgia (U.S. state) Toccoa, Georgia | South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRI Yabucoa, Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 6–4 | Texas San Antonio, Texas | South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Spring, Texas | South | 2–7 & 7–1 | Nevada Henderson, Nevada | West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona Tucson, Arizona | West | 8–1 & 5–4 | Louisiana Lake Charles, Louisiana | South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRI Cayey, Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 9–1 | MEX Reynosa, Mexico | Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Thousand Oaks, Southern California | West | 20–3 | Ohio Hamilton, Ohio | Central | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Lake Charles, Louisiana | South | 3–4 & 8–2 | California Northridge, Southern California | West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Spring, Texas | South | 7–5 | Hawaii Aiea, Hawaii | West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire Salem, New Hampshire | East | 4–1 | California Mission Viejo, Southern California | West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Mission Viejo, Southern California | West | 6–2 & 9–6 | Texas Waco, Texas | South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRI Arroyo, Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 1–0 | MEX Hermosillo, Mexico | Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii Aiea, Hawaii | West | 2–1 | CAN Langley, Canada | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii Aiea, Hawaii | West | 6–5 | VEN San Francisco, Venezuela | Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia (U.S. state) Cartersville, Georgia | South | 3–2 | PAN David, Panama | Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California La Mirada, Southern California | West | 8–7 | PAN Santiago, Panama | Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Tampa, Florida | South | 5–2 | VEN Punto Fijo, Venezuela | Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PAN Panama City, Panama | Latin America | 3–0 | Florida Tarpon Springs, Florida | South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas El Campo, East Texas | Southwest | 2–1 | MEX Guaymas, Mexico | Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii Pearl City, Hawaii | West | 6–2 | PHI Makati, Philippines | Asia–Pacific | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CUR Willemstad, Curaçao | Latin America | 5–2 | Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii | West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona Scottsdale, Arizona | West | 9–1 | ARU Oranjestad, Aruba | Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROC Taipei, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | 9–1 | Texas Tyler, East Texas | Southwest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Tampa, Florida | Southeast | 2–1 | ROC Taoyuan, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Rockledge, Florida | Southeast | 12–10 | ARU Oranjestad, Aruba | Latin America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROC Taoyuan, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | 11–2 | Arizona Rio Rico, Arizona | West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROC Taichung, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | 9–1 | Texas Corpus Christi, West Texas | Southwest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROC Taichung, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | 12–0 | Virginia Stephens City, Virginia | Southeast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROC Taoyuan, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | 9–1 | Hawaii Kapaa, Hawaii | West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROC Taoyuan, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | 12–1(F/5) | Pennsylvania Kennett Square, Pennsylvania | East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROC Taoyuan, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | 2–0 | Texas Lufkin, East Texas | Southwest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Fullerton, Southern California | West | 8–3 | PRI Guayama, Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROC Taichung, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | 7–1 | Texas Corpus Christi, West Texas | Southwest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROC Taoyuan, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | 6–0 | Michigan Taylor, Michigan | Host | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROC Taoyuan, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | 5–0 | Michigan Taylor, Michigan | Host | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROC Taichung, Taiwan | Asia–Pacific | 8–1 | Georgia (U.S. state) Macon, Georgia | Southeast |
Championships won by country/state
| Team | Championships | Last |
|---|---|---|
| ROC Taiwan | 11 | 2025 |
| Puerto Rico Puerto Rico | 5 | 1999 |
| Florida Florida | 2012 | |
| California Southern California | 2019 | |
| Hawaii Hawaii | 4 | 2007 |
| Texas Texas | 3 | 2006 |
| Arizona Arizona | 2 | 2009 |
| Ohio Ohio | 1 | 1981 |
| Maryland Maryland | 1986 | |
| Mexico Mexico | 1988 | |
| Louisiana Louisiana | 1995 | |
| New Hampshire New Hampshire | 1997 | |
| Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | 2002 | |
| Panama Panama | 2005 | |
| Curaçao Curaçao | 2008 |
Footnotes
References
- [http://www.littleleague.org/learn/about/divisions/baseball/jlbb.htm Junior League Baseball] {{Webarchive. link. (July 4, 2012 . Little League. Retrieved 2010-08-22.)
- [http://www.littleleague.org/series/2010divisions/jlbb/series.htm 2010 Junior League Regional Tournaments and World Series Results] {{Webarchive. link. (February 22, 2014 . Little League Baseball Incorporated. Retrieved 2010-08-22.)
- "History of the Junior League Baseball World Series | City of Taylor".
- (30 April 2020). "Little League® Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments".
- "2021 Little League® World Series and Regional Tournament update".
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