2005 Little League World Series

2005 Little League World Series
Tournament details
Dates	August 19–August 28
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	West Oahu Little League; ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii
Runner-up	Pabao Little League; Willemstad, Curaçao
	← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Little League World Series took place between August 19 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The West Oahu Little League of ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, defeated the defending champion Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao, in the championship game of the 59th Little League World Series. This was the second time that the championship game was won with a walk-off home run,^[1] which Michael Memea hit in the bottom of the 7th inning.

The tournament used two venues, both in South Williamsport:

Howard J. Lamade Stadium – the main stadium, completed in 1959, with seating capacity for 10,000 in the main stands and hillside terrace seating for up to 30,000 more
Little League Volunteer Stadium – opened in 2001; seats approximately 5,000

Qualification

Between five and twelve teams 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
ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii Northwest Region West Oahu Little League	Vista, California West Region Rancho Buena Vista Little League	Mangilao-Barrigada, Guam Pacific Region Central East Little League	Chiba City, Japan Asia Region Chiba City Little League
Maitland, Florida Southeast Region Maitland Little League	Lafayette, Louisiana Southwest Region Lafayette Little League	Surrey, British Columbia Canada Region Whalley Little League	Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean Region Pabao Little League
Newtown, Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic Region Council Rock Little League	Westbrook, Maine New England Region Westbrook Little League	Mexicali Mexico Region Seguro Social Little League	Valencia, Venezuela Latin America Region Los Leones Little League
Davenport, Iowa Midwest Region Northwest Little League	Owensboro, Kentucky Great Lakes Region Southern Little League	Moscow, Russia EMEA Region Brateevo Little League	Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Transatlantic Region Arabian-American Little League

Results

Pool play

The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 28 to play for the Little League world championship.

United States

**Pool A**
Rank	Region	Record
1	Hawaii	3–0
2	Florida	2–1
3	Pennsylvania	1–2
4	Iowa	0–3

**Pool B**
Rank	Region	Record
1	California	3–0
2	Louisiana	2–1
3	Maine	1–2
4	Kentucky	0–3

All times US EDT

Pool	Away	Score	Home	Score	Time (Venue)
August 19
A	Hawaii	7	Pennsylvania	1	4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
A	Florida	7	Iowa	3	8:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 20
B	Maine	2	Louisiana	3	11:00 am (Volunteer Stadium)
B	California	7	Kentucky	2	3:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
A	Florida	3	Pennsylvania	1	8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 21
B	Kentucky	8	Louisiana	9	1:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
A	Iowa	3	Hawaii	7	3:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
B	Maine	3	California	7	8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 22
A	Hawaii	10	Florida	0	3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B	Iowa	0	Pennsylvania	15 (F/4)	8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 23
B	Kentucky	2	Maine	3	3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B	Louisiana	3	California	9	7:30 pm (Lamade Stadium)

International

**Pool C**
Rank	Region	Record
1	Guam	3–0
2	Canada	2–1
3	Mexico	1–2
4	Russia	0–3

**Pool D**
Rank	Region	Record
1	Japan	3–0
2	Curaçao	2–1
3	Venezuela	1–2
4	Saudi Arabia	0–3

All times US EDT

Pool	Away	Score	Home	Score	Time (Venue)
August 19
C	Guam	6	Russia	2	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 20
D	Japan	3	Saudi Arabia	0	1:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
D	Curaçao	5 (F/8)	Venezuela	4	4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
C	Canada	2	Mexico	0	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 21
C	Canada	0	Guam	5	5:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
D	Japan	9	Curaçao	0	7:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 22
C	Russia	0	Mexico	7	11:00 am (Lamade Stadium)
D	Japan	7	Venezuela	4	1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
D	Saudi Arabia	0	Curaçao	3	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 23
C	Canada	2	Russia	1	11:00 am (Lamade Stadium)
D	Saudi Arabia	0	Venezuela	4	1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
C	Guam	5	Mexico	3	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)

Elimination round

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

August 24 - Lamade (F/5)

Japan	11
		August 27 - Lamade
Canada	0
		Japan	0
August 25 - Lamade (F/5)
		Curaçao	2
Guam	1
				August 28 - Lamade (F/7)
Curaçao	16
				Curaçao	6
August 24 - Lamade
				Hawaii	7
California	6
		August 27 - Lamade
Florida	2
		California	1
August 25 - Lamade
		Hawaii	6	Third place
Hawaii	2
				August 28 - Volunteer
Louisiana	0
				Japan	4

				California	5

2005 Little League World Series Champions
West Oahu Little League ʻʻEwa Beach, Hawaii

Notable players

Dante Bichette Jr. (Southeast) - Professional baseball player, brother of Bo Bichette and son of Dante Bichette
Johnny Dee (West) - Basketball player for CB Sevilla of the Liga ACB
Max Moroff (Southeast) - Infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians
Jurickson Profar (Caribbean) - Infielder for the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres
Andrew Stevenson (Southwest) - Outfielder for the Washington Nationals, Minnesota Twins, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Coaches

Dante Bichette (Southeast) - Former outfielder for the Colorado Rockies
Mike Stanley (Southeast) - Former catcher for the New York Yankees

Champion's path

According to the information provided at Unpage.com, the West Oahu LL won all ten of its games to reach the LLWS.^[2]^[3] In total, their record was 16–0.

Round	Opposition	Result
Hawaii State Tournament
Winner's Bracket Semifinals	Pearl City LL	4–0
Winner's Bracket Finals	Hilo National LL	7–5
Championship	Pearl City LL	5–2
Northwest Regional
Group Stage	Murrayhill LL	17–1
Group Stage	Northwest Ada LL	16–5 (5 inn.)
Group Stage	Heights National LL	26–7 (4 inn.)
Group Stage	Dimond-West LL	10–0 (4 inn.)
Semifinals	Murrayhill LL	6–5
West Region Championship	Northwest Ada LL	12–1