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List of Little League Softball World Series champions by division

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This article details the list of girls' Little League Softball World Series winners by division. There are currently three girls' Softball World Series tournaments conducted each summer by Little League Baseball and Softball (also known as Little League International). (There are also three boys' Softball World Series tournaments played each summer.[1])

Little League Softball Divisions

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Division Location First Held Age of players Series
Little League Softball Greenville, North Carolina 1974 11–12 years old Little League Softball World Series
Junior League Softball Kirkland, Washington 1999 12–14 years old Junior League Softball World Series
Senior League Softball Sussex County, Delaware 1976 13–16 years old Senior League Softball World Series
Big League Softball Discontinued in 2016 1982 14–18 years old Big League Softball World Series

Champions by year

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Year Little[2] Junior[3] Senior[4] Big[5]
1974 Florida Tampa, Florida First Held in 1999 First Held in 1976 First Held in 1982
1975 Oregon Medford, Oregon Not Yet Created Not Yet Created Not Yet Created
1976 California Salinas, N. California Florida Tampa, Florida
1977 California Salinas, N. California Florida Tampa, Florida
1978 Pennsylvania Shippensburg, Pennsylvania Florida Tampa, Florida
1979 Rhode Island North Providence, Rhode Island Michigan Gaylord, Michigan
1980 California Glendale, S. California Florida Naples, Florida
1981 Oregon Gresham, Oregon Pennsylvania Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
1982 California Glendale, S. California Florida Naples, Florida Florida Tampa, Florida
1983 Florida Naples, Florida Florida Orange Park, Florida Florida Tampa, Florida
1984 New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Florida Naples, Florida Pennsylvania Williamsport, Pennsylvania
1985 Illinois Brookfield, Illinois Iowa Des Moines, Iowa Pennsylvania Williamsport, Pennsylvania
1986 Florida Tampa, Florida Michigan Jenison, Michigan Ohio Tallmadge, Ohio
1987 Florida Tampa, Florida California Campbell, N. California California San Jose, N. California
1988 Florida Naples, Florida Oregon Tigard, Oregon Maine Portland, Maine
1989 Florida Naples, Florida Florida Naples, Florida Maine Portland, Maine
1990 California Glendale, S. California Florida Naples, Florida Pennsylvania Williamsport, Pennsylvania
1991 Florida Naples, Florida Florida Naples, Florida Texas Waco, W. Texas
1992 Texas Waco, W. Texas Florida Naples, Florida Florida Orlando, Florida
1993 Texas Waco, W. Texas Florida Naples, Florida Washington (state) Kirkland, Washington
1994 Texas Waco, W. Texas Florida Naples, Florida Pennsylvania Williamsport, Pennsylvania
1995 Texas Waco, W. Texas Florida Naples, Florida Florida Tampa, Florida
1996 Florida Clearwater, Florida Florida Naples, Florida California Lancaster, S. California
1997 Texas Waco, W. Texas California Lancaster, S. California Maryland Waldorf, Maryland
1998 Texas Waco, W. Texas Michigan Portage, Michigan Maryland Waldorf, Maryland
1999 Texas Waco, W. Texas Texas Waco, W. Texas Delaware Wilmington, Delaware Maryland Waldorf, Maryland
2000 Texas Waco, W. Texas Florida Naples, Florida Arizona Eloy, Arizona Michigan Kalamazoo, Michigan (H)
2001 Puerto Rico Maunabo, Puerto Rico Florida Naples, Florida California Glendale, S. California Maryland Waldorf, Maryland
2002 Texas Waco, W. Texas Netherlands Apeldoorn, Netherlands Texas Waco, W. Texas Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan
2003 Texas Waco, W. Texas Philippines Bacolod, Philippines North Carolina Pilot Mountain, North Carolina Maryland Waldorf, Maryland
2004 Texas Waco, W. Texas Indiana South Bend, Indiana Puerto Rico Maunabo, Puerto Rico Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan
2005 Virginia McLean, Virginia Florida Lake Wales, Florida Florida Tampa, Florida California Lancaster, S. California
2006 Michigan Mattawan, Michigan Florida Naples, Florida Pennsylvania Milton, Pennsylvania Michigan Kalamazoo, Michigan (H)
2007 Tennessee Morristown, Tennessee Puerto Rico Maunabo, Puerto Rico Texas San Antonio, W. Texas Connecticut Milford, Connecticut
2008 South Carolina Simpsonville, South Carolina Arizona Oro Valley, Arizona Puerto Rico Maunabo, Puerto Rico Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan
2009 Georgia (U.S. state) Warner Robins, Georgia Puerto Rico Maunabo, Puerto Rico Louisiana Calhoun, Louisiana Michigan Kalamazoo, Michigan (H)
2010 Georgia (U.S. state) Warner Robins, Georgia Puerto Rico Maunabo, Puerto Rico Texas San Antonio, W. Texas Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan
2011 Illinois Sterling, Illinois Michigan Croswell, Michigan Delaware Laurel, Delaware (H) Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan
2012 New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Puerto Rico Maunabo, Puerto Rico Philippines Manila, Philippines
2013 Arizona Tucson, Arizona Florida Tampa, Florida Indiana South Bend, Indiana Delaware Laurel, Delaware (H)
2014 New Jersey Robbinsville, New Jersey Pennsylvania Greensburg, Pennsylvania Indiana South Bend, Indiana Delaware Milford, Delaware
2015 North Carolina Rowan County, North Carolina Florida Tampa, Florida Montana Missoula, Montana Louisiana Calhoun, Louisiana
2016 Texas Helotes, W. Texas Puerto Rico Maunabo, Puerto Rico Florida Cape Coral, Florida Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico
2017 Texas Waco, W. Texas Ohio Poland, Ohio Delaware Georgetown, Delaware (H) Discontinued in 2016
2018 Ohio Wheelersburg, Ohio Utah Santa Clara, Utah Philippines Batangas, Philippines No Longer Held
2019 North Carolina Salisbury, North Carolina Florida Tampa, Florida Texas Waco, W. Texas
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis[6]
2021 Oklahoma Muskogee, Oklahoma Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis
2022 Texas Hewitt, W. Texas Michigan Jenison, Michigan Texas Waco, W. Texas
2023 New York (state) Massapequa, New York Philippines Bago, Philippines Illinois District 17, Illinois
2024 North Carolina Winterville, North Carolina Czech Republic Prague, Czech Republic Illinois Beardstown, Illinois
Year Little Junior Senior Big
  • (H) Host team

Statistics

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World Series won by Country / State

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Rank Country / State Total Little Junior Senior Big
1 Florida Florida 36 8 7 17 4
2 Texas West Texas 21 14 1 5 1
3 Michigan Michigan 11 1 2 3 5
4 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 9 1 4 3 1
5 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 8 1 1 2 4
6 California Southern California 7 3 0 2 2
7 MichiganDelaware Host Team(s) 6 0 0 2 4
8 Maryland Maryland 5 0 0 0 5
9 California Northern California 4 2 0 1 1
Philippines Philippines 4 0 2 1 1
10 Oregon Oregon 3 2 0 1 0
Arizona Arizona 3 1 1 1 0
Ohio Ohio 3 1 1 0 1
Indiana Indiana 3 0 1 2 0
North Carolina North Carolina 3 2 0 1 0
16 Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 2 2 0 0 0
Illinois Illinois 2 2 0 0 0
New Mexico New Mexico 2 2 0 0 0
Delaware Delaware 2 0 0 1 1
Louisiana Louisiana 2 0 0 1 1
Maine Maine 2 0 0 0 2
22 Rhode Island Rhode Island 1 1 0 0 0
Virginia Virginia 1 1 0 0 0
Tennessee Tennessee 1 1 0 0 0
South Carolina South Carolina 1 1 0 0 0
New Jersey New Jersey 1 1 0 0 0
Oklahoma Oklahoma 1 1 0 0 0
Netherlands Netherlands 1 0 1 0 0
Alaska Alaska 1 0 1 0 0
Utah Utah 1 0 1 0 0
Iowa Iowa 1 0 0 1 0
Montana Montana 1 0 0 1 0
Washington (state) Washington 1 0 0 0 1
Connecticut Connecticut 1 0 0 0 1
Rank Country / State Total Little Junior Senior Big

Most titles by tournament

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Winners of three World Series tournaments in the same year

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Little / Senior / Big Year
Florida Florida 1983^
  • ^ Won at every World Series level

Winners of two World Series tournaments in the same year

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Little / Junior Year
Texas West Texas 1999
Little / Senior Year
Florida Florida 1989, 1991, 1996
Texas West Texas 2002, 2022
Junior / Senior Year
Florida Florida 2005
Michigan Michigan 2011
Junior / Big Year
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 2016
Senior / Big Year
Florida Florida 1982, 1992, 1995
California Northern California 1987

References

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  1. ^ For a list of the boys' softball divisions, see: Little League Baseball#Softball division.
  2. ^ Past Divisional Champs – Little League Softball. [1]. littleleague.org
  3. ^ Past Divisional Champs – Junior League Softball. [2]. littleleague.org
  4. ^ Past Divisional Champs – Senior League Softball. [3]. littleleague.org
  5. ^ Past Divisional Champs – Big League Softball. [4]. littleleague.org
  6. ^ "Little League® Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments". 30 April 2020.