Jump to content

Senior League World Series

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Senior League World Series
Most recent season or competition:
2024 Senior League World Series
SportBaseball
Founded1961
No. of teams12
CountryInternational
Most recent
champion(s)		Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela
Most titlesTaiwan Taiwan (17)
Official websiteLittleLeague.org
See also: Junior, Senior & Big League Baseball

The Senior League World Series is a baseball tournament for adolescents aged 13 to 16 years old that began in 1961.[1] In 2017, the tournament was moved from Bangor, Maine to Easley, South Carolina. (Easley was the site of the Big League World Series from 2001 to 2016. The Big League division was discontinued after the 2016 Big League World Series.) It is patterned after the Little League World Series, which was named for the World Series in Major League Baseball since 2002.

The Senior League World Series is one of seven 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 format

[edit]
Further information: Category:Senior League World Series regions

The six United States regions are:

The six International regions are:

The teams are placed into two six-team modified-double-elimination brackets based on geography (US and International) The semi-final winners play for the championship, televised on a network of ESPN. All semi-final and championship matches are single-elimination games.

From 2002 to 2014, a pool-play format was used. Beginning in 2015, each pool plays a modified double-elimination format until only 2 teams remain in each pool. The two remaining teams in their respective pools then play in a single-elimination, semi-final match, with the two winning teams playing in the championship. From 1967–2002 the tournament was straight double-elimination, from 1961–66 it was single–elimination. From 1990 to 2001, a placement bracket was used to determine third place.

Before 2017, the Senior League was the only division of Little League that did not sort teams based on geography.

Locations

[edit]

The Senior League World Series has been held at eight different sites.[2]

Champions

[edit]
See also: List of Little League World Series champions by division
Year Winner Region Score Runner–Up Region
1961 Pennsylvania Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania 8–1 North Carolina Sylva, North Carolina
1962 New York (state) West Hempstead, New York East 8–2 California La Habra, Southern California West
1963 Mexico Monterrey, Mexico Mexico 9–3 California Downey, Southern California West
1964 New York (state) Massapequa, New York East 2–1 Texas Brenham, Texas South
1965 Mexico Monterrey, Mexico Mexico 5–0 Texas El Campo, Texas South
1966 New York (state) East Rochester, New York East 4–2 California La Habra, Southern California West
1967 New York (state) Westbury, New York East 11–3 Iowa West Des Moines, Iowa Host
1968 New York (state) New Hyde Park, New York East 6–3 Florida West Tampa, Florida South
1969 California Sacramento, Northern California West 9–1 Indiana Gary, Indiana Host
1970 Florida West Tampa, Florida South 2–1 New York (state) Throggs Neck, New York East
1971 California La Habra, Southern California West 1–0 Virginia Richmond, Virginia South
1972 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East 9–0 California Oxnard, Southern California West
1973 Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Far East 4–0 Maryland Oxon Hill, Maryland East
1974 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East 5–1 North Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina South
1975 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East 5–0 Illinois Chicago, Illinois North
1976 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East 12–5 & 14–5 Hawaii Aiea, Hawaii West
1977 Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Far East 5–1 Florida Orlando, Florida South
1978 Taiwan Hualien, Taiwan Far East 3–2 Illinois Burbank, Illinois North
1979 Taiwan Taichung, Taiwan Far East 4–3 & 5–0 Florida Tampa, Florida South
1980 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East 12–4 Hawaii Kaneohe, Hawaii West
1981 Delaware Georgetown, Delaware East 15–4 California Danville, Northern California West
1982 California Santa Barbara, Southern California West 11–4 Florida Orange Park, Florida South
1983 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East 6–4 Netherlands Antilles Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles Caribbean
1984 Florida Altamonte Springs, Florida South 10–7 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East
1985 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East 3–2 Netherlands Antilles Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles Caribbean
1986 Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Far East 5–3 Texas Brenham, Texas South
1987 Ohio Athens, Ohio North 3–2 & 12–4 Florida Tampa, Florida South
1988 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East 10–4 Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela Latin America
1989 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East 2–1 & 5–3 Canada Surrey, Canada Canada
1990 Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan Far East 8–0 California Danville, Northern California West
1991 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East 2–1 & 8–3 Hawaii Pearl City, Hawaii West
1992 Taiwan Pingtung, Taiwan Far East 1–6 & 8–1 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Latin America
1993 Dominican Republic La Vega, Dominican Republic Latin America 3–1 & 7–3 Taiwan Taipei Taiwan Far East
1994 Florida Brandon, Florida South 13–5 Michigan Midland, Michigan North
1995 Florida Dunedin, Florida South 3–2 Indiana Clarksville, Indiana North
1996 Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela Latin America 4–2 California Thousand Oaks, Southern California West
1997 Venezuela San Francisco, Venezuela Latin America 10–13 & 3–0 California Yucaipa, Southern California West
1998 California Diamond Bar, Southern California West 9–6 Florida Conway, Florida Host
1999 Florida Conway, Florida Host 10–2 Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela Latin America
2000 Panama Panama City, Panama Latin America 4–2 & 9–7 Florida Pinellas Park, Florida South
2001 Florida Palm Harbor, Florida South 7–4 Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela Latin America
2002 Curaçao Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean 8–4 Florida Boynton Beach, Florida South
2003 Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii West 16–8 Virginia Chesterfield, Virginia South
2004 New Jersey Freehold Township, New Jersey East 10–1 California El Rio, Southern California West
2005 Iowa Urbandale, Iowa Central 7–2 Hawaii Pearl City, Hawaii West
2006 Venezuela Punto Fijo, Venezuela Latin America 4–2 Hawaii Pearl City, Hawaii West
2007 Georgia (U.S. state) Cartersville, Georgia South 9–0 Venezuela Punto Fijo, Venezuela Latin America
2008 New Jersey Upper Deerfield Township, New Jersey East 10–8 Curaçao Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean
2009 Texas Houston, East Texas Southwest 9–7 California Fremont, Northern California West
2010 Aruba San Nicolaas, Aruba Caribbean 8–1 Maine Bangor, Maine Host
2011 Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii West 11–1 Texas Tyler, East Texas Southwest
2012 Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala Latin America 6–3 California Lemon Grove, Southern California West
2013 Panama Chitré, Panama Latin America 2–1 Pennsylvania Kennett Square, Pennsylvania East
2014 Texas Houston, East Texas Southwest 7–4 Curaçao Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean
2015 Texas Houston, East Texas Southwest 8–1 Ohio Holmes County, Ohio Central
2016 Illinois Chicago, Illinois Central 7–2 Australia Melbourne, Australia Asia–Pacific
2017 Panama Aguadulce, Panama Latin America 5–4 Florida Coral Springs, Florida Southeast
2018 Curaçao Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean 7–2 Delaware Wilmington, Delaware East
2019 Hawaii Wailuku, Hawaii West 11–0(F/6) Curaçao Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis[3]
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis
2022 Puerto Rico Guayama, Puerto Rico Caribbean 10–5 Virginia Norfolk, Virginia Southeast
2023 Curaçao Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean 14–1 New Jersey Cherry Hill, New Jersey East
2024 Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela Latin America 9–3 South Carolina Irmo, South Carolina Southeast
Year Winner Region Score Runner–Up Region

Championship tally

[edit]

Championships won by country/state

[edit]
Country/State Championships Last
Taiwan Taiwan 17 1992
New York (state) New York 5 1968
Florida Florida 2001
Venezuela Venezuela 4 2024
California Southern California 3 1998
Texas East Texas 2015
Panama Panama 2017
Hawaii Hawaii 2019
Curaçao Curaçao 2023
Mexico Mexico 2 1965
New Jersey New Jersey 2008
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 1 1961
California Northern California 1969
Delaware Delaware 1981
Ohio Ohio 1987
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 1993
Florida Host 1999
Iowa Iowa 2005
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 2007
Aruba Aruba 2010
Guatemala Guatemala 2012
Illinois Illinois 2016
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 2022

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Senior League Baseball Archived 2009-05-13 at the Wayback Machine. Little League Baseball Incorporated. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  2. ^ Osceola Wins Bid for Baseball Tourney. [1]. Orlando Sentinel.
  3. ^ "Little League® Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments". 30 April 2020.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Senior_League_World_Series&oldid=1247777429"