2005 Little League World Series


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 Little League World Series championship game was won with a walk-off home run, which Michael Memea hit in the bottom of the 7th inning.
The tournament used two venues, both in South Williamsport:
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 APool BPool CPool 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.

RankRegionRecord
1 California3–0
2 Louisiana2–1
3 Maine1–2
4 Kentucky0–3

All times US EDT

International

RankRegionRecord
1 Japan3–0
2 Curaçao2–1
3 Venezuela1–2
4 Saudi Arabia0–3

All times US EDT

Elimination round

2005 Little League World Series Champions

West Oahu Little League
ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii

Notable players

- Oakland Athletics - Infielder
Max Moroff - Pittsburgh Pirates - Baseball - Infielder
Andrew Stevenson - Washington Nationals - Baseball - Outfielder
Johnny Dee - CB Sevilla - Basketball - Shortstop

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. In total, their record was 16–0.