2013 Little League World Series
The Little League World Series was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, from August 15 until August 25. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 67th edition of this tournament. The Musashi-Fuchū Little League of Tokyo, Japan, defeated the Eastlake Little League of Chula Vista, California, 6–4 in the championship game. For the country of Japan, this was their ninth LLWS championship overall, second consecutive, and the third in four years. This was the last World Series to feature players born in the 20th century.
Tournament changes
It was announced on August 29, 2012 that three of the eight international regions had been realigned. The results of the realignment included Australia having its own region, meaning that the national champion of that country would be given a berth into the Little League World Series. Also, teams from Middle Eastern countries would compete to qualify with teams in the Asia-Pacific Region to form the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region. Teams from Africa would compete to qualify with teams from Europe to form the Europe and Africa region.Teams
United States | International |
Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan Great Lakes Region Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores Little League | Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region Chung-Ping Little League |
Newark, Delaware Mid-Atlantic Region Newark National Little League | Perth, Western Australia Australia Region Perth Metro Central Little League |
Urbandale, Iowa Midwest Region Urbandale Little League | Nepean, Ontario Canada Region East Nepean Little League |
Westport, Connecticut New England Region Westport Little League | San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico Caribbean Region Samaritana Little League |
Sammamish, Washington Northwest Region Eastlake Little League | Brno, Czech Republic Europe and Africa Region South Moravia Little League |
Nashville, Tennessee Southeast Region South Nashville Little League | Fuchū, Tokyo Japan Region Musashi Fuchū Little League |
Corpus Christi, Texas Southwest Region Universal Little League | Aguadulce, Panama Latin America Region Aguadulce Cabezera Little League |
Chula Vista, California West Region Eastlake Little League | Tijuana, Baja California Mexico Region Municipal De Tijuana Little League |
- Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball. For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.
Team Rosters
Asia-Pacific Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei | Australia Perth, WA | Canada Nepean, ON | Caribbean San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico | Europe-Africa Brno, Czech Republic | Japan Fuchu, Tokyo | Latin America Aguadulce, Panama | Mexico Tijuana, Baja California |
Shih-Che Chou Shao-Hua Chung Yu-Chun Chung Chao-Wei Huang Huai-Chien Lan Chen-Hsun Lee Shu-Ming Lee Chia-Ming Lin Teng-Yu Wang Kai-En Wu Tung-Hua Yeh Ching-Fong Yu Teng-Yao Yu | Zachariah Artingstall Mitchell Brown Chase Diggins Kieren Hall Maverick Hamilton Caydyn Hancock Todd Hatcher Luke Houston Danny Ivester Jake Sheldon Zane Tavinor Michael Tovey Shane Turner Dylan Walsh | Angus Adams David Caon Cole Dennison Justin Dineen Davide Disipio Caden Griffin David Legault Kai Nguyen Ken Nguyen Will Riopelle Clay Surrett Jack Walsh Jason Zhang | Robert Addarich Pedro Aponte Edgar Baez Yan Contreras Braulio Flores Leonardo Lizardi Yamil Munoz Jan Osorio Pablo Sanchez Gabriel Santiago Tommylee Sierra Israel Velazquez Yamil Velazquez | Tomas Chadim Christian Geidl Lukas Hlouch Krystof Jan Hruza Tomas Jurcik Marek Krejcirik Tomas Kuba Eliska Stejskalova Daniel Stoudek Martin Svihalek Robin Vavra Victor Vecerka | Takuma Gomi Ryusei Hirooka Kazuki Ishida Kyousuke Kobayashi Sho Miyao Kouyou Mizushima Tatsuki Nagano Seiya Nishino Dai Okada Keita Saito Jintarou Shiina Shunpei Takagi Ryutarro Takeo Kensuke Tsuchida | Jordan Agrazal Jean Cornejo Juan Crisp Carmelo Cruz Radameth De Leon Rafael Eysseric Daniel Fernandez Jose Gonzalez Armando Lopez Daniel Polo Edgardo Rosales Azarel Salado Jean Mar Sanchez Tomas Sarmiento | Alexander Artalejo Miguel Artalejo Luis Corral Jorge Duenas Saul Favela Martin Gonzalez Axcel Mandujano Luis Manzo Ramon Mendoza Brandon Meza Brandon Montes Jorge Rodriguez Jorge Romero |
Results
The drawing to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 13, 2013.United States bracket
International bracket
Crossover games
Teams that lose their first two games get to play a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games are labeled Game A and Game B.Consolation game
The consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.World Championship
2013 Little League World Series Champions |
Musashi-Fuchū Little League Tokyo, Japan |