2016 Little League World Series


The 2016 Little League World Series was held August 18–28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 70th edition of the tournament. The Maine–Endwell Little League of Maine–Endwell, New York, defeated the East Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea, in the championship game by a 2–1 score. It was the first Little League World Series title for a team from the United States since, and for the state of New York, the first since.

Teams

Regional qualifying tournaments will be held between June and August 2016.
United StatesInternational
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Great Lakes Region
Bowling Green Eastern Little League		 Seoul, South Korea
Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region
East Seoul Little League
Endwell, New York
Mid-Atlantic Region
Maine-Endwell Little League		 Sydney, New South Wales
Australia Region
Hills Little League
Johnston, Iowa
Midwest Region
Johnston Little League		 Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Region
Hastings Community Little League
Warwick, Rhode Island
New England Region
Warwick North Little League		 Willemstad, Curaçao
Caribbean Region
Pariba Little League
Bend, Oregon
Northwest Region
Bend North Little League		 Emilia, Italy
Europe and Africa Region
Emilia Little League
Goodlettsville, Tennessee
Southeast Region
Goodlettsville Baseball Little League		 Tokyo
Japan Region
Chofu Little League
San Antonio, Texas
Southwest Region
McAllister Park American Little League		 Aguadulce, Panama
Latin America Region
Aguadulce Cabezera Little League
Chula Vista, California
West Region
Park View Little League		 San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo Leon
Mexico Region
San Nicolás Little League

Team Rosters

Asia-Pacific
Seoul, South Korea		 Australia
Sydney, NSW		 Canada
Vancouver, BC		Caribbean
Willemstad, Curacao		Europe-Africa
Emilia, Italy		 Japan
Tokyo		Latin America
Aguadulce, Panama		 Mexico
San Nicolas de los Garza
Junseo Cho
Wontae Cho
Minho Choi
Youbin Choi
Junho Jeong
Jaekyeong Kim
Moosung Kim
Seunghyun Kim
Seum Kwon
Sung Gyu Kim
Yoomin Lee
Sangheon Park
Jungtaek Ru		Clayton Campbell
Mathew Clements
Stephen Courtney
William Edwards
Ryley Gonzalez
Brent Iredale
Thomas Jackson
Adrian Lautier
Roan North
Ethan Treble
Mitchell Tritton
William Unitt
Harrison Wheeldon		Nicola Barba
Nathan Clegg
Sean Coventry
Antonio Cusati
Stefano Dal Sasso
Liam Lewis
Liam MacLean
Aaron Mak
Anthony Porcellato
Matteo Ripoli
Cristian Santarelli
Loreto Siniscalchi
Lucas Sorace		Donovan Antonia
Karim Ayubi
Jazlinn Bianchi
Jurrangelo Cijntje
Nazir Fernandez
Jadon Gosepa
Allen-Amin Hollander
Nair Jamanika
Jakey Josepha
Egory Manuela
Gedionne Marlin
Christopher Marshall
Danchelo Valentina
Michael Vilchez		Tommaso Adorni
Alessandro Beccari
Ousemma Bouraoui
Alessandro Ercolani
Samuele Gamberini
Michele Ghidoni
Tommaso Ghidoni
Simone Ioli
Filippo Laghi
Gabriele Persici
Elia Sartini
Francesco Segreto
Federico Tiburtini
Leonardo Zambernardi		Jo Adachi
Ryota Endo
So Hirao
Sosuke Igawa
Rin Ikemoto
Rio Inoue
Takumi Ito
Akira Jozawa
Genki Matsuura
Yujiro Moriya
Taira Ogawa
Shotoku Sato
Tatsuya Suzuki
Sea Takahashi		Leonardo Bernal
Edwar Bethancourth
Anel Calderon
Harrison Castillo
Manuel Cruz
Abel DeLeon
Carlos Gonzalez
Benedicto Jaen
Melvin Jaramillo
Esmith Pineda
Eward Rodriguez
Tomas Sarmiento
Joaquin Tejada
Jose Torres		Diego Cantu
Gael Cortez
Eduardo Gael Garcia
Milton Gonzalez
Patricio Juarez
Victor Juarez
Jose Leal
Raul Lopez
Fabian Mar
Jose Miranda
Luis Nuncio
Francisco Torres
Alejandro Trevino
Rene Villarreal

Results

The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 16, 2016.

United States bracket

International bracket

Consolation 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.

Third place game

This consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.

World Championship

2016 Little League World Series Champions

Maine-Endwell Little League
''' Maine-Endwell, New York

Home Run Count

Champions Path

The Maine-Endwell Little League became only the third team from New York state to win the Little League World Series. The MELL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record of 19 wins and no losses; in total, their record was 24–0.