2015 Little League World Series

2015 Little League World Series
Dates	August 21– August 30
Teams participating	16
Champion	Tokyo Kitasuna Little League Tokyo, Japan
Runner-up	Red Land Little League Lewisberry, Pennsylvania

The 2015 Little League World Series was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania from August 21 until August 30, 2015.^[1] Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 69th edition of the tournament. The Tokyo Kitasuna Little League from Tokyo, Japan defeated Red Land Little League of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania in the championship game, 18–11 - the most total runs scored in any final game (29). It was Japan's fourth title in the past six years. The tournament was originally scheduled to begin on August 20, however, inclement weather resulted in the postponement of all first day games, moving all of the games to Friday, which resulted in eight games being played on that day, a World Series first.^[2]

Teams

United States	International
Bowling Green, Kentucky Great Lakes Region Bowling Green Eastern	Taipei, Chinese Taipei Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region Tung Yuan
Lewisberry, Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic Region Red Land	Sydney, New South Wales Australia Region Cronulla
Webb City, Missouri Midwest Region Webb City	White Rock, British Columbia Canada Region White Rock South Surrey
Cranston, Rhode Island New England Region Cranston Western	Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Caribbean Region Los Bravos de Pontezuela
Portland, Oregon Northwest Region Wilshire/Riverside	Kampala, Uganda Europe and Africa Region AVRS Secondary School
Taylors, South Carolina Southeast Region Northwood	Tokyo Japan Region Tokyo Kitasuna
Pearland, Texas Southwest Region Pearland West	Barquisimeto, Venezuela Latin America Region Cardenales
Bonita, California West Region Sweetwater Valley	Mexicali, Baja California Mexico Region Seguro Social

• 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 (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.

Results

The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 10, 2015.^[1]

United States bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3					U.S. Semifinal					U.S. Championship
	Winner's Bracket
		Texas	1
		Oregon	0
							Texas	8
							California	4
		Kentucky	2
		California (F/4)	14
												Texas	0
												Pennsylvania	3
		South Carolina	7
		Rhode Island	1
							South Carolina	8
							Pennsylvania	9
		Pennsylvania (F/4)	18
		Missouri	0																			Pennsylvania	3
																						Texas	2
	Loser's Bracket
		Oregon	5
		Kentucky	7				South Carolina	3
							Kentucky	4
												Kentucky	3
		Rhode Island	6									California	11				Texas (F/8)	9
		Missouri	3				California	10									California	7
							Rhode Island	3

International bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3					International Semifinal					International Championship
	Winner's Bracket
		Uganda	4
		Dominican Republic	1
							Uganda	0
							Venezuela	7
		Venezuela	5
		Australia	2
												Venezuela	4
												Japan (F/8)	5
		Canada	0
		Mexico	1
							Mexico	1
							Japan	3
		Japan	7
		Chinese Taipei	5																			Japan (F/7)	1
																						Mexico	0
	Loser's Bracket
		Australia	3
		Dominican Republic	0				Mexico (F/4)	14
							Australia	3
												Mexico (F/5)	11
		Chinese Taipei (F/4)	16									Chinese Taipei	1				Venezuela	0
		Canada	4				Uganda	0									Mexico	11
							Chinese Taipei	5

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.

	Game A
	August 24 – Lamade Stadium
	Oregon	3
	Dominican Republic	7

	Game B
	August 25 – Lamade Stadium
	Missouri	18
	Canada	6

Third place game

The third place game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.

	Third place game
	August 30 – Lamade Stadium
	Texas	6
	Mexico	4

World Championship

	World Championship
	August 30 – Lamade Stadium
	Japan	18
	Pennsylvania	11

2015 Little League World Series Champions
Tokyo Kitasuna Little League Tokyo, Japan

Champions path

The Kitasuna LL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record of eight wins and no losses.^[3] In total, their record was 13-0

Round	Opposition	Result
All-Tokyo Tournament
Opening Round	Ehime Konan LL	10-0 (F/5)
Quarterfinals	Fuji LL	10-0 (F/5)
Semifinals	Nagano Minami LL	4-1
Japan Championship	Hachioji LL	20-3 (F/4)
Japan Regional Tournament
Opening Round	Ehime Konan LL	10-0
Quarterfinals	Fuji LL	10-0 (F/5)
Semifinals	Nagano Minami	4-1
Finals	Hachioji	20-3 (F/4)

External links

• Official website

References