Junior League World Series (softball)

The Junior League Softball World Series is a softball tournament for girls aged between 12 and 14.[1] The tournament is administered by Little League Baseball, Inc. and is held annually in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, Washington.

For the baseball world series, see Junior League World Series.

Tournament format

The tournament started in 1999, and is a true "World Series" since ten regions from around the world send in teams:

The ten teams are divided into two pools of five members each.[3] The two best teams from each pool then advance to the semi-finals. The winners in the semi-finals play for the championship. All matches are single-elimination games. The losing teams face off in classification games for third through tenth place.

List of champions
See also: List of Little League Softball World Series champions by division

Champions per year
Year Winner Score Runner-Up
1999
Woodway-Hewitt, Texas		 4-1 Usa West
2000
Naples, Florida		 12-3 Usa East
2001
Naples, Florida		 5-3 Host Team
2002
Utrecht, Netherlands		 5-3
Tampa Bay, Florida
2003
Bacolod, Philippines		 2-0
Manuabo, Puerto Rico
2004
South Bend, Indiana		 10-1
Giddings, Texas
2005
Lake Wales, Florida		 4-0
La Grange, Texas
2006
Naples, Florida		 8-0
Bacolod, Philippines
2007
Maunabo, Puerto Rico		 16-6
Westchester-Del Rey, California
2008
Oro Valley, Arizona		 10-4
Maunabo, Puerto Rico
2009
Maunabo, Puerto Rico		 2-1
Elyria, Ohio
2010
Maunabo, Puerto Rico		 4-3
Tampa, Florida
2011
Croswell, Michigan		 10-0
Tampa, Florida
2012
Anchorage, Alaska		 6-2
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2013
Tampa, Florida		 10-1
Kirkland, Washington
2014
Greensburg, Pennsylvania		 6-2
Mexicali, Mexico
2015
Tampa, Florida		 9-2[4]
Norzagaray, Philippines
2016
Maunabo, Puerto Rico		 8-6[5]
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2017
Poland, Ohio		 7-1[6]
Kirkland, Washington
2018
Santa Clara, Utah		 9–3[7]
Smithville, Texas
2019
Tampa, Florida		 7–6[8]
Columbus, Texas
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis[9]
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis
2022
Jenison, Michigan		 5-1
Irmo, South Carolina
2023
Bago, Philippines		 3-0
Milford, Connecticut

Championships per location
Flag Winner Total Years
Maunabo, Puerto Rico 4 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016
Naples, Florida 3 2000, 2001, 2006
Tampa, Florida 3 2013, 2015, 2019
Santa Clara, Utah 1 2018
Anchorage, Alaska 1 2012
Greensburg, Pennsylvania 1 2014
Croswell, Michigan 1 2011
Jenison, Michigan 1 2022
Oro Valley, Arizona 1 2008
Lake Wales, Florida 1 2005
Poland, Ohio 1 2017
South Bend, Indiana 1 2004
Bacolod, Philippines 1 2003
Bago, Philippines 1 2023
Utrecht, Netherlands 1 2002
Woodway-Hewitt, Texas 1 1999

See also

References
  1. "Softball - Divisions of Play". Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  2. "SOFTBALL - Washington District 9". www.llwadistrict9.org.
  3. "TEAMS - Little League Juniors Softball World Series". littleleaguejsws.org.
  4. "2015 Junior League Softball World Series". Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  5. "2016 Junior League Softball World Series". Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  6. "2017 Junior League Softball World Series". Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  7. "Snow Canyon Little League Captures Junior League Softball World Series Championship". 4 August 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  8. "Southeast defeats Southwest, 7-6; Wins Junior League Softball World Series Championship". Little League Baseball. 3 August 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  9. "Little League® Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments". 30 April 2020.

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