2013 Little League World Series qualification

2013 Little League World Series qualification
2013 Little League World Series qualification
United States
Great Lakes winner	Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
Mid-Atlantic winner	Newark, Delaware
Midwest winner	Urbandale, Iowa
New England winner	Westport, Connecticut
Northwest winner	Sammamish, Washington
Southeast winner	Nashville, Tennessee
Southwest winner	Corpus Christi, Texas
West winner	Chula Vista, California
International
Asia-Pacific and Middle East winner	Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei
Australia winner	Perth, Western Australia
Canada winner	Nepean, Ontario
Caribbean winner	San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Europe and Africa winner	Brno, Czech Republic
Japan winner	Fuchū, Tokyo
Latin America winner	Aguadulce, Panama
Mexico winner	Tijuana, Baja California
Tournaments

Qualification for the 2013 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2013.

United States

Great Lakes

The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 3–10.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Illinois	Chicago	Jackie Robinson West	4–0
Michigan	Grosse Pointe Woods	Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores	2–2
Ohio	Hamilton	West Side	2–2
Wisconsin	Burlington	Burlington	2–2
Indiana	Hagerstown	Hagerstown	1–3
Kentucky	Barbourville	Knox County	1–3

Semi-finals		Final

August 8 - Indianapolis

4 Wisconsin	2
		August 10 - Indianapolis
1 Illinois	12
		1 Illinois	3
August 8 - Indianapolis
		2 Michigan	10
3 Ohio	4

2 Michigan	5

Mid-Atlantic

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 2–11.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Pennsylvania	Lionville	Lionville	4–0
Delaware	Newark	Newark National	3–1
Washington, D.C.		Capitol City	2–2
Maryland	Berlin	Berlin	2–2
New York	Glenville	Burnt Hills Ballston Lake	1–3
New Jersey	Clarksboro	East Greenwich	0–4

Semi-finals		Final

August 10 - Bristol

4 Maryland	3
		August 11 - Bristol
1 Pennsylvania	9
		1 Pennsylvania	2
August 10 - Bristol (F/4)
		2 Delaware	8
3 Washington, D.C.	4

2 Delaware	15

Midwest

The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana from August 2–9.^[1]

Note: North Dakota and South Dakota are organized into a single Little League district.

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Minnesota	Coon Rapids	Coon Rapids Andover American	4–0
Nebraska	Kearney	Kearney	3–1
Iowa	Urbandale	Urbandale	3–1
South Dakota	Rapid City	Timberline	2–2
Missouri	Webb City	Webb City	0–4
Kansas	Girard	Girard	0–4

Semi-finals		Final

August 7 - Indianapolis

1 Minnesota	4
		August 9 - Indianapolis
4 South Dakota	0
		1 Minnesota	2
August 7 - Indianapolis (F/11)
		3 Iowa	3
3 Iowa	4

2 Nebraska	3

New England

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from August 2–10.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Connecticut	Westport	Westport	4–0
Vermont	South Burlington	South Burlington	3–1
Rhode Island	Lincoln	Lincoln	3–1
Maine	Saco	Saco/Maremont	1–3
Massachusetts	Newton	Newton SouthEast	1–3
New Hampshire	Rye	Rye	0–4

Semi-finals		Final

August 8 - Bristol

1 Connecticut	3
		August 10 - Bristol
4 Maine	0
		1 Connecticut	1
August 8 - Bristol
		3 Rhode Island	0
3 Rhode Island	5

2 Vermont	2

Northwest

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 2–10.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Washington	Sammamish	Eastlake	4–0
Oregon	Lake Oswego	Lake Oswego	3–1
Montana	Billings	Billings Big Sky	2–2
Idaho	Coeur d'Alene	Coeur d'Alene	2–2
Alaska	Anchorage	Abbott-O-Rabbit	1–3
Wyoming	Cody	Cody	0–4

Semi-finals		Final

August 8 - San Bernardino

4 Idaho	4
		August 10 - San Bernardino (F/4)
1 Washington	5
		1 Washington	13
August 8 - San Bernardino
		3 Montana	1
3 Montana	3

2 Oregon	0

Southeast

The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia from August 2–9.^[1]

Pool A
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Florida	Palm City	Martin County North	2–1
South Carolina	Taylors	Northwood	2–1
North Carolina	Charlotte	Myers Park/Trinity	1–2
Georgia	Columbus	Columbus Northern	1–2

Pool B
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Virginia	Henrico	Tuckahoe American	3–0
Tennessee	Nashville	South Nashville	2–1
West Virginia	Barboursville	Barboursville	1–2
Alabama	Jackson	Jackson	0–3

Semi-finals		Final

Warner Robins - August 7

2B Tennessee	5
		Warner Robins - August 9
1A Florida	1
		2B Tennessee	5
Warner Robins - August 7
		1B Virginia	3
2A South Carolina	6

1B Virginia	12

Southwest

The tournament took place in Waco, Texas from August 2–7.^[1]

Pool A
State	City	LL Organization	Record
Texas West	Corpus Christi	Universal	3–0
Louisiana	Bossier City	Bossier National	2–1
Texas East	Pearland	Pearland Maroon	1–2
Mississippi	Ocean Springs	Ocean Springs	0–3

Pool B
State	City	LL Organization	Record
New Mexico	Las Cruces	Fairacres	3–0
Arkansas	Malvern	Malvern	2–1
Colorado	Boulder	North Boulder	1–2
Oklahoma	Tulsa	Tulsa	0–3

Semi-finals		Final

August 6 - Waco

2B Arkansas	6
		August 7 - Waco
1A Texas West	10
		1A Texas West	6
August 6 - Waco
		1B New Mexico	0
2A Louisiana	3

1B New Mexico	9

West

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from August 2–10.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Northern California	Belmont	Belmont-Redwood Shores	4–0
Southern California	Chula Vista	Eastlake	3–1
Nevada	Las Vegas	Mountain Ridge	3–1
Arizona	Chandler	Chandler National South	2–2
Hawaii	Wailuku	Central East Maui	0–4
Utah	St. George	Dixie	0–4

Semi-finals		Final

August 9 - San Bernardino

4 Arizona	1
		August 10 - San Bernardino
1 Northern California	8
		1 Northern California	0
August 9 - San Bernardino
		2 Southern California	9
3 Nevada	0

2 Southern California	12

International

Asia-Pacific and Middle East

The tournament took place in the Philippines from July 1–7.^[1]

Pool A
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Chinese Taipei¹	Taoyuan	Chung-Ping	5–0
South Korea			4–1
Northern Mariana Islands	Saipan	Saipan	3–2
Thailand			2–3
Saudi Arabia	Dhahran	Arabian American	1–4
New Zealand	Auckland	Bayside Westhaven	0–5

Pool B
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Indonesia	Jakarta	Indonesian	5–0
Hong Kong		Hong Kong	3–2
Singapore		Singapore	2–3
Philippines	Tanauan	Tanauan City	2–3
Guam			2–3
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Dubai	1–4

Semi-finals		Final

July 6 – Philippines

2B Hong Kong	3
		July 7 – Philippines
1A Chinese Taipei	6
		1A Chinese Taipei	11
July 6 – Philippines
		2A South Korea	2
2A South Korea	14

1B Indonesia	2

¹ 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.

The tournament took place in Gold Coast, Queensland on June 1–5.^[1] The top two teams in each pool advance to the elimination round, where they are seeded one through eight based on overall record. The "runs against ratio" (RAR) is used as the tiebreaker. It is calculated by the number of runs scored against a team, divided by the number of defensive innings the team played.

Pool A
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record	RAR
Western Australia	Perth Central ⁽²⁾	4–0	0.333
Western Australia	Swan Hills ⁽⁵⁾	3–1	1.286
Australian Capital Territory	Canberra	2–2	1.200
New South Wales	Newcastle	1–3	1.650
Western Australia	Hedland	0–4	5.000

Pool C
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record	RAR
Victoria	Yarra ⁽³⁾	3–1	0.524
New South Wales	Hills South ⁽⁶⁾	3–1	1.476
Victoria	Mariners	3–1	1.600
Queensland	Far North Coast	1–3	2.650
Northern Territory	Alice Springs	0–4	4.867

Pool B
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record	RAR
New South Wales	North Cronulla ⁽⁴⁾	3–1	1.115
New South Wales	Ryde North ⁽⁷⁾	3–1	1.609
Queensland	Brisbane North	2–2	1.200
New South Wales	MacArthur	2–2	1.250
Queensland	Gold Coast	0–4	2.824

Pool D
State/Territory	LL Organization	Record	RAR
Western Australia	Perth North ⁽¹⁾	4–0	0.300
South Australia	Adelaide South ⁽⁸⁾	2–2	0.727
Western Australia	West Coast	2–2	0.958
Victoria	Sunraysia	2–2	3.588
South Australia	Mount Gambier	0–4	4.429

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

June 4 – Gold Coast (F/7)

1 Perth North	8
		June 4 – Gold Coast (F/4)
8 Adelaide South	9
		8 Adelaide South	14
June 4 – Gold Coast
		3 Yarra	0
3 Yarra	7
				June 5 – Gold Coast
6 Hills South	6
				8 Adelaide South	2
June 4 – Gold Coast
				2 Perth Central	8
4 North Cronulla	6
		June 4 – Gold Coast
5 Swan Hills	5
		4 North Cronulla	1
June 4 – Gold Coast
		2 Perth Central	3
2 Perth Central	4

7 Ryde North	1

Canada

The tournament took place in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on August 2–11.^[1]

Province	City	LL Organization	Record
British Columbia	White Rock	White Rock South Surrey	6–0
Ontario	Nepean	East Nepean	5–1
Nova Scotia (Host)	Glace Bay	Glace Bay	4–2
Quebec	Montreal	Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	2–4
New Brunswick	Saint John	Saint John	2–4
Saskatchewan	Regina	North Regina	1–5
Alberta	Medicine Hat	Medicine Hat	1–5

Semi-finals		Final

August 11 - Glace Bay (F/4)

4 Quebec	1
		August 11 - Glace Bay
1 British Columbia	11
		1 British Columbia	1
August 11 - Glace Bay
		2 Ontario	5
3 Nova Scotia	0

2 Ontario	5

Caribbean

The tournament took place in Bonaire, Netherlands (formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles) from July 13–20.^[1]

Pool A
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
U.S. Virgin Islands	St. Thomas	Elrod Hendricks West LL	3–0
U.S. Virgin Islands	St. Croix	Elma Plaskett East LL	2–1
Sint Maarten	Philipsburg	St. Maarten	1–2
Jamaica	Portland	West Portland	0–3

Pool B
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Curaçao	Willemstad	Pariba	3–0
Aruba	Santa Cruz	Aruba Center	2–1
Puerto Rico	San Lorenzo	Samaritana	1–2
Bonaire	Kralendijk	Bonaire	0–3

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

1A

U.S. Virgin Islands
(St. Thomas)

1

3B

Puerto Rico

10

3B

Puerto Rico

12

2A

U.S. Virgin Islands
(St. Croix)

0

3B

Puerto Rico

6

1B

Curaçao

4

1B

Curaçao

2

3A

Sint Maarten

0

2B

Aruba

1

2B

Aruba

10

Third place

1A

U.S. Virgin Islands
(St. Thomas)

6

2B

Aruba

2

Europe and Africa

The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland from July 13–21.^[1]

Note: No Ugandan team was able to participate in the tournament, due to the fact that some players from the previous year's Lugazi squad moved and played with the Allen VR school, the team who won this year's Ugandan tournament. Little League rules allow this in the United States, but it is not allowed in Uganda.

Pool A
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Italy	Emilia	Emilia	4–0
Austria	Vienna	East Austria	2–2
United Kingdom	London	London Area Youth	2–2
France	Rouen	Haute Normandie	1–3
Ukraine	Rivne	Rivne	1–3

Pool B
Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Czech Republic	Brno	South Moravia	5–0
Germany-US	Ramstein	KMC American	4–1
Netherlands	Rotterdam	Rotterdam	3–2
Belarus	Skidzyelʹ	Sugar Storm	2–3
Lithuania	Vilnius	Vilnius	1–4
Serbia	Belgrade	Serbia	0–5

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

July 18 – Kutno

4B Belarus	1
		July 19 – Kutno
1A Italy	14
		1A Italy	3
July 18 – Kutno
		2B Germany-US	0
3A United Kingdom	3
				July 20 – Kutno
2B Germany-US	5
				1A Italy	0
July 18 – Kutno
				1B Czech Republic	3
3B Netherlands	8
		July 19 – Kutno
2A Austria	3
		3B Netherlands	8
July 18 – Kutno
		1B Czech Republic	11
4A France	1

1B Czech Republic	20

Japan

The first two rounds of the tournament were held on June 30, and the remaining two rounds were played on July 7. All games were played in Tokyo.^[1]


Participating teams	Prefecture	City	LL Organization
Chūgoku Champions	Hiroshima	Hiroshima	Hiroshima Saiki
Higashikanto Champions	Chiba	Matsudo	Matsudo
Hokkaido Champions	Hokkaido	Sapporo	Sapporo Shiroishi
Kanagawa Champions	Kanagawa	Yokohama	Yokohama Aoba
Kansai Champions	Hyogo	Takarazuka	Takarazuka
Kansai Runner-Up	Osaka	Kishiwada	Kishiwada
Kitakanto Champions	Saitama	Ōmiya City	Ōmiya
Kyushu Champions	Kumamoto	Kumamoto	Kumamoto Chuo
Shikoku Champions	Ehime	Iyo District	Tobe
Shin'etsu Champions	Nagano	Ueda	Ueda Minami
Tōhoku Champions	Miyagi	Sendai	Sendai Aoba
Tōhoku Runner-Up	Miyagi	Sendai	Miyagino
Tōkai Champions	Shizuoka	Hamamatsu	Hamamatsu Minami
Tōkai Runner-Up	Aichi	Ichinomiya	Owari Ichinomiya
Tokyo Champions	Tokyo	Fuchū	Musashi Fuchū
Tokyo Runner-Up	Tokyo	Chōfu	Chōfu

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

June 29 – Tokyo

Hiroshima Saiki

3

June 29 – Tokyo

Musashi Fuchū

6

Musashi Fuchū

11

June 29 – Tokyo

Kishiwada

1

Sapporo Shiroishi

0

July 6 – Tokyo

Kishiwada

8

Musashi Fuchū

8

June 29 – Tokyo

Sendai Aoba

5

Kumamoto Chuo

5

June 29 – Tokyo

Owari Ichinomiya

6

Owari Ichinomiya

5

June 29 – Tokyo

Sendai Aoba

15

Sendai Aoba

2

July 6 – Tokyo

Ōmiya

0

Musashi Fuchū

11

June 29 – Tokyo

Miyagino

6

Yokohama Aoba

9

June 29 – Tokyo

Hamamatsu Minami

2

Yokohama Aoba

12

June 29 – Tokyo

Chōfu

4

Tobe

2

July 6 – Tokyo (F/5)

Chōfu

3

Yokohama Aoba

6

June 29 – Tokyo

Miyagino

17

Matsudo

2

June 29 – Tokyo

Miyagino

6

Miyagino

7

June 29 – Tokyo

Ueda Minami

6

Ueda Minami

16

Takarazuka

5

Latin America

The tournament took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador from July 20–27.^[1]

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Panama	Aguadulce	Aguadulce Cabezera	6–0
Venezuela	Maracaibo	San Francisco	5–1
Ecuador (A)	Guayaquil	C Unidas Miraflores	4–2
Colombia	Cartagena	Falcon	3–3
Nicaragua	Managua	14 De Septiembre	2–4
Ecuador (B)	Guayaquil	C Unidas Miraflores	1–5
Bolivia	Cochabamba	Cochabamba	0–6

	Final

	July 27 – Guayaquil

	Venezuela	2

	Panama	6

Mexico

The tournament took place in Reynosa, Tamaulipas from July 8–14.^[1]

**Pool A**
City	LL Organization	Record
Reynosa, Tamaulipas	Trevino Kelly	5–1
Boca del Río, Veracruz	Beto Ávila	5–1
Santa Catarina, Nuevo León	Santa Catarina	4–2
Guaymas, Sonora	Guaymas Sector Pesca	3–3
Delicias, Chihuahua	A. Cura Trillo	2–4
Zapopan, Jalisco	Legion Zapopan	1–5
Nueva Rosita, Coahuila	Rogelio Jimenez Lozano	1–5

**Pool B**
City	LL Organization	Record
Guadalupe, Nuevo León	Guadalupe Linda Vista	5–1
Tijuana, Baja California	Municipal De Tijuana	5–1
Saltillo, Coahuila	Saltillo	5–1
Guadalajara, Jalisco	Guadalara Sutaj	3–3
Matamoros, Tamaulipas	Villa Del Refugio	2–4
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	El Granjero	1–5
Cotaxtla, Veracruz	Cotaxtla	0–6

Semi-finals		Final

July 14 – Reynosa

2B Municipal De Tijuana	14
		July 14 – Reynosa
1A Trevino Kelly	0
		2B Municipal De Tijuana	11
July 14 – Reynosa
		2A Beto Ávila	5
2A Beto Ávila	1

1B Guadalupe Linda Vista	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "2013 Little League Baseball Tournament Schedule". Littleleague.org. Little League. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

[Tournament_schedule-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "2013 Little League Baseball Tournament Schedule". Littleleague.org. Little League. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

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