1976 Little League World Series

1976 Little League World Series
Dates	August 24–August 28
Teams participating	8
Champion	Chofu Little League Tokyo, Japan
Runner-up	Campbell Little League Campbell, California
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The 1976 Little League World Series took place between August 24 and August 28 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Chofu Little League of Tokyo, Japan, defeated the Campbell Little League of Campbell, California, in the championship game of the 30th Little League World Series.

This was the first LLWS to put the International and U.S. teams on different sides of the bracket.

Teams[]

United States	International
Des Moines, Iowa Central Region Windsor Little League	Trail, British Columbia Canada Region Trail Little League
Bristol, Connecticut East Region Forestville Little League	Kaiserslautern, Germany Europe Region Kaiserslautern Little League
Richmond, Virginia South Region Tuckahoe National Little League	Tokyo, Japan Far East Region Chofu Little League
Campbell, California West Region Campbell Little League	Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico Latin America Region Canales Little League

Winners bracket[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 24
	Canada	4
					August 26
	Puerto Rico	9
					Puerto Rico	0
	August 25
					Japan	4
	Japan	25
									August 28
	Germany	0
									Japan	10
	August 24
									California	3
	Connecticut	0
					August 26
	California	7
					California	3
	August 25
					Virginia	0
	Iowa	3
	Virginia	4

• The consolation game between Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico, and Richmond, Virginia, was cancelled due to inclement weather; both teams shared third place.

Consolation Bracket[]

	Games A & B				Game D
	August 24
	Canada	2
	Connecticut	3
					August 26
					Connecticut	4
					Germany	1
					Game C
	August 25			August 26
	Germany	10		Canada	7
	Iowa	0			Iowa	5

1976 Little League World Series Champions
Chofu Little League Tokyo, Japan

Notable players[]

• Ray Ferraro of the Trail, British Columbia, team went on to play in the NHL as a center from 1984 to 2002.

External links[]

• 1976 Little League World Series
• Line scores for the 1976 LLWS