2003 Little League World Series
2003 Little League World Series | ||
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Dates | August 15–August 24 | |
Teams participating | 16 | |
Champion | Musashi-Fuchu Little League![]() | |
Runner-up | East Boynton Beach Little League![]() | |
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The 2003 Little League World Series took place between August 15 and August 24 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Musashi-Fuchu Little League of Tokyo, Japan, defeated the East Boynton Beach Little League of Boynton Beach, Florida, in the championship game of the 57th Little League World Series.
Notable players[]
The following LLWS players later appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB):
Player | LLWS team | MLB debut year & team |
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Randal Grichuk | Richmond, Texas | 2014 St. Louis Cardinals |
Jurickson Profar | Curaçao | 2012 Texas Rangers |
Brady Rodgers | Richmond, Texas | 2016 Houston Astros |
Jonathan Schoop | Curaçao | 2013 Baltimore Orioles |
Devon Travis | Boynton Beach, Florida | 2015 Toronto Blue Jays |
Qualification[]
Between five and twelve teams take part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which vary in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments are in the same format as the Little League World Series itself: a round-robin tournament followed by an elimination round to determine the regional champion.
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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![]() Southeast East Boynton Beach |
![]() Mid-Atlantic Naamans |
![]() ![]() Caribbean Pabao |
![]() Pacific Central |
![]() New England Saugus American |
![]() Midwest North Scott |
![]() ![]() Canada Glace Bay |
![]() Latin America Altagracia |
![]() Great Lakes Tallmadge |
![]() West Chandler National |
![]() Asia Musashi-Fuchu |
![]() Mexico Olmeca |
![]() Northwest Richland National |
![]() Southwest Lamar National |
![]() Transatlantic Arabian-American |
![]() Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Khovrino |
Pool play[]
The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 24 to play for the Little League world championship.
Region | Record |
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New England | 3-0 |
Southeast | 2-1 |
Great Lakes | 1-2 |
Northwest | 0-3 |
Region | Record |
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West | 3-0 |
Southwest | 2-1 |
Mid-Atlantic | 1-2 |
Midwest | 0-3 |
August 15
New England | 2-1 | Great Lakes |
Southeast | 8-1 | Northwest |
August 16
Southwest | 7-2 | Midwest |
Mid-Atlantic | 1-5 | West |
August 17
Great Lakes | 2-7† | Southeast |
West | 10-4 | Southwest |
Northwest | 1-2 | New England |
Midwest | 7-8 | Mid-Atlantic |
August 18
Northwest | 4-5 | Great Lakes |
New England | 4-3 | Southeast |
August 19
Southwest | 7-1 | Mid-Atlantic |
West | 8-7 | Midwest |
International[]
Region | Record |
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Japan | 3-0 |
Curaçao | 2-1 |
Saudi Arabia | 1-2 |
Canada | 0-3 |
Region | Record |
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Latin America | 3-0 |
Mexico | 2-1 |
EMEA | 1-2 |
Pacific | 0-3 |
August 15
Caribbean | 1-4 | Asia |
August 16
Latin America | 9-0 | Pacific |
EMEA | 1-2 | Mexico |
August 17
Transatlantic | 3-2† | Canada |
EMEA | 2-0 | Pacific |
August 18
Caribbean | 9-2† | Transatlantic |
Pacific | 3-11 | Mexico |
Latin America | 7-1 | EMEA |
Asia | 7-0 | Canada |
August 19
Latin America | 6-2 | Mexico |
Asia | 17-0‡ (4 innings) |
Transatlantic |
Caribbean | 2-1 | Canada |
Elimination rounds[]
2003 Little League World Series Champions |
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![]() Musashi-Fuchu Little League Tokyo, Japan |
References[]
Notes[]
- † Postponed (rained out)
- ‡ Game ended by "mercy rule" (at least 10-run difference through 5 innings)
External links[]
- 2003 official results via Wayback Machine
- Recap of championship game via Wayback Machine
- Little League World Series
- 2003 in baseball
- 2003 in sports in Pennsylvania