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 County, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)
Australia Winner	Perth, Western Australia
Canada Winner	Nepean, Ontario
Caribbean Winner	San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Japan Winner	Fuchū, Tokyo
Latin America Winner	Aguadulce, Panama
Mexico Winner	Tijuana, Baja California
Tournaments
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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.	Washington D.C.	Capitol City	2–2
Maryland	Berlin	Berlin	2–2
New York	Burnt Hills	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	1–3
Massachusetts	Newton	Newton South East	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]

	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]

	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 - Redwood Shores	Belmont - Redwood Shores	4–0
Southern California	Chula Vista	Eastlake	3–1
Nevada	North 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]

	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.

Australia[]

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.

	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*	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

(*): host league

	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]

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

Third place

2B

Aruba

10

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.

	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			2–4
Ecuador (B)	Guayaquil	C Unidas Miraflores	1–5
Bolivia			0–6

	Final
	July 27 – Guayaquil
	Venezuela	2
	Panama	6

Mexico[]

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

	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

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