2016 Little League World Series

2016 Little League World Series
2016 Little League World Series
Dates	August 18–August 28
Teams participating	16
Champion	Maine-Endwell Little League Maine-Endwell, New York
Runner-up	East Seoul Little League Seoul, South Korea

The 2016 Little League World Series was held from August 18 to August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.^[1] Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 70th edition of the tournament. Maine-Endwell Little League of Maine-Endwell, New York, defeated East Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea, in the championship game by a 2–1 score. It was the first Little League World Series title for a team from the United States since 2011, and for the state of New York since 1964, and the third overall.

Teams[]

Regional qualifying tournaments were held between June and August 2016.

United States	International
Bowling Green, Kentucky Great Lakes Region Bowling Green Eastern Little League	Seoul, South Korea Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region East Seoul Little League
Maine-Endwell, New York Mid-Atlantic Region Maine-Endwell Little League	Sydney, New South Wales Australia Region Hills Little League
Johnston, Iowa Midwest Region Johnston Little League	Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Region Hastings Community Little League
Warwick, Rhode Island New England Region Warwick North Little League	Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean Region Pariba Little League
Bend, Oregon Northwest Region Bend North Little League	Emilia, Italy Europe and Africa Region Emilia Little League
Goodlettsville, Tennessee Southeast Region Goodlettsville Baseball Little League	Tokyo Japan Region Chofu Little League
San Antonio, Texas Southwest Region McAllister Park American Little League	Aguadulce, Panama Latin America Region Aguadulce Cabezera Little League
Chula Vista, California West Region Park View Little League	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León Mexico Region San Nicolás Little League

Results[]

The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 16, 2016.^[2]

United States bracket[]


August 18 – Game 2

New York	7
		August 22 – Game 14
Rhode Island	2
		New York	3
August 18 – Game 4
		Tennessee	1
Oregon	2
				August 24 – Game 24
Tennessee	3
				New York	13
August 19 – Game 6
				Kentucky	10
California	1
		August 22 – Game 16 (F/7)
Iowa	5
		Iowa	4
August 19 – Game 8 (F/5)
		Kentucky	14
Texas	1

Kentucky	11






















								August 27 – U.S. championship

								New York	4
August 20 – Game 10
								Tennessee	2
Rhode Island	8
		August 23 – Game 18
Oregon	0
		Iowa	3

		Rhode Island	2

				August 24 – Game 22 (F/5)

				Iowa	3
August 20 – Game 12
				Tennessee	14
California	5
		August 23 – Game 20 (F/7)
Texas	0
		Tennessee	4

		California	2

						August 25 – Game 26

						Kentucky	4

						Tennessee	8

International bracket[]


August 18 – Game 1

Panama	10
		August 22 – Game 13
Mexico	2
		Panama	3
August 18 – Game 3
		Australia	2
Australia	3
				August 24 – Game 23
Italy	1
				Panama	3
August 19 – Game 5
				South Korea	2
Japan	4
		August 22 – Game 15 (F/5)
Canada	10
		Canada	0
August 19 – Game 7
		South Korea	10
South Korea	3

Curaçao	0






















								August 27 – International championship

								Panama	2
August 20 – Game 9
								South Korea	7
Mexico	12
		August 23 – Game 17
Italy	7
		Canada	1

		Mexico	7

				August 24 – Game 21 (F/4)

				Mexico	10
August 20 – Game 11
				Australia	0
Japan	1
		August 23 – Game 19
Curaçao	2
		Australia	2

		Curaçao	1

						August 25 – Game 25

						South Korea	7

						Mexico	0

Consolation games[]

Teams that lose their first two games get to play a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games are labeled Game A and Game B.

	Game A

	August 22 – Lamade Stadium

	Italy	2

	Oregon	6

	Game B

	August 23 – Lamade Stadium

	Japan	6

	Texas	1

Third place game[]

This consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.

	Third place game

	August 28 – Lamade Stadium

	Tennessee	2

	Panama	3

World Championship[]

	Little League World Championship

	August 28 – Lamade Stadium

	South Korea	1

	New York	2

2016 Little League World Series Champions
Maine-Endwell Little League Maine-Endwell, New York

Home run count[]


Name	HR Count	Team
Zach McWilliams	4	Southeast
Seum Kwon	3	Asia-Pacific
Esmith Pineda	3	Latin America
Wontae Cho	2	Asia Pacific
Gael Cortez	2	Mexico
Ryan Harlost	2	Mid-Atlantic
Jaekyeong Kim	2	Asia-Pacific
Jose Leal	2	Mexico
Kenny Rix	2	New England
Jude Abbadessa	1	Mid-Atlantic
Donovan Antonia	1	Caribbean
Stephen Courtney	1	Australia
Kaiden Dinh	1	Midwest
J.T. Garcia	1	Midwest
Carlos Gonzalez	1	Latin America
Devin Hinojosa	1	West
So Hirao	1	Japan
Brent Iredale	1	Australia
Ethan Jackson	1	Southeast
Tanner Jones	1	Southeast
Tyler Jones	1	Southeast
Victor Juarez	1	Mexico
Moosung Kim	1	Asia-Pacific
Yoomin Lee	1	Asia-Pacific
Lucas Marrujo	1	West
R.J. Moore	1	Southeast
Carson Myers	1	Great Lakes
Devin Obee	1	Great Lakes
Jungtaek Ru	1	Asia-Pacific
Cristian Santarelli	1	Canada
Loreto Siniscalchi	0	Canada
Joaquin Tejada	1	Latin America
Dominic Tellis	1	Southwest

Champions path[]

The Maine-Endwell Little League became only the third team from New York state to win the Little League World Series (the others were Schenectady in 1954 and Staten Island in 1964). The MELL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record of 19 wins and no losses;^[3]^[4] in total, their record was 24–0.^[5]

Round	Opposition	Result
Section 1 East
Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals	Camden LL	10–0
Winner's Bracket Semifinals	Auburn LL	18–1
Section 1 East Championship	Fayetteville-Manlius LL	25–4
New York State Tournament
Opening Round	Town of Wappinger LL	13–0 (5 inn.)
Winner's Bracket Semiinals	Mid-Island LL	12–8
Winner's Bracket Final	Pine Bush LL	5–3
New York State Championship	Mid-Island LL	5–0
Mid-Atlantic Regional
Opening Round	Freehold Township LL	8–6
Quarterfinals	Milton LL	1–0
Semifinals	Capitol City LL	8–2
Mid-Atlantic Region Championship	Keystone LL	6–2