Junior League World Series (softball)

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For the baseball world series, see Junior League World Series.

The Junior League Softball World Series is a softball tournament for girls aged between 12 and 14.[1] The tournament is administered by Little League Baseball, Inc. and is held annually in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, Washington.

Junior League Softball World Series welcome sign

Tournament format[]

The tournament started in 1999, and is a true "World Series" since ten regions from around the world send in teams:

The ten teams are divided into two pools of five members each.[3] The two best teams from each pool then advance to the semi-finals. The winners in the semi-finals play for the championship. All matches are single-elimination games. The losing teams face off in classification games for third through tenth place.

List of champions[]

See also: List of Little League Softball World Series champions by division


Champions per year[]

Year Winner Score Runner-Up
1999 Texas
Woodway-Hewitt, Texas 		4-1 Usa West
2000 Florida
Naples, Florida 		12-3 Usa East
2001 Florida
Naples, Florida 		5-3 Host Team
2002 Netherlands
Utrecht, Netherlands 		5-3 Florida
Tampa Bay, Florida
2003 Philippines
Bacolod, Philippines 		2-0 Puerto Rico
Manuabo, Puerto Rico
2004 Indiana
South Bend, Indiana 		10-1 Texas
Giddings, Texas
2005 Florida
Lake Wales, Florida 		4-0 Texas
La Grange, Texas
2006 Florida
Naples, Florida 		8-0 Philippines
Bacolod, Philippines
2007 Puerto Rico
Maunabo, Puerto Rico 		16-6 California
Westchester-Del Rey, California
2008 Arizona
Oro Valley, Arizona 		10-4 Puerto Rico
Maunabo, Puerto Rico
2009 Puerto Rico
Maunabo, Puerto Rico 		2-1 Ohio
Elyria, Ohio
2010 Puerto Rico
Maunabo, Puerto Rico 		4-3 Florida
Tampa, Florida
2011 Michigan
Croswell, Michigan 		10-0 Florida
Tampa, Florida
2012 Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska 		6-2 Canada
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2013 Florida
Tampa, Florida 		10-1 Washington (state)
Kirkland, Washington
2014 Pennsylvania
Greensburg, Pennsylvania 		6-2 Mexico
Mexicali, Mexico
2015 Florida
Tampa, Florida 		9-2[4] Philippines
Norzagaray, Philippines
2016 Puerto Rico
Maunabo, Puerto Rico 		8-6[5] Canada
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2017 Ohio
Poland, Ohio 		7-1[6] Washington (state)
Kirkland, Washington
2018 Utah
Santa Clara, Utah 		9–3[7] Texas
Smithville, Texas
2019 Florida
Tampa, Florida 		7–6[8] Texas
Columbus, Texas
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis[9]
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis

Championships per location[]

Flag Winner Total Years
Puerto Rico Maunabo, Puerto Rico 4 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016
Florida Naples, Florida 3 2000, 2001, 2006
Florida Tampa, Florida 3 2013, 2015, 2019
Utah Santa Clara, Utah 1 2018
Alaska Anchorage, Alaska 1 2012
Michigan Croswell, Michigan 1 2011
Arizona Oro Valley, Arizona 1 2008
Florida Lake Wales, Florida 1 2005
Indiana South Bend, Indiana 1 2004
Philippines Bacolod, Philippines 1 2003
Netherlands Utrecht, Netherlands 1 2002
Texas Woodway-Hewitt, Texas 1 1999

4-3 Europa/Africa

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2014-08-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "SOFTBALL - Washington District 9". www.llwadistrict9.org.
  3. ^ "TEAMS - Little League Juniors Softball World Series". littleleaguejsws.org.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Snow Canyon Little League Captures Junior League Softball World Series Championship". 4 August 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "Southeast defeats Southwest, 7-6; Wins Junior League Softball World Series Championship". Little League Baseball. 3 August 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  9. ^ "Little League® Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments". 30 April 2020.

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