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 & teamRandal Grichuk Richmond, Texas 2014 St. Louis CardinalsBrady Rodgers 2016 Houston AstrosJonathan Schoop Curaçao 2013 Baltimore OriolesDevon Travis Boynton Beach, Florida 2015 Toronto Blue Jays
Teams
Between five and twelve qualification games took part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which varied in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments were 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 Boynton Beach, FloridaSoutheastEast Boynton Beach Little League Wilmington, DelawareMid-AtlanticNaamans Little League Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbeanPabao Little League Hagåtña, GuamPacificCentral Little League Saugus, MassachusettsNew EnglandSaugus American Little League Eldridge, IowaMidwestNorth Scott Little League Glace Bay, Nova ScotiaCanadaGlace Bay Little League Valencia, VenezuelaLatin AmericaLos Leones Tallmadge, OhioGreat LakesTallmadge Little League Chandler, ArizonaWestChandler National Little League Tokyo, JapanAsiaEdogawa Minami Nuevo Laredo, MexicoMexicoOriente Richland, WashingtonNorthwestRichland National Little League Richmond, TexasSouthwestLamar Little League Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaTransatlanticArabian-American Moscow, RussiaEurope, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)Brattevo Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States.
Pool play The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 24 to play for the Little League world championship.
+Pool A Region Record New England 3–0 Southeast 2–1 Great Lakes 1–2 Northwest 0–3
+Pool B Region Record West 3–0 Southwest 2–1 Mid-Atlantic 1–2 Midwest 0–3
August 15 New England2-1Great LakesSoutheast8-1Northwest
August 16 Southwest7-2MidwestMid-Atlantic1-5West
August 17 Great Lakes2-7†SoutheastWest10-4SouthwestNorthwest1-2New EnglandMidwest7-8Mid-Atlantic
August 18 Northwest4-5Great LakesNew England4-3Southeast
August 19 Southwest7-1Mid-AtlanticWest8-7Midwest
International +Pool C Region Record Japan 3–0 Caribbean 2–1 Transatlantic 1–2 Canada 0–3
+Pool D Region Record Latin America 3–0 Mexico 2–1 EMEA 1–2 Pacific 0–3
August 15 Caribbean1-4Asia
August 16 Latin America9-0PacificEMEA1-2Mexico
August 17 Transatlantic3-2†CanadaEMEA2-0Pacific
August 18 Caribbean9-2†TransatlanticPacific3-11MexicoLatin America7-1EMEAAsia7-0Canada
August 19 Latin America6-2MexicoAsia17-0‡(4 innings)TransatlanticCaribbean2-1Canada
Elimination rounds
2003 Little League World Series ChampionsMusashi-Fuchu Little LeagueTokyo, 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