The Big League World Series was a baseball tournament for youth aged 15 to 18 years old that began in 1968.Big League Baseball . Little League Baseball Incorporated. Retrieved 2009-11-24. On August 26, 2016, Little League International announced that it was eliminating the Big League Level of both baseball and softball, citing low participation levels over the previous 15 years. It was patterned after the Little League World Series, which was named for the World Series in Major League Baseball. Most recently, the tournament was held in Easley, South Carolina.
The Big League World Series was held at four different sites. Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1968–1969 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1970–1998 Tucson, Arizona 1999–2000 Easley, South Carolina 2001–2016
Tournament format
Pool A (U.S.) consisted of six regions (including the Host team): Central East Host Southeast Southwest West
Pool B (International) consisted of five regions: Asia–Pacific Canada Europe–Africa Latin America Mexico / Puerto Rico
Champions
Year Winner Region Score Runner–Up Region1968 Charleston, West VirginiaSouth3–2(F/9) New Hyde Park, New YorkEast1969 Barstow, Southern CaliforniaWest12–6 Winston-Salem, North CarolinaHost1970 Lincolnwood, IllinoisNorth6–0 & 10–5 San Fernando/Simi Valley, Southern CaliforniaWest1971 Cupertino, Northern CaliforniaWest2–0 & 4–0 Lincolnwood, IllinoisNorth1972 Orlando, FloridaSouth5–4 Inglewood, Southern CaliforniaWest1973 Lincolnwood, IllinoisNorth8–0 & 6–2 Orange County, Southern CaliforniaWest1974 Taipei, TaiwanFar East2–0 San Antonio, TexasSouth1975 Taipei, TaiwanFar East2–1 San Antonio, TexasSouth1976 Taipei, TaiwanFar East4–0 Broward County, FloridaHost1977 Taipei, TaiwanFar East4–1 & 4–0 Broward County, FloridaHost1978 Taipei, TaiwanFar East4–1(F/13) Tampa, FloridaSouth1979 West Hempstead, New YorkEast5–1 Orlando, FloridaSouth1980 Buena Park, Southern CaliforniaWest3–2 Orlando, FloridaSouth1981 Taipei, TaiwanFar East14–2 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico1982 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico2–0 VenezuelaVenezuela1983 Taipei, TaiwanFar East7–0 Broward County, FloridaHost1984 Taipei, TaiwanFar East6–4 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela1985 Broward County, FloridaHost9–1 & 10–8 Carolina, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico1986 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela6–2 & 6–4 Broward County, FloridaHost1987 Taipei, TaiwanFar East4–10 & 9–1 Broward County, FloridaHost1988 Taipei, TaiwanFar East3–1 & 6–0 Broward County, FloridaHost1989 Taipei, TaiwanFar East1–0 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela1990 Taipei, TaiwanFar East12–1 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela1991 Taipei, TaiwanFar East8–2 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela1992 Broward County, FloridaHost5–2 & 5–4 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela1993 Taipei, TaiwanFar East7–0 Broward County, FloridaHost1994 Taipei, TaiwanFar East3–2 & 11–4 Broward County, FloridaHost1995 Tainan, TaiwanFar East6–1 Broward County, FloridaHost1996 Kaohsiung, TaiwanFar East4–0 Burbank, IllinoisNorth1997 Broward County, FloridaHost15–3 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela1998 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest10–9 VenezuelaLatin America1999 Orlando, FloridaSouth14–2 Fraser Valley, CanadaCanada2000 Fraser Valley, CanadaCanada9–8 Jeffersonville, IndianaCentral2001 Westminster, Southern CaliforniaWest5–4 Valencia, VenezuelaLatin America2002 San Juan, Puerto RicoLatin America7–2 Hughesville, MarylandEast2003 Easley, South CarolinaHost6–3 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest2004 Easley, South CarolinaHost9–1 Williamsport, PennsylvaniaEast2005 Easley, South CarolinaHost10–5 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest2006 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest10–0 San Juan, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico2007 Easley, South CarolinaHost11–3 San Juan, Puerto RicoLatin America2008 Taylors, South CarolinaSouth5–4 San Juan, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico2009 Santiago, Dominican RepublicLatin America12–0 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest2010 San Juan, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico3–2 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest2011 Taylors, South CarolinaSoutheast9–7 San Juan, Puerto RicoLatin America2012 San Juan, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico7–3 Easley, South CarolinaHost2013 Greenville County, South CarolinaSoutheast6–1 Maracaibo, VenezuelaLatin America2014 Clearwater, FloridaSoutheast2–1 Guayama, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico2015 Guayama, Puerto RicoLatin America3–1 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest2016 Taoyuan, TaiwanAsia–Pacific6–2 Kihei, HawaiiWest Year Winner Region Score Runner–Up Region
Championships won by Country/State
Team Championships Last Taiwan 18 2016 Host Team(s) 7 2007 Southern California 5 2006 Puerto Rico 2015 South Carolina 3 2013 Florida 2014 Illinois 2 1973 West Virginia 1 1968 Northern California 1971 New York 1979 Venezuela 1986 Canada 2000 Dominican Republic 2009
See also List of Little League World Series champions by division
References
External links Little League Baseball official website