The Senior League World Series is a baseball tournament for adolescents aged 13 to 16 years old that began in 1961.Senior League Baseball . Little League Baseball Incorporated. Retrieved 2009-11-21. In 2017, the tournament was moved from Bangor, Maine to Easley, South Carolina. (Easley was the site of the Big League World Series from 2001 to 2016. The Big League division was discontinued after the 2016 Big League World Series.) It is patterned after the Little League World Series, which was named for the World Series in Major League Baseball since 2002.
The Senior League World Series is one of seven tournaments sponsored by Little League International. Each of them brings baseball or softball teams from around the world together in one of four age divisions. The tournament structure for each division's World Series is similar to that used for the Little League Baseball World Series.
Tournament format
The six United States regions are: Central East Host Southeast Southwest West
The six International regions are: Asia–Pacific Australia Canada Caribbean Europe–Africa Latin America
The teams are placed into two six-team modified-double-elimination brackets based on geography (US and International) The semi-final winners play for the championship, televised on a network of ESPN. All semi-final and championship matches are single-elimination games.
From 2002 to 2014, a pool-play format was used. Beginning in 2015, each pool plays a modified double-elimination format until only 2 teams remain in each pool. The two remaining teams in their respective pools then play in a single-elimination, semi-final match, with the two winning teams playing in the championship. From 1967 to 2002 the tournament was straight double-elimination, from 1961 to 1966 it was single–elimination. From 1990 to 2001, a placement bracket was used to determine third place.
Before 2017, the Senior League was the only division of Little League that did not sort teams based on geography.
Locations The Senior League World Series has been held at eight different sites.Osceola Wins Bid for Baseball Tourney. . Orlando Sentinel.
1961–1962 – Williamsport, Pennsylvania 1963 – Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1964 – Louisville, Kentucky 1965–1967 – Des Moines, Iowa 1968–1985 – Gary, Indiana 1986–2001 – Kissimmee, Florida 2002–2016 – Bangor, Maine 2017–present – Easley, South Carolina
Champions
YearWinnerRegionScoreRunner–UpRegion1961 Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania8–1 Sylva, North Carolina1962 West Hempstead, New YorkEast8–2 La Habra, Southern CaliforniaWest1963 Monterrey, MexicoMexico9–3 Downey, Southern CaliforniaWest1964 Massapequa, New YorkEast2–1 Brenham, TexasSouth1965 Monterrey, MexicoMexico5–0 El Campo, TexasSouth1966 East Rochester, New YorkEast4–2 La Habra, Southern CaliforniaWest1967 Westbury, New YorkEast11–3 West Des Moines, IowaHost1968 New Hyde Park, New YorkEast6–3 West Tampa, FloridaSouth1969 Sacramento, Northern CaliforniaWest9–1 Gary, IndianaHost1970 West Tampa, FloridaSouth2–1 Throggs Neck, New YorkEast1971 La Habra, Southern CaliforniaWest1–0 Richmond, VirginiaSouth1972 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East9–0 Oxnard, Southern CaliforniaWest1973 Taipei, TaiwanFar East4–0 Oxon Hill, MarylandEast1974 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East5–1 Charlotte, North CarolinaSouth1975 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East5–0 Chicago, IllinoisNorth1976 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East12–5 & 14–5 Aiea, HawaiiWest1977 Taipei, TaiwanFar East5–1 Orlando, FloridaSouth1978 Hualien, TaiwanFar East3–2 Burbank, IllinoisNorth1979 Taichung, TaiwanFar East4–3 & 5–0 Tampa, FloridaSouth1980 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East12–4 Kaneohe, HawaiiWest1981 Georgetown, DelawareEast15–4 Danville, Northern CaliforniaWest1982 Santa Barbara, Southern CaliforniaWest11–4 Orange Park, FloridaSouth1983 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East6–4 Curaçao, Netherlands AntillesCaribbean1984 Altamonte Springs, FloridaSouth10–7 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East1985 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East3–2 Curaçao, Netherlands AntillesCaribbean1986 Taipei, TaiwanFar East5–3 Brenham, TexasSouth1987 Athens, OhioNorth3–2 & 12–4 Tampa, FloridaSouth1988 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East10–4 Maracaibo, VenezuelaLatin America1989 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East2–1 & 5–3 Surrey, CanadaCanada1990 Taipei, TaiwanFar East8–0 Danville, Northern CaliforniaWest1991 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East2–1 & 8–3 Pearl City, HawaiiWest1992 Pingtung, TaiwanFar East1–6 & 8–1 Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicLatin America1993 La Vega, Dominican RepublicLatin America3–1 & 7–3 Taipei TaiwanFar East1994 Brandon, FloridaSouth13–5 Midland, MichiganNorth1995 Dunedin, FloridaSouth3–2 Clarksville, IndianaNorth1996 Maracaibo, VenezuelaLatin America4–2 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest1997 San Francisco, VenezuelaLatin America10–13 & 3–0 Yucaipa, Southern CaliforniaWest1998 Diamond Bar, Southern CaliforniaWest9–6 Conway, FloridaHost1999 Conway, FloridaHost10–2 Maracaibo, VenezuelaLatin America2000 Panama City, PanamaLatin America4–2 & 9–7 Pinellas Park, FloridaSouth2001 Palm Harbor, FloridaSouth7–4 Maracaibo, VenezuelaLatin America2002 Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbean8–4 Boynton Beach, FloridaSouth2003 Hilo, HawaiiWest16–8 Chesterfield, VirginiaSouth2004 Freehold Township, New JerseyEast10–1 El Rio, Southern CaliforniaWest2005 Urbandale, IowaCentral7–2 Pearl City, HawaiiWest2006 Punto Fijo, VenezuelaLatin America4–2 Pearl City, HawaiiWest2007 Cartersville, GeorgiaSouth9–0 Punto Fijo, VenezuelaLatin America2008 Upper Deerfield Township, New JerseyEast10–8 Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbean2009 Houston, East TexasSouthwest9–7 Fremont, Northern CaliforniaWest2010 San Nicolaas, ArubaCaribbean8–1 Bangor, MaineHost2011 Hilo, HawaiiWest11–1 Tyler, East TexasSouthwest2012 Guatemala City, GuatemalaLatin America6–3 Lemon Grove, Southern CaliforniaWest2013 Chitré, PanamaLatin America2–1 Kennett Square, PennsylvaniaEast2014 Houston, East TexasSouthwest7–4 Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbean2015 Houston, East TexasSouthwest8–1 Holmes County, OhioCentral2016 Chicago, IllinoisCentral7–2 Melbourne, AustraliaAsia–Pacific 2017 Aguadulce, PanamaLatin America5–4 Coral Springs, FloridaSoutheast2018 Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbean7–2 Wilmington, DelawareEast2019 Wailuku, HawaiiWest11–0(F/6) Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbean2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic20212022 Guayama, Puerto RicoCaribbean10–5 Norfolk, VirginiaSoutheast2023 Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbean14–1 Cherry Hill, New JerseyEast2024 Maracaibo, VenezuelaLatin America9–3 Irmo, South CarolinaSoutheast2025 Guaynabo, Puerto RicoCaribbean3–2 Easley, South CarolinaHost2026 Pearl City, HawaiiWest5–0 Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbeanYearWinnerRegionScoreRunner–Up Region
Championship tally
Championships won by country/state
Country/State Championships Last Taiwan 17 1992 New York 5 1968 Florida 2001 Venezuela 4 2024 Hawaii 2026 Southern California 3 1998 East Texas 2015 Panama 2017 Curaçao 2023 Mexico 2 1965 New Jersey 2008 Puerto Rico 2025 Pennsylvania 1 1961 Northern California 1969 Delaware 1981 Ohio 1987 Dominican Republic 1993 Host 1999 Iowa 2005 Georgia 2007 Aruba 2010 Guatemala 2012 Illinois 2016
See also List of Little League World Series champions by division
References
External links Senior League Baseball World Series official website