The 2015 Little League Softball World Series was held in Portland, Oregon from August 13 to August 19, 2015. Six teams from the United States and four from throughout the world competed for the Little League Softball World Champions. A controversy arose when the Snohomish, Washington team was accused of "throwing" a game so as not to have to face the Central Team from Slater/Polk City, IA. As a result, the favored Iowa team was forced to use their ace pitcher, Mikayla Houge (who later pitched four years at University of Virginia), in a tie-breaker game, where Iowa prevailed. Unfortunately, Mikayla was then unable to pitch in the semi-finals. Iowa lost that semi-finals game, effectively ending their chance at advancing to the Finals and winning the World Series. In a bit of irony, the Southeast team that advanced due to the thrown game ended up winning the championship.
Teams
Each team that competes in the tournament will come out of one of the 10 regions.
United States International Slater, Iowa Central Region Central Iowa LL Makati City, Philippines Asia-Pacific ILLAM LL Warwick, Rhode Island East Region Warwick North LL Victoria, British Columbia Canada Layritz LL Salisbury, North Carolina Southeast Region Rowan LL Kampala, Uganda Europe & Africa AVRS Secondary School LL Seguin, Texas Southwest Region Seguin LL Maunabo, Puerto Rico Latin America ASOFEM LL Snohomish, Washington West Region South Snohomish LLFour International Teams Tigard, Oregon Oregon District 4 Tigard LL
Results +Pool A Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Defensive Innings Run Ratio 1 East 3–1 13 23 .565 2 Southwest 3–1 8 24 .333 3 Europe & Africa 2–2 19 21 .905 4 Latin America 1–3 26 23 1.130 5 Oregon D4 1–3 18 22 .818
+Pool B Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Defensive Innings Run Ratio 1 Southeast 3–1 4 22 .182 2 Central 3–1 5 22 .227 3 West 3–1 11 20 .550 4 Asia Pacific 1–3 37 16 2.313 5 Canada 0–4 39 20 1.95
All times US PST.
PoolAwayScoreHomeScoreTime August 13A Europe & Africa1 Southwest 910:00amB Asia Pacific0 West11 1:00pmB Southeast10 Canada14:00pmA Oregon D43 Latin America47:00pm August 14B Canada0 West10 10:00amA Oregon D41 Southwest81:00pmB Asia Pacific0 Central12 4:00pmA East2 Europe & Africa37:00pm August 15B Southeast1 Central310:00amA Latin America9 East103:00pmA Europe & Africa1 Oregon D485:30pmB Canada2 Asia Pacific13 7:30pm August 16A Latin America0 Europe & Africa10 10:00amB Southeast12 Asia Pacific01:00pmA East4 Southwest14:00pmB Central3 West47:00pm August 17A Oregon D40 East510:00amB Canada0 Central71:00pmB West0 Southeast84:00pmA Southwest3 Latin America27:00pm August 189thA5 Oregon D414B5 Canada89:00am August 197th4B Asia Pacific114A Latin America29:30am5th3B West43A Europe & Africa111:30am
Elimination round
2015 Little League Softball World Series Champions Rowan Little LeagueSalisbury, North Carolina
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