See: Intermediate League Baseball The Intermediate League World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old that began in 2013. It is patterned after the Little League World Series, which was named for the World Series in Major League Baseball. The tournament is held in Livermore, California.
The intermediate division is the second of four Little League divisions by development. The pitching mound is 50 feet from home plate, and the base paths are 70 feet apart. This allows for a transition between the smaller field dimensions of Little League (46/60), and the standard field dimensions of the advanced leagues (60.5/90).Intermediate (50/70) Baseball Division. .
Tournament format
Unlike the Little League World Series — which has twenty regions (ten in the U.S. and ten international) — the Intermediate League World Series has eleven regions, plus a host team. The regional champions are divided into Pool A (U.S.) and Pool B (International). The teams advance to the semi-finals via a modified double elimination format; the semifinal and final are single elimination. Teams that lose their first two games face off in classification games.
Pool A (U.S.) consists of five regions + the host team Central East Host Southeast Southwest West
Pool B (International) consists of six regions Asia–Pacific Australia Canada Europe–Africa Latin America Mexico / Puerto Rico
Champions
Year Winner Region Score Runner–Up Region2013 Osaka, JapanAsia-Pacific10–1 Collier Township, PennsylvaniaEast2014 Nogales, ArizonaWest11–4 San Lorenzo, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico2015 Seoul, South KoreaAsia-Pacific10–5 Wellington, FloridaSoutheast2016 Wailuku, HawaiiWest5–1 Seoul, South KoreaAsia-Pacific2017 Guayama, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico6–5 Freehold Township, New JerseyEast2018 Seoul, South KoreaAsia-Pacific10–0 Livermore, CaliforniaHost2019 McCalla, AlabamaSoutheast9–5 Matamoros, MexicoMexico2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic20212022 Danville, CaliforniaHost5–2 Seoul, South Korea Asia-Pacific2023 Seoul, South Korea Asia-Pacific11–4 Tampa, FloridaSoutheast2024 Kenner, Louisiana Southwest8–7 Seoul, South Korea Asia-Pacific2025 Valencia, Venezuela Latin America 12–7 Wailuku, Hawaii West2026 Seoul, South Korea Asia-Pacific 11–4 Livermore, California West Year Winner Region Score Runner–Up Region
Championships won by Country/State
Team Championships Last South Korea 4 2026 Japan 1 2013 Arizona 2014 Hawaii 2016 Puerto Rico 2017 Alabama 2019 Host Team 2022 Louisiana 2024 Venezuela 2025
See also List of Little League World Series champions by division
References
External links Little League Baseball official website