The 2016 Little League World Series was held from August 18 to August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 70th edition of the Little League World Series. Maine-Endwell Little League of Maine-Endwell, New York, defeated East Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea, in the championship game by a 2–1 score. It was the first Little League World Series title for a team from the United States since , and for the state of New York since , and the third overall.
Teams
Regional qualifying tournaments were held between June and August 2016. United States International Bowling Green, KentuckyGreat Lakes RegionBowling Green Eastern Little League Seoul, South KoreaAsia-Pacific and Middle East RegionEast Seoul Little League Maine-Endwell, New YorkMid-Atlantic RegionMaine-Endwell Little League Sydney, New South Wales Australia RegionHills Little League Johnston, IowaMidwest RegionJohnston Little League Vancouver, British Columbia Canada RegionHastings Community Little League Warwick, Rhode IslandNew England RegionWarwick North Little League Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbean RegionPariba Little League Bend, OregonNorthwest RegionBend North Little League Emilia, ItalyEurope and Africa RegionEmilia Little League Goodlettsville, TennesseeSoutheast RegionGoodlettsville Baseball Little League Tokyo Japan RegionChofu Little League San Antonio, TexasSouthwest RegionMcAllister Park American Little League Aguadulce, PanamaLatin America RegionAguadulce Cabezera Little League Chula Vista, CaliforniaWest RegionPark View Little League San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León Mexico RegionSan Nicolás Little League
Results
The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 16, 2016.
United States bracket
International bracket
Crossover games Teams that lost their first two games played a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games were labeled Game A and Game B. This provided teams who were already eliminated the opportunity to play a third game.
Third place game This consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.
World Championship
2016 Little League World Series Champions Maine-Endwell Little League Maine-Endwell, New York
Home run count +NameHR CountTeamZach McWilliams4SoutheastSeum Kwon3Asia-PacificEsmith Pineda3Latin AmericaWontae Cho2Asia PacificGael Cortez2MexicoRyan Harlost2Mid-AtlanticJaekyeong Kim2Asia-PacificJose Leal2MexicoKenny Rix2New EnglandJude Abbadessa1Mid-AtlanticDonovan Antonia1CaribbeanStephen Courtney1AustraliaKaiden Dinh1MidwestJ.T. Garcia1MidwestCarlos Gonzalez1Latin AmericaDevin Hinojosa1WestSo Hirao1JapanBrent Iredale1AustraliaEthan Jackson1SoutheastTanner Jones1SoutheastTyler Jones1SoutheastVictor Juarez1MexicoMoosung Kim1Asia-PacificYoomin Lee1Asia-PacificLucas Marrujo1WestR.J. Moore1SoutheastCarson Myers1Great LakesDevin Obee1Great LakesJungtaek Ru1Asia-PacificCristian Santarelli1CanadaLoreto Siniscalchi1CanadaJoaquin Tejada1Latin AmericaDominic Tellis1Southwest
Champions path The Maine-Endwell Little League became only the third team from New York state to win the Little League World Series (the others were Schenectady in 1954 and Staten Island in 1964). The MELL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record of 19 wins and no losses; in total, their record was 24–0. RoundOppositionResultSection 1 EastWinner's Bracket Quarterfinals Camden LL 10–0Winner's Bracket Semifinals Auburn LL 18–1Section 1 East Championship Fayetteville-Manlius LL 25–4New York State TournamentOpening Round Town of Wappinger LL 13–0 (5 inn.)Winner's Bracket Semifinals Mid-Island LL12–8Winner's Bracket Final Pine Bush LL5–3New York State Championship Mid-Island LL5–0Mid-Atlantic RegionalOpening Round Freehold Township LL 8–6Quarterfinals Milton LL1–0Semifinals Capitol City LL8–2Mid-Atlantic Region Championship Keystone LL6–2 Red indicates loss Green indicates win
Notable players
Players Michael Mancini of New York (Vanderbilt) and Patrick Forbes of Kentucky (Louisville) played versus each other in NCAA D1 baseball tournament regional in 2025 after playing versus each other in the 2016 semifinal
Leo Bernal (Panama) – Catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals Jurrangelo Cijntje (Curaçao) – switch pitcher, drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the first round of the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft. Patrick Forbes (Kentucky) - pitcher, drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round of the 2025 MLB draft.
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