The 2005 Little League World Series took place between August 19 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The West Oahu Little League of ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, defeated the defending champion Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao, in the championship game of the 59th Little League World Series. This was the second time that the championship game was won with a walk-off home run, which Michael Memea hit in the bottom of the 7th inning.
The tournament used two venues, both in South Williamsport: Howard J. Lamade Stadium – the main stadium, completed in 1959, with seating capacity for 10,000 in the main stands and hillside terrace seating for up to 30,000 more Little League Volunteer Stadium – opened in 2001; seats approximately 5,000
Qualification
Between five and twelve teams take part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which vary in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments are in the same format as the Little League World Series itself: a round-robin tournament followed by an elimination round to determine the regional champion.
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D ʻEwa Beach, HawaiiNorthwest RegionWest Oahu Little League Vista, CaliforniaWest RegionRancho Buena Vista Little League Mangilao-Barrigada, GuamPacific RegionCentral East Little League Chiba City, Japan Asia RegionChiba City Little League Maitland, FloridaSoutheast RegionMaitland Little League Lafayette, LouisianaSouthwest RegionLafayette Little League Surrey, British Columbia Canada RegionWhalley Little League Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbean RegionPabao Little League Newtown, PennsylvaniaMid-Atlantic RegionCouncil Rock Little League Westbrook, MaineNew England RegionWestbrook Little League Mexicali Mexico RegionSeguro Social Little League Valencia, VenezuelaLatin America RegionLos Leones Little League Davenport, IowaMidwest RegionNorthwest Little League Owensboro, KentuckyGreat Lakes RegionSouthern Little League Moscow, RussiaEMEA RegionBrateevo Little League Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaTransatlantic RegionArabian-American Little League
Results
Pool play The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 28 to play for the Little League world championship.
+Pool A Rank Region Record 1 Hawaii 3–0 2 Florida 2–1 3 Pennsylvania 1–2 4 Iowa 0–3
+Pool B Rank Region Record 1 California 3–0 2 Louisiana 2–1 3 Maine 1–2 4 Kentucky 0–3
All times US EDT
PoolAwayScoreHomeScoreTime (Venue) August 19A Hawaii7 Pennsylvania14:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)A Florida7 Iowa38:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 20B Maine2 Louisiana311:00 am (Volunteer Stadium)B California7 Kentucky23:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)A Florida3 Pennsylvania18:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) August 21B Kentucky8 Louisiana91:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)A Iowa3 Hawaii73:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)B Maine3 California78:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) August 22A Hawaii10 Florida03:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)B Iowa0 Pennsylvania15 (F/4)8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) August 23B Kentucky2 Maine33:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)B Louisiana3 California97:30 pm (Lamade Stadium)
International +Pool C Rank Region Record 1 Guam 3–0 2 Canada 2–1 3 Mexico 1–2 4 Russia 0–3
+Pool D Rank Region Record 1 Japan 3–0 2 Curaçao 2–1 3 Venezuela 1–2 4 Saudi Arabia 0–3
All times US EDT PoolAwayScoreHomeScoreTime (Venue) August 19C Guam6 Russia26:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 20D Japan3 Saudi Arabia01:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)D Curaçao5 (F/8) Venezuela44:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)C Canada2 Mexico06:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 21C Canada0 Guam55:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)D Japan9 Curaçao07:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 22C Russia0 Mexico711:00 am (Lamade Stadium)D Japan7 Venezuela41:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)D Saudi Arabia0 Curaçao36:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) August 23C Canada2 Russia111:00 am (Lamade Stadium)D Saudi Arabia0 Venezuela41:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)C Guam5 Mexico36:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
Elimination round
2005 Little League World Series ChampionsWest Oahu Little LeagueʻEwa Beach, Hawaii
Notable players
Dante Bichette Jr. (Southeast) - Professional baseball player, brother of Bo Bichette and son of Dante Bichette Johnny Dee (West) - Basketball player for CB Sevilla of the Liga ACB Max Moroff (Southeast) - Infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians Jurickson Profar (Caribbean) - Infielder for the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres Andrew Stevenson (Southwest) - Outfielder for the Washington Nationals, Minnesota Twins, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Coaches
Dante Bichette (Southeast) - Former outfielder for the Colorado Rockies Mike Stanley (Southeast) - Former catcher for the New York Yankees
Champion's path RoundOppositionResultHawaii State TournamentWinner's Bracket Semifinals Pearl City LL 4–0Winner's Bracket Finals Hilo National LL 7–5Championship Pearl City LL5–2Northwest RegionalGroup Stage Murrayhill LL17–1Group Stage Northwest Ada LL16–5 (5 inn.)Group Stage Heights National LL26–7 (4 inn.)Group Stage Dimond-West LL10–0 (4 inn.)Semifinals Murrayhill LL6–5West Region Championship Northwest Ada LL12–1
References
External links 2005 official results via Wayback Machine