The 2024 Little League World Series was a youth baseball tournament that started on August 14 and ended on August 25 at the Little League headquarters complex in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Ten teams from the United States and ten teams from other countries competed in the 77th edition of the Little League World Series (LLWS). Lake Mary Little League of Lake Mary, Florida, defeated Kuei-Shan Little League of Taoyuan, Taiwan in the championship game by a 2–1 score after eight innings. The championship was won in walk-off fashion as the result of a bunt play. The victory was the first-ever LLWS championship for a team from Florida. Previously, teams from Florida had lost in eight championship game appearances. Florida also set the record for the most number of wins in a single LLWS tournament with seven.
Teams
Regional qualifying tournaments were held from February to August 2024.Little League Baseball 2024 Region Tournaments
International Region Team Region Team Great Lakes Hinsdale, IllinoisHinsdale Little League Asia-Pacific and Middle East Taoyuan, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)Kuei-Shan Little League Metro Staten Island, New YorkSouth Shore Little League Australia Sydney, New South WalesHills Little League Mid-Atlantic Newtown, PennsylvaniaCouncil Rock Newtown Little League Canada Surrey, British ColumbiaWhalley Little League Midwest Sioux Falls, South DakotaSioux Falls Little League Caribbean Santa Cruz, ArubaAruba Central Little League Mountain Henderson, NevadaPaseo Verde Little League Cuba Santa Clara, Villa ClaraSanta Clara Little League New England Salem, New Hampshire Salem Little League Europe and Africa Brno, Czech RepublicSouth Czech Republic Little League Northwest Puyallup, WashingtonSouth Hill Little League Japan TokyoJohoku Little League Southeast Lake Mary, FloridaLake Mary Little League Latin America Barquisimeto, VenezuelaCardenales Little League Southwest Boerne, TexasBoerne Little League Mexico Matamoros, TamaulipasMatamoros Little League West Wailuku, HawaiiCentral East Maui Little League Puerto Rico Guayama, Puerto RicoRadames López Little League Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.
Results
The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 12, 2024.
United States bracket
International bracket
2024 Little League World Series Champions Lake Mary Little League Lake Mary, Florida
Champions path The Lake Mary LL reached the LLWS with a record of 13–0. In total, their record was 20–1, with their only loss coming from Boerne LL (from Texas). RoundOppositionResultFlorida State TournamentPool A Sarasota American LL 17–0 (F/3)Pool A Miami Springs LL 4–2Pool A Boca Raton LL 6–2 (F/8)Championship Charies/Capitola LL 8–1Southeast Regional TournamentFirst round Irmo LL 5–3Winner's bracket semi-final Greenvile Tar Heel LL 11–4Winner's bracket final Goodlettsville LL 8–1Championship Goodlettsville LL 11–0 (F/4)
MLB Little League Classic On August 20, 2023, it was announced that the seventh MLB Little League Classic would feature the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers on August 18, 2024. The Tigers defeated the Yankees, 3–2, in 10 innings.
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