This is the list of regions that have sent teams to the Little League World Series since its inception in 1947. Many regions have gone through major realignment over the years. As of , 22 regions are active, 10 from the United States and 12 from international. The Far East region, inactive since 2000, has won the most overall championships (23).Past Divisional Champs – Little League Baseball® The Canada and the Latin America region are the longest running ones, sending teams to LLWS since 1958.
LLWS Regions As of the 2026 Little League World Series.
RegionCountryStatusFirst LLWSLast AppearanceAppearancesChampionshipsRunners-upThird placeFinishesRecordin LLWSPCT U.S. Active 26 2 1 0 42–51 Metro U.S. Active 5 0 0 1 11–9 Mid-Atlantic U.S. Active 26 1 1 0 39–48 Midwest U.S. Active 26 0 0 0 22–61 Mountain U.S. Active 5 0 2 0 13–9 U.S. Active 26 0 0 0 32–55 Northwest U.S. Active 26 1 0 2 38–52 Southeast U.S. Active 26 3 3 0 71–51 Southwest U.S. Active 26 1 1 3 62–52 West U.S. Active 26 6 4 3 89–36 Canada International Active 66 0 1 2 60–139 International Active 12 2 3 2 40–16 Japan International Active 18 5 2 5 67–23 Europe and Africa International Active 12 0 0 0 3–29 International Active 66 4 3 13 130–103 Panama International Active 4 0 0 0 4–8 Mexico International Active 24 0 1 5 63–47 Caribbean International Active 24 1 4 3 64–47 Puerto Rico International Active 3 0 0 0 0–6 Cuba International Active 2 0 0 0 2–4 Curaçao International Active 1 1 0 0 5–0 Australia International Active 12 0 0 0 6–27 Central U.S. Inactive 44 1 5 8 54–74 East U.S. Inactive 44 7 4 9 70–66 South U.S. Inactive 44 3 10 15 74–57 U.S. Inactive 44 6 17 7 85–50 U.S. Inactive 4 0 0 0 3–6 Far East International Inactive 37 23 3 3 99–24 Asia International Inactive 6 2 2 0 27–7 International Inactive 6 0 0 0 8–13 Asia-Pacific International Inactive 6 0 1 1 13–11 Europe (1960–2000) International Inactive 40 0 0 2 24–94 International Inactive 7 0 0 0 1–20 Transatlantic International Inactive 7 0 0 0 7–14 Europe (2008–2012) International Inactive 5 0 0 0 1–14 Middle East-Africa International Inactive 5 0 0 0 3–12 Invitation U.S. Inactive 8 2 2 0 – – Region 1Little League Baseball Region 1 tournament U.S. Inactive 8 0 1 2 7–9 Region 2 U.S. Inactive 8 4 1 0 14–4 Region 3 U.S. Inactive 8 1 1 1 8–8 Region 4 U.S. Inactive 8 0 2 3 12–10 Region 5 U.S. Inactive 8 1 0 1 5–7 Region 6 U.S. Inactive 8 0 1 0 3–9 Region 7 U.S. Inactive 8 1 1 1 7–7 Region 8 U.S. Inactive 8 1 1 0 8–10 Total 833 79 78 92
See also List of Little League World Series appearances by U.S. state List of Little League World Series appearances by country
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