2012 Little League World Series

The 2012 Little League World Series started in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on August 16 and ended on August 26. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 66th edition of this tournament. Tokyo Kitasuna Little League of Tokyo, Japan, defeated Goodlettsville Baseball Little League of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 12–2 in the World Championship game. For the country of Japan, it was the eighth LLWS championship overall, and the second in three years. This was the last World Series to feature players born in the 1900s.

2012 Little League World Series
Dates	August 16–August 26
Teams participating	16
Champion	Tokyo Kitasuna Little League Tokyo, Japan
Runner-up	Goodlettsville Baseball Little League Goodlettsville, Tennessee
Little League World Series

Teams

United States	International
New Castle, Indiana Great Lakes Region New Castle Little League	Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei Asia-Pacific Region Kuei-Shan Little League
Parsippany, New Jersey Mid-Atlantic Region Par-Troy East Little League	Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Region Hastings Community Little League
Kearney, Nebraska Midwest Region Kearney Little League	Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean Region Pariba Little League
Fairfield, Connecticut New England Region Fairfield American Little League	Ramstein Air Base, Germany Europe Region KMC American Little League
Gresham, Oregon Northwest Region Gresham National Little League	Tokyo Japan Region Tokyo Kitasuna Little League
Goodlettsville, Tennessee Southeast Region Goodlettsville Baseball Little League	Aguadulce, Panama Latin America Region Aguadulce Cabezera Little League
San Antonio, Texas Southwest Region McAllister Park National Little League	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Mexico Region Oriente Little League
Petaluma, California West Region Petaluma National Little League	Lugazi, Uganda Middle East-Africa Region Lugazi 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 drawing to determine the opening round pairings, as well as the unveiling of the schedule, took place on June 14, 2012.[1]

United States bracket

	August 16 – Game 2
	Indiana	4
					August 19 – Game 15
	Oregon	0
					Indiana	3
	August 16 – Game 4
					Texas	13
	New Jersey	2
									August 22 – Game 24
	Texas	5
									Texas	3
	August 17 – Game 6
									Tennessee	4
	California	6
					August 19 – Game 14
	Connecticut	4
					California	6
	August 17 – Game 8
					Tennessee	9
	Nebraska	1
	Tennessee	12
																	August 25 – U.S. championship (F/7)
																	Tennessee	24
	August 18 – Game 10
																	California	16
	Oregon	4
					August 20 – Game 18 (F/8)
	New Jersey	10
					California	5
					New Jersey	4
									August 21 – Game 22
									California	5
	August 18 – Game 12 (F/5)
									Connecticut	0
	Connecticut	12
					August 20 – Game 20
	Nebraska	0
					Indiana	0
					Connecticut	4
													August 24 – Game 26 (F/5)
													Texas	1
													California	11

International bracket

	August 16 – Game 1
	Japan	7
					August 19 – Game 16 (F/9)
	Curaçao	0
					Japan	2
	August 16 – Game 3 (F/4)
					Chinese Taipei	0
	Germany	1
									August 22 – Game 23
	Chinese Taipei	14
									Japan	4
	August 17 – Game 5
									Panama	1
	Mexico	9
					August 19 – Game 13
	Canada	13
					Canada	3
	August 17 – Game 7
					Panama	8
	Panama	9
	Uganda	3
																	August 25 – International championship
																	Japan	10
	August 18 – Game 9 (F/4)
																	Panama	2
	Curaçao	14
					August 20 – Game 17
	Germany	2
					Canada	3
					Curaçao	4
									August 21 – Game 21
									Curaçao	2
	August 18 – Game 11 (F/4)
									Mexico	6
	Mexico	12
					August 20 – Game 19
	Uganda	0
					Chinese Taipei	3
					Mexico	4
													August 23 – Game 25
													Panama	2
													Mexico	1

Crossover games

Teams that lose their first two games get to play a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games are labeled Game A and Game B.

	Game A
	August 20 – Lamade Stadium (F/4)
	Nebraska	17
	Germany	1

	Game B
	August 21 – Lamade Stadium
	Oregon	2
	Uganda	3

Consolation game

The consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.

	Consolation game
	August 26 – Lamade Stadium
	Panama	4
	California	12

World Championship

	Little League World Championship
	August 26 – Lamade Stadium (F/5)
	Tennessee	2
	Japan	12

Champions path

The Tokyo Kitasuna LL reached the LLWS by winning all 8 of their Tokyo and national tournament games.[2] In total, they went undefeated with a 13–0 record.

Round	Opposition	Result
All-Tokyo Tournament
Winner's Bracket Round	Tokyo Jōhoku LL	11–0
Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals	Chōfu LL	10–5
Winner's Bracket Semifinals	Koganei LL	10–1
Winner's Bracket Final	Musashi Fuchū LL	7–2
Japan Regional
Opening Round	Ueda Miyami LL	8–2
Quarterfinals	Iwakitaira LL	10–0 (4 inn.)
Semifinals	Funabashi LL	14–4 (4 inn.)
Japan Championship	Matsusaka LL	11–0 (4 inn.)

References

1. Communications Division (June 14, 2012). "66th Little League Baseball World Series Schedule Announced". Little League. Archived from the original on 2012-06-18. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
2. "Japan Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved July 9, 2013.

External links

• 2012 official results via Wayback Machine