2016 Big League World Series

The 2016 Big League World Series was a youth baseball tournament that took place from July 26-August 2 in Easley, South Carolina, United States. Taoyuan, Taiwan defeated Maui, Hawaii in the championship game. It was the first BLWS title for Taiwan since 1996, and extended their overall record to 18.

2016 Big League World Series

Tournament information
Location	Easley, South Carolina
Dates	July 26–August 2
Final positions
Champions	Taoyuan, Taiwan
Runner-up	Maui, Hawaii

On August 26, 2016 Little League announced the elimination of the "Big League" division in baseball, and softball. This made the 49th edition the final BLWS.

Teams

United States	International
Easley, South Carolina District 1 Host	Taoyuan, Taiwan Taoyuan County Asia–Pacific
Grand Rapids, Michigan District 9 Central	Regina, Saskatchewan District 1 Canada
Dover, Delaware District 1 East	Rotterdam, Netherlands District 1 Europe–Africa
Clearwater, Florida District 12 Southeast	Willemstad, Curaçao Hubenil/Willemstad Latin America
Montgomery, Texas District 28 Southwest	Guayama, Puerto Rico District 12 Puerto Rico
Maui, Hawaii Kihei West

Results

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United States Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals					United States Championship
						—	Michigan	0
	—	Hawaii	3			1–0	Hawaii	3
	—	Delaware	2								2–0	Hawaii	0
											1–0	Florida	3
						—	Florida	1
	—	Texas	1			1–0	South Carolina	0
	—	South Carolina	6													2–0	Florida	1
																3–1	Hawaii	4
	0–1	Delaware	1
	1–1	South Carolina	10								2–1	Hawaii	5
						2–1	South Carolina	4			2–1	Michigan	3
						1–1	Michigan	6
	0–1	Texas	1
	0–1	Michigan	5

International Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals					International Championship
						—	Taiwan	7
	—	Curaçao	3			1–0	Curaçao	1
	—	Canada	0								1–0	Tawian	7
											1–0	Puerto Rico	0
						—	Netherlands	1
						—	Puerto Rico	11
																2–0	Taiwan	3
																2–1	Puerto Rico	0
	0–1	Canada	1
	0–1	Netherlands	8								1–1	Puerto Rico	2
						1–1	Netherlands	3			2–1	Curaçao	0
						1–1	Curaçao	9

Consolation round

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	1–2	Delaware	14
	0–3	Canada	4

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	0–3	Texas	9
	1–2	Netherlands	11

Elimination Round

	Semifinals					World Championship
	2–0	Florida	1
	3–1	Hawaii	4
						4–1	Hawaii	2
						3–0	Taiwan	6
	2–0	Taiwan	3
	2–1	Puerto Rico	0

2016 Big League World Series Champions
Taoyuan County LL Taoyuan, Taiwan

References

1. 2016 Big League Baseball World Series Tournament. Archived 2015-08-20 at the Wayback Machine Littleleague.org