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Junior League World Series (softball)

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The Junior League Softball World Series is a softball tournament for girls aged between 12 and 14.[1] The tournament is administered by Little League Baseball, Inc. and is held annually in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, Washington.

Junior League Softball World Series welcome sign

Tournament format

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The tournament started in 1999, and is a true "World Series" since ten regions from around the world send in teams:

The ten teams are divided into two pools of five members each.[3] The top 4 teams from each pool then advance to the quarter-finals (Pool A 1st vs Pool B 4th, Pool B 2nd vs Pool A 3rd, etc). The winners of each quarter final face off in the semi-finals. The semi-final winners play for the championship. All matches are single-elimination games.

The losers of the quarter-final games, and the bottom team in each pool, play in friendship games. The losers of the semi-final games play each other in a consolation final. All pool play and bracket games are streamed on ESPN+. Friendship games are not streamed.

List of champions

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Champions per year

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Year Winner Score Runner-Up
1999 Texas
Woodway-Hewitt, Texas[4]
4–1 Usa West
2000 Florida
Naples, Florida[5]
12–3 Usa East
2001 Florida
Naples, Florida[6]
5–3 Host Team
2002 Netherlands
Utrecht, Netherlands[7]
5–3 Florida
Tampa Bay, Florida
2003 Philippines
Bacolod, Philippines[8]
2–0 Puerto Rico
Manuabo, Puerto Rico
2004 Indiana
South Bend, Indiana[9]
10–1 Texas
Giddings, Texas
2005 Florida
Lake Wales, Florida[10]
4–0 Texas
La Grange, Texas
2006 Florida
Naples, Florida[11]
8–0 Philippines
Bacolod, Philippines
2007 Puerto Rico
Maunabo, Puerto Rico[12]
16–6 California
Westchester-Del Rey, California
2008 Arizona
Oro Valley, Arizona[13]
10–4 Puerto Rico
Maunabo, Puerto Rico
2009 Puerto Rico
Maunabo, Puerto Rico[14]
2–1 Ohio
Elyria, Ohio
2010 Puerto Rico
Maunabo, Puerto Rico[15]
4–3 Florida
Tampa, Florida
2011 Michigan
Croswell, Michigan[16]
10–0 Florida
Tampa, Florida
2012 Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska[17]
6–2 Canada
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2013 Florida
Tampa, Florida[18]
10–1 Washington (state)
Kirkland, Washington
2014 Pennsylvania
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
6–2[19] Mexico
Mexicali, Mexico
2015 Florida
Tampa, Florida
9–2[20] Philippines
Norzagaray, Philippines
2016 Puerto Rico
Maunabo, Puerto Rico
8–6[21] Canada
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2017 Ohio
Poland, Ohio
7–1[22] Washington (state)
Kirkland, Washington
2018 Utah
Santa Clara, Utah
9–3[23] Texas
Smithville, Texas
2019 Florida
Tampa, Florida
7–6[24] Texas
Columbus, Texas
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis[25]
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis[26]
2022 Michigan
Jenison, Michigan
5–1[27] South Carolina
Irmo, South Carolina
2023 Philippines
Bago, Philippines
3–0[28] Connecticut
Milford, Connecticut
2024 Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic
5–3[29] Ohio
Poland, Ohio

Championships per location

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Flag Winner Total Years
Puerto Rico Maunabo, Puerto Rico 4 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016
Florida Naples, Florida 3 2000, 2001, 2006
Florida Tampa, Florida 3 2013, 2015, 2019
Utah Santa Clara, Utah 1 2018
Alaska Anchorage, Alaska 1 2012
Pennsylvania Greensburg, Pennsylvania 1 2014
Michigan Croswell, Michigan 1 2011
Michigan Jenison, Michigan 1 2022
Arizona Oro Valley, Arizona 1 2008
Florida Lake Wales, Florida 1 2005
Ohio Poland, Ohio 1 2017
Indiana South Bend, Indiana 1 2004
Philippines Bacolod, Philippines 1 2003
Philippines Bago, Philippines 1 2023
Netherlands Utrecht, Netherlands 1 2002
Texas Woodway-Hewitt, Texas 1 1999

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Softball - Divisions of Play". Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  2. ^ "SOFTBALL - Washington District 9". www.llwadistrict9.org.
  3. ^ "TEAMS - Little League Juniors Softball World Series". littleleaguejsws.org.
  4. ^ "JLSBWS Past Results".
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  18. ^ "JLSBWS Past Results".
  19. ^ "2014 JLS World Series Results".
  20. ^ "2015 Junior League Softball World Series". Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  21. ^ "2016 Junior League Softball World Series". Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  22. ^ "2017 Junior League Softball World Series". Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  23. ^ "Snow Canyon Little League Captures Junior League Softball World Series Championship". 4 August 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  24. ^ "Southeast defeats Southwest, 7-6; Wins Junior League Softball World Series Championship". Little League Baseball. 3 August 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  25. ^ "Little League Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments". 30 April 2020.
  26. ^ "2021 Little League World Series and Regional Tournament update". 3 May 2021.
  27. ^ "2022 JLS World Series Game Schedule".
  28. ^ "2023 Junior League Softball World Series Game Schedule".
  29. ^ "2024 Junior League Softball World Series Game Schedule".

Sources

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