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2002 Little League World Series

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2002 Little League World Series
Tournament details
DatesAugust 16–August 25
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsValley Sports American Little League
United StatesKentucky Louisville, Kentucky
Runner-upSendai Higashi Little League
Japan Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
← 2001
2003 →

The 2002 Little League World Series took place between August 16 and August 25 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Valley Sports American Little League of Pleasure Ridge Park, a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky, defeated Sendai Higashi Little League of Sendai, Japan, in the championship game of the 56th Little League World Series.

Notable players included 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Austin Dillon, a member of the Clemmons, North Carolina, Little League representing the Southeast region.[1]

Qualification

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Between five and twelve teams take part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which vary in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments are in the same format as the Little League World Series itself: a round-robin tournament followed by an elimination round to determine the regional champion.

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
Texas Fort Worth, Texas
Southwest
Westside Little League
New York (state) Manhattan, New York
Mid-Atlantic
Harlem Little League
Venezuela Valencia, Venezuela
Latin America
Los Leones Little League
Japan Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Asia
Sendai Hagashi Little League
Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts
New England
Jesse Burkett Little League
Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky
Great Lakes
Valley Sports American Little League
CanadaSaskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan
Canada
North Regina Little League
CuraçaoNetherlands Antilles Willemstad, Curaçao
Caribbean
Pariba Little League
Missouri Webb City, Missouri
Midwest
Webb City Little League
California Aptos, California
West
Aptos Little League
Guam Hagåtña, Guam
Pacific
Central Little League
Mexico Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Mexico
Country de Monterrey Little League
Hawaii Waipio, Hawaii
Northwest
Waipio Little League
North Carolina Clemmons, North Carolina
Southeast
Southwest Forsyth Little League
Saudi Arabia Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Transatlantic
Arabian-American Little League
Russia Moscow, Russia
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Khovrino Little League

Pool play

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The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 25 to play for the Little League world championship.

Pool A
Region Record
Southwest 2–1
New England 2–1
Northwest 2–1
Midwest 0–3
Pool B
Region Record
Great Lakes 3–0
Mid-Atlantic 2–1
West 1–2
Southeast 0–3

August 16

New England 2–3 Northwest
Midwest 0–1 Southwest

August 17

West 1–4 Great Lakes
Mid-Atlantic 9–3 Southeast
New England 2–1 Midwest

August 18

Southeast 8–11 West
West 10–4 Southeast
Northwest 0–8 Southwest
Great Lakes 2–0 Mid-Atlantic

August 19

New England 6–0 Southwest
Midwest 1–2 Northwest

August 20

West 2–5 Mid-Atlantic
Southeast 2–4 Great Lakes

International

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Pool C
Region Record
Latin America 2–1
Pacific 2–1
Transatlantic 2–1
Canada 0–3
Pool D
Region Record
Asia 3–0
Caribbean 2–1
Mexico 1–2
EMEA 0–3

August 16

Transatlantic 3–2 Canada

August 17

Pacific 1–11 Latin America
Mexico 1–10 Caribbean
EMEA 0–7 Asia

August 18

Transatlantic 6–9 Pacific
Mexico 4–3 EMEA

August 19

EMEA 0–13
(4 innings)
Caribbean
Asia 11–0
(4 innings)
Mexico
Canada 3–9 Latin America

August 20

Asia 5–0 Caribbean
Canada 7–12 Pacific
Transatlantic 6–5 Latin America

Elimination rounds

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 21 - Lamade (Game ended by mercy rule)
 
 
Japan Sendai, Japan 10
 
August 24 - Lamade
 
Guam Hagåtña, Guam 0
 
Japan Sendai, Japan4
 
August 22 - Lamade
 
CuraçaoNetherlands Antilles Willemstad, Curaçao 1
 
Venezuela Valencia, Venezuela 0
 
August 25 - Lamade
 
CuraçaoNetherlands Antilles Willemstad, Curaçao 3
 
Japan Sendai, Japan 0
 
August 21 - Lamade (11 innings)
 
United StatesKentucky Louisville, Kentucky1
 
Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky 2
 
August 24 - Lamade
 
Texas Fort Worth, Texas 1
 
Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky 4
 
August 22 - Lamade
 
Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts 0 Third place
 
Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts 5
 
August 25 - Volunteer
 
New York (state) New York, New York2
 
United StatesMassachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts 1
 
 
CuraçaoNetherlands Antilles Willemstad, Curaçao9
 
2002 Little League World Series Champions
United StatesKentucky
Valley Sports American Little League
Louisville, Kentucky

Notes

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  • † Game ended by "mercy rule" (at least a 10-run difference through 5 innings)

Champions path

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The Louisville Valley Sports American LL went undefeated on their road to the LLWS, winning all eleven of their matches.[2][3] In total record was 17–0.

Round Opposition Result
Kentucky State Tournament
Group Stage Kentucky Clay County LL 7-1
Group Stage Kentucky Morehead LL 1-0
Group Stage Kentucky Owensboro Southern LL 6-4 (14 inn)
Semifinals Kentucky Richmond LL 11-0 (4 inn)
Championship Kentucky Owensboro Southern LL 3-0
Great Lakes Regional
Group Stage Ohio Hamilton West Side American LL 5-0
Group Stage Illinois Bradley-Bourbonnais LL 2-1
Group Stage Wisconsin Merrill LL 4-1
Group Stage Michigan Grosse Pointe Farms-City LL 3-1
Semifinals Ohio Hamilton West Side American LL 2-1
Great Lakes Region Championship Indiana Brownsburg LL 8-1

References

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  1. ^ Pockrass, Bob (August 16, 2013). "Austin Dillon used to pressure after playing in Little League World Series". Sporting News. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "Great Lakes Region Tournament Historical Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  3. ^ "Great Lakes Region Tournament". Unpage.com. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
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