News — LLWS 2022

The bracket has been set with the return of the International Teams. This should be a very exciting tournament and will be great to go full venue.

United States

• Great Lakes: Hagerstown Little League; Hagerstown, Indiana
• New England: Middleborough Little League; Middleborough, Massachusetts
• Northwest: Bonney Lake/Sumner Little League; Bonney Lake, Washington
• Metro: Massapequa Coast Little League; Massapequa, New York
• Mid-Atlantic: Hollidaysburg Area Summer Baseball Little League; Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
• Midwest: Davenport Southeast Little League; Davenport, Iowa
• Mountain: Snow Canyon Little League; Santa Clara, Utah
• Southeast: Nolensville Little League; Nolensville, Tennessee
• Southwest: Pearland Little League; Pearland, Texas
• West: Honolulu Little League; Honolulu, Hawaii

International

• Asia-Pacific: Fu Lin Little League; Taipei City, Chinese Taipei
• Australia: Brisbane North Little League; Queensland, Australia
• Canada: Little Mountain Little League; Vancouver, British Columbia
• Caribbean: Pabao Little League; Willemstad, Curacao
• Europe-Africa: Emilia Romagna Little League; Bologna, Italy
• Japan: Takarazuka Little League; Takarazuka, Japan
• Latin America: 14 de Septiembre Little League; Managua, Nicaragua
• Mexico: Matamoros Little League; Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
• Panama: Aguadulce Cabezera Little League; Aguadulce, Panama
• Puerto Rico: Guaynabo Baseball Little League; Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

Brisbane North Region Little League (Queensland, Australia) was crowned as the 2022 Little League Baseball^® Australia Region Champion, earning direct entry into the 2022 Little League Baseball World Series (LLBWS) with a hard-fought win over Hills Little League. The 9-3 victory came after a dominant run through the Region Tournament, where Brisbane North Region LL poured in 59 runs over seven games.

After falling to Hills Little League (Sydney, Australia), 4-0, earlier in tournament pool play, Brisbane North Region LL won the rematch thanks to a strong start and stellar pitching. Hills opened up the scoring in the first inning after notching one run, but it would be their only lead of the game as Brisbane North Region answered swiftly, scoring four runs of their own in the bottom of the first. Hills fought back in the top of the fifth scoring two runs, but Brisbane North Region put the game out of reach after knocking in three runs thanks to two consecutive RBI singles.

This will be the first time Brisbane North Region LL makes the trek to Williamsport, second time a team from Queensland earns the honor, and the eighth time a team from Australia will compete in the LLBWS after the country gained direct entry in 2013.

Australia’s most successful trip at the LLBWS took place in 2016, where Hills LL notched two wins by taking down squads from the Europe and Africa Region and Caribbean Region before being knocked out of the elimination bracket by the Mexico Region team.

A rapidly growing Little League country, Australia is one of the few nations with an automatic bid into all four Little League Baseball tournaments, with their most recent direct entry into the Little League Intermediate (50/70) Baseball Division World Series starting in 2018.

With the first-round matchups of the 2022 LLBWS announced at the Chairman’s Celebration of the 28^th Little League International Congress, Brisbane North Region LL is set to square off against the winner of the Canada Region in Game 3 on Wednesday, August 17, at 5 p.m. on Volunteer Stadium.

Little League International will be celebrating the 75^th Anniversary of the LLBWS this year and will celebrate the history of the iconic event throughout the summer leading up to this year’s World Series in August. More information about the 2022 Little League World Series tournaments, including full schedules and downloadable brackets, can be found at LittleLeague.org/WorldSeries.