2003 Little League World Series
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | August 15–August 24 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Musashi-Fuchu Little League![]() |
Runner-up | East Boynton Beach Little League![]() |
The 2003 Little League World Series took place between August 15 and August 24 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Musashi-Fuchu Little League of Tokyo, Japan, defeated the East Boynton Beach Little League of Boynton Beach, Florida, in the championship game of the 57th Little League World Series.
Notable players
[edit]The following LLWS players later appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB):
Player | LLWS team | MLB debut year & team |
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Randal Grichuk | Richmond, Texas | 2014 St. Louis Cardinals |
Brady Rodgers | 2016 Houston Astros | |
Jonathan Schoop | Curaçao | 2013 Baltimore Orioles |
Devon Travis | Boynton Beach, Florida | 2015 Toronto Blue Jays |
Teams
[edit]Between five and twelve qualification games took part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which varied in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments were 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 |
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![]() Southeast East Boynton Beach Little League |
![]() Mid-Atlantic Naamans Little League |
![]() ![]() Caribbean Pabao Little League |
![]() Pacific Central Little League |
![]() New England Saugus American Little League |
![]() Midwest North Scott Little League |
![]() ![]() Canada Glace Bay Little League |
![]() Latin America Los Leones |
![]() Great Lakes Tallmadge Little League |
![]() West Chandler National Little League |
![]() Asia Edogawa Minami |
![]() Mexico Oriente |
![]() Northwest Richland National Little League |
![]() Southwest Lamar Little League |
![]() Transatlantic Arabian-American |
![]() Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Brattevo |
Pool play
[edit]The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 24 to play for the Little League world championship.
Region | Record |
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New England | 3-0 |
Southeast | 2-1 |
Great Lakes | 1-2 |
Northwest | 0-3 |
Region | Record |
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West | 3-0 |
Southwest | 2-1 |
Mid-Atlantic | 1-2 |
Midwest | 0-3 |
August 15
New England | 2-1 | Great Lakes |
Southeast | 8-1 | Northwest |
August 16
Southwest | 7-2 | Midwest |
Mid-Atlantic | 1-5 | West |
August 17
Great Lakes | 2-7† | Southeast |
West | 10-4 | Southwest |
Northwest | 1-2 | New England |
Midwest | 7-8 | Mid-Atlantic |
August 18
Northwest | 4-5 | Great Lakes |
New England | 4-3 | Southeast |
August 19
Southwest | 7-1 | Mid-Atlantic |
West | 8-7 | Midwest |
International
[edit]Region | Record |
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Japan | 3-0 |
Caribbean | 2-1 |
Transatlantic | 1-2 |
Canada | 0-3 |
Region | Record |
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Latin America | 3-0 |
Mexico | 2-1 |
EMEA | 1-2 |
Pacific | 0-3 |
August 15
Caribbean | 1-4 | Asia |
August 16
Latin America | 9-0 | Pacific |
EMEA | 1-2 | Mexico |
August 17
Transatlantic | 3-2† | Canada |
EMEA | 2-0 | Pacific |
August 18
Caribbean | 9-2† | Transatlantic |
Pacific | 3-11 | Mexico |
Latin America | 7-1 | EMEA |
Asia | 7-0 | Canada |
August 19
Latin America | 6-2 | Mexico |
Asia | 17-0‡ (4 innings) |
Transatlantic |
Caribbean | 2-1 | Canada |
Elimination rounds
[edit]2003 Little League World Series Champions |
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![]() Musashi-Fuchu Little League Tokyo, Japan |
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- † Postponed (rained out)
- ‡ Game ended by "mercy rule" (at least 10-run difference through 5 innings)
External links
[edit]- 2003 official results via Wayback Machine
- Recap of championship game via Wayback Machine