2008 Little League World Series

2008 Little League World Series
Dates	August 15 – August 24
Teams participating	16
Champion	Waipio Little League Waipi`o, Hawaii
Runner-up	Matamoros Little League Matamoros, Mexico

The 2008 Little League World Series, was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It began on August 15 and ended August 24. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed to decide the winner of the 62nd installment of the Little League World Series.

Groups

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Hagerstown, MD Mid-Atlantic Region Hagerstown Federal	Shelton, CT New England Region Shelton National	Curaçao Caribbean Region Pabao	Dhahran MEA Region Arabian American
Mill Creek, WA Northwest Region Mill Creek	Waipi`o, HI West Region Waipio	Matamoros Mexico Region Matamoros	Tokyo Japan Region Edogawa Minami
Lake Charles, LA Southwest Region South Lake Charles	Tampa, FL Southeast Region Citrus Park	Emilia Europe Region Emilia	Surrey, BC Canada Region White Rock-South Surrey
Jeffersonville, IN Great Lakes Region Jefferson/GRC American	Rapid City, SD Midwest Region Canyon Lake	Yona, Guam Asia-Pacific Region Southern	Maracaibo Latin America Region Coquivacoa

Results

Pool play

The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each will meet on August 24 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage, while teams marked in red were eliminated.

Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. In the event of a three-way tie for first place, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs-per-defensive-inning ratio is ranked first and advances. Second place is determined by the head-to-head result of the other two teams. If the three-way tie is for 2nd place, the runs-per-defensive-inning ratio rule is used. The team with the lowest run ratio advances, the other two teams are eliminated.

 United States

Pool A

Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Southwest	2-1	7	0.412
2	Northwest	2-1	12	0.706
3	Mid-Atlantic	2-1	21	1.235
4	Great Lakes	0-3	15	1.285

• Southwest wins pool based on defensive run ratio. Northwest is the runner-up based on win against Mid-Atlantic.

Pool B

Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	West	3-0	7	0.389
2	Southeast	2-1	12	0.750
3	New England	1-2	15	0.833
4	Midwest	0-3	25	1.667

All times US EDT. Team batting in latter half of inning in italics.

Pool	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score	Time (Venue)
August 15
B	Midwest	0 (4 inn.)	Southeast	10	2pm (Volunteer Stadium)
B	New England	1	West	3	6pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 16
A	Mid-Atlantic	3	Great Lakes	2	10am (Volunteer Stadium)
B	Midwest	4	New England	9	3:30pm (Lamade Stadium)
A	Southwest	5	Northwest	1	8pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 17
A	Great Lakes	0	Southwest	9	3:30pm (Lamade Stadium)
B	Southeast	2	West	10	8pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 18
A	Northwest	15	Mid-Atlantic	5	12pm (Lamade Stadium)
B	Midwest	4	West	6	3pm (Lamade Stadium)
B	Southeast	8 (7 inn.)	New England	2	6pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 19
A	Northwest	3 (7 inn.)	Great Lakes	2	2pm (Volunteer Stadium)
A	Southwest	4	Mid-Atlantic	6	8pm (Lamade Stadium)

International

Pool C

Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Mexico	3-0	2	0.133
2	Caribbean	2-1	7	0.438
3	Asia-Pacific	1-2	19	1.425
4	Europe	0-3	33	2.828

Pool D

Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Japan	3-0	7	0.368
2	Latin America	2-1	6	0.316
3	Canada	1-2	22	1.222
4	MEA	0-3	24	1.412

All times US EDT. Team batting in latter half of inning in italics.

Pool	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score	Time (Venue)
August 15
D	Canada	1	Latin America	8	4pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 16
C	Caribbean	2	Mexico	6	11am (Lamade Stadium)
C	Europe	6	Asia-Pacific	7	1pm (Volunteer Stadium)
D	Japan	5	MEA	0	6pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 17
C	Europe	0 (4 inn.)	Mexico	12	12pm (Lamade Stadium)
D	Canada	3	Japan	9	1pm (Volunteer Stadium)
D	Latin America	12	MEA	0	6pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 18
C	Asia-Pacific	0	Mexico	10	1pm (Volunteer Stadium)
C	Caribbean	14	Europe	1	4pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 19
D	Latin America	4 (7 inn.)	Japan	5	12pm (Lamade Stadium)
D	Canada	7	MEA	5	4pm (Lamade Stadium)
C	Caribbean	3	Asia-Pacific	0	6pm (Volunteer Stadium)

Elimination round

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	20 August - 4pm - Lamade
	Tokyo, Japan	11
					23 August – 12:30pm - Lamade
	Willemstad, Curacao	4
					Tokyo, Japan	4
	21 August - 4pm - Lamade
					Matamoros, Mexico	5
	Matamoros, Mexico	5
									24 August – 3:30pm - Lamade
	Maracaibo, Venezuela	2
									Matamoros, Mexico	3
	20 August - 8pm - Lamade
									Waipiʻo, Hawaiʻi	12
	Waipiʻo, Hawaiʻi	9
					23 August – 3:30pm - Lamade
	Mill Creek, Washington	4
					Waipiʻo, Hawaiʻi	7			Third place
	21 August - 8pm - Lamade
					Lake Charles, Louisiana	5
	Lake Charles, Louisiana	6							Tokyo, Japan	4
	Tampa, Florida	1							Lake Charles, Louisiana	3
									24 August - 12pm - Volunteer

2008 Little League World Series Champions
Waipio Little League Waipiʻo, Hawaiʻi

External links

• Official site