Big League World Series


The Big League World Series was a baseball tournament for children aged 15 to 18 years old that began in 1968. On August 26, 2016, Little League International announced that it was eliminating the Big League Level of both baseball and softball. It was patterned after the Little League World Series, which was named for the World Series in Major League Baseball. Most recently, the tournament was held in Easley, South Carolina.
The Big League World Series was held at four different sites.
;Pool A consisted of six regions :
;Pool B consisted of five regions:
YearWinnerRegionScoreRunner–UpRegion
1968 Charleston, West VirginiaSouth3–2 New Hyde Park, New YorkEast
1969 Barstow, Southern CaliforniaWest12–6 Winston-Salem, North CarolinaHost
1970 Lincolnwood, IllinoisNorth6–0 & 10–5 San Fernando/Simi Valley, Southern CaliforniaWest
1971 Cupertino, Northern CaliforniaWest2–0 & 4–0 Lincolnwood, IllinoisNorth
1972 Orlando, FloridaSouth5–4 Inglewood, Southern CaliforniaWest
1973 Lincolnwood, IllinoisNorth8–0 & 6–2 Orange County, Southern CaliforniaWest
1974 Taipei, TaiwanFar East2–0 San Antonio, TexasSouth
1975 Taipei, TaiwanFar East2–1 San Antonio, TexasSouth
1976 Taipei, TaiwanFar East4–0 Broward County, FloridaHost
1977 Taipei, TaiwanFar East4–1 & 4–0 Broward County, FloridaHost
1978 Taipei, TaiwanFar East4–1 Tampa, FloridaSouth
1979 West Hempstead, New YorkEast5–1 Orlando, FloridaSouth
1980 Buena Park, Southern CaliforniaWest3–2 Orlando, FloridaSouth
1981 Taipei, TaiwanFar East14–2 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
1982 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico2–0 VenezuelaVenezuela
1983 Taipei, TaiwanFar East7–0 Broward County, FloridaHost
1984 Taipei, TaiwanFar East6–4 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela
1985 Broward County, FloridaHost9–1 & 10–8 Carolina, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
1986 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela6–2 & 6–4 Broward County, FloridaHost
1987 Taipei, TaiwanFar East4–10 & 9–1 Broward County, FloridaHost
1988 Taipei, TaiwanFar East3–1 & 6–0 Broward County, FloridaHost
1989 Taipei, TaiwanFar East1–0 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela
1990 Taipei, TaiwanFar East12–1 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela
1991 Taipei, TaiwanFar East8–2 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela
1992 Broward County, FloridaHost5–2 & 5–4 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela
1993 Taipei, TaiwanFar East7–0 Broward County, FloridaHost
1994 Taipei, TaiwanFar East3–2 & 11–4 Broward County, FloridaHost
1995 Tainan, TaiwanFar East6–1 Broward County, FloridaHost
1996 Kaohsiung, TaiwanFar East4–0 Burbank, IllinoisNorth
1997 Broward County, FloridaHost15–3 Maracaibo, VenezuelaVenezuela
1998 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest10–9 VenezuelaLatin America
1999 Orlando, FloridaSouth14–2 Fraser Valley, CanadaCanada
2000 Fraser Valley, CanadaCanada9–8 Jeffersonville, IndianaCentral
2001 Westminster, Southern CaliforniaWest5–4 Valencia, VenezuelaLatin America
2002 San Juan, Puerto RicoLatin America7–2 Hughesville, MarylandEast
2003 Easley, South CarolinaHost6–3 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest
2004 Easley, South CarolinaHost9–1 Williamsport, PennsylvaniaEast
2005 Easley, South CarolinaHost10–5 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest
2006 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest10–0 San Juan, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
2007 Easley, South CarolinaHost11–3 San Juan, Puerto RicoLatin America
2008 Taylors, South CarolinaSouth5–4 San Juan, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
2009 Santiago, Dominican RepublicLatin America12–0 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest
2010 San Juan, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico3–2 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest
2011 Taylors, South CarolinaSoutheast9–7 San Juan, Puerto RicoLatin America
2012 San Juan, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico7–3 Easley, South CarolinaHost
2013 Greenville County, South CarolinaSoutheast6–1 Maracaibo, VenezuelaLatin America
2014 Clearwater, FloridaSoutheast2–1 Guayama, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
2015 Guayama, Puerto RicoLatin America3–1 Thousand Oaks, Southern CaliforniaWest
2016 Taoyuan, TaiwanAsia–Pacific6–2 Kihei, HawaiiWest
YearWinnerRegionScoreRunner–UpRegion

Championships won by Country/State

TeamChampionshipsLast
Taiwan182016
Host Team72007
Southern California52006
Puerto Rico52015
South Carolina32013
Florida32014
Illinois21973
West Virginia11968
Northern California11971
New York11979
Venezuela11986
Canada12000
Dominican Republic12007