Intermediate League World Series

Intermediate League World Series
Upcoming season or competition:
Current sports event 2016 Intermediate League World Series
Sport Baseball
Founded 2013
No. of teams 11
Countries International
Most recent
champion(s)		 Hawaii Wailuku, Hawaii
Official website LittleLeague.org

The Intermediate League World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old that began in 2013. It is patterned after the Little League World Series, which was named for the World Series in Major League Baseball. Currently the tournament is held in Livermore, California.

The Intermediate division is the second of five Little League divisions by development. The pitching mound is 50 feet from home plate, and the base paths are 70 feet apart. This allows for a transition between the smaller field dimensions of Little League (46/60), and the standard field dimensions of the advanced leagues (60.5/90).[1]

Tournament format

Unlike the Little League World Series — which has sixteen regions (eight in the U.S. and eight international) — the Intermediate League World Series has only ten regions, plus a host team. The regional champions are divided into Pool A (U.S.) and Pool B (International). The teams advance to the semi-finals via a modified double elimination format; the semifinal and final are single elimination. Teams that lose their first two games face off in classification games.

Pool A (U.S.) consists of five regions + the host team

Pool B (International) consists of five regions

Champions

Year Winner Region Score Runner-Up Region
2013 Japan Osaka, Japan Asia–Pacific 10–1 Pennsylvania Collier Township, Pennsylvania East
2014 Arizona Nogales, Arizona West 11–4 Puerto Rico San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
2015 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Asia–Pacific 10–5 Florida Wellington, Florida Southeast
2016 Hawaii Wailuku, Hawaii West 5–1 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Asia–Pacific

Championships won by Country/State

Team Championships Last
Japan Japan 1 2013
Arizona Arizona2014
South Korea South Korea 2015
Hawaii Hawaii 2016

See also

References

  1. ↑ Intermediate (50/70) Baseball Division. .

External links

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