Dates: | August 18–August 23 |
Num Teams: | 8 |
Champion Other: | Linda Vista Little League Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico |
Second Other: | South Mission Viejo Little League Mission Viejo, California |
The 1997 Little League World Series took place between August 18 and August 23 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Linda Vista Little League of Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico,[1] defeated South Mission Viejo Little League of Mission Viejo, California, in the championship game of the 51st Little League World Series. Mexico made a dramatic come-from-behind win by staging a 4-run rally in the bottom of sixth inning capped by a single by Pablo Torres that led to an error by Ashton White.
United States | International | |
---|---|---|
Dyer, Indiana Central Dyer Little League | Surrey, British Columbia Canada Whalley Little League | |
Pottsville, Pennsylvania East Railway Park Little League | Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Europe Arabian American Little League | |
Bradenton, Florida South Manatee G.T. Bray East Little League | Yokohama, Japan Far East Seya Little League | |
Mission Viejo, California West South Mission Viejo Little League | Guadalupe, Nuevo León Latin America Linda Vista Little League |
Region | Record | |
---|---|---|
West | 3–0 | |
South | 2–1 | |
East | 1–2 | |
Central | 0–3 |
Region | Record | |
---|---|---|
Latin America | 3–0 | |
Far East | 2–1 | |
Europe | 1–2 | |
Canada | 0–3 |
Europe | 0–3 | Latin America | |
East | 1–0 | Central | |
Far East | 5–1 | Canada | |
West | 10–6 | South |
Europe | 5–0 | Canada | |
West | 9–0 | Central | |
Latin America | 12–0 (4 innings) | Far East | |
South | 5–0 (8 innings) | East |
(August 20
Latin America | 3–0 | Canada | |
Central | 2–8 | South | |
Far East | 2–1 | Europe | |
East | 0–3 | West |