| Dates: | August 14–August 24 |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Champion Other: |  Seoul Little LeagueSeoul, South Korea |
| Second Other: |  Mountain Ridge Little LeagueLas Vegas, Nevada |
The 2014 Little League World Series, held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, started on August 14 and ended on August 24, 2014.[1] Eight teams from the United States, and eight from the rest of the world, competed in the 68th edition of the Little League World Series (LLWS). This was the first LLWS to feature entire rosters of players born in the 21st century.
All games took place at Howard J. Lamade Stadium and Little League Volunteer Stadium. ESPN again broadcast the games. Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea, defeated Jackie Robinson West Little League of Chicago, Illinois, 8–4, to win the championship.
On February 11, 2015, Jackie Robinson West had all of its tournament wins forfeited after it was found that the team used ineligible players from outside the Chicago area. Mountain Ridge Little League of Las Vegas, Nevada, was named the official U.S. champion.
See main article: article and 2014 Little League World Series qualification.
| United States | International | |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, Illinois Great Lakes Region Jackie Robinson West Little League | Seoul, South Korea Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region Seoul Little League | |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic Region Taney Little League | Perth, Western Australia  Australia Region Perth Metro North Little League | |
| Rapid City, South Dakota Midwest Region Canyon Lake Little League | Vancouver, British Columbia  Canada Region South Vancouver Little League | |
| Cumberland, Rhode Island New England Region Cumberland American Little League | Humacao, Puerto Rico Caribbean Region Miguel Luzunaris Little League | |
| Lynnwood, Washington Northwest Region Lynnwood Pacific |  Brno, Czech Republic Europe and Africa Region South Moravia Little League | |
| Nashville, Tennessee Southeast Region South Nashville Little League | Tokyo  Japan Region Tokyo Kitasuna Little League | |
| Pearland, Texas Southwest Region Pearland East Little League | Maracaibo, Venezuela Latin America Region Coquivacoa Little League | |
| Las Vegas, Nevada West Region Mountain Ridge Little League | Guadalupe, Nuevo León  Mexico Region Linda Vista Little League |
| Dong Hwan AhnHae Chan Choi Sang Hoon Han Jae Yeong Hwang Jin Woo Jeon Dong Hyeok Kim Shane Jaemin Kim Gyu Heon Kwon Tae Min Moon Ji Ho Park Dong Wan Sin Chan Oh Min Jun Hyeok Yun | Etienne CharetteMatthew Coleman Carter Dowling Calvin Eissens Benjamin Hewett Callum Johnson Blake Monaghan Javier Pelkonen Tarrant Reimers Nicholas Riley Callum Schipp Daniel Stephenson Zak Taylor Jordano Vivona | Rod BetonioNico Cole Vicarte Domingo Madjik Mackenzie Ryan Mah Emma March Evan March Joshua Matsui Michael Oyhenart Joseph Sinclair Daniel Suarez Matthew Suarez | Emanuel AliceaAdrian Colon Jeremy Colon Felix Cruz Erick Figueroa Edward Gonzalez Joseph Gonzalez Oscar Lopez Nieves Peter Marquez Alvin Martinez Janiel Perez Yadiel Santana Joel Santos Abimael Torres | Vojtech BlahaOndrej Chlubna Patrik Kadrnozka Marek Krejcirik Miroslav Krivanek Lukas Maly Tomas Oppelt Lukas Pacal Milan Prokop Martin Regner Roman Seifer Viktor Svida Adam Vavra | Joichiro FujimatsuTaro Hashiguchi Keisuke Hirano Shozo Kamata Suguru Kanamori Yuta Komaba Ryoma Mitsui Arata Nishikawa Takuma Takahashi Ren Takeuchi Kengo Tomita Shingo Tomita Hayato Ueshima Hiromu Yokoyama | Andrew AndradeJose Luis Atencio Diomel Bracho Jorge Cabrera Asnaldo Caicedo Jose de la Pena Andres Escalona Andres Inciarte Edgardo Marriaga Ronny Medina Alberson Mogollon Julio Rejon Greybell Salom Cesar Leonardo Vivas | Jesus BernalMiguel de la Fuente Alex Garcia Juan Garza Encarnacion Gonzalez Gabriel Heredia Ruy Martinez Daniel Quiroz David Ramirez Rolando Reyna Luis Rodriguez Aldair Tellez Erick Vela Abraham Zambrano |
| Jaheim BentonCameron Bufford D.J. Butler Brandon Green Trey Hondras Joshua Houston Marquis Jackson Pierce Jones Eddie King Prentiss Luster Lawrence Noble Darion Radcliff | Scott BanduraKai Cummings Carter Davis Jahli Hendricks Erik Lipson Jack Rice Joe Richardson Tai Shanahan Eli Simon Zion Spearman Jared Sprague-Lott | Colton HartfordMatthew Hegre Jake Kostenbauer Mason Litz Logan Miller Bridger Nesbit Dylan Richey Adam Salter True Synhorst Daniel Vigoren Cooper Voorhees Blake Weaver | John BelisleTrey Bourque Nick Croteau C.J. Davock Addison Kopack Mason Matos Sean Meers Tyler Provost Tyler Shaw Trey Thibeault Brendan Wright | Read CarrRobley Corsi Tygan Duncan Tyler Durbin Ben Grant Nate King Logan Kruse Ian Michael Tai Starchman Karsen Tjarneberg Matthew Turcotte Mason Vaughn Colton Walsh | Drew ByersTyler Finley Ian Fry Brian Garcia Tyler Hammonds Robert Hassell Houston High Garrett Justice Blake Money Cade Reynolds Sam Slaughter Barrett Smith Eston Snider | Matthew AdamsClayton Broeder Landon Donley Hunter Dopslauf Joshua Gabino Michael Groover Bryce Laird Walter Maeker Jonathan Newman Layne Roblyer Brandon Sliwinski Cole Smajstrla Presley Smith Christian Terranova | Alex BarkerPayton Brooks Dallan Cave Dominic Clayton Josiah Cromwick Zach Hare Justin Hausner Brennan Holligan Dillon Jones Ausin Kryszczuk Drew Laspaluto Andrew Matulich Brad Stone Josh Zuehlsdorff |
Coaches
See main article: article and 2014 Little League World Series results. The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 11, 2014.[4]
After the tournament, Jackie Robinson West Little League had all of their wins, including the U.S. Championship, forfeited. Any of their wins are officially considered a 6–0 loss. The scores of their games, as played during the tournament, were as follows:
| Bracket | Round | Score | Opponent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Round 1 | 12–2 (F/5) | Washington | |
| Winners | Round 2 | 2–13 (F/4) | Nevada | |
| Losers | Round 2 | 8–7 | Rhode Island | |
| Losers | Round 3 | 6–1 | Texas | |
| Losers | U.S. Semifinal | 6–5 | Pennsylvania | |
| U.S. Championship | 7–5 | Nevada | ||
| World Championship | 4–8 | South Korea | ||
Teams that lost their first two games played a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games were labeled Game A and Game B. This provided teams who were already eliminated the opportunity to play a third game.
The consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.
Team Jackie Robinson West was the first all black team to compete in the tournament in several decades. Hailing from the Washington Heights area of Chicago, the team made it all the way to the World Championship before ultimately falling to a team from South Korea.
As the team rose to prominence, Evergreen Park, Illinois, Little League official Chris Janes began to investigate personal information pertaining to players of the Jackie Robinson West team, finding that multiple players on the team lived outside the team's designated boundary region. He later discovered that the team had used a falsified boundary map which covered a wider area than other teams in the region had agreed to. On February 11, 2015, based on Chris Janes' findings, the team's wins and U.S. titles were forfeited for its use of ineligible players. The U.S. title was retroactively awarded to Mountain Ridge Little League of Las Vegas. The Great Lakes title was also stripped from Jackie Robinson West, and given to the team they beat in the regional championship, New Albany, Indiana.[5] [6]
