2011 Little League World Series qualification explained

Great Lakes Winner:	La Grange, Kentucky
Mid-Atlantic Winner:	Clinton County, Pennsylvania
Midwest Winner:	Rapid City, South Dakota
New England Winner:	Cumberland, Rhode Island
Northwest Winner:	Billings, Montana
Southeast Winner:	Warner Robins, Georgia
Southwest Winner:	Lafayette, Louisiana
West Winner:	Huntington Beach, California
Asia-Pacific Winner:	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Canada Winner:	Langley, British Columbia
Caribbean Winner:	Oranjestad, Aruba
Europe Winner:	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Japan Winner:	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
Latin America Winner:	Maracay, Venezuela
Mexico Winner:	Mexicali, Baja California
Middle East-Africa Winner:	Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Prevseason Year:	2010
Nextseason Year:	2012

Qualification for the 2011 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2011.

United States

Great Lakes

The tournament took place in Indianapolis on August 5–13.^[1]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Evansville	Golfmoor	4–0
	La Grange	North Oldham	3–1
	Grosse Pointe Park	Grosse Pointe Park	2–2
	Hamilton	West Side	2–2
	Burlington	Burlington	1–3
	Rock Falls	Rock Falls	0–4

Mid-Atlantic

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut on August 5–15.^[2]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Clinton County	Keystone	4–0
	Newark	Newark National	4–0
	Paramus	Paramus	2–2
	Staten Island	Great Kills American	1–3
	Williamsport	Conocoheague	1–3
		Northwest Washington	0–4

Midwest

The tournament took place in Indianapolis on August 6–13.^[3]

Note: The Dakotas are organized into a single Little League district.

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Rapid City	Harney	3–1
	Des Moines	Grandview	3–1
	Kearney	Kearney	2–2
	Webb City	Webb City	2–2
	Circle Pines	Centennial Lakes West	2–2
	Cherokee	Cherokee Community	0–4

New England

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut on August 5–13.^[4]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Goffstown	Goffstown Junior Baseball	4–0
	Fairfield	Fairfield American	3–1
	Cumberland	Cumberland American	2–2
	Andover	Andover National	2–2
	Yarmouth	Yarmouth	1–3
	Barre	Barre Community	0–4

Northwest

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California on August 5–13.^[5]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Bothell	North Bothell	4–0
	Billings	Billings Big Sky	3–1
	Lewiston	Lewiston	2–2
	Bend	Bend South	2–2
	Laramie	Laramie	1–3
	Anchorage	Abbott-O-Rabbit	0–4

Southeast

The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia on August 5–12.^[6]

Pool A

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Tampa	New Tampa	3–0
	Fairmont	Fairmont	2–1
	Reston	Reston National	1–2
	Irmo	Irmo	0–3

Pool B

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Warner Robins	Warner Robins American East	3–0
	Mobile	Westside	2–1
	Greenville	Tar Heel	1–2
	Goodlettsville	Goodlettsville Baseball	0–3

Southwest

The tournament took place in Waco, Texas on August 5–11.^[7]

Pool A

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Lafayette	Lafayette	3–0
East	Pearland	Pearland Maroon	2–1
West	Midland	Midland Northern	1–2
	White Hall	White Hall	0–3

Pool B

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Boulder	North Boulder	3–0
	Albuquerque	Altamont	2–1
	Ocean Springs	Ocean Springs	1–2
	McAlester	Pittsburg County	0–3

West

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California on August 5–13.^[8]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Southern California	Huntington Beach	Ocean View	4–0
Northern California	Red Bluff	Red Bluff	2–2
	Las Vegas	Silverado	2–2
	Washington	Washington	2–2
	Rio Rico	Rio Rico	1–3
	Wailuku	Central East Maui	1–3

International

Asia-Pacific

The tournament took place in Guam from July 9–15.^[9]

Pool A

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
	Kaohsiung	Ching-Tan	5–0
	Chiang Mai	Sanuk	3–2
		Singapore	3–2
	Adelaide	Southern Adelaide Districts	2–3
	Auckland	Bayside Westhaven	2–3
	Jakarta	Indonesian	0–5

Pool B

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
			4–0
Guam	Agana	Central	3–1
	Saipan	Saipan	1–3
		Hong Kong	1–3
	Makati City	Illam Central	1–3

Canada

The tournament took place in North Vancouver, British Columbia on August 6–13.^[10]

Province	City	LL Organization	Record
	Toronto	High Park	5–0
	Langley	Langley	4–1
(Host)	North Vancouver	Mt. Seymour	3–2
	Valleyfield	Valleyfield	2–3
	Calgary	Rocky Mountain	1–4
	Sydney	Sydney Steel Kings	0–5

Caribbean

The tournament took place St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on July 9–16.^[11]

Pool A

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
	Manatí	Jose M. Rodriguez	4–0
A	St. Thomas	Elrod Hendricks West	3–1
Dominican Republic	Puerto Plata	José Tatis	2–2
	St. Croix	Elmo Plaskett West	1–3
	St. John's	Antigua	0–4

Pool B

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
	Willemstad	Pariba	4–0
	Oranjestad	Aruba North	3–1
B	St. Thomas	Alvin McBean East	2–2
Cayman Islands	Grand Cayman	Cayman Islands	1–3
		Sint Maarten	0–4

Europe

The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland on July 22–29.^[12]

Pool A

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
	South Moravia	South Moravia	5–0
Lithuania	Vilnius	Vilnius	4–1
	Kirovograd	Kirovograd/Nove Celo	2–3
	West Flanders	Flanders West	2–3
	Tiraspol	Kvint	1–4
	Stockholm	Stockholm	1–4

Pool B

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
	Rotterdam	Rotterdam	4–0
	Bologna	Emilia	3–1
Belarus	Brest	Brest Zubrs	1–3
	London	London Youth Baseball	1–3
	Kutno	Kutno	1–3
Germany-US	Ramstein	KMC American	DQ^[13]

Japan

The first two rounds of the tournament were held on July 2, and the remaining three rounds were played on July 9. All games were played in Tokyo.^[14]

+ Participating teams	Prefecture	City	LL Organization
	Chiba	Chiba City
	Niihama	Niihama
	Sapporo	Sapporo Shinkotoni
	Yokohama	Seya
	Matsusaka	Matsusaka
	Sendai	Sendai Higashi
	Miyakonojō	Miyakonojō
	Nagano City	Suzaka
	Kasaoka	Kasaoka
	Ibaraki	Osaka Ibaraki
	Osaka	Osaka Yodogawa
	Koshigaya	Koshigaya
	Hamamatsu	Hamamatsu Minami
	Chōfu	Chōfu
	Tokyo	Tokyo Kitasuna
	Yamagata	Yamagata

Latin America

The tournament took place in San José, Costa Rica on July 16–23.^[15]

Pool A

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
	Maracay	Gran Maracay	4–0
Panama	David	David Doleguita	3–1
Honduras	San Pedro Sula	Mariners	2–2
Costa Rica	San José	Atlantica	1–3
Brazil	São Paulo	Liga Paulista Baseball District 1	0–4

Pool B

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Colombia	Bolívar	Falcon	4–1
El Salvador	San Salvador	FESA	4–1
Nicaragua	Chinandega	El Viejo	3–2
Costa Rica	Santo Domingo	Santa Domingo De Heredia	3–2
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Liga Pequena De Beisbol De Guatemala	1–4
Ecuador	Guayaquil	Unidad Miraflores	0–5

Mexico

The tournament took place in Mexicali, Baja California on July 24–30.^[16]

Pool A

City	LL Organization	Record
Mexicali, Baja California	Segura Social	6–0
Monterrey, Nuevo León	Mitras	5–1
Mexico, Distrito Federal	Olmeca	4–2
Torreón, Coahuila	Sertoma	3–3
Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua	Paquime	2–4
Ocotlán, Jalisco	Ocotlan	1–5
Matamoros, Tamaulipas	Villa Del Refugio	0–6

Pool B

City	LL Organization	Record
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas	Oriente	6–0
Guadalupe, Nuevo León	Epitacia Mala Torres	5–1
Tijuana, Baja California	Municipal De Tujuana	4–2
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Satellite	2–4
Saltillo, Coahuila	Saltillo	2–4
Guadalajara, Jalisco	Guadalajara Sutaj	1–5
Mexico, Distrito Federal	Maya	1–5

Middle East-Africa

The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland on July 13–16.^[17]

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Saudi Arabia	Dhahran	Arabian American	5–0
Uganda	Kampala	Rev. John Foundation	3–2
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kuwait	1–3
South Africa	Durban	Kwa Zulu Natal BB Association	1–3
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Dubai	1–3

Notes

• Kampala, Uganda won the Middle East-Africa Region, but were denied visas to enter the United States.^{[18] [19]} In order to maintain the 16-team field in the Little League World Series, Little League invited the runners-up of the MEA Region, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to participate.^[20]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Great Lakes Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012111902/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/greatlakes.htm. 2012-10-12. dead.
2. Web site: Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012112227/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/midatlantic.htm. 2012-10-12. dead.
3. Web site: Midwest Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140228162245/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/midwest.htm. 2014-02-28. dead.
4. Web site: New England Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140227143701/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/newengland.htm. 2014-02-27. dead.
5. Web site: Northwest Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012112256/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/northwest.htm. 2012-10-12. dead.
6. Web site: Southeast Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012112302/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/southeast.htm. 2012-10-12. dead.
7. Web site: Southwest Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130110092925/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/southwest.htm. 2013-01-10. dead.
8. Web site: West Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140227072328/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/west.htm. 2014-02-27. dead.
9. Web site: Asia-Pacific Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012145354/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/asiapacific.htm. 2012-10-12. dead.
10. Web site: Canadian Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012145359/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/canada.htm. 2012-10-12. dead.
11. Web site: Caribbean Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140609023926/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/caribbean.htm. 2014-06-09. dead.
12. Web site: Europe Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012145444/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/europe.htm. 2012-10-12. dead.
13. Web site: KMC team disqualified from Little League tournament. Harris. Kent. July 24, 2011. Stripes.com. July 25, 2011.
14. Web site: Japan Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012145450/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/japan.htm. 2012-10-12. dead.
15. Web site: Latin American Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012145455/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/latinamerica.htm. 2012-10-12. dead.
16. Web site: Mexico Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012145507/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/mexico.htm. 2012-10-12. dead.
17. Web site: MEA Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. August 14, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012145526/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2011divisions/llbb/qualify/mea.htm. 2012-10-12. dead.
18. Web site: Visa Applications Denied for Little League Team from Uganda. Communications Division. July 22, 2011. Little League. July 30, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012071502/http://www.littleleague.org/Page58513.aspx. 2012-10-12. dead.
19. Web site: No Little League World Series for Ugandan Team. https://archive.today/20120907103424/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/30/sports/baseball/no-little-league-world-series-for-ugandan-team.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2. dead. September 7, 2012. Zinser. Lynn. July 29, 2011. The New York Times. July 31, 2011.
20. Web site: Arabian-American Little League of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to Receive Berth in Little League Baseball World Series . Communications Division . Little League . August 2, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012071507/http://www.littleleague.org/media/newsarchive/2011/May-Aug/ArabianAmericanLLFromSaudiArabiaReceivesBerthLLBWS11.htm . October 12, 2012 .