2012 Little League World Series qualification explained

Great Lakes Winner:	New Castle, Indiana
Mid-Atlantic Winner:	Parsippany, New Jersey
Midwest Winner:	Kearney, Nebraska
New England Winner:	Fairfield, Connecticut
Northwest Winner:	Gresham, Oregon
Southeast Winner:	Goodlettsville, Tennessee
Southwest Winner:	San Antonio, Texas
West Winner:	Petaluma, California
Asia-Pacific Winner:	Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei
Canada Winner:	Vancouver, British Columbia
Caribbean Winner:	Willemstad, Curaçao
Europe Winner:	Ramstein, Germany
Japan Winner:	Tokyo
Latin America Winner:	Aguadulce, Panama
Mexico Winner:	Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Middle East-Africa Winner:	Lugazi, Uganda
Prevseason Year:	2011
Nextseason Year:	2013

Qualification for the 2012 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2012.

United States

Great Lakes

The tournament took place in Indianapolis on August 3–10.^[1]

Note: Michigan fell to fifth place based on a tiebreaker of runs scored against divided by innings played.^[2]

Mid-Atlantic

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut on August 3–12.^[3]

Midwest

The tournament took place in Indianapolis on August 4–11.^[4]

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

New England

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut on August 3–11.^[5]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Fairfield	Fairfield American	4–0
	Wellesley	Wellesley South	2–2
	Bedford	Bedford	2–2
	South Burlington	South Burlington	2–2
	Coventry	Coventry American	1–3
	Scarborough	Scarborough	1–3

Northwest

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California on August 3–11.^[6]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Mercer Island	Mercer Island	4–0
	Post Falls	Post Falls	3–1
	Billings	Boulder Arrowhead	2–2
	Gresham	Gresham National	2–2
	Juneau	Gastineau Channel	1–3
	Cody	Cody	0–4

Southeast

The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia on August 3–10.^[7]

Pool A

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Great Falls	Great Falls	3–0
	Goodlettsville	Goodlettsville Baseball	2–1
	Irmo	Irmo	1–2
	Shinnston	Shinnston	0–3

Pool B

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Greenville	Tar Heel	2–1
	Warner Robins	Warner Robins American West	2–1
	Plant City	Plant City	1–2
	Auburn	Beehive	1–2

Southwest

The tournament took place in Waco, Texas on August 3–9.^[8]

Pool A

State	City	LL Organization	Record
	Lake Charles	South Lake Charles	3–0
	Albuquerque	Petroglyph	2–1
	D'Iberville	D'Iberville	1–2
	White Hall	White Hall	0–3

Pool B

State	City	LL Organization	Record
West	San Antonio	McAllister Park National	3–0
East	Lufkin	Lufkin	2–1
	Grand Junction	Monument	1–2
		Northeast Oklahoma	0–3

West

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California on August 3–11.^[9]

State	City	LL Organization	Record
Northern California	Petaluma	Petaluma National	4–0
	Tucson	Rincon	3–1
	Waianae	Nānākuli	2–2
	North Las Vegas	Cheyenne	2–2
Southern California		Orange	1–3
	Cedar City	Cedar National	0–4

International

Asia-Pacific

The tournament took place in Taichung, Taiwan from July 2–8.^{[10] [11]}

Pool A

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
(Taiwan)	Taoyuan	Kuei-Shan	4–0
		Hong Kong	3–1
Guam	Agana	Central	2–2
	Makati	Illam Central	1–3
	Auckland	Auckland	0–4

Pool B

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
	Busan	Busan	4–0
	Saipan	Saipan	2–2
	Bangkok	Bangkok	2–2
	Perth	Perth Metro North	2–2
colspan=		Jakarta	Indonesian	0–4

¹ Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball(LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.

Canada

The tournament took place in Edmonton, Alberta on August 4–11.^[12]

Province	City	LL Organization	Record
	Vancouver	Hastings Community	5–0
	Toronto	High Park	3–2
	Lethbridge	Southwest	2–3
	Glace Bay	Glace Bay	2–3
	Montreal	Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	2–3
(Host)	Edmonton	Mill Woods	1–4

Caribbean

The tournament took place in Guayama, Puerto Rico on July 7–14.^[13]

Pool A

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
	Willemstad	Pariba	4–0
A	Manatí	Jose M. Rodriguez	3–1
	St. Croix	Elmo Plaskett West	2–2
	Kralendijk	Bonaire	1–3
	St. John's	Antigua	0–4

Pool B

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
B	Guayama	Radames Lopez	3–1
	St. Thomas	Elrod Hendricks West	3–1
	Santa Cruz	Aruba Central	2–2
		Sint Maarten	1–3
Dominican Republic	San Pedro de Macorís	Solano	1–3

Europe

The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland on July 20–28.^[14]

Pool A

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Germany-US	Ramstein	KMC American	5–0
	London	London Area Youth	4–1
	Kirovohrad	Kirovograd Center	3–2
	Lazio	Lazio	2–3
	Budapest/Debrecen/Jánossomorja	MOBSSZ Debrecen/Janossomorja	1–4
	Belgrade	Serbia	0–5

Pool B

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
	Prague	South Moravia	4–1
	Brest	Brest Zubrs	4–1
	Alkmaar	Nord-Holland	3–2
	Kaunas	Kaunas	2–3
	Kutno	Kutno	1–4
	Antwerp	Flanders East	1–4

Japan

The first two rounds of the tournament were held on June 30, and the remaining two rounds, originally scheduled for July 7, were played July 15. All games were played in Tokyo.^[15]

+	Participating teams	Prefecture	City	LL Organization
Chūgoku Champions		Hiroshima	Hiroshima Saeki
Higashikanto Champions		Funabashi	Funabashi
Hokkaido Champions		Asahikawa	Asahikawa Taisetsu
Kanagawa Champions		Zushi	Zushi
Kansai Champions		Harima	Hyōgo Harima
Kansai Runner-Up		Himeji	Himeji Chuo
Kitakanto Champions		Saitama	Ōmiya Higashi
Kyushu Champions		Sasebo	Sasebo Chuo
Shikoku Champions		Niihama	Niihama
Shinetsu Champions		Ueda	Ueda Minami
Tōhoku Champions		Sendai	Sendai Higashi
Tōhoku Runner-Up		Iwaki	Iwakitaira
Tokaido Champions		Matsusaka	Matsusaka
Tokaido Runner-Up		Hamamatsu	Hamamatsu Minami
Tokyo Champions		Tokyo	Tokyo Kitasuna
Tokyo Runner-Up		Fuchū	Musashi Fuchū

Latin America

The tournament took place in Aguadulce, Panama on July 8–15.^[16]

Pool A

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Panama A	Aguadulce	Aguadulce	3–0
	Lara	Lara	2–1
Nicaragua	Managua	14 de Septiembre	1–2
Costa Rica	Santo Domingo	De Heredia	0–3

Pool B

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Panama B	Herrera	Chitre	3–0
Colombia	Cartagena	Falcon	2–1
Ecuador	Guayaquil	C Unidas Miraflores	1–2
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Liga Pequeña de Beisbol de Guatemala	0–3

Mexico

The tournament took place in Monterrey on July 21–26.^[17]

Pool A

City	LL Organization	Record
Hermosillo, Sonora	Amistad y Deporte	4–1
Santa Catarina, Nuevo León	Santa Catarina	4–1
Reynosa, Tamaulipas	Treviño Kelly	3–2
Guadalajara, Jalisco	Guadalajara SUTAJ	3–2
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	Satellite	1–4
Torreón, Coahuila	Liga Infantil y Juvenil Sertoma A.C.	0–5

Pool B

City	LL Organization	Record
Mexicali, Baja California	Félix Arce	4–1
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas	Oriente	4–1
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua	El Granjero	3–2
Monterrey, Nuevo León	Mitras	3–2
Saltillo, Coahuila	Saltillo	1–4
Ocotlán, Jalisco	Ocotlán	0–5

Middle East-Africa

The tournament took place in Kutno, Poland on July 13–16.^[18]

Country	City	LL Organization	Record
Uganda	Lugazi	Lugazi	3–1
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Kuwait	3–1
Saudi Arabia	Dhahran	Arabian American	3–1
Qatar	Doha	Qatar	1–3
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Dubai	0–4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Great Lakes Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20120906002443/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/greatlakes.htm. 2012-09-06. dead.
2. Web site: North Saginaw Township knocked out of Little League Great Lakes Regional thanks to tie-breaker.
3. Web site: Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20120903211441/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/midatlantic.htm. 2012-09-03. dead.
4. Web site: Midwest Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20120629055903/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/midwest.htm. 2012-06-29. dead.
5. Web site: New England Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20120911235639/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/newengland.htm. 2012-09-11. dead.
6. Web site: Northwest Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20120906000141/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/northwest.htm. 2012-09-06. dead.
7. Web site: Southeast Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20130112132028/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/southeast.htm. 2013-01-12. dead.
8. Web site: Southwest Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20120913020359/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/southwest.htm. 2012-09-13. dead.
9. Web site: West Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20130117094809/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/west.htm. 2013-01-17. dead.
10. Web site: Asia-Pacific Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20120911052927/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/asiapacific.htm. 2012-09-11. dead.
11. Web site: YouTube Video. Littleleague.org.
12. Web site: Canadian Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20130111054210/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/canada.htm. 2013-01-11. dead.
13. Web site: Caribbean Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20120831045032/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/caribbean.htm. 2012-08-31. dead.
14. Web site: Europe Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20130111175410/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/europe.htm. 2013-01-11. dead.
15. Web site: Japan Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20130119102410/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/japan.htm. 2013-01-19. dead.
16. Web site: Latin American Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20120911043106/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/latinamerica.htm. 2012-09-11. dead.
17. Web site: Mexico Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20120911194738/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/mexico.htm. 2012-09-11. dead.
18. Web site: MEA Regional Tournament. Littleleague.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20130111030945/http://www.littleleague.org/series/2012divisions/llbb/qualify/mea.htm. 2013-01-11. dead.