The Australia Region of
Little League Baseball
Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball Inc) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[Little League World Series
The Little League World Series is an annual baseball tournament for children—typically boys—aged 10 to 12 years old, held in the Eastern United States. Originally called the National Little League Tournament, it was later renamed for the Wor ...]
. The division was founded in 2013 when Little League officially separated Australia from the Asia-Pacific region. This followed a period of explosive growth in youth baseball in the country; the first Little League-affiliated leagues in Australia were only established in 2007, but within five years, nearly 400 Little Leagues were operating, making Australia the largest country outside North America in Little League participation.
In the Little League World Series in 2013, a team from
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia qualified to represent Australia in its debut as a country. The team failed to win any of its three games at the LLWS. A year later another team from Perth would qualify and give the country their first win at the international tournament.
Finals
*This table includes championship games contested prior to Australia's automatic berth into the Little League World Series.
* Due to inclement weather, the elimination rounds of the 2017 tournament were moved from Lismore to Sydney.
** Due to the continued impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
no international teams traveled to Williamsport in 2021. Also due to COVID-19-related restrictions in place concurrent with the Australian championship tournament, the Victoria qualifiers were not able to travel to the Australian championship tournament.
By state
LLWS results
''As of the
2022 Little League World Series
The 2022 Little League World Series was a youth baseball tournament which took place from August 17 to August 28 at the Little League Baseball, Little League headquarters complex in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Ten teams from the United State ...
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Results by state
''As of the
2022 Little League World Series
The 2022 Little League World Series was a youth baseball tournament which took place from August 17 to August 28 at the Little League Baseball, Little League headquarters complex in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Ten teams from the United State ...
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See also
*Australia Region in other Little League divisions:
**
Junior League World Series (Australia Region)
The Junior League World Series Australia Region is one of six International regions that currently sends teams to the World Series in Taylor, Michigan. The region's participation in the JLWS dates back to 2016. Baseball Australia Expands Little Le ...
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References
Aus
Baseball competitions in Australia
Recurring sporting events established in 2013
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