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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 ...
was held from August 18 to August 28 in
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. Eight teams from the
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and eight from throughout the world competed in the 70th edition of the tournament. Maine-Endwell Little League of
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- Endwell, New York, defeated East Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea, in the championship game by a 2–1 score. It was the first Little League World Series title for a team from the United States since , and for the state of
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since , and the third overall.


Teams

Regional qualifying tournaments were held between June and August 2016.


Results

The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 16, 2016.


United States bracket


International bracket


Consolation games

Teams that lose their first two games get to play a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games are labeled Game A and Game B.


Third place game

This consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.


World Championship


Home run count


Champions path

The Maine-Endwell Little League became only the third team from New York state to win the Little League World Series (the others were Schenectady in 1954 and Staten Island in 1964). The MELL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record of 19 wins and no losses; in total, their record was 24–0. *Red indicates loss *Green indicates win


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