1972 Little League World Series

The 1972 Little League World Series was the second in a row in which a team from Taiwan beat a team from Indiana in the finale. The 8 participants were Windsor, ON, Taipei, San Juan, Madrid, Pearl City, HI, Hammond, IN, New City, NY and Vienna, VA. Taipei had a 0.33 ERA and perfect fielding percentage in the tournament. In the last game, they beat Hammond, 6-0, as Hammond had more errors (5) than hits (4). Chih-Shun Chen tossed his second shutout, a 12-K four-hitter. LF Hsiang-Jui Lin went 3 for 3 with a homer, two runs and two RBI while J. Davis took the loss.

Source: 2012 LLWS Media Guide

Participants

United States Teams				International Teams
Region	City	League		Region	City	League
Central	Hammond, IN	Hammond Edison Little League		Canada	Windsor, ON	Windsor South Little League
East	New City, NY	New City Little League		Europe	Madrid	Madrid Little League
South	Vienna, VA	Vienna National Little League		Far East	Taipei	Taipei Little League
West	Pearl City, HI	Pearl City Little League		Latin America	San Juan	Admirante Gallery Little League

Results

Game Results

• San Juan 3, Windsor, ON 1
• Hammond, IN 2, Vienna, VA 1
• Taipei 9, New City, NY 0
• Pearl City, HI 11, Madrid 2
• Hammond, IN 10, San Juan 7
• Taipei 11, Pearl City, HI 9
• San Juan 5, Pearl City, HI 5 (Consolation game)
• Taipei 6, Hammond, IN 0 (Championship game)

• Windsor, ON 3, Vienna, VA 2
• New City, NY 8, Madrid 1
• Vienna, VA 2, Madrid 0 (7th place)
• New City, NY 2, Windsor, ON 0 (5th Place)

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		San Juan	3
		Windsor, ON	1
							San Juan	7
							Hammond, IN	10
		Hammond, IN	2
		Vienna, VA	1
												Hammond, IN	0
												Taipei	6
		Taipei	9
		New City, NY	0
							Taipei	11
							Pearl City, HI	9
		Pearl City, HI	11
		Madrid	2