2004 Little League World Series

The 2004 Little League World Series was won by Willemstad. The teams qualified by winning one of sixteen Region Tournaments. The Netherlands Antilles thus became the 7th nation to win a Little League World Series, following the USA, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Venezuela. In the finale, Willemstad beat Thousand Oaks, CA 5-3, handing the Californians their only loss in 23 games that year. 35,000 fans turned out for the finale, which saw Carlos Pineda fan 11 in five shutout innings before fading in the 6th. Jonathan Schoop relieved and saved the game. A 2-run homer by Jurickson Profar was a key blow. In addition to Schoop and Profar, the club included Chris Garia, another future pro.

2004 was the only appearance of a team from Polan in the LLWS (as of 2025). Randal Grichuk of third-place Richmond, TX tied the LLWS record for hits (12) and also led the event with four home runs. Michael Conforto played for Redmond, WA. Taiwan's team included Wei-Chung Wang and Chi-Hung Hsu.

Primary Source: 2005 Baseball Almanac

Participants

United States Teams				International Teams
Region	City	League		Region	City	League
Great Lakes	Owensboro, KY	Owensboro Southern Little League		Asia	Kaohsiung	Shou-Tien Little League
Mid-Atlantic	Preston, MD	South Caroline Little League		Canada	Ottawa, ON	East Nepean Little League
Midwest	Davenport, IA	Davenport Northwest Little League		Caribbean	Willemstad	Pabao Little League
New England	Lincoln, RI	Lincoln Little League		Europe-Africa	Kutno	Kutno Little League
Northwest	Redmond, WA	Redmond North Little League		Latin America	Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá	Curundu Little League
Southeast	Morganton, NC	Morganton Little League		Mexico	Guadalupe, Nuevo León	Guadalupe Linda Vista Little League
Southwest	Richmond, TX	Lamar National Little League		Pacific	Saipan	Saipan Little League
West	Thousand Oaks, CA	Conejo Valley Little League		Transatlantic	Dhahran	Arabian American Little League

Results

Game Results

Pool Play

August 20

• Morganton, NC 10, Davenport, IA 4
• Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 12, Ottawa, ON 2

August 21

• Thousand Oaks, CA 3, Lincoln, RI 1
• Owensboro, KY 7, Preston, MD 2
• Willemstad 3, Guadalupe, Nuevo León 2
• Richmond, TX 18, Redmond, WA 7
• Dhahran 4, Saipan 1
• Kaohsiung 18, Kutno 0
• Lincoln, RI 3, Davenport, IA 2

August 22

• Richmond, TX 12, Owensboro, KY 2
• Thousand Oaks, CA 9, Morganton, NC 2
• Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 9, Kutno 0
• Guadalupe, Nuevo León 1, Dhahran 0
• Redmond, WA 8, Preston, MD 3

August 23

• Guadalupe, Nuevo León 6, Saipan 3
• Thousand Oaks, CA 10, Davenport, IA 0
• Willemstad 6, Dhahran 1
• Morganton, NC 5, Lincoln, RI 4
• Ottawa, ON 7, Kaohsiung 2

August 24

• Willemstad 3, Saipan 0
• Ottawa, ON 5, Kutno 1
• Richmond, TX 13, Preston, MD 1
• Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 6, Kaohsiung 2
• Owensboro, KY 3, Redmond, WA 2

Finals

August 25

• Willemstad 9, Kaohsiung 8
• Richmond, TX 8, Morganton, NC 2

August 26

• Guadalupe, Nuevo León 6, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá 2
• Thousand Oaks, CA 3, Preston, MD 1

August 28

• Willemstad 4, Guadalupe, Nuevo León 0
• Thousand Oaks, CA 4, Richmond, TX 3

August 29

• Richmond, TX 5, Guadalupe, Nuevo León 0 (Consolation game)
• Willemstad 5, Thousand Oaks, CA 2 (Championship game)

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Willemstad	9
		Kaohsiung	8
							Willemstad	4
							Guadalupe, Nuevo León	0
		Guadalupe, Nuevo León	6
		Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá	2
												Willemstad	5
												Thousand Oaks, CA	2
		Richmond, TX	8
		Morganton, NC	2
							Richmond, TX	3
							Thousand Oaks, CA	4
		Thousand Oaks, CA	3
		Preston, MD	1

Further Reading

• Cole Jacobson: "Meet the most stacked championship roster in LLWS history", mlb.com, August 16, 2023. [1]