2025 Little League World Series

The 2025 Little League World Series was the 78th Little League World Series. Teams qualified by winning one of twenty Region Tournaments. Taipei, Taiwan defeated Las Vegas, NV in the title game.

Participants[edit]

United States Teams			International Teams
Region	City	League	Region	City	League
Great Lakes	Clarendon Hills, IL	Clarendon Hills Little League	Asia-Pacific	Taipei, Taiwan	Tung-Yuan Little League
Metro	Fairfield, CT	Fairfield National Little League	Australia	Brisbane, Queensland	Brisbane North Region Little League
Mid-Atlantic	Uwchlan Township, PA	Glenmoore Eagle Little League	Canada	Vancouver, BC	Little Mountain Little League
Midwest	Sioux Falls, SD	Sioux Falls Little League	Caribbean	Santa Cruz, Aruba	Aruba Center Little League
Mountain	Las Vegas, NV	Summerlin South Little League	Europe-Africa	Brno, Czech Republic	South Czech Republic Little League
New England	Braintree, MA	Braintree American Little League	Japan	Koto, Tokyo	Joto Little League
Northwest	Bonney Lake, WA	Bonney Lake/Sumner Little League	Latin America	Barquisimeto, Lara	Cardenales Little League
Southeast	Irmo, SC	Irmo Little League	Mexico	Chihuahua, Chihuahua	El Swing Perfecto Little League
Southwest	Richmond, TX	Lamar Little League	Panama	Arraiján, Panamá Oeste	Vacamonte Little League
West	Honolulu, HI	Honolulu Little League	Puerto Rico	Yabucoa, PR	Juan A. Bibiloni Little League

Barquisimeto, Lara 5, Yabucoa, PR 0. Samuel Castillo drives in four and Juan Reyes flings a three-hitter with nine strikeouts.
Las Vegas, NV 16, Clarendon Hills, IL 1. Garrett Gallegos and Luke D'Ambrosio shut down Illinois while getting plenty of support.
Arraiján, Panamá Oeste 7, Brisbane, Queensland 2. Anthoni Castillo hits a two-run homer and Alvis Arauz, Angel Bonilla, Eugenio Barrios and Emanuel Flores scatter four hits. One of those hits is to Monica Arcuri, the 11th girl to have a LLWS hit.
Fairfield, CT 1, Richmond, TX 0. Luca Pellegrini throws a one-hitter and fans 11, outdueling Shane Grawe, who also strikes out 11 and yields two hits.

Tokyo 12, Brno, Czech Republic 0. Kensei Takeuchi, Ritsugu Furusato and Tensei Yazawa) combine on a no-hitter and Yushi Yamamoto drives in three.
Irmo, SC 13, Braintree, MA 0. Joe Giulietti hits a grand slam and pitches 3 1/3 shutout innings.
Taipei, Taiwan 3, Chihuahua, Chihuahua 0 Chin-Tse Lin, Chun-Po Chang and Qi-Sheng Chen strike out 11, Lin also homering.
Sioux Falls, SD 2, Uwchlan Township, PA 0. Maxen Snoozy K's 11 in a one-hitter.

Barquisimeto, Lara 4, Vancouver, BC 0. Andres Reyes allows one hit in five and also drives in a run.
Las Vegas, NV 5, Bonney Lake, WA 3. Cache Malan smacked a two-run homer and Ethan Robertson whiffed seven.
Santa Cruz, Aruba 8, Arraiján, Panamá Oeste 2. Arnold Gismar Martha is perfect through four in the win.
Fairfield, CT 5, Honolulu, HI 1. SJ Taxiltaridis and Tommy D'Amura strike out eight for Connecticut.

Brisbane, Queensland 5, Brno, Czech Republic 3. Issei Hamano and Averey Griffin pitch five no-hit innings in the first of today's elimination games.
Braintree, MA 7, Richmond, TX 3. Frankie Fasoli III wins to keep Braintree in the pack.
Chihuahua, Chihuahua 11, Yabucoa, PR 5. Gregorio Madrid drives in seven with two homers to send Puerto Rico packing.
Clarendon Hills, IL 3, Uwchlan Township, PA 2. Brody Herold goes the distance and also drives in a run to eliminate the host state.

Bonney Lake, WA 3, Braintree, MA 2. Sawyer Breed defeats Braintree to keep Washington alive.
Vancouver, BC 12, Brisbane, Queensland 0. Tyson Grimsrud-Ronse throws no-hit ball for four and Arek Aubuchon drives in three to keep Vancouver's hopes going.
Honolulu, HI 9, Clarendon Hills, IL 1. Bronson Fermahin goes 3-for-3 with a 3-run homer in another elimination game.
Chihuahua, Chihuahua 2, Arraiján, Panamá Oeste 1. Gregorio Madrid goes the distance and Xavier Nolasco drives in the winner in a walk-off to oust Panama.

Barquisimeto, Lara 4, Tokyo 0. Juan Reyes whiffed nine and Venezuela pitched its third shutout in three games.
Las Vegas, NV 1, Irmo, SC 0. Garrett Gallegos and Luke D'Ambrosio strike out 16 and Griffin Vargas scores the winner in extra innings. Joe Giulietti throws a no-hitter for six but it's not enough for South Carolina.
Taipei, Taiwan 4, Santa Cruz, Aruba 0. Wei-Heng Liu strikes out 11.
Fairfield, CT 13, Sioux Falls, SD 1. Tommy D'Amura scores two and drives in three.

Tokyo 6, Chihuahua, Chihuahua 0. Tensei Yazawa hits a 3-run homer and Yushi Yamamoto strikes out 8 in 5 1/3 shutout innings, also going deep, to eliminate Mexico.
Irmo, SC 3, Honolulu, HI 0. Brady Westbrooks's four-hitter sends Hawaii off.
Santa Cruz, Aruba 6, Vancouver, BC 1. Anthony Santos homers and allows one run in three as Aruba tops Canada in an elimination game.
Sioux Falls, SD 9, Bonney Lake, WA 0. Maxen Snoozy strikes out 14 to end Washington's hopes.

Taipei, Taiwan 7, Barquisimeto, Lara 3. Qi-Sheng Chen hits a 3-run double as Taiwan shows that Venezuela's pitchers are human. Taiwan moves on to the international final.
Fairfield, CT 7, Las Vegas, NV 3. Cache Malan hits a 3-run homer but Connecticut dominates after that, the win going to SJ Taxiltaridis. They move on to the US final.
Santa Cruz, Aruba 3, Tokyo 0. Diliano Raven and Emerson Mercado homer while Arthur Gismar Martha and Jeter Feliciana blank Japan.
Irmo, SC 7, Sioux Falls, SD 6. It was 1-1 through 6 before a wild extra 7th inning, with South Dakota scoring five only to score South Carolina answer with six! Andrew Bogan drives in the game-tying and game-winning runs.

Santa Cruz, Aruba 3, Barquisimeto, Lara 1. Jay-Sell Girón and Emerson Mercado contain Venezuela as Aruba moves on to the international final.
Las Vegas, NV 5, Irmo, SC 3. Down 3-2 in the 6th, Garrett Gallegos hits a 3-run homer to send Nevada to the US final.

Taipei, Taiwan 1, Santa Cruz, Aruba 0. Wei-Heng Liu punches Taiwan's ticket to the championship game with 5 1/3 shutout innings and Shi-Hong Chen draws a bases-loaded walk.
Las Vegas, NV 8, Fairfield, CT 2. Garrett Gallegos homers again and also pitches five innings as Las Vegas wins the US final.

Fairfield, CT 4, Santa Cruz, Aruba 2. Tommy D'Amura went 3 1/3 scoreless frames and twins SJ Taxiltaridis and Jimmy Taxiltaridis drove in 3 as Connecticut takes third place.
Taipei, Taiwan 7, Las Vegas, NV 0. Chin-Tse Lin throws five shutout innings as Taiwan wins its first title since 1996. It is the first time a non-US team has won since 2017.