1993 Little League World Series

1993 Little League World Series
Dates August 23–
August 28
Teams participating 8
Champion United StatesCalifornia Long Beach Little League
Long Beach, California
Runner-up Panama David Doleguita Little League
David, Panama

The 1993 Little League World Series took place between August 23 and August 28 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The United States was represented by the defending series champion and West Region winner, the Long Beach, California Little League. The Latin American Region winner, the David Doleguita Little League of David, Chiriqui, Panama, won the International Championship.

Long Beach defeated Panama 3-2 in the championship game and retained its world championship. Long Beach became the first American team to repeat as champion and joined the teams from Monterrey, Mexico (in 1957 and 1958) and Seoul, South Korea (in 1984 and 1985) as the only teams to do so. Since then, only the Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao has had the opportunity to repeat; they won the 2004 series but were defeated by the team representing the West Oahu Little League of Ewa Beach, Hawaii in the 2005 championship game.

The Taiwanese winners of the Far East series, and the Dominican winners of the Latin American series were disqualified before the Little League World Series; the Taiwanese for fielding a team that was the only one competing at a school of 2,100 students, in contravention of the rule that requires schools of over 1,000 to field at least four teams per age group if they are to be represented in the Little League World Series, and the Dominicans for using players who failed residency and age requirements.[1] The Taiwanese team was replaced by the Saipan team from the Northern Mariana Islands and the Dominican squad was replaced by the aforementioned David Doleguita team that was the series runner-up. Jeremy Hess hit a long-drive winning RBI to clinch the title for Long Beach.

Qualification

United States International
Ohio Hamilton, Ohio
Central Region
Westside American		 CanadaBritish Columbia North Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Region
Lynn Valley
New Hampshire Bedford, New Hampshire
East Region
Bedford		 Germany Kaiserslautern, Germany
Europe Region
Kaiserslautern
Virginia Richmond, Virginia
South Region
Tuckahoe American		 Northern Mariana Islands Garapan City, Saipan
Far East Region
CNMI
California Long Beach, California
West Region
Long Beach		 Panama David, Panama
Latin America Region
David Doleguita

Pool play

United States
Rank State Record
1 California California 3–0
2 New Hampshire New Hampshire 2–1
3 Ohio Ohio 1–2
4 Virginia Virginia 0–3
International
Rank Country Record
1 Germany Germany 2–1
2 Panama Panama 2–1
3 Northern Mariana Islands Saipan 1–2
4 Canada Canada 1–2
Pool Team 1 Score Team 2 Score
August 23
US Virginia Virginia 0 Ohio Ohio 1
INT Canada Canada 0 Panama Panama 6
INT Germany Germany 7 Northern Mariana Islands Saipan 3
US California California 8 New Hampshire New Hampshire 0
August 24
INT Northern Mariana Islands Saipan 1 Panama Panama 4
US California California (F/7) 12 Virginia Virginia 8
US Ohio Ohio 0 New Hampshire New Hampshire 1
INT Canada Canada 8 Germany Germany 1
August 25
US California California 21 New Hampshire New Hampshire 2
INT Canada Canada 3 Northern Mariana Islands Saipan 4
INT Germany Germany 5 Panama Panama 1
US Ohio Ohio 1 Virginia Virginia 0

Elimination round

Semi-finals Final
August 26
 Germany Germany 0  
 Panama Panama 5  
 
August 28
     Panama Panama 2
   California California 3
August 26
 California California 11
 New Hampshire New Hampshire 0  
1993 Little League World Series Champions

Long Beach Little League
Long Beach, California

Notable players

Champions Path

The Long Beach LL won 15 matches and lost only one match to reach the LLWS.[2][3] In total their record was 20-1, their only loss coming against Thousand Oaks LL (from California).

RoundOppositionResult
Section 4
Section 4 Winner's BracketCalifornia La Palma Continental LL 14–0
Section 4 Winner's BracketCalifornia Westminster LL 16–1
Section 4 ChampionshipCalifornia Puente Hills LL 1–0
South California Divisional
Winner's Bracket Opening RoundCalifornia Santana National LL 13–2
Winner's Bracket SemifinalsCalifornia Thousand Oaks LL1–16
Loser's Bracket QuarterfinalsCalifornia South Mission Viejo LL2–1
Loser's Bracket SemifinalsCalifornia West Covina American LL6–2
Loser's Bracket FinalsCalifornia Thousand Oaks LL5–1
South ChampionshipCalifornia Woodland Hills Sunrise LL13–4
South ChampionshipCalifornia Woodland Hills Sunrise LL14–5
West Regional
Round 1Arizona Deer Valley LL13–4
QuarterfinalsNevada Spring Valley LL3–0
SemifinalsNew Mexico Noon Optimist LL 4–0
FinalsCalifornia San Ramon Valley LL2–0
FinalsCalifornia Danville San Ramon Valley LL5–2

See also

References

  1. ↑ Little League Won't Be Embarrassed Again, San Bernardino Sun, 15 August 1993.
  2. ↑ "Southern California Little League Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  3. ↑ "West Region Tournament". Unpage.com. Retrieved October 9, 2010.

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