Little League World Series in Latin America

Latin America has competed in the Little League World Series since 1957. Until 2001, the region included Mexico and the Caribbean. In 2001, when the Little League World Series expanded to sixteen teams for the first time, Mexico and the Caribbean were given their own regions. The region is open to all Latin American teams, but is typically contested by Central American teams, Venezuela, and Colombia. Other than Venezuela and Colombia, only Ecuador in 2004^[1] and 2011, and Brazil in 2006^[2] and 2011 have sent representatives to the tournament from South America. Since the 2001 split, the region has been represented by either Venezuela (nine appearances) or Panama (five appearances) at the Little League World Series.

Teams from the Latin American region have won the LLWS title five times. The Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Mexico won back to back titles in 1957 and 1958, Guadalupe, Nuevo León won in 1997, and Maracaibo, Venezuela won in 1994 and 2000.

Region champions

Year	Host	Champion	City	Result
1958		Industrial	Monterrey	Champions
1959		San Juan	San Juan	Quarterfinals
1960		Industrial	Monterrey	4th Place
1961		Industrial	Monterrey	3rd Place
1962		Del Norte	Monterrey	4th Place
1963		Obispado	Monterrey	5th Place
1964		Obispado	Monterrey	Runner Up
1965		Zulia	Maracaibo	7th Place
1966		Cuauhtémoc	Monterrey	6th Place
1967		Linares	Linares	4th Place
1968		Chinandega	Chinandega	7th Place
1969		Jorge Rosas	Mayagüez	6th Place
1970		Chinandega	Chinandega	3rd Place
1971		Caguas Gillette	Caguas	5th Place
1972		Admiral Gallery	San Juan	4th Place
1973		Mitras	Monterrey	6th Place
1974		Coquivacoa	Maracaibo	4th Place
1975	International teams were banned by Little League
1976		Puerto Nuevo	San Juan	3rd Place
1977		Coquivacoa	Maracaibo	4th Place
1978		La Javilla	Santo Domingo	4th Place
1979		Luis Llorens Torres	Santurce	5th Place
1980		Pabao	Willemstad	5th Place
1981		Unidad Modelo	Monterrey	7th Place
1982		Coquivacoa	Maracaibo	5th Place
1983		Liquito Hernández	Barahona	Runners-up
1984		Willys R. Cook	Bethania	5th Place
1985		Coquivacoa	Maracaibo	5th Place
1986		Coquivacoa	Maracaibo	4th Place
1987		Rolando Paulino	Moca	3rd Place
1988		Curundú	Curundú	7th Place
1989		Coquivacoa	Maracaibo	3rd Place
1990		Matamoros	Matamoros	5th Place
1991		Luis Montas	San Cristobal	3rd Place
1992		Epy Guerrero	Santo Domingo	T-3rd Place
1993		David Doleguita	David	Runner Up
1994		Coquivacoa	Maracaibo	Champions
1995		Eduardo Sosa	Santo Domingo	T-3rd Place
1996		Matías Ramón Mella	San Isidro Air Base	T-3rd Place
1997		Linda Vista	Guadalupe	Champions
1998	Bayamón	Linda Vista	Guadalupe	Group Stage
1999	Monterrey	Juan A. Bibiloni	Yabucoa	T-3rd Place
2000		Sierra Maestra	Maracaibo	Champions
2001	Panama City	Santiago de Veraguas	Santiago de Veraguas	Group Stage
2002	Managua	Los Leones	Valencia	Quarterfinals
2003	Mayagüez	Altagracia	Los Puertos	Quarterfinals
2004	Panama City	Curundú	Panama City	Quarterfinals
2005	Maracaibo	Los Leones	Valencia	Group Stage
2006	Guatemala City	Cardenales	Barquisimeto	Quarterfinals
2007	Panama City	La Victoria	Maracaibo	Quarterfinals
2008	Maracaibo	Coquivacoa	Maracaibo	Quarterfinals
2009	Barranquilla	Coquivacoa	Maracaibo	Group Stage
2010	Guatemala City	Chitré	Chitré	Group Stage
2011	San José	Gran Maracay	Maracay	Int'l Semifinal
2012	Aguadulce	Aguadulce	Aguadulce	4th Place
2013	Guayaquil	Aguadulce	Aguadulce	Int'l Semifinal
2014	Managua	Coquivacoa	Maracaibo	Round 3
2015	Panama City	Cardenales	Barquisimeto	Int'l Semifinal

Summary

As of the 2015 Little League World Series

Country	Championships	Best Result in LLWS
Venezuela	19	Champions (1994, 2000)
Mexico	15	Champions (1957, 1958, 1997)
Panama	8	Runner up
Puerto Rico	7	3rd Place
Dominican Republic	7	Runner up
Nicaragua	2	3rd Place
Curaçao	1	5th Place

Italics indicates team no longer competes in Latin America Region. Mexico now has its own region, while Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Curaçao compete in the Caribbean region.

References

1. "Latin America Regional Tournament". LLWS. 31 July 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
2. "Latin America Regional Tournament". LLWS. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2010.

External links

• Little League Online