Little League World Series (West Region)

Children's baseball tournament

The West Region is one of ten United States regions that currently send teams to the Little League World Series, the largest youth baseball competition in the world. The region's participation in the LLWS dates back to 1957, when it was known as the West Region. However, when the LLWS was expanded in 2001 from eight teams (four U.S. teams and four "International" teams from the rest of the world) to 16 teams (eight U.S. and eight International), the former West Region was split into the Northwest Region and a new West Region. The West Region headquarters is in San Bernardino, California.

The West Region is made up of four districts in three states.

•  Arizona
•  California (Split into "Northern" and "Southern")
•  Hawaii

Wyoming was a member of the region from 2002 to 2006. During that time, Hawaii was in the Northwest Region. New Mexico was a part of the region in 2001, but was put in the Southwest Region the following year.

Following the 2021 LLWS, Utah and Nevada has been moved to a newly created Mountain Region. The latter region is one of the two new U.S. regions to be created as part of a planned expansion of the LLWS from 16 to 20 teams. This expansion was originally scheduled to occur for 2021, but was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Regional championship

The list below lists each state's participant in the Little League West Region Tournament. That year's winner is indicated in green. The 2008 Waipahu, 2009 Chula Vista, and 2011 Ocean View teams went on to win the World Series.

2001

2002–2005

In 2002, some Little League regions were realigned. This resulted in Wyoming joining the West Region, Hawaii moving to the Northwest Region, and New Mexico becoming part of the Southwest Region.

• ^[a] Before the start of the regional tournament, Utah's state champions were disqualified for participating in a non-sanctioned tournament prior to the start of the state tournament. The state's runner-up, who had lost the championship game by forfeit, were awarded the title. However, they would also be disqualified later for the same reason. Little League officials, after failing to find another replacement team on such short notice, decided the regional tournament would have to take place without a team from Utah.^[2]

2006–2021

In 2006, Hawaii returned to compete in the West Region, while Wyoming was moved to the Northwest Region.

2022–present

In 2022, Nevada and Utah joined the newly formed Mountain region.

LLWS results

As of the 2023 Little League World Series.

1. Mountain Ridge Little League of Las Vegas, Nevada, was retroactively given the U.S. title when Jackie Robinson West Little League from Chicago, Illinois, was found to have fielded ineligible players.
2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Little League International did not invite teams from outside the U.S. to the LLWS in 2021. Instead, the top two teams in each U.S. region qualified.

Results by state

As of the 2023 Little League World Series. Italics indicates the state is no longer a member of the West Region.

See also

• Little League World Series 1957–2000 (West Region)
• Little League World Series (Northwest Region)

References

1. "Little League Baseball and Little League Softball World Series to Expand in 2021". Little League Baseball. Little League International. August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
2. "2003 Little League Baseball West Region Tournament". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2009-08-11.

External links

• Official site