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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 23–August 28 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |   Long Beach Little LeagueLong Beach, California |
| Runner-up |  David Doleguita Little LeagueDavid, Panama |
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.
Regional disqualifications edit
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.
Teams edit
| United States | International |
|---|---|
 Hamilton, OhioCentral Region Westside American Little League |
 North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada RegionLynn Valley Little League |
 Bedford, New HampshireEast Region Bedford Little League |
 Kaiserslautern, GermanyEurope Region Kaiserslautern Little League |
 Richmond, VirginiaSouth Region Tuckahoe American Little League |
 Garapan City, SaipanFar East Region CNMI Little League |
| Long Beach, California West Region Long Beach Little League |
David, Panama Latin America Region David Doleguita Little League |
Pool play edit
| Rank | State | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California
|
3–0 |
| 2 | New Hampshire
|
2–1 |
| 3 | Ohio
|
1–2 |
| 4 | Virginia
|
0–3 |
| Rank | Country | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany
|
2–1 |
| 2 | Panama
|
2–1 |
| 3 | Saipan
|
1–2 |
| 4 | Canada
|
1–2 |
| Pool | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 23 | |||||
| US | Virginia
|
0 | New Hampshire
|
1 | |
| INT | Canada
|
0 | Panama
|
6 | |
| INT | Germany
|
7 | Saipan
|
3 | |
| US | California
|
8 | Ohio
|
0 | |
| August 24 | |||||
| INT | Saipan
|
1 | Panama
|
4 | |
| US | California (F/7)
|
12 | Virginia
|
8 | |
| US | Ohio
|
0 | New Hampshire
|
1 | |
| INT | Canada
|
8 | Germany
|
1 | |
| August 25 | |||||
| US | California
|
21 | New Hampshire
|
2 | |
| INT | Canada
|
3 | Saipan
|
4 | |
| INT | Germany
|
5 | Panama
|
1 | |
| US | Ohio
|
1 | Virginia
|
0 | |
Elimination round edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| August 26 | ||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||
| August 28 | ||||||
| Panama | 5 | |||||
| Panama | 2 | |||||
| August 26 | ||||||
| California | 3 | |||||
| California | 11 | |||||
| New Hampshire | 0 | |||||
| 1993 Little League World Series Champions |
|---|
  Long Beach Little League Long Beach, California |
Notable players edit
- Sean Burroughs (Long Beach, California) - MLB player from 2002 to 2012
Champions Path edit
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).
| Round | Opposition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Section 4 | ||
| Section 4 Winner's Bracket | La Palma Continental LL |
14–0 |
| Section 4 Winner's Bracket | Westminster LL |
16–1 |
| Section 4 Championship | Puente Hills LL |
1–0 |
| South California Divisional | ||
| Winner's Bracket Opening Round | Santana National LL |
13–2 |
| Winner's Bracket Semifinals | Thousand Oaks LL |
1–16 |
| Loser's Bracket Quarterfinals | South Mission Viejo LL |
2–1 |
| Loser's Bracket Semifinals | West Covina American LL |
6–2 |
| Loser's Bracket Finals | Thousand Oaks LL |
5–1 |
| South Championship | Woodland Hills Sunrise LL |
13–4 |
| South Championship | Woodland Hills Sunrise LL |
14–5 |
| West Regional | ||
| Round 1 |  Deer Valley LL |
13–4 |
| Quarterfinals |  Spring Valley LL |
3–0 |
| Semifinals |  Noon Optimist LL |
4–0 |
| Finals | San Ramon Valley LL |
2–0 |
| Finals | Danville San Ramon Valley LL |
5–2 |
References edit
- ^ Little League Won't Be Embarrassed Again, San Bernardino Sun, 15 August 1993.
- ^ "Southern California Little League Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
- ^ "West Region Tournament". Unpage.com. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
External links edit
- 1993 Little League World Series at the Wayback Machine (archived September 30, 2017)