2003 Little League World Series

Children's baseball tournament Little_League_World_Series_official_logo_2003.png August 15–August 24 16 Musashi-Fuchu Little LeagueJPN Tokyo, Japan East Boynton Beach Little LeagueFlorida Boynton Beach, Florida 2002 2004 The 2003 Little League World Series took place between August 15 and August 24 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Musashi-Fuchu Little League of Tokyo, Japan, defeated the East Boynton Beach Little League of Boynton Beach, Florida, in the championship game of the 57th Little League World Series. Notable players The following LLWS players later appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB): Player LLWS team MLB debut year & teamRandal Grichuk Richmond, Texas 2014 St. Louis CardinalsBrady Rodgers 2016 Houston AstrosJonathan Schoop Curaçao 2013 Baltimore OriolesDevon Travis Boynton Beach, Florida 2015 Toronto Blue Jays Teams 2003 Little League World Series qualification Between five and twelve qualification games took part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which varied in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments were in the same format as the Little League World Series itself: a round-robin tournament followed by an elimination round to determine the regional champion. Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Florida Boynton Beach, FloridaSoutheastEast Boynton Beach Little League Delaware Wilmington, DelawareMid-AtlanticNaamans Little League CuraçaoANT Willemstad, CuraçaoCaribbeanPabao Little League GUM Hagåtña, GuamPacificCentral Little League MassachusettsSaugus, MassachusettsNew EnglandSaugus American Little League Iowa Eldridge, IowaMidwestNorth Scott Little League CANNova Scotia Glace Bay, Nova ScotiaCanadaGlace Bay Little League VEN 1930 Valencia, VenezuelaLatin AmericaLos Leones Ohio Tallmadge, OhioGreat LakesTallmadge Little League Arizona Chandler, ArizonaWestChandler National Little League JPN Tokyo, JapanAsiaEdogawa Minami MEX Nuevo Laredo, MexicoMexicoOriente Washington Richland, WashingtonNorthwestRichland National Little League Texas Richmond, TexasSouthwestLamar Little League KSA Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaTransatlanticArabian-American RUS Moscow, RussiaEurope, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)Brattevo Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States. Pool play The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 24 to play for the Little League world championship. +Pool A Region Record New England 3–0 Southeast 2–1 Great Lakes 1–2 Northwest 0–3 +Pool B Region Record West 3–0 Southwest 2–1 Mid-Atlantic 1–2 Midwest 0–3 August 15 New England2-1Great LakesSoutheast8-1Northwest August 16 Southwest7-2MidwestMid-Atlantic1-5West August 17 Great Lakes2-7†SoutheastWest10-4SouthwestNorthwest1-2New EnglandMidwest7-8Mid-Atlantic August 18 Northwest4-5Great LakesNew England4-3Southeast August 19 Southwest7-1Mid-AtlanticWest8-7Midwest International +Pool C Region Record Japan 3–0 Caribbean 2–1 Transatlantic 1–2 Canada 0–3 +Pool D Region Record Latin America 3–0 Mexico 2–1 EMEA 1–2 Pacific 0–3 August 15 Caribbean1-4Asia August 16 Latin America9-0PacificEMEA1-2Mexico August 17 Transatlantic3-2†CanadaEMEA2-0Pacific August 18 Caribbean9-2†TransatlanticPacific3-11MexicoLatin America7-1EMEAAsia7-0Canada August 19 Latin America6-2MexicoAsia17-0‡(4 innings)TransatlanticCaribbean2-1Canada Elimination rounds August 20 - Lamade VEN 1930 Altagracia, Zulia, Venezuela 0 CuraçaoANT Willemstad, Curaçao 10 August 21 - Lamade JPN Tokyo, Japan 7 MEX Mexico City 1 August 20 - Lamade Arizona Chandler, Arizona 1 Florida Boynton Beach, Florida 4 August 21 - Lamade Massachusetts Saugus, Massachusetts |14|Texas Richmond, Texas|13 |August 23 - Lamade|CuraçaoANT Willemstad, Curaçao |6|JPN Tokyo, Japan|14 |August 23 - Lamade|FloridaBoynton Beach, Florida |9|Massachusetts Saugus, Massachusetts|2 |August 24 - Lamade|JPNTokyo, Japan 10 Florida Boynton Beach, Florida 1 August 24 - Volunteer Massachusetts Saugus, Massachusetts 1 CuraçaoANT'''Willemstad, Curaçao 5 2003 Little League World Series Champions100px|borderMusashi-Fuchu Little LeagueTokyo, Japan References Notes † Postponed (rained out) ‡ Game ended by "mercy rule" (at least 10-run difference through 5 innings) External links 2003 official results via Wayback Machine Recap of championship game via Wayback Machine Category:2003 Little League World Series Category:Little League World Series Little League World Series Little League World Series