2003 Little League World Series

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.

2003 Little League World Series
Dates	August 15–August 24
Teams participating	16
Champion	Musashi-Fuchu Little League Tokyo, Japan
Runner-up	East Boynton Beach Little League Boynton Beach, Florida
Little League World Series

Notable players

The following LLWS players later appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB):

Player	LLWS team	MLB debut year & team
Randal Grichuk	Richmond, Texas	2014 St. Louis Cardinals
Jurickson Profar	Curaçao	2012 Texas Rangers
Brady Rodgers	Richmond, Texas	2016 Houston Astros
Jonathan Schoop	Curaçao	2013 Baltimore Orioles
Devon Travis	Boynton Beach, Florida	2015 Toronto Blue Jays

Qualification

Main article: 2003 Little League World Series qualification

Between five and twelve teams take part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which vary in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments are 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
Boynton Beach, FL Southeast East Boynton Beach	Wilmington, DE Mid-Atlantic Naamans	Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean Pabao	Hagåtña Pacific Central
Saugus, MA New England Saugus American	Eldridge, IA Midwest North Scott	Glace Bay, NS Canada Glace Bay	Zulia Latin America Altagracia
Tallmadge, OH Great Lakes Tallmadge	Chandler, AZ West Chandler National	Tokyo Asia Musashi-Fuchu	Mexico City Mexico Olmeca
Richland, WA Northwest Richland National	Richmond, TX Southwest Lamar National	Dhahran Transatlantic Arabian-American	Moscow Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Khovrino

Pool play

The top two teams in each pool move 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 England	2-1	Great Lakes
Southeast	8-1	Northwest

August 16

Southwest	7-2	Midwest
Mid-Atlantic	1-5	West

August 17

Great Lakes	2-7^†	Southeast
West	10-4	Southwest
Northwest	1-2	New England
Midwest	7-8	Mid-Atlantic

August 18

Northwest	4-5	Great Lakes
New England	4-3	Southeast

August 19

Southwest	7-1	Mid-Atlantic
West	8-7	Midwest

International

Pool C

Region	Record
Japan	3-0
Curaçao	2-1
Saudi Arabia	1-2
Canada	0-3

Pool D

Region	Record
Latin America	3-0
Mexico	2-1
EMEA	1-2
Pacific	0-3

August 15

Caribbean

1-4

Asia

August 16

Latin America	9-0	Pacific
EMEA	1-2	Mexico

August 17

Transatlantic	3-2^†	Canada
EMEA	2-0	Pacific

August 18

Caribbean	9-2^†	Transatlantic
Pacific	3-11	Mexico
Latin America	7-1	EMEA
Asia	7-0	Canada

August 19

Latin America	6-2	Mexico
Asia	17-0^‡ (4 innings)	Transatlantic
Caribbean	2-1	Canada

Elimination rounds

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 20 - Lamade
	Altagracia, Zulia, Venezuela	0
					August 23 - Lamade
	Willemstad, Curaçao	10
					Willemstad, Curaçao	6
	August 21 - Lamade
					Tokyo, Japan	14
	Tokyo, Japan	7
									August 24 - Lamade
	Mexico City	1
									Tokyo, Japan	10
	August 20 - Lamade
									Boynton Beach, Florida	1
	Chandler, Arizona	1
					August 23 - Lamade
	Boynton Beach, Florida	4
					Boynton Beach, Florida	9
	August 21 - Lamade
					Saugus, Massachusetts	2			Third place
	Saugus, Massachusetts	14
									August 24 - Volunteer
	Richmond, Texas	13
									Saugus, Massachusetts	1
									Willemstad, Curaçao	5

2003 Little League World Series Champions
Musashi-Fuchu Little League Tokyo, 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