2005 Little League World Series

The 2005 Little League World Series took place between August 19 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The West Oahu Little League of ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii, defeated the defending champion Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao, in the championship game of the 59th Little League World Series. This was the second time that the Little League World Series championship game was won with a walk-off home run,[1] which Michael Memea hit in the bottom of the 7th inning.

2005 Little League World Series
DatesAugust 19–August 28
Teams participating16
ChampionWest Oahu Little League
ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii
Runner-upPabao Little League
Willemstad, Curaçao
Little League World Series

The tournament used two venues, both in South Williamsport:

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
ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii
Northwest Region
West Oahu Little League		 Vista, California
West Region
Rancho Buena Vista Little League		 Mangilao-Barrigada, Guam
Pacific Region
Central East Little League		 Chiba City, Japan
Asia Region
Chiba City Little League
Maitland, Florida
Southeast Region
Maitland Little League		 Lafayette, Louisiana
Southwest Region
Lafayette Little League		 Surrey, British Columbia
Canada Region
Whalley Little League		 Willemstad, Curaçao
Caribbean Region
Pabao Little League
Newtown, Pennsylvania
Mid-Atlantic Region
Council Rock Little League		 Westbrook, Maine
New England Region
Westbrook Little League		 Mexicali
Mexico Region
Seguro Social Little League		 Valencia, Venezuela
Latin America Region
Los Leones Little League
Davenport, Iowa
Midwest Region
Northwest Little League		 Owensboro, Kentucky
Great Lakes Region
Southern Little League		 Moscow, Russia
EMEA Region
Brateevo Little League		 Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Transatlantic Region
Arabian-American Little League

Results

Pool play

The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 28 to play for the Little League world championship.

 United States
Pool A
Rank Region Record
1 Hawaii 3–0
2 Florida 2–1
3 Pennsylvania 1–2
4 Iowa 0–3
Pool B
Rank Region Record
1 California 3–0
2 Louisiana 2–1
3 Maine 1–2
4 Kentucky 0–3

All times US EDT

Pool Away Score Home Score Time (Venue)
August 19
A Hawaii 7 Pennsylvania 1 4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
A Florida 7 Iowa 3 8:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 20
B Maine 2 Louisiana 3 11:00 am (Volunteer Stadium)
B California 7 Kentucky 2 3:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
A Florida 3 Pennsylvania 1 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 21
B Kentucky 8 Louisiana 9 1:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
A Iowa 3 Hawaii 7 3:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
B Maine 3 California 7 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 22
A Hawaii 10 Florida 0 3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B Iowa 0 Pennsylvania 15 (F/4) 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 23
B Kentucky 2 Maine 3 3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B Louisiana 3 California 9 7:30 pm (Lamade Stadium)

International
Pool C
Rank Region Record
1 Guam 3–0
2 Canada 2–1
3 Mexico 1–2
4 Russia 0–3
Pool D
Rank Region Record
1 Japan 3–0
2 Curaçao 2–1
3 Venezuela 1–2
4 Saudi Arabia 0–3

All times US EDT

Pool Away Score Home Score Time (Venue)
August 19
C Guam 6 Russia 2 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 20
D Japan 3 Saudi Arabia 0 1:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
D Curaçao 5 (F/8) Venezuela 4 4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
C Canada 2 Mexico 0 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 21
C Canada 0 Guam 5 5:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
D Japan 9 Curaçao 0 7:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 22
C Russia 0 Mexico 7 11:00 am (Lamade Stadium)
D Japan 7 Venezuela 4 1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
D Saudi Arabia 0 Curaçao 3 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 23
C Canada 2 Russia 1 11:00 am (Lamade Stadium)
D Saudi Arabia 0 Venezuela 4 1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
C Guam 5 Mexico 3 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)

Elimination round
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 24 - Lamade (F/5)
 
 
 Japan11
 
August 27 - Lamade
 
 Canada0
 
 Japan0
 
August 25 - Lamade (F/5)
 
 Curaçao2
 
 Guam1
 
August 28 - Lamade (F/7)
 
 Curaçao16
 
 Curaçao6
 
August 24 - Lamade
 
 Hawaii7
 
 California6
 
August 27 - Lamade
 
 Florida2
 
 California1
 
August 25 - Lamade
 
 Hawaii6 Third place
 
 Hawaii2
 
August 28 - Volunteer
 
 Louisiana0
 
 Japan4
 
 
 California5
 
2005 Little League World Series Champions

West Oahu Little League
ʻʻEwa Beach, Hawaii

Notable players

Jurickson Profar (Willemstad, Curacao) - Oakland Athletics - Infielder

Max Moroff (Maitland, Florida) - Pittsburgh Pirates - Baseball - Infielder

Andrew Stevenson (Lafayette, Louisiana[2]) - Washington Nationals - Baseball - Outfielder

Johnny Dee (Vista, California) - CB Sevilla - Basketball - Shortstop[3]

Champion's path

According to the information provided at Unpage.com, the West Oahu LL won all ten of its games to reach the LLWS.[4][5] In total, their record was 16–0.

RoundOppositionResult
Hawaii State Tournament
Winner's Bracket Semifinals Pearl City LL4–0
Winner's Bracket Finals Hilo National LL7–5
Championship Pearl City LL5–2
Northwest Regional
Group Stage Murrayhill LL17–1
Group Stage Northwest Ada LL16–5 (5 inn.)
Group Stage Heights National LL26–7 (4 inn.)
Group Stage Dimond-West LL10–0 (4 inn.)
Semifinals Murrayhill LL6–5
West Region Championship Northwest Ada LL12–1

References
  1. Williams, Nick. "Hawaii Wins its First Little League Baseball World Series Title". Littleleague.org. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  2. Lang, Andrew (November 23, 2016). "A Thanksgiving Journey for #Nats prospect Andrew Stevenson". www.TalkNats.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  3. Norcross, Don (December 27, 2014). "USD star on cusp of history". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  4. "Hawaii State Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
  5. "West Region Tournament". Unpage.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
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