2008 Little League World Series

The 2008 Little League World Series, was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It began on August 15 and ended August 24. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed to decide the winner of the 62nd installment of the Little League World Series. In the championship game, the United States champions from Waipi`o, Hawaii defeated the international champions from Matamoros, Mexico. This was the last iteration of the Little League World Series in which the international champions did not originate from an East Asian country until 2019.

2008 Little League World Series
Dates	August 15–August 24
Teams participating	16
Champion	Waipio Little League Waipi`o, Hawaii
Runner-up	Matamoros Little League Matamoros, Mexico
Little League World Series

Activision released a video game in advance of the event, Little League World Series Baseball 2008.

Teams

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Hagerstown, Maryland Mid-Atlantic Region Hagerstown Federal Little League	Shelton, Connecticut New England Region Shelton National Little League	Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean Region Pabao Little League	Dhahran, Saudi Arabia MEA Region Arabian American Little League
Mill Creek, Washington Northwest Region Mill Creek Little League	Waipi`o, Hawaii West Region Waipio Little League	Matamoros, Tamaulipas Mexico Region Matamoros Little League	Tokyo Japan Region Edogawa Minami Little League
Lake Charles, Louisiana Southwest Region South Lake Charles Little League	Tampa, Florida Southeast Region Citrus Park Little League	Emilia, Italy Europe Region Emilia Little League	Surrey, British Columbia Canada Region White Rock-South Surrey Little League
Jeffersonville, Indiana Great Lakes Region Jefferson/GRC American Little League	Rapid City, South Dakota Midwest Region Canyon Lake Little League	Yona, Guam Asia-Pacific Region Southern Little League	Maracaibo, Venezuela Latin America Region Coquivacoa 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 24 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage.

Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. In the event of a three-way tie for first place, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs-per-defensive-inning ratio is ranked first and advances. Second place is determined by the head-to-head result of the other two teams. If the three-way tie is for 2nd place, the runs-per-defensive-inning ratio rule is used. The team with the lowest run ratio advances, the other two teams are eliminated.

 United States

Pool A

Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Louisiana	2–1	7	0.412
2	Washington	2–1	12	0.706
3	Maryland	2–1	21	1.235
4	Indiana	0–3	15	1.285

• Louisiana wins pool based on defensive run ratio. Washington is the runner-up based on win against Maryland.

Pool B

Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Hawaii	3–0	7	0.389
2	Florida	2–1	12	0.750
3	Connecticut	1–2	15	0.833
4	South Dakota	0–3	25	1.667

All times US EDT.

Pool	Away	Score	Home	Score	Time (Venue)
August 15
B	South Dakota	0	Florida	10 (F/4)	2:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
B	Connecticut	1	Hawaii	3	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 16
A	Indiana	2	Maryland	3	10:00 am (Volunteer Stadium)
B	South Dakota	4	Connecticut	9	3:30 pm (Lamade Stadium)
A	Washington	1	Louisiana	5	8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 17
A	Indiana	0	Louisiana	9	3:30 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B	Florida	2	Hawaii	10	8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 18
A	Washington	15	Maryland	5	Noon (Lamade Stadium)
B	South Dakota	4	Hawaii	6	3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B	Florida	8 (F/7)	Connecticut	2	6:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 19
A	Indiana	2	Washington	3 (F/7)	2:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
A	Louisiana	4	Maryland	6	8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)

International

Pool C

Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Mexico	3–0	2	0.133
2	Curaçao	2–1	7	0.438
3	Guam	1–2	19	1.425
4	Italy	0–3	33	2.828

Pool D

Rank	Region	Record	Runs Allowed	Run Ratio
1	Japan	3–0	7	0.368
2	Venezuela	2–1	6	0.316
3	Canada	1–2	22	1.222
4	Saudi Arabia	0–3	24	1.412

All times US EDT.

Pool	Away	Score	Home	Score	Time (Venue)
August 15
D	Venezuela	8	Canada	1	4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 16
C	Mexico	6	Curaçao	2	11:00 am (Lamade Stadium)
C	Italy	6	Guam	7	1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
D	Japan	5	Saudi Arabia	0	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 17
C	Italy	0	Mexico	12 (F/4)	Noon (Lamade Stadium)
D	Japan	9	Canada	3	1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
D	Venezuela	12	Saudi Arabia	0	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 18
C	Guam	0	Mexico	10	1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
C	Curaçao	14	Italy	1	4:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 19
D	Venezuela	4	Japan	5 (F/7)	Noon (Lamade Stadium)
D	Saudi Arabia	5	Canada	7	4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
C	Curaçao	3	Guam	0	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)

Elimination round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 20 – 4:00 pm - Lamade
	Japan	11
					August 23 – 12:30 pm - Lamade
	Curacao	4
					Japan	4
	August 21 – 4:00 pm - Lamade
					Mexico	5
	Mexico	5
									August 24 – 3:30 pm - Lamade
	Venezuela	2
									Mexico	3
	August 20 – 8:00 pm - Lamade
									Hawaii	12
	Hawaii	9
					August 24 – 3:30 pm - Lamade
	Washington	4
					Hawaii	7
	August 21 – 8:00pm - Lamade
					Louisiana	5			Third place
	Louisiana	6
									August 24 – 12:00 pm - Volunteer
	Florida	1
									Japan	4
									Louisiana	3

2008 Little League World Series Champions
Waipio Little League Waipiʻo, Hawaiʻi

Champions Path

According to the information provided at Unpage.com, the Waipio LL won 5 matches and lost 1 match to reach the LLWS. In total, their record was 16–2, their only losses coming against Central East Maui LL (from Hawaii),[1] and Paseo Verde LL (from Nevada).[2]

Round	Opposition	Result
Hawaii State Tournament
Winner's Bracket Semifinals	Central East Maui LL	3–4
Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals	Kailua LL	5–0
Elimination Bracket Semifinals	West Oahu LL	8–2
Elimination Bracket Finals	Central East Maui LL	6–3
Championship	Kaimuki LL	3–2
Championship	Kaimuki LL	4–3
West Regional
Group Stage	Pleasanton American	2–1
Group Stage	Arrowhead LL	5–1
Group Stage	Cedar American	12–2 (6 inn.)
Group Stage	Paseo Verde LL	1–4
Semifinals	Pleasanton American	8–0
West Region Championship	Paseo Verde LL	4–3

References

1. "Hawaii State Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
2. "West Region Tournament". Unpage.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved August 29, 2010.

External links

• 2008 official results via Wayback Machine