Youth baseball and youth softball players ages 10 to 12 compete each summer in hopes of making it to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, or Greenville, North Carolina, the two cities that host the Little League Baseball World Series and the Little League Softball World Series.
Williamsport has hosted baseball’s premier junior competition every year since 1947, featuring talents such as Gary Sheffield (1980), Jason Varitek (1984), Todd Frazier (1998), Bryce Harper (2003), Cody Bellinger (2007) and Mo’ne Davis (2014).
Greenville hosted the premier youth softball event for the first time in 2021. Before the tournament was held in North Carolina, it was held in Portland, Oregon, starting in 1974.
In the 74-year history of the Little League Baseball World Series, California is the state with the most titles (8). In the Little League Softball World Series, Texas is the state with the most titles (14). In the current format, 20 teams compete for the LLBWS title: 10 U.S. teams and 10 international teams. In the LLSWS, eight U.S. teams and four international teams compete.
Here’s a look at the all-time champions of the Little League Baseball World Series and the Little League Softball World Series.
2023
baseball: El Segundo, California; Soft ball: Massapequa, New York
2022
baseball: Honolulu, Hawaii; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
2021
baseball: Munich, Germany; Soft ball: Muskogee, Oklahoma
2020
Cancelled due to COVID-19
2019
baseball: River Ridge, Louisiana; Soft ball: Salisbury, North Carolina
2018
baseball: Honolulu, Hawaii; Soft ball: Wheelersburg, Ohio
2017
baseball: Tokyo, Japan; Soft ball: Waco, Texas
2016
baseball: Endwell, New York; Soft ball: Helotes, Texas
2015
baseball: Tokyo, Japan; Soft ball: Salisbury, North Carolina
2014
baseball: Seoul, South Korea; Soft ball: Robbinsville, New Jersey
2013
baseball: Tokyo, Japan; Soft ball: Tucson, Arizona
2012
baseball: Tokyo, Japan; Soft ball: Albuquerque, New Mexico
2011
baseball: Huntington Beach, California; Soft ball: Sterling, Illinois
2010
baseball: Tokyo, Japan; Soft ball: Warner Robins, Georgia
2009
baseball: Chula Vista, California; Soft ball: Warner Robins, Georgia
2008
baseball: Waipahu, Hawaii; Soft ball: Simpsonville, South Carolina
2007
baseball: Warner Robins, Georgia; Soft ball: Morristown, Tennessee
2006
baseball: Columbus, Georgia; Soft ball: Mattawan, Michigan
2005
baseball: ‘Ewa Beach, Hawaii; Soft ball: McLean, Virginia
2004
baseball: Willemstad, Curacao; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
2003
baseball: Tokyo, Japan; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
2002
baseball: Louisville, Kentucky; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
2001
baseball: Tokyo, Japan; Soft ball: Maunabo, Puerto Rico
2000
baseball: Maracaibo, Venezuela; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
1999
baseball: Hirikata, Japan; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
1998
baseball: Toms River, New Jersey; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
1997
baseball: Guadalupe, Mexico; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
1996
baseball: Taipei, Taiwan; Soft ball: Clearwater, Florida
1995
baseball: Tainan, Taiwan; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
1994
baseball: Maracaibo, Venezuela; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
1993
baseball: Long Beach, California; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
1992
baseball: Long Beach, California; Soft ball: Hewitt, Texas
1991
baseball: Taichung, Taiwan; Soft ball: Naples, Florida
1990
baseball: Tainan County, Taiwan; Soft ball: Glendale, California
1989
baseball: Trumbull, Connecticut; Soft ball: Naples, Florida
1988
baseball: Taichung, Taiwan; Soft ball: Naples, Florida
1987
baseball: Taipei, Taiwan; Soft ball: Tampa Bay, Florida
1986
baseball: Tainan Park, Taiwan; Soft ball: Tampa Bay, Florida
1985
baseball: Seoul, South Korea; Soft ball: Brookfield, Illinois
1984
baseball: Seoul, South Korea; Soft ball: Albuquerque, New Mexico
1983
baseball: Marietta, Georgia; Soft ball: Naples, Florida
1982
baseball: Kirkland, Washington; Soft ball: Glendale, California
1981
baseball: Taichung, Taiwan; Soft ball: Gresham, Oregon
1980
baseball: Taipei, Taiwan; Soft ball: Glendale, California
1979
baseball: Taipei, Taiwan; Soft ball: Providence, Rhode Island
1978
baseball: Taipei, Taiwan; Soft ball: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
1977
baseball: Taipei, Taiwan; Soft ball: Salinas, California
1976
baseball: Tokyo, Japan; Soft ball: Salinas, California
1975
baseball: Lakewood, New Jersey; Soft ball: Medford, Oregon
1974
baseball: Taipei, Taiwan; Soft ball: Tampa, Florida
1973: Tainan City, Taiwan
1972: Taipei, Taiwan
1971: Tainan, Taiwan
1970: Wayne, New Jersey
1969: Taipei, Taiwan
1968: Wakayama, Japan
1967: West Tokyo, Japan
1966: Houston, Texas
1965: Windsor Locks, Connecticut
1964: Staten Island, New York
1963: Granada Hills, California
1962: San Jose, California
1961: El Cajon, California
1960: Levittown, Pennsylvania
1959: Hamtramck, Michigan
1958: Monterrey, Mexico
1957: Monterrey, Mexico
1956: Roswell, New Mexico
1955: Morrisville, Pennsylvania
1954: Schenectady, New York
1953: Birmingham, Alabama
1952: Norwalk, Connecticut
1951: Stamford, Connecticut
1950: Houston, Texas
1949: Hammonton, New Jersey
1948: Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
1947: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
For more information, visit the ESPN Little League World Series hub page.
