The 2024 Little League World Series is back in action today from South Williamsport, Pa., as eight teams head to the field for the first time in the double-elimination tournament.
Ten international teams and 10 U.S. squads meet in the tournament this year. The 10 international teams include the Caribbean, Mexico, Asia-Pacific, Canada, Japan, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Europe-Africa regional champions. The 10 domestic teams include the New England, West, Southeast, Midwest, Metro, Mountain, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic regional champs. U.S. teams have won the last six Little League World Series titles.
The Japan, Puerto Rico, Metro, Mountain, Cuba, Europe-Africa, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic region teams are all heading to the field for the first time today. They'll hope to follow up an exciting opening day of the tournament that featured two no-hitters. Follow along for all of the action from Thursday's games:
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The 2024 Little League World Series will be broadcast across ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC. Games start at 1 p.m. ET with eight hours of coverage. Each game can also be streamed on ESPN+ or fuboTV .
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In just 10 pitches, Iwashita gets through the top of Puerto Rico's lineup by inducing a flyout, a swinging strikeout and a ground out to first base on consecutive batters.
Santos could not escape the first inning thanks to a strong showing from Japan's offense. Nieves induces a flyout to center field on his fourth pitch, and Puerto Rico will get its first chances at the plate.
Sho Tanaka brings another run home with an opposite-field double. A few pitches later, Sora Okamoto's knock up the middle goes just over second baseman Derek Garcia's glove for an RBI single. It's 5-0 Japan, and Puerto Rico is making a pitching change.
Another walk and a groundout that moved the runners led to another situation with runners on second and third, this time with two outs. A wild pitch by Fernando Santos went to the backstop, and Honryo came in to score. It's 3-0 Japan, still in the first inning.
A couple of walks early in the first inning led to quick trouble when a couple of wild pitch and a stolen base led to baserunners on second and third with one out. Taiyo Honryo knocked in both runners with the first base hit of the game, and Japan leads Puerto Rico, 2-0, in the first.
Japan and Puerto Rico are kicking off the competition in the international side of the bracket on Thursday. It's the first game for each team.
The Little League World Series championship game is set for Sunday, Aug. 25 at Lamade Stadium at 3 p.m. ET. The third place game will be on Aug. 25 as well at 10 a.m. ET.
On Saturday, Aug. 24, the United States and international championship games at 3:30 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. ET, respectively, will determine the matchups for those games. The winners will play in the championship game and the losers will play in the third place game.
The Little League World Series is split into two brackets: international and United States. The two sets of teams play separate double-elimination tournaments, meaning each team has to lose twice to be eliminated from contention. Once the two brackets determine a champion and runner-up, those teams play in the championship and third-place games.
Great Lakes - Hinsdale Little League - Hinsdale, Illinois
Metro - Sou th Shore Little League - Staten Island, New York
Mid-Atlantic - Council Rock Newtown Little League - Newtown, Pennsylvania
Midwest - S ioux Falls Little League - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Mountain - Paseo Verde Little League - Henderson, Nevada
New England - Salem Little League - Salem, New Hampshire
Northwest - South Hill Little League - Puyallup, Washington
Southeast - Lake Mary Little League - Lake Mary, Florida
Southwest - Boerne Little League - Boerne, Texas
West - Central East Maui Little League - Wailuku, Hawaii
Asia-Pacific - Ku ei-Shan Lit tle League - Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei
Australia - Hills Little League - Sydney, New South Wales
Canada - Whalley Little League - Surrey, British Columbia
Caribbean - Aruba Center Little League - Santa Cruz, Aruba
Cuba - Santa Clara Little League - Villa Clara, Cuba
Europe-Africa - South Czech Republic Little League - Brno, Czech Republic
Japan - Johoku Little League - Tokyo, Japan
Latin America - Cardenales Little League - Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Mexico - Matamoros Little League - Tamaulipas, Mexico
Puerto Rico - Radames Lopez Little League - Guayama, Puerto Rico
Here is the full 2024 LLWS bracket, courtesy of the Little League World Series:
Results date back to 2010 LLWS.
- 2023: El Segundo, Calif.
- 2022: Honolulu
- 2021: Taylor, Mich.
- 2020: Canceled due to COVID
- 2019: River Ridge, La.
- 2018: Honolulu
- 2017: Tokyo
- 2016: Maine-Endwell, N.Y.
- 2015: Tokyo
- 2014: Seoul, South Korea
- 2013: Tokyo
- 2012: Tokyo
- 2011: Huntington Beach, Calif.
- 2010: Tokyo
The seventh annual MLB Little League Classic will take place on Monday, Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. ET with the New York Yankees taking on the Detroit Tigers in Williamsport. The game will air on ESPN.
ESPN will broadcast all four games on Thursday.
All times Eastern.
LLWS Round 1
- Japan Region vs. Puerto Rico Region, 1 p.m. | Volunteer Stadium, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Metro Region vs. Mountain Region, 3 p.m. | Lamade Stadium, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Cuba Region vs. Europe-Africa Region, 5 p.m. | Volunteer Stadium, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Southwest Region vs. Mid-Atlantic Region, 7 p.m. | Lamade Stadium, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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