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Little League World Series live: Updates, Highlights for LLWS Championship games
By Elizabeth Flores, USA TODAY,
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA - AUGUST 27: Wu Yun-Hsi #22 of the Asia-Pacific Region team from Taipei City, Chinese Taipei rounds bases during the third inning during the Little League World Series Consolation Game at Little League International Complex on August 27, 2023 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) Tim Nwachukwu, Getty Images
The Saturday games at the Little League World Series will feature the top four teams, all competing for a spot in the championship game. The International championship and the United States Championship will be the main highlights of the tournament, emphasizing the importance of these games as the tournament enters its final two days.
In the International Championship, it's a battle between Chinese Taipei and Venezuela. Meanwhile, in the United States Championship game, Texas is set to clash with Florida. These games mark the final showdown ahead of Sunday's championship.
Follow live for all of Saturday, August 24, Little League World Series action.
Chinese Taipei comes out in full force and scores off a wild pitch to get on the scoreboard first in the top of the first inning.
2024 Little League World Series: Time, TV, streaming and how to watch
All 39 games of the Little League World Series will be broadcast on one of ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC, with streaming options including ESPN+ , the ESPN app and Fubo , which offers a free trial.
The Little League World Series (LLWS) championship game is scheduled for Sunday, August 25th at 3 p.m. ET. The third-place consolation game is set to take place the same day at 10 a.m. ET.
The international and U.S. championship games, serving as the semifinals to Sunday's championship game, will take place on Saturday, August 24 at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. ET.
USA Today's Stephen Borelli writes on the Little League World Series and the young players that make up this wonderful tournament: "We expect them to come through and we cheer like heck when they do."
Amid the celebration come tears and high levels of stress. Borelli reminds us that the players entertaining so many this weekend are children and offers some insight on not just remembering that fact but also making the tournament's presentation more in line with the athletes' ages.
"We love the Little League World Series, but there are subtle ways to make it even better. Here's how we can reduce the pressure on kids who play in it and open up opportunities for more of them to have a shot at it," Borelli writes .
The Little League World Series is divided into two brackets: the United States bracket and the international bracket. Each bracket will conduct its own individual tournament, and the winner from each bracket will face off in the championship.
The U.S. and international brackets are double-elimination brackets. This means that a team can still advance in a separate elimination bracket even after losing its first game. The winner of the elimination bracket then plays against the winner of the winners' bracket in the U.S. or international final for the opportunity to compete in the LLWS championship.
In other words, a team must be defeated twice to be eliminated from the tournament.
In recent years, teams from the United States have been very successful in the Little League World Series, winning the last five championships since 2017. The most recent international team to win the tournament was Japan, who defeated Lufkin, Texas 12-2 in the 2017 final, which lasted just five innings.
List of past winners:
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
LLWS bracket and schedule
Here is the full 2024 LLWS bracket, courtesy of the Little League World Series:
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