2008 Little League World Series
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | August 15–August 24 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Waipio Little League![]() ![]() |
Runner-up | Matamoros Little League![]() |
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 next iteration of the LLWS in which the international champion did not originate from an East Asian country was 2019.
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 |
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![]() Mid-Atlantic Region Hagerstown Federal Little League | ![]() New England Region Shelton National Little League | ![]() Caribbean Region Pabao Little League | ![]() MEA Region Arabian American Little League |
![]() Northwest Region Mill Creek Little League | ![]() West Region Waipio Little League | ![]() ![]() Matamoros Little League | ![]() ![]() Edogawa Minami Little League |
![]() Southwest Region South Lake Charles Little League | ![]() Southeast Region Citrus Park Little League | ![]() Europe Region Emilia Little League | ![]() ![]() White Rock South Surrey Little League |
![]() Great Lakes Region Jefferson/GRC Little League | ![]() Midwest Region Canyon Lake Little League | ![]() Asia-Pacific Region Southern Guam Little League | ![]() 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.
Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Run Ratio |
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1 | ![]() | 2–1 | 7 | 0.412 |
2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 12 | 0.706 |
3 | ![]() | 2–1 | 21 | 1.235 |
4 | ![]() | 0–3 | 15 | 1.285 |
- Louisiana wins pool based on defensive run ratio. Washington is the runner-up based on win against Maryland.
Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Run Ratio |
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1 | ![]() | 3–0 | 7 | 0.389 |
2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 12 | 0.750 |
3 | ![]() | 1–2 | 15 | 0.833 |
4 | ![]() | 0–3 | 25 | 1.667 |
Pool | Away | Score | Home | Score | Time (Venue) | |
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August 15 | ||||||
B | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 10 (F/4) | 2:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
B | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | 3 | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
August 16 | ||||||
A | ![]() | 2 | ![]() | 3 | 10:00 am (Volunteer Stadium) | |
B | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | 9 | 3:30 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
A | ![]() | 1 | ![]() | 5 | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
August 17 | ||||||
A | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 9 | 3:30 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
B | ![]() | 2 | ![]() | 10 | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
August 18 | ||||||
A | ![]() | 15 | ![]() | 5 | Noon (Lamade Stadium) | |
B | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | 6 | 3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
B | ![]() | 8 (F/7) | ![]() | 2 | 6:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
August 19 | ||||||
A | ![]() | 2 | ![]() | 3 (F/7) | 2:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
A | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | 6 | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) |
International
Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Run Ratio |
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1 | ![]() | 3–0 | 2 | 0.133 |
2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 7 | 0.438 |
3 | ![]() | 1–2 | 19 | 1.425 |
4 | ![]() | 0–3 | 33 | 2.828 |
Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Run Ratio |
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1 | ![]() | 3–0 | 7 | 0.368 |
2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 6 | 0.316 |
3 | ![]() | 1–2 | 22 | 1.222 |
4 | ![]() | 0–3 | 24 | 1.412 |
Pool | Away | Score | Home | Score | Time (Venue) | |
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August 15 | ||||||
D | ![]() | 8 | ![]() | 1 | 4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
August 16 | ||||||
C | ![]() | 6 | ![]() | 2 | 11:00 am (Lamade Stadium) | |
C | ![]() | 6 | ![]() | 7 | 1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
D | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | 0 | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
August 17 | ||||||
C | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 12 (F/4) | Noon (Lamade Stadium) | |
D | ![]() | 9 | ![]() | 3 | 1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
D | ![]() | 12 | ![]() | 0 | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
August 18 | ||||||
C | ![]() | 0 | ![]() | 10 | 1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
C | ![]() | 14 | ![]() | 1 | 4:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
August 19 | ||||||
D | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | 5 (F/7) | Noon (Lamade Stadium) | |
D | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | 7 | 4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
C | ![]() | 3 | ![]() | 0 | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) |
Elimination round
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
August 20 – 4:00 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
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August 23 – 12:30 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
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August 21 – 4:00 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
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August 24 – 3:30 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
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August 20 – 8:00 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
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August 24 – 3:30 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
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August 21 – 8:00pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | Third place | ||||||||
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August 24 – 12:00 pm - Volunteer | ||||||||||
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2008 Little League World Series Champions |
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![]() ![]() 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 |
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Hawaii State Tournament | ||
Winner's Bracket Semifinals | ![]() | 3–4 |
Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals | ![]() | 5–0 |
Elimination Bracket Semifinals | ![]() | 8–2 |
Elimination Bracket Finals | ![]() | 6–3 |
Championship | ![]() | 3–2 |
Championship | ![]() | 4–3 |
West Regional | ||
Group Stage | ![]() | 2–1 |
Group Stage | ![]() | 5–1 |
Group Stage | ![]() | 12–2 (6 inn.) |
Group Stage | ![]() | 1–4 |
Semifinals | ![]() | 8–0 |
West Region Championship | ![]() | 4–3 |
Notable players
Major League Baseball
Drew Ellis (Jeffersonville, Indiana) - Philadelphia Phillies - Infielder
Matthew Batten (Shelton, Connecticut) San Diego Padres - infielder
National Football League
Trey Quinn (Lake Charles, Louisiana) - Detroit Lions - Wide Receiver
References
External links
- 2008 official results via Wayback Machine
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