2011 Little League World Series

2011 Little League World Series

Tournament details
Dates	August 18–28, 2011
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Ocean View Little League Huntington Beach, California
Runner-up	Hamamatsu Minami Little League Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan
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The 2011 Little League World Series took place in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, between August 18 and 28.^[1] Eight teams from the United States and eight from elsewhere in the world competed in the 65th edition of the Little League World Series. Ocean View Little League of Huntington Beach, California, defeated Hamamatsu Minami Little League of Hamamatsu City, Japan, in the championship game. Nick Pratto hit an RBI single to clinch the title for Ocean View.

On June 16, 2011, Little League announced that it was modifying the double-elimination format that was first used in the previous year's tournament. The format of four pools consisting of four teams in each pool, a format that had been used since the tournament expanded to 16 teams in 2001, was eliminated. Instead, the eight teams from the United States were placed into one bracket, and the eight International teams into another bracket. The tournament remained double-elimination until the United States and International championship games, where it became single-elimination.^[2]

Little League International renewed deals with uniform suppliers Russell Athletic and New Era Caps. As part of the deal, regions had new color schemes this year.^[3][4]

United States	International
La Grange, Kentucky Great Lakes Region North Oldham Little League	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Asia-Pacific Region Ching-Tan Little League
Clinton County, Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic Region Keystone Little League	Langley, British Columbia Canada Region Langley Little League
Rapid City, South Dakota Midwest Region Harney Little League	Oranjestad, Aruba Caribbean Region Aruba North Little League
Cumberland, Rhode Island New England Region Cumberland American Little League	Rotterdam, Netherlands Europe Region Rotterdam Little League
Billings, Montana Northwest Region Big Sky Little League	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Japan Region Hamamatsu Minami Little League
Warner Robins, Georgia Southeast Region Warner Robins American Little League	Maracay, Venezuela Latin America Region Gran Maracay Little League
Lafayette, Louisiana Southwest Region Lafayette Little League	Mexicali, Baja California Mexico Region Segura Social Little League
Huntington Beach, California West Region Ocean View Little League	Dhahran, Saudi Arabia[a] Middle East-Africa Region Arabian American Little League

• Due to complicated relations with the People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea—commonly known as South Korea—is recognized by the name South Korea by a majority of international organizations, including Little League Baseball. For more information, see Cross-Strait relations. LLWS records and news accounts may use Republic of Korea, South Korea, or South Korea to refer to the same entity.
• Of the 16 teams, 11 made their first LLWS appearance. Most notable among these was the Keystone Little League, based less than 30 miles (48 km) from Little League headquarters. The last LLWS to feature a team from the immediate Williamsport area was the 1969 edition.^[5] Keystone's game on August 19 against the North Oldham Little League set an attendance record for Howard J. Lamade Stadium, at 41,848.^[6] The record stood until it was broken during the 2015 event.
• The Big Sky Little League team from Billings was the first team from Montana to win a regional and advance to the Little League World Series. They compiled a 3–1 record at the tournament before falling to the eventual tournament champions from Huntington Beach, California. Montana was scheduled to play the team from Tijuana, Mexico in the third place game but it was canceled due to the threat of Hurricane Irene^[7] in the latter stages of the tournament.

Teams that lost their first two games played a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games were labeled Game A and Game B. This provided teams who were already eliminated the opportunity to play a third game.

	Game A
	August 22 – Lamade Stadium
	Aruba	5
	South Dakota	0

	Game B
	August 23 – Lamade Stadium
	Netherlands	7
	Rhode Island	8

	Little League World Championship
	August 28 – Lamade Stadium
	California	2
	Japan	1

2011 Little League World Series Champions
Ocean View Little League Huntington Beach, California

The consolation game between Montana and Mexico was cancelled due to the expected arrival of Hurricane Irene.^[8]

Kampala, Uganda defeated Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in the Middle East-Africa Region Final but the Ugandan team was denied visas by the State Department.^[9] Reportedly, the visas were denied because some players provided false information, specifically related to their ages.^[10][11] The runner-up, Saudi Arabia, was invited to the Little League World Series in their spot.^[12]

The Ocean View Little League won 20 games and lost 1 game to reach the Little League World Series. Overall, their record was 25–2. Their two losses came against Rancho Mission Viejo LL (from California),^[13] and Billings Big Sky LL (from Montana).^[14]

Round	Opposition	Result
District 62
Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals	Costa Mesa National LL	6-0
Winner's Bracket Semifinals	Costa Mesa American LL	19-0
Winner's Bracket Final	Huntington Valley LL	7-1
District 62 Championship	Huntington Valley LL	13-3
Section 10
Game 1	Aliso Viejo LL	5–4
Game 2	Rancho Mission Viejo LL	2–1
Game 3	Rancho Mission Viejo LL	5–6 (8 inn.)
Section 10 Championship	Rancho Mission Viejo LL	3–1
South California Divisional
Winner's Bracket Semifinals	Fontana Community LL	13-2 (4 inn.)
Winner's Bracket Finals	Canyon Springs LL	5–1
South Sub-Divisional Championship	Park View LL	5–4
South Championship	Encino LL	12–1 (4 inn.)
South Championship	Encino LL	11–1
West Regional
Group Stage	Red Bluff LL	10–2
Group Stage	Central East Maui LL	3–0
Group Stage	Rio Rico LL	10–0 (4 inn.)
Group Stage	Silverado LL	11–3
Semifinals	Washington LL	5–0
West Region Championship	Red Bluff LL	2–1

• Hagen Danner (Huntington Beach, California) - pitcher
• Yonny Hernández (Maracaibo, Venezuela) - infielder
• Nick Pratto (Huntington Beach, California) - infielder

• Jake Fromm (Warner Robins, Georgia) - quarterback in the National Football League

• 2011 official results via Wayback Machine
• 2011 tournament bracket via Wayback Machine