# 2025 Little League World Series
The 2025 Little League Baseball World Series, presented by T-Mobile, was the 78th edition of the annual youth baseball tournament held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and was won by the Asia-Pacific champion Tung-Yuan Little League of Taipei, Chinese Taipei, which defeated the Mountain Region's Summerlin South Little League of Las Vegas, Nevada, 7-0 in the championship game on August 24, 2025.[1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/) • [2](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/news/little-league-baseball-world-series-game-38-recap/) The tournament ran from August 13 to 24 at the Little League International Complex, with free admission to all games.[3](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/tournaments/world-series/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dates and site | August 13–24, 2025, Little League International Complex, South Williamsport, Pennsylvania[3](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/tournaments/world-series/) |
| Field | 20 teams, 10 from United States regions and 10 from international regions[4](https://www.littleleague.org/help-center/little-league-world-series-expansion-faqs/) |
| Champion | Asia-Pacific (Tung-Yuan LL, Taipei, Chinese Taipei), 5-0 record, beating Mountain 7-0 in the final[3](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/tournaments/world-series/) • [1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/) |
| Runner-up | Mountain (Summerlin South LL, Las Vegas, Nevada), in Nevada's first-ever championship game appearance[5](https://apnews.com/article/82f7b6e646026a7f0befd9911705b15b) |
| Championship pitching | Lin Chin-Tse retired the first 13 batters and allowed one hit in five innings, and hit a three-run triple in the five-run fifth[5](https://apnews.com/article/82f7b6e646026a7f0befd9911705b15b) |
| Significance | First international champion since Japan in 2017 and first Taiwan title since 1996[5](https://apnews.com/article/82f7b6e646026a7f0befd9911705b15b) |
| Games broadcast | More than 300 Little League games on ESPN platforms during the summer; 38 games at the World Series itself[3](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/tournaments/world-series/) • [6](https://www.littleleague.org/news/join-the-fun-and-excitement-at-the-2025-little-league-baseball-world-series-presented-by-t-mobile/) |
## Format and field
The tournament used the format adopted when the field expanded from 16 to 20 teams in 2022: ten United States regions and ten international regions, each playing a double-elimination bracket in which a team had to lose twice to be eliminated, except in the bracket championships and the [World Series](https://www.edgepedia.org/world-series) title game, which were single elimination.[4](https://www.littleleague.org/help-center/little-league-world-series-expansion-faqs/) • [7](https://www.ballgamer.com/baseball-leagues/little-league/world-series-2025) Four countries held automatic bids each year (Australia, Canada, Japan, and Mexico), with a yearly rotation of Panama, Puerto Rico, and Cuba earning direct entry.[8](https://www.littleleague.org/downloads/2025-llbws-media-guide/)
The United States teams were Clarendon Hills LL (Illinois), Fairfield National LL ([Connecticut](https://www.edgepedia.org/connecticut)), Glenmoore Eagle LL (Pennsylvania), Sioux Falls LL ([South Dakota](https://www.edgepedia.org/south-dakota)), Summerlin South LL (Las Vegas, Nevada), Braintree American LL (Massachusetts), Bonney Lake/Sumner LL (Washington), Irmo LL ([South Carolina](https://www.edgepedia.org/south-carolina)), Lamar LL (Richmond, Texas), and Honolulu LL (Hawaii).[3](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/tournaments/world-series/) The international teams came from Chinese Taipei, Australia, Canada, Aruba, Czechia, Japan, Venezuela, Mexico, Panama, and Puerto Rico.[3](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/tournaments/world-series/) Several leagues reached Williamsport for the first time, including Fairfield National, Summerlin South, Braintree American, Irmo, Glenmoore Eagle, El Swing Perfecto of Chihuahua, and Joto Little League of Tokyo.[6](https://www.littleleague.org/news/join-the-fun-and-excitement-at-the-2025-little-league-baseball-world-series-presented-by-t-mobile/)
## United States bracket
**Early rounds.** Mountain opened with a 16-1 rout of [Great Lakes](https://www.edgepedia.org/great-lakes) on August 13, and Metro edged Southwest 1-0 the same day; Southeast then shut out New England 13-0 on August 14.[1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/) Mountain beat Northwest 5-3 and Metro beat West 5-1 on August 15 to stay unbeaten, while Midwest eliminated Mid-Atlantic 2-0.[1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/)
**Bracket play.** In the August 18 winners-bracket games, Mountain edged Southeast 1-0 and Metro beat Midwest 13-1, setting up a Metro-Mountain meeting on August 20 that Metro won 7-3.[1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/) Mountain worked back through the elimination side, beating Southeast 5-3 on August 21 to reach the U.S. final against Metro.[1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/)
**U.S. championship.** In Game 36 on August 23, Mountain scored three runs in the top of the first on a single by Grayson Miranda and held off Metro's two-run push to win the United States championship, 8-2.[9](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/news/little-league-baseball-world-series-game-36-recap/) It sent Summerlin South to Nevada's first appearance in a World Series title game.[5](https://apnews.com/article/82f7b6e646026a7f0befd9911705b15b)
## International bracket
Latin America (Venezuela) opened with a 5-0 shutout of Puerto Rico on August 13, and Panama beat Australia 7-2 the same day; Japan then blanked Europe-Africa 12-0 on August 14.[1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/) Latin America beat Canada 4-0 and Caribbean beat Panama 8-2 on August 15, while Asia-Pacific had defeated Mexico 3-0 on August 14.[1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/) On August 18, Latin America eliminated Japan 4-0 and Asia-Pacific defeated Caribbean 4-0, and Asia-Pacific then beat Latin America 7-3 on August 20 to reach the international final.[1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/) • [15](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/news/little-league-baseball-world-series-game-23-recap/) Caribbean came back through the elimination bracket, beating Japan 3-0 and Latin America 3-1, to face Asia-Pacific in the international championship on August 23, which Asia-Pacific won 1-0.[1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/) • [10](https://www.mlb.com/news/nevada-defeats-connecticut-in-united-states-championship-game-in-little-league-world-series) Metro took third place, beating Caribbean 4-2 in the consolation game on August 24.[1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/)
## Championship game
In Game 38 on August 24, a combined shutout by Lin Chin-Tse and [Chen Qi](https://www.edgepedia.org/chen-qi)-Sheng, together with five runs in the bottom of the fifth, gave Asia-Pacific a 7-0 win over Mountain.[2](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/news/little-league-baseball-world-series-game-38-recap/) Lin, a 12-year-old right-hander, retired the first 13 batters before Garrett Gallegos broke up the perfect game with a single in the fifth; the batter was then caught in a double play. Lin also hit a three-run triple in the five-run fifth and threw fastballs above 80 mph during the tournament, a velocity amplified by the 46-foot distance from the pitching rubber to home plate at this level.[5](https://apnews.com/article/82f7b6e646026a7f0befd9911705b15b) Taiwan scored its runs with help from four wild pitches, a passed ball, and a Nevada throwing error, and gave up only three runs in the entire tournament, all to Venezuela in a 7-3 pool win.[5](https://apnews.com/article/82f7b6e646026a7f0befd9911705b15b)
The title was Taiwan's first since 1996, ending a 29-year drought, and made it the first international champion since a team from Tokyo in 2017. Taiwan's 18 titles are the most of any country besides the United States.[5](https://apnews.com/article/82f7b6e646026a7f0befd9911705b15b)
## Notable stories
**Venezuela's journey.** Cardenales Little League of Barquisimeto won all five of its regional tournament games, outscoring opponents 46-6, to become the Latin America representative. Because of U.S. travel bans and restrictions affecting 19 countries, the team needed a special exemption to enter the United States, which Little League President and CEO Patrick Wilson said was being worked through before the team's opening game.[11](https://apnews.com/article/5d5889cec49b51cfd3105716e5447c88) The team went on to shut out Puerto Rico 5-0 in the tournament opener.[11](https://apnews.com/article/5d5889cec49b51cfd3105716e5447c88)
**MLB Little League Classic.** The annual MLB Little League Classic, presented by New York Life, was played on Sunday, August 17, at Historic Bowman Field, with the [New York Mets](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-york-mets) facing the [Seattle Mariners](https://www.edgepedia.org/seattle-mariners) in a regular-season game aired nationally on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.[12](https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mlb-and-little-league-international-launch-ticket-sweepstakes-for-the-2025-mlb-little-league-classic-presented-by-new-york-life) The Mets won 7-3 on Mark Vientos' three-run home run.[13](https://www.espn.co.uk/mlb/story/_/id/45894825/2025-little-league-world-series-baseball-softball-schedule-results-channels-highlights) To accommodate the Classic, the August 17 World Series schedule was changed from previous years, with U.S. bracket games at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Howard J. Lamade Stadium played before the international games at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Volunteer Stadium.[1](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/)
**Context.** The 2025 edition was the fourth year of the 20-team format and the 78th Series since the first one was played in Williamsport in 1947.[4](https://www.littleleague.org/help-center/little-league-world-series-expansion-faqs/) • [14](https://www.littleleague.org/history/world-series/historical-information/) Before the tournament, Little League noted that international teams had won 37 championships and U.S. teams 40 through the 2024 edition, with [Chinese Taipei](https://www.edgepedia.org/chinese-taipei) the most successful country at 17 titles, a total the 2025 result raised to 18.[14](https://www.littleleague.org/history/world-series/historical-information/) • [5](https://apnews.com/article/82f7b6e646026a7f0befd9911705b15b)
## References
1. [2025 Little League Baseball World Series Bracket, Little League International](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/bracket/)
2. [Little League Baseball World Series – Game 38 Recap, Little League International](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/news/little-league-baseball-world-series-game-38-recap/)
3. [2025 Little League Baseball World Series Game Schedule, Little League International](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/tournaments/world-series/)
4. [Little League World Series Expansion FAQs, Little League International](https://www.littleleague.org/help-center/little-league-world-series-expansion-faqs/)
5. [Taiwan shuts out Nevada 7-0 to win its first Little League World Series title since 1996, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/82f7b6e646026a7f0befd9911705b15b)
6. [Join the Fun and Excitement at the 2025 Little League Baseball World Series, Little League International](https://www.littleleague.org/news/join-the-fun-and-excitement-at-the-2025-little-league-baseball-world-series-presented-by-t-mobile/)
7. [2025 Little League World Series: bracket, results and history, BallGamer](https://www.ballgamer.com/baseball-leagues/little-league/world-series-2025)
8. [2024 Little League Baseball World Series Media Guide, Little League International](https://www.littleleague.org/downloads/2025-llbws-media-guide/)
9. [Little League Baseball World Series – Game 36 Recap, Little League International](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/news/little-league-baseball-world-series-game-36-recap/)
10. [Nevada defeats Connecticut in United States championship game in Little League World Series, MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/news/nevada-defeats-connecticut-in-united-states-championship-game-in-little-league-world-series)
11. [Alone and 2,200 miles from home, Venezuela shuts out Puerto Rico 5-0 at Little League World Series, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/5d5889cec49b51cfd3105716e5447c88)
12. [MLB and Little League International launch ticket sweepstakes for the 2025 MLB Little League Classic, MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mlb-and-little-league-international-launch-ticket-sweepstakes-for-the-2025-mlb-little-league-classic-presented-by-new-york-life)
13. [2025 Little League World Series: Schedules, results, channels, ESPN](https://www.espn.co.uk/mlb/story/_/id/45894825/2025-little-league-world-series-baseball-softball-schedule-results-channels-highlights)
14. [Historical Information, Little League International](https://www.littleleague.org/history/world-series/historical-information/)
15. [Little League Baseball® World Series, Game 23 Recap](https://www.littleleague.org/world-series/2025/llbws/news/little-league-baseball-world-series-game-23-recap/)
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