2014 Little League World Series

2014 Little League World Series
Tournament details
DatesAugust 14–August 24
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea Seoul Little League
Seoul, South Korea
Runner-upUnited States Nevada Mountain Ridge Little League
Las Vegas, Nevada

The 2014 Little League World Series, held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, started on August 14 and ended on August 24, 2014.[1] Eight teams from the United States, and eight from the rest of the world, competed in the 68th edition of the tournament. This was the first LLWS to feature entire rosters of players born in the 21st century.

All games took place at Howard J. Lamade Stadium and Little League Volunteer Stadium. ESPN again broadcast the games. Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea, defeated Jackie Robinson West Little League of Chicago, Illinois, 8–4, to win the championship.

On February 11, 2015, Jackie Robinson West had all of its tournament wins forfeited after it was found that the team used ineligible players from outside the Chicago area. Mountain Ridge Little League of Las Vegas, Nevada, was named the official U.S. champion.

Teams

United States International
Illinois Chicago, Illinois
Great Lakes Region
Jackie Robinson West Little League
South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region
Seoul Little League
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mid-Atlantic Region
Taney Little League
Western Australia Perth, Western Australia
Australia Australia Region
Perth Metro North Little League
South Dakota Rapid City, South Dakota
Midwest Region
Canyon Lake Little League
British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada Canada Region
South Vancouver Little League
Rhode Island Cumberland, Rhode Island
New England Region
Cumberland American Little League
Puerto Rico Humacao, Puerto Rico
Caribbean Region
Miguel Luzunaris Little League
Washington (state) Lynnwood, Washington
Northwest Region
Lynnwood Pacific
Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic
Europe and Africa Region
South Moravia Little League
Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee
Southeast Region
South Nashville Little League
Tokyo Tokyo
Japan Japan Region
Tokyo Kitasuna Little League
Texas Pearland, Texas
Southwest Region
Pearland East Little League
Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela
Latin America Region
Coquivacoa Little League
Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada
West Region
Mountain Ridge Little League
Nuevo León Guadalupe, Nuevo León
Mexico Mexico Region
Linda Vista Little League

Team rosters

International
Asia-Pacific

South Korea Seoul, South Korea

Australia Australia

Western Australia Perth, WA

Canada Canada

British Columbia Vancouver, BC

Caribbean

Puerto Rico Humacao, Puerto Rico

Europe-Africa

Czech Republic Brno, Czech Republic

Japan Japan

Tokyo Tokyo

Latin America

Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela

Mexico

Mexico Guadalupe, Nuevo León

Dong Hwan Ahn

Hae Chan Choi

Sang Hoon Han

Jae Yeong Hwang

Jin Woo Jeon

Dong Hyeok Kim

Shane Jaemin Kim

Gyu Heon Kwon

Tae Min Moon

Ji Ho Park

Dong Wan Sin

Chan Oh Min

Jun Hyeok Yun

Etienne Charette

Matthew Coleman

Carter Dowling

Calvin Eissens

Benjamin Hewett

Callum Johnson

Blake Monaghan

Javier Pelkonen

Tarrant Reimers

Nicholas Riley

Callum Schipp

Daniel Stephenson

Zak Taylor

Jordano Vivona

Rod Betonio

Nico Cole

Vicarte Domingo

Madjik Mackenzie

Ryan Mah

Emma March

Evan March

Joshua Matsui

Michael Oyhenart

Joseph Sinclair

Daniel Suarez

Matthew Suarez

Emanuel Alicea

Adrian Colon

Jeremy Colon

Felix Cruz

Erick Figueroa

Edward Gonzalez

Joseph Gonzalez

Oscar Lopez Nieves

Peter Marquez

Alvin Martinez

Janiel Perez

Yadiel Santana

Joel Santos

Abimael Torres

Vojtech Blaha

Ondrej Chlubna

Patrik Kadrnozka

Marek Krejcirik

Miroslav Krivanek

Lukas Maly

Tomas Oppelt

Lukas Pacal

Milan Prokop

Martin Regner

Roman Seifer

Viktor Svida

Adam Vavra

Joichiro Fujimatsu

Taro Hashiguchi

Keisuke Hirano

Shozo Kamata

Suguru Kanamori

Yuta Komaba

Ryoma Mitsui

Arata Nishikawa

Takuma Takahashi

Ren Takeuchi

Kengo Tomita

Shingo Tomita

Hayato Ueshima

Hiromu Yokoyama

Andrew Andrade

Jose Luis Atencio

Diomel Bracho

Jorge Cabrera

Asnaldo Caicedo

Jose de la Pena

Andres Escalona

Andres Inciarte

Edgardo Marriaga

Ronny Medina

Alberson Mogollon

Julio Rejon

Greybell Salom

Cesar Leonardo Vivas

Jesus Bernal

Miguel de la Fuente

Alex Garcia

Juan Garza

Encarnacion Gonzalez

Gabriel Heredia

Ruy Martinez

Daniel Quiroz

David Ramirez

Rolando Reyna

Luis Rodriguez

Aldair Tellez

Erick Vela

Abraham Zambrano

United States United States
Great Lakes

Illinois Chicago, IL

Mid-Atlantic

Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

Midwest

South Dakota Rapid City, SD

New England

Rhode Island Cumberland, RI

Northwest

Washington (state) Lynnwood, WA

Southeast

Tennessee Nashville, TN

Southwest

Texas Pearland, TX

West

Nevada Las Vegas, NV

Jaheim Benton

Cameron Bufford

D.J. Butler

Brandon Green

Trey Hondras

Joshua Houston

Ed Howard

Marquis Jackson

Pierce Jones

Eddie King

Prentiss Luster

Lawrence Noble

Darion Radcliff

Scott Bandura

Kai Cummings

Carter Davis

Mo'ne Davis

Jahli Hendricks

Erik Lipson

Jack Rice

Joe Richardson

Tai Shanahan

Eli Simon

Zion Spearman

Jared Sprague-Lott

Colton Hartford

Matthew Hegre

Jake Kostenbauer

Mason Litz

Logan Miller

Bridger Nesbit

Dylan Richey

Adam Salter

True Synhorst

Daniel Vigoren

Cooper Voorhees

Blake Weaver

John Belisle

Trey Bourque

Nick Croteau

C.J. Davock

Addison Kopack

Mason Matos

Sean Meers

Tyler Provost

Tyler Shaw

Jayden Struble

Trey Thibeault

Brendan Wright

Read Carr

Robley Corsi

Tygan Duncan

Tyler Durbin

Ben Grant

Nate King

Logan Kruse

Ian Michael

Tai Starchman

Karsen Tjarneberg

Matthew Turcotte

Mason Vaughn

Colton Walsh

Drew Byers

Tyler Finley

Ian Fry

Brian Garcia

Tyler Hammonds

Robert Hassell

Houston High

Garrett Justice

Blake Money

Cade Reynolds

Sam Slaughter

Barrett Smith

Eston Snider

Matthew Adams

Clayton Broeder

Landon Donley

Hunter Dopslauf

Joshua Gabino

Michael Groover

Bryce Laird

Walter Maeker

Jonathan Newman

Layne Roblyer

Brandon Sliwinski

Cole Smajstrla

Presley Smith

Christian Terranova

Alex Barker

Payton Brooks

Dallan Cave

Dominic Clayton

Josiah Cromwick

Zach Hare

Justin Hausner

Brennan Holligan

Dillon Jones

Ausin Kryszczuk

Drew Laspaluto

Andrew Matulich

Brad Stone

Josh Zuehlsdorff

Notable players

Results

The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 11, 2014.[3]

After the tournament, Jackie Robinson West Little League had all of their wins, including the U.S. Championship, forfeited. Any of their wins are officially considered a 6–0 loss. The scores of their games, as played during the tournament, were as follows:

Jackie Robinson West Little League
Bracket Round Score Opponent
Winners Round 1 12–2 (F/5) Washington
Winners Round 2 2–13 (F/4) Nevada
Losers Round 2 8–7

Rhode Island

Losers Round 3 6–1 Texas
Losers U.S. Semifinal 6–5 Pennsylvania
U.S. Championship 7–5 Nevada
World Championship 4–8 South Korea

United States bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
August 14 – Game 2
Illinois Illinois12 Forfeit
August 17 – Game 14 (F/4)
Washington (state) Washington2
 Illinois2
August 14 – Game 4 (F/5)
 Nevada13
South Dakota South Dakota2
August 20 – Game 24
Nevada Nevada12
 Nevada8
August 15 – Game 6
 Pennsylvania1
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania4
August 17 – Game 16
Tennessee Tennessee0
 Pennsylvania7
August 15 – Game 8
 Texas6
Texas Texas6August 23 – U.S. championship
Rhode Island Rhode Island4 Nevada5
 Illinois7 Forfeit
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
August 18 – Game 18
August 16 – Game 10 Washington4August 21 – Game 26
 Washington7 Texas11August 19 – Game 22 Pennsylvania5
 South Dakota5 Texas1 Illinois6 Forfeit
August 18 – Game 20 Illinois6 Forfeit
August 16 – Game 12 Rhode Island7
 Tennessee7 Illinois8 Forfeit
 Rhode Island8

International bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
August 14 – Game 1
South Korea South Korea10
August 17 – Game 13
Czech Republic Czech Republic3
 South Korea8
August 14 – Game 3 (F/4)
 Puerto Rico5
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico16
August 26 – Game 20
Australia Australia3
 South Korea4
August 15 – Game 5
 Japan1
Mexico Mexico4
August 17 – Game 15
Canada Canada3
 Mexico5
August 15 – Game 7
 Japan9
Venezuela Venezuela0August 23 – International championship
Japan Japan1 South Korea12
 Japan3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
August 18 – Game 17
August 16 – Game 9 Mexico6August 21 – Game 25 (F/5)
 Czech Republic1 Australia2August 19 – Game 21 (F/5) Japan12
 Australia10 Mexico11 Mexico1
August 18 – Game 19 Venezuela2
August 16 – Game 11 (F/5) Venezuela2
 Canada0 Puerto Rico1
 Venezuela10

Crossover games

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 18 – Lamade Stadium
 
 
Czech Republic Czech Republic3
 
 
South Dakota South Dakota5
 
 
Game B
 
  
 
August 19 – Lamade Stadium
 
 
Canada Canada9
 
 
Tennessee Tennessee12
 

Consolation game

The consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.

 
Consolation game
 
  
 
August 24 – Lamade Stadium
 
 
Japan Japan5
 
 
Nevada Nevada0
 

World Championship

 
Little League World Championship
 
  
 
August 24 – Lamade Stadium
 
 
South Korea South Korea8
 
 
Illinois Illinois4
 
2014 Little League World Series Champions
South Korea
Seoul Little League
Seoul, South Korea

Jackie Robinson West

Team Jackie Robinson West was the first all black team to compete in the tournament in several decades. Hailing from the Washington Heights area of Chicago, the team made it all the way to the World Championship before ultimately falling to a team from South Korea.

As the team rose to prominence, Evergreen Park, Illinois, Little League official Chris Janes began to investigate personal information pertaining to players of the Jackie Robinson West team, finding that multiple players on the team lived outside the team's designated boundary region. He later discovered that the team had used a falsified boundary map which covered a wider area than other teams in the region had agreed to.[4] On February 11, 2015, based on Chris Janes' findings, the team's wins and U.S. titles were forfeited for its use of ineligible players. The U.S. title was retroactively awarded to Mountain Ridge Little League of Las Vegas. The Great Lakes title was also stripped from Jackie Robinson West, and given to the team they beat in the championship, New Albany, Indiana.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "2014 Dates Set for the Nine Little League World Series Tournaments". Littleleague.org. November 18, 2013. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "Little League World Series star pitcher Mo'ne Davis makes cover of Sports Illustrated". KTRK-TV. Houston. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  3. ^ Communications Division (June 11, 2013). "Schedule Set For the 2014 Little League Baseball® World Series". Little League. Archived from the original on 2014-07-08. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Bowean, Lolly (February 11, 2015). "Coach who challenged JRW boundaries: 'It's tough, but the kids will be OK'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Little League strips U.S. title". ESPN. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
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