The 2016Little League World Series was held from August 18 to August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.[1] Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 70th edition of the tournament. Maine-Endwell Little League of Maine-Endwell, New York, defeated East Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea, in the championship game by a 2–1 score. It was the first Little League World Series title for a team from the United States since 2011, and for the state of New York since 1964, and the third overall.
Teams
Regional qualifying tournaments were held between June and August 2016.
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.
Maine-Endwell Little League Maine-Endwell, New York
Home run count
Name
HR Count
Team
Zach McWilliams
4
Southeast
Seum Kwon
3
Asia-Pacific
Esmith Pineda
3
Latin America
Wontae Cho
2
Asia Pacific
Gael Cortez
2
Mexico
Ryan Harlost
2
Mid-Atlantic
Jaekyeong Kim
2
Asia-Pacific
Jose Leal
2
Mexico
Kenny Rix
2
New England
Jude Abbadessa
1
Mid-Atlantic
Donovan Antonia
1
Caribbean
Stephen Courtney
1
Australia
Kaiden Dinh
1
Midwest
J.T. Garcia
1
Midwest
Carlos Gonzalez
1
Latin America
Devin Hinojosa
1
West
So Hirao
1
Japan
Brent Iredale
1
Australia
Ethan Jackson
1
Southeast
Tanner Jones
1
Southeast
Tyler Jones
1
Southeast
Victor Juarez
1
Mexico
Moosung Kim
1
Asia-Pacific
Yoomin Lee
1
Asia-Pacific
Lucas Marrujo
1
West
R.J. Moore
1
Southeast
Carson Myers
1
Great Lakes
Devin Obee
1
Great Lakes
Jungtaek Ru
1
Asia-Pacific
Cristian Santarelli
1
Canada
Loreto Siniscalchi
1
Canada
Joaquin Tejada
1
Latin America
Dominic Tellis
1
Southwest
Champions path
The Maine-Endwell Little League became only the third team from New York state to win the Little League World Series (the others were Schenectady in 1954 and Staten Island in 1964). The MELL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record of 19 wins and no losses;[3][4] in total, their record was 24–0.[5]
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^"2016 Little League World Series bracket" (PDF). llbws.org. Little League Baseball. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
^"Mid-Atlantic Region Tournament Page". Retrieved August 28, 2016.
^"District 5 Tournament bracket". Archived from the original on 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
^"Maine-Endwell wins Little League title game against South Korea". Fox News. August 28, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.