2001 Little League World Series

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2001 Little League World Series
Start date	August 17
End date	August 26
Teams participating	16
Champion	Kitasuna Little League Tokyo, Japan
Runner-up	National Little League Apopka, Florida

The 2001 Little League World Series took place between August 17 and August 26 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Kitasuna Little League of Tokyo, Japan defeated Apopka National Little League of Apopka, Florida in the championship game of the 55th Little League World Series.

[edit] Trivia

• Starting this year, the pool play round was expanded to 16 teams.
• The Rolando Paulino team from New York City was originally the Mid-Atlantic champion, but forfeited its position in the tournament because of the use of Danny Almonte, who was an ineligible player.

[edit] Qualification

Between five and twelve teams take part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which vary in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments are in the same format as the Little League World Series itself: a round-robin tournament followed by an elimination round to determine the regional champion.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Lincoln, RI New England Lincoln	State College, PA Mid-Atlantic American	Santiago de Veraguas Latin America Santiago de Veraguas	Hagåtña Pacific Guam
Oceanside, CA West American	Bainbridge Island, WA Northwest Bainbridge Island	Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean Pariba	Calgary Canada West
Brownsburg, IN Great Lakes Brownsburg	Davenport, IA Midwest East	Dharan Transatlantic Arabian-American	Moscow Europe Khovrino
Lake Charles, LA Gulf States South Lake Charles	Apopka, FL Southeast National	Tokyo Asia Kitasuna	Matamoros Mexico Matamoros

[edit] Pool play

The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 25 to play for the Little League world championship.

Pool A

Region	Record
Great Lakes	3-0
West	2-1
Gulf States	1-2
New England	0-3

Pool B

Region	Record
Southeast	2-1
Northwest	1-2
Midwest	0-3
Mid-Atlantic	DSQ

August 17

New England	0-8	West
Great Lakes	2-0	Gulf States

August 18

Mid-Atlantic	0-6	Southeast
Northwest	4-3	Midwest
New England	1-5	Great Lakes

August 19

Southeast	2-0	Northwest
West	5-2	Gulf States

August 20

Midwest	6-0	Mid-Atlantic
New England	2-5	Gulf States
Great Lakes	2-1	West

August 21

Northwest	6-0	Mid-Atlantic
Southeast	10-3	Midwest

[edit] International

Pool C

Region	Record
Caribbean	2-1
Asia	2-1
Transatlantic	1-2
Latin America	1-2

Pool D

Region	Record
Pacific	3-0
Mexico	2-1
Canada	1-2
Europe	0-3

August 17

Transatlantic

2-4

Asia

August 18

Mexico	5-6	Pacific
Caribbean	3-2	Latin America
Europe	1-5	Canada

August 19

Transatlantic

3-10

Pacific

August 20

Canada	5-6	Mexico
Europe	0-5	Pacific
Asia	1-6	Latin America

August 21

Pacific	6-5	Canada
Mexico	2-0	Europe
Asia	4-2	Caribbean
Transatlantic	11-0† (5 innings)	Latin America

[edit] Elimination rounds

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	August 22 - Lamade (Game ended by mercy rule)
	Tokyo, Japan	15
					August 25 - Lamade
	Matamoros, Mexico	5
					Tokyo, Japan	2
	August 23 - Lamade
					Willemstad, Curaçao	1
	Hagåtňa, Guam	3
									August 26 - Lamade
	Willemstad, Curaçao	4
									Tokyo, Japan	2
	August 22 - Lamade
									Apopka, Florida	1
	Brownsburg, Indiana	1
					August 25 - Lamade Forfeit: Mid-Atlantic used ineligible player
	Apopka, Florida	6
					Apopka, Florida	6			Third place
	August 23 - Lamade Forfeit: Mid-Atlantic used ineligible player
					Mid-Atlantic	0
	Mid-Atlantic	0							Mid-Atlantic	0
	Oceanside, California	6							Willemstad, Curaçao	6
									August 26 - Volunteer Forfeit: Mid-Atlantic used ineligible player

2001 Little League World Series Champions
Kitasuna Little League Tokyo, Japan

[edit] Notes

• † Game ended by "mercy rule" (at least 10-run difference through 5 innings)

[edit] See also

• Danny Almonte

[edit] External links

• Official tournament page

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