2006 Little League World Series

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2006 Little League World Series
Start date August 18
End date August 28
Teams participating 16
Champion Northern Little League
Flag of the United StatesFlag of Georgia (U.S. state) Columbus, Georgia
Runner-up Kawaguchi City Little League
Flag of Japan Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan

The 2006 Little League World Series, held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, took place between August 18 and August 28, one day later than originally scheduled. Inclement weather forced the cancellation of the third-place game on August 27 and the postponement of the championship game also scheduled for that date. The Northern Little League of Columbus, Georgia defeated Kawaguchi City Little League of Kawaguchi, Japan in the championship game of the 60th Little League World Series. The event was broadcast in the United States on ABC Sports, ESPN and ESPN2 in both analog and high-definition. The U.S. Championship game of the 2006 Little League World Series was the last sporting event telecast under the ABC Sports brand name in the United States.

Games were held in the two stadiums located at Little League headquarters in South Williamsport:

  • Howard J. Lamade Stadium — the main stadium, opened in 1959, with seating for 10,000 in the stands and hillside terrace seating for up to 30,000 more
  • Little League Volunteer Stadium — a newer facility, opened in 2001, that seats slightly over 5,000, primarily in the stands

Contents

[edit] Qualification

Main article: Qualification for the 2006 Little League World Series

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
Flag of New York Staten Island, NY
Mid-Atlantic
Mid-Island		 Flag of New Hampshire Portsmouth, NH
New England
Portsmouth		 Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands Saipan
Pacific
Saipan		 Flag of Mexico Matamoros
Mexico
Matamoros
Flag of Illinois Lemont, IL
Great Lakes
Lemont		 Flag of Oregon Beaverton, OR
Northwest
Murrayhill		 Flag of Venezuela Barquisimeto
Latin America
Cardenales		 Flag of Japan Kawaguchi, Saitama
Asia
Kawaguchi City
Flag of Arizona Phoenix, AZ
West
Ahwautakee American		 Flag of Missouri Columbia, MO
Midwest
Daniel Boone National		 Flag of Canada Flag of British Columbia Surrey, BC
Canada
Whalley		 Flag of Russia Moscow
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Brateevo
Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) Columbus, GA
Southeast
Northern		 Flag of Louisiana Lake Charles, LA
Southwest
South Lake Charles		 Flag of Saudi Arabia Dhahran
Transatlantic
Arabian-American		 Flag of Curaçao Willemstad
Caribbean
Pabao

[edit] Results

Main article: Results of the 2006 Little League World Series

[edit] Pool play

The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 27 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage, while teams marked in red were eliminated.

[edit] Flag of the United States United States

Pool A
Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio
1 Great Lakes 2-1 1 0.056
2 Southeast 2-1 5 0.263
3 West 2-1 5 0.278
4 Mid-Atlantic 0-3 8 0.421
  • Great Lakes wins pool based on defensive run ratio. Southeast is the runner-up based on win against West.
Pool B
Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio
1 Northwest 2-1 8 0.444
2 New England 2-1 15 0.833
3 Midwest 1-2 6 0.381
4 Southwest 1-2 14 0.737
  • New England wins Pool B based on head-to-head tiebreaker.

All times US EDT

Pool Team 1 Score Team 2 Score Time (Venue)
August 18
B New England 6 Northwest 1 16:00 (Lamade Stadium)
B Southwest 1 Midwest 0 (9 inn.) 20:00 (Lamade Stadium)
August 19
A Mid-Atlantic 2 Southeast 3 (7 inn.) 13:00 (Lamade Stadium)
A West 1 Great Lakes 0 15:00 (Volunteer Stadium)
B New England Midwest changed to August 20 due to rain 20:00 (Lamade Stadium)
August 20
B New England 5 Midwest 14 12:00 (Volunteer Stadium)
A Southeast 4 West 1 13:00 (Lamade Stadium)
B Southwest 1 Northwest 9 15:00 (Volunteer Stadium)
A Mid-Atlantic 0 Great Lakes 1 20:00 (Lamade Stadium)
August 21
B Southwest 0 New England 5 15:00 (Lamade Stadium)
B Northwest 2 Midwest 1 20:00 (Lamade Stadium)
August 22
A West 4 Mid-Atlantic 1 15:00 (Lamade Stadium)
A Southeast 0 Great Lakes 2 20:00 (Lamade Stadium)
  • Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. If a clear winner cannot be determined from head-to-head results, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs-per-defensive-inning ratio advances.
  • The New England vs Midwest game was postponed due to a rain delay and was played on August 20.

[edit] International

Pool C
Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio
1 Latin America 3-0 2 0.136
2 Transatlantic 2-1 2 0.100
3 Canada 1-2 9 0.500
4 Pacific 0-3 12 0.600
Pool D
Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio
1 Asia 3-0 3 0.176
2 Mexico 2-1 9 0.529
3 Caribbean 1-2 10 0.556
4 EMEA 0-3 30 1.875

All times US EDT

Pool Team 1 Score Team 2 Score Time (Venue)
August 18
C Transatlantic 5 Canada 0 18:00 (Volunteer Stadium)
August 19
D EMEA 0 *Asia 11 (5 inn.) 11:00 (Lamade Stadium)
D Caribbean 2 Mexico 3 16:00 (Lamade Stadium)
C Pacific 0 Latin America 0 (susp, bot 8th) 18:00 (Volunteer Stadium)
August 20
C Pacific 1 Transatlantic 9 17:00 (Lamade Stadium)
D EMEA 1 Mexico 11 (5 inn.) 19:00 (Volunteer Stadium)
August 21
C Pacific 0 Latin America 1 (8 inn.) 10:00 (Volunteer Stadium)
D EMEA 0 Caribbean 8 11:00 (Lamade Stadium)
D Asia 6 Mexico 1 13:00 (Volunteer Stadium)
C Canada 2 Latin America 3 18:00 (Volunteer Stadium)
August 22
D Asia 7 Caribbean 2 11:00 (Lamade Stadium)
C Pacific 1 Canada 2 13:00 (Volunteer Stadium)
C Transatlantic 0 Latin America 1 (8 inn.) 18:00 (Volunteer Stadium)
  • Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. If a clear winner cannot be determined from head-to-head results, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs-per-defensive-inning ratio advances.
  • Asterisk (*) denotes no-hitter thrown
  • The Saipan vs Venezuela game was stopped in the 8th inning due to a rain delay and was completed on August 21.

[edit] Elimination round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
24 August - 15:00 - Lamade        
 Flag of Saudi Arabia Dhahran, Saudi Arabia  1
26 August – 19:30 - Lamade
 Flag of Japan Kawaguchi City, Japan   4  
 Flag of Japan Kawaguchi City, Japan  3
23 August - 15:00 - Lamade (4 innings)
   Flag of Mexico Matamoros, Mexico  0  
 Flag of Venezuela Barquisimeto, Venezuela  0
28 August – 17:00 - Lamade
 Flag of Mexico Matamoros, Mexico  11  
 Flag of Japan Kawaguchi City, Japan  1
24 August - 19:30 - Lamade
   Flag of the United StatesFlag of Georgia (U.S. state) Columbus, Georgia  2
 Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) Columbus, Georgia  8
26 August – 15:30 - Lamade
 Flag of New Hampshire Portsmouth, New Hampshire  0  
 Flag of Georgia (U.S. state) Columbus, Georgia  7
23 August - 19:30 - Lamade
   Flag of Oregon Beaverton, Oregon  3  
 Flag of Illinois Lemont, Illinois  3
 Flag of Oregon Beaverton, Oregon  4  


The consolation game between Matamoros, Mexico and Beaverton, Oregon, scheduled for August 27 at Volunteer Stadium, was cancelled due to rain, and both teams will share third place. The championship game was originally scheduled for 15:30 US EDT on August 27, but was postponed due to rain. The game was originally rescheduled for 20:00 on August 28, but changed because of weather concerns.

2006 Little League World Series Champions
United States Georgia
Northern Little League
Columbus, Georgia

[edit] Mid-Island incident

Television coverage aired throughout the United States on ABC Sports and ESPN. At first, there was no delay on its broadcasts, despite the fact that all managers and coaches were equipped with miniature microphones. That changed after two incidents; one in a preliminary game where an unidentified California pitcher told his coach that "[the umpire] ain't giving me shit" in reference to a tight strike zone, but the other, more important incident took place late in a preliminary-round game in which a player for Mid-Island Little League of Staten Island, New York, who was not publicly identified, told his teammates to "just score one fucking run" that was broadcast live on ESPN. In response, the team's manager, Nick Doscher, slapped the player, a violation of a Little League policy against physical contact targeting players. Both the player and manager were reprimanded, and ESPN and ABC imposed a five-second delay on future telecasts. The incident was part of the continuing legacy of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy.

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