| 2009 Little League World Series | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 21 – August 30 |
| Teams participating | 16 |
| Champion | Park View Little League Chula Vista, California |
| Runner-up | Kuei-Shan Little League Taoyuan County, Chinese Taipei(Taiwan) |
The 2009 Little League World Series, was the championship little league baseball game and was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The 2009 Little League World Series, was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It began on August 21 and ended on August 30. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 63rd edition of the tournament. In the championship game, the United States champions from Chula Vista, California defeated the international champions from Taoyuan County, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan). This was the first tournament in which a team from Taiwan reached the championship game since 1996, and the first championship for a team from the state of California since 1993.
Contents |
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staten Island, NY Mid-Atlantic Region South Shore National |
Peabody, MA New England Region Peabody Western |
Willemstad Caribbean Region Pabao |
Kaiserslautern Europe Region KMC American |
| Mercer Island, WA Northwest Region Mercer Island |
Chula Vista, CA West Region Park View |
Chiba City Japan Region Chiba City |
Reynosa Mexico Region Guadalupe Trevino Kelly |
| Warner Robins, GA Southeast Region Warner Robins American |
San Antonio, TX Southwest Region McAllister Park American |
Dhahran MEA Region Arabian American |
East Vancouver, BC Canada Region Hastings Community |
| Urbandale, IA Midwest Region Urbandale East |
Russellville, KY Great Lakes Region Logan County/Russellville |
Maracaibo Latin America Region Coquivacoa |
Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Asia-Pacific Region Kuei-Shan |
The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each will meet on August 30 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage, while teams marked in red were eliminated.
Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. In the event of a three-way tie for first place, 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 is ranked first and advances. Second place is determined by the head-to-head result of the other two teams. If the three-way tie is for second place, the runs-per-defensive-inning ratio rule is used. The team with the lowest run ratio advances, the other two teams are eliminated.[1]
| Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Defensive Innings | Run Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southeast | 3–0 | 8 | 18 | 0.444 |
| 2 | Mid-Atlantic | 2–1 | 11 | 18 | 0.611 |
| 3 | Midwest | 1–2 | 22 | 18 | 1.222 |
| 4 | Northwest | 0–3 | 18 | 18 | 1.000 |
| Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Defensive Innings | Run Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwest | 3–0 | 4 | 16 | 0.250 |
| 2 | West | 2–1 | 6 | 17 | 0.353 |
| 3 | New England | 1–2 | 27 | 17 | 1.588 |
| 4 | Great Lakes | 0–3 | 39 | 13 | 3.000 |
| Pool | Away | Score | Home | Score | Time (Venue) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 21 | ||||||
| A | Mid-Atlantic | 10 | Northwest | 2 | 1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| A | Southeast | 11 | Midwest | 3 | 5:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| B | New England | 1 | Southwest | 10 | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
| August 22 | ||||||
| A | Southeast | 6 | Mid-Atlantic | 3 | 3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
| B | Great Lakes | 0 | West | 15 (F/5) | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
| August 23 | ||||||
| A | Northwest | 3 | Midwest | 5 | Noon (Lamade Stadium) | |
| B | Great Lakes | 0 | Southwest | 12 (F/4) | 2:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| B | West | 14 | New England | 0 | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| August 24 | ||||||
| A | Southeast | 3 | Northwest | 2 | 4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
| A | Mid-Atlantic | 8 | Midwest | 3 | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
| August 25 | ||||||
| B | Great Lakes | 3 | New England | 12 | 4:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| B | Southwest | 6 | West | 3 | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
| Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Defensive Innings | Run Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caribbean | 3–0 | 15 | 18 | 0.833 |
| 2 | Japan | 2–1 | 18 | 18 | 1.000 |
| 3 | MEA | 1–2 | 13 | 16 | 0.813 |
| 4 | Latin America | 0–3 | 12 | 16 | 0.750 |
| Rank | Region | Record | Runs Allowed | Defensive Innings | Run Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 3–0 | 3 | 17 | 0.176 |
| 2 | Asia-Pacific | 2–1 | 3 | 16 | 0.188 |
| 3 | Canada | 1–2 | 23 | 18 | 1.278 |
| 4 | Europe | 0–3 | 43 | 14 | 3.071 |
| Pool | Away | Score | Home | Score | Time (Venue) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 21 | ||||||
| D | Asia-Pacific | 16 | Europe | 0 (F/4) | 3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
| August 22 | ||||||
| D | Canada | 1 | Mexico | 2 (F/7) | 11:00 am (Lamade Stadium) | |
| C | Latin America | 1 | Caribbean | 2 | 1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| C | MEA | 2 | Japan | 5 | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| August 23 | ||||||
| D | Canada | 0 | Asia-Pacific | 8 | 3:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| C | Japan | 11 | Caribbean | 12 | 8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium) | |
| August 24 | ||||||
| D | Mexico | 13 | Europe | 0 (F/4) | Noon (Lamade Stadium) | |
| C | Latin America | 4 | Japan | 5 | 2:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| C | MEA | 3 | Caribbean | 5 | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| August 25 | ||||||
| C | Latin America | 3 | MEA | 5 | Noon (Lamade Stadium) | |
| D | Canada | 14 | Europe | 13 | 2:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| D | Mexico | 3 | Asia-Pacific | 2 | 6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium) | |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 26 August - 4:00 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
| C2 Japan | 0 | |||||||||
| 29 August – Noon - Lamade | ||||||||||
| D1 Mexico | 6 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 4 | |||||||||
| 27 August - 4:00 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
| Asia-Pacific | 9 | |||||||||
| D2 Asia-Pacific | 5 | |||||||||
| 30 August – 3:00 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
| C1 Caribbean | 2 | |||||||||
| Asia-Pacific | 3 | |||||||||
| 26 August - 8:00 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
| West | 6 | |||||||||
| A2 Mid-Atlantic | 1 | |||||||||
| 29 August – 7:00 pm - Lamade (F/4) | ||||||||||
| B1 Southwest | 4 | |||||||||
| Southwest | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
| 27 August - 8:00 pm - Lamade | ||||||||||
| West | 12 | |||||||||
| B2 West | 11 | Mexico | 5 | |||||||
| A1 Southeast | 10 | Southwest | 4 | |||||||
| 30 August - 11:00 am - Volunteer | ||||||||||
The United States championship game on August 29 was originally scheduled for 3:00 pm US EDT. After a pair of lengthy rain delays in the international championship game, maintenance required to repair the field for the next game, and to make sure the field was dry enough to play on, it was rescheduled for later that night.
| 2009 Little League World Series Champions |
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| Park View Little League Chula Vista, California |
The Park View Little League won 18 games and lost 2 games to reach the Little League World Series.[2][3][4] Overall, their record was 23-3. Their three losses came again Sweetwater Valley LL, Torrance LL (both from California), and McAllister Park American LL (from Texas). Park View became the ninth team and most recent from San Diego County to qualify for the Little League World Series as the last one was Vista, California in 2005. They also were the third team from San Diego County in the past nine years to qualify for the Little League World Series.[5] During the West Regional the team hit 34 home runs in total and was accused of cheating. A Little League Official looked into the accused cheating but found no evidence to back up the accusation.[6]
| Round | Opposition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| District 42 | ||
| Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals | Luckie Waller LL | 16–0 |
| Winner's Bracket Semifinals | Imperial Beach LL | 17–1 |
| Winner's Bracket Finals | Sweetwater Valley LL | 8–1 |
| District 42 Championship | Sweetwater Valley LL | 7–10 |
| District 42 Championship | Sweetwater Valley LL | 8–2 |
| Section 7 | ||
| Section 7 Group Stage | Brawley LL | 8–5 |
| Section 7 Group Stage | Rancho San Diego LL | 9–1 |
| Section 7 Group Stage | Lemon Grove LL | 5–3 |
| South California Divisional | ||
| Winner's Bracket Semifinals | Corona National LL | 14–4 |
| Winner's Bracket Finals | Rancho Santa Margarita LL | 5–4 (7 inn.) |
| South Sub-Divisional Championship | Rancho Santa Margarita LL | 16–1 |
| South Championship | Torrance LL | 0–18 (4 inn.) |
| South Championship | Torrance LL | 7–6 |
| South Championship | Torrance LL | 19–12 |
| West Regional | ||
| Group Stage | Cedar American LL | 27–1 (4 inn.) |
| Group Stage | Central East Maui LL | 15–2 (4 inn.) |
| Group Stage | Arrowhead LL | 20–1 (4 inn.) |
| Group Stage | Legacy LL | 10–5 |
| Semifinals | Legacy LL | 15–2 (4 inn.) |
| West Region Championship | Lakeside LL | 11–4 |
The City of Chula Vista organized a celebration parade for the team with the team riding on a fire engine which led them to a rally at Southwestern College. They received a congratulations from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger[7] The team also met President Barack Obama in Washington D.C. and gave him a team jersey, team plaque and the key to the City of Chula Vista.[8] A book was written about the Chula Vista team called The Blue Bombers: The True Story of the 2009 Little League World Champions written by San Diego County Residents.[9] A memorial wall was proposed to commemorate the team in Chula Vista.[10] The team also appeared on The Tonight Show hosted by Conan O'Brien.[11] The team was honored at the San Diego Padres and Chargers games.[12][13]
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