See: Intermediate League Baseball

The Intermediate League World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old that began in 2013. It is patterned after the Little League World Series, which was named for the World Series in Major League Baseball. The tournament is held in Livermore, California.

The intermediate division is the second of four Little League divisions by development. The pitching mound is 50 feet from home plate, and the base paths are 70 feet apart. This allows for a transition between the smaller field dimensions of Little League (46/60), and the standard field dimensions of the advanced leagues (60.5/90).

Tournament format

Unlike the Little League World Series — which has twenty regions (ten in the U.S. and ten international) — the Intermediate League World Series has eleven regions, plus a host team. The regional champions are divided into Pool A (U.S.) and Pool B (International). The teams advance to the semi-finals via a modified double elimination format; the semifinal and final are single elimination. Teams that lose their first two games face off in classification games.

Pool A (U.S.) consists of five regions + the host team

Pool B (International) consists of six regions

Champions

YearWinnerRegionScoreRunner–UpRegion
2013Japan Osaka, JapanAsia–Pacific10–1Pennsylvania Collier Township, PennsylvaniaEast
2014Arizona Nogales, ArizonaWest11–4Puerto Rico San Lorenzo, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
2015South Korea Seoul, South KoreaAsia–Pacific10–5Florida Wellington, FloridaSoutheast
2016Hawaii Wailuku, HawaiiWest5–1South Korea Seoul, South KoreaAsia–Pacific
2017Puerto Rico Guayama, Puerto RicoPuerto Rico6–5New Jersey Freehold Township, New JerseyEast
2018South Korea Seoul, South KoreaAsia–Pacific10–0California Livermore, CaliforniaHost
2019Alabama McCalla, AlabamaSoutheast9–5Mexico Matamoros, MexicoMexico
2020Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022California Danville, CaliforniaHost5–2South Korea Seoul, South KoreaAsia–Pacific
2023South Korea Seoul, South KoreaAsia–Pacific11–4Florida Tampa, FloridaSoutheast
2024Louisiana Kenner, LouisianaSouthwest8–7South Korea Seoul, South KoreaAsia–Pacific
2025Venezuela Valencia, VenezuelaLatin America12–7Hawaii Wailuku, HawaiiWest
YearWinnerRegionScoreRunner–UpRegion

Championships won by Country/State

TeamChampionshipsLast
South Korea South Korea32023
Japan Japan12013
Arizona Arizona2014
Hawaii Hawaii2016
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico2017
Alabama Alabama2019
California Host Team2022
Louisiana Louisiana2024
Venezuela Venezuela2025

See also

External links

  • official website