2018 Little League World Series
The 2018 Little League World Series was held from August 16 to August 26 at the Little League headquarters complex in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Eight teams from the United States and eight teams from around the world competed in the 72nd e ...
took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2018.
Midwest
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Northwest
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Asia-Pacific
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The tournament took place in Seoul, South Korea from June 30–July 6.
1 Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name
Chinese Taipei
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Due to the One-China principle stipulated by th ...
by majority of international organizations including
Australia
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The tournament took place in Lismore, New South Wales June 6–11. The top two teams in each pool advanced to the elimination round.
The tournament took place in Mirabel, Quebec from August 2–11.
Caribbean
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In an expanded format, 10 countries have automatic berths into the regional tournament based on participation and enrollment figures. A qualifier tournament from additional countries wishing to enter took place from July 12–17. The format of the qualifier tournament is a round robin with an elimination round where the two semifinal winners advanced to the double-elimination regional tournament from July 20–27. Both tournaments took place in Kutno, Poland.
Qualifier tournament
*Qualifier Championship between Austria and Belarus was canceled due to inclement weather, as a make up was unnecessary because both teams had already advanced.
Regional tournament
Japan
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The tournament took place in Tokyo from July 21–22.
Monterrey
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