2003 Little League World Series

2003 Little League World Series

Tournament details
Dates	August 15–August 24
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Musashi-Fuchu Little League Tokyo, Japan
Runner-up	East Boynton Beach Little League Boynton Beach, Florida

The 2003 Little League World Series took place between August 15 and August 24 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Musashi-Fuchu Little League of Tokyo, Japan, defeated the East Boynton Beach Little League of Boynton Beach, Florida, in the championship game of the 57th Little League World Series.

Notable players

The following LLWS players later appeared in Major League Baseball (MLB):

Player	LLWS team	MLB debut year & team
Randal Grichuk	Richmond, Texas	2014 St. Louis Cardinals
Brady Rodgers		2016 Houston Astros
Jonathan Schoop	Curaçao	2013 Baltimore Orioles
Devon Travis	Boynton Beach, Florida	2015 Toronto Blue Jays

Teams

Main article: 2003 Little League World Series qualification

Between five and twelve qualification games took part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which varied in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments were 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
Boynton Beach, Florida Southeast East Boynton Beach Little League	Wilmington, Delaware Mid-Atlantic Naamans Little League	Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean Pabao Little League	Hagåtña, Guam Pacific Central Little League
Saugus, Massachusetts New England Saugus American Little League	Eldridge, Iowa Midwest North Scott Little League	Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada Glace Bay Little League	Valencia, Spain Latin America Los Leones
Tallmadge, Ohio Great Lakes Tallmadge Little League	Chandler, Arizona West Chandler National Little League	Tokyo, Japan Asia Edogawa Minami	Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Mexico Oriente
Richland, Washington Northwest Richland National Little League	Richmond, Texas Southwest Lamar Little League	Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Transatlantic Arabian-American	Moscow, Russia Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Brattevo

• Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States.

Pool play

The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 24 to play for the Little League world championship.

Pool A

Region	Record
New England	3-0
Southeast	2-1
Great Lakes	1-2
Northwest	0-3

Pool B

Region	Record
West	3-0
Southwest	2-1
Mid-Atlantic	1-2
Midwest	0-3

August 15

New England	2-1	Great Lakes
Southeast	8-1	Northwest

August 16

Southwest	7-2	Midwest
Mid-Atlantic	1-5	West

August 17

Great Lakes	2-7†	Southeast
West	10-4	Southwest
Northwest	1-2	New England
Midwest	7-8	Mid-Atlantic

August 18

Northwest	4-5	Great Lakes
New England	4-3	Southeast

August 19

Southwest	7-1	Mid-Atlantic
West	8-7	Midwest

International

Pool C

Region	Record
Japan	3-0
Caribbean	2-1
Transatlantic	1-2
Canada	0-3

Pool D

Region	Record
Latin America	3-0
Mexico	2-1
EMEA	1-2
Pacific	0-3

August 15

Caribbean

1-4

Asia

August 16

Latin America	9-0	Pacific
EMEA	1-2	Mexico

August 17

Transatlantic	3-2†	Canada
EMEA	2-0	Pacific

August 18

Caribbean	9-2†	Transatlantic
Pacific	3-11	Mexico
Latin America	7-1	EMEA
Asia	7-0	Canada

August 19

Latin America	6-2	Mexico
Asia	17-0‡ (4 innings)	Transatlantic
Caribbean	2-1	Canada

Elimination rounds

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 20 - Lamade
	Altagracia, Zulia, Venezuela	0
					August 23 - Lamade
	Willemstad, Curaçao	10
					Willemstad, Curaçao	6
	August 21 - Lamade
					Tokyo, Japan	14
	Tokyo, Japan	7
									August 24 - Lamade
	Mexico City	1
									Tokyo, Japan	10
	August 20 - Lamade
									Boynton Beach, Florida	1
	Chandler, Arizona	1
					August 23 - Lamade
	Boynton Beach, Florida	4
					Boynton Beach, Florida	9
	August 21 - Lamade
					Saugus, Massachusetts	2			Third place
	Saugus, Massachusetts	14
									August 24 - Volunteer
	Richmond, Texas	13
									Saugus, Massachusetts	1
									Willemstad, Curaçao	5

2003 Little League World Series Champions
Musashi-Fuchu Little League Tokyo, Japan

References

Notes

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

External links

• 2003 official results via Wayback Machine
• Recap of championship game via Wayback Machine