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1971 Little League World Series
Children's baseball tournament
Children's baseball tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| dates | August 24–August 28 |
| num_teams | 8 |
| champion_other | TWN Tainan Little League |
| Tainan City, Taiwan | |
| second_other | USAIndiana Anderson Little League |
| Gary, Indiana | |
| prevseason | |
| nextseason |
Tainan City, Taiwan Gary, Indiana The 1971 Little League World Series took place between August 24 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Tainan Little League of Tainan City, Taiwan, defeated the Anderson Little League of Gary, Indiana, in the championship game of the 25th Little League World Series.
This was the first championship game that was decided in extra innings, and remains the longest championship game in the event's history, at nine innings.
Teams
| United States | International |
|---|---|
| Indiana Gary, Indiana | |
| North Region | |
| Anderson Little League | Ontario Brockville, Ontario |
| CAN Canada Region | |
| Brockville Little League | |
| Maine Augusta, Maine | |
| East Region | |
| East Little League | Spain Madrid, Spain |
| Europe Region | |
| Madrid Little League | |
| Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky | |
| South Region | |
| Gardenside Little League | TWN Tainan City, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) |
| Far East Region | |
| Tainan Little League | |
| Hawaii Oahu, Hawaii | |
| West Region | |
| Wahiawa American Little League | PRI Caguas, Puerto Rico |
| Latin America Region | |
| Caguas-Gillette Little League |
- Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.
- Puerto Rico an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Championship bracket
|August 24|PRI Puerto Rico|0|TWN Taiwan |7 |August 24|CAN Canada|2|Hawaii Hawaii|3 |August 25|Maine Maine|0|Spain Spain|5 |August 25|Indiana Indiana|7|Kentucky Kentucky|2 |August 26|TWN Taiwan|11|Hawaii Hawaii|0 |August 26|Spain Spain|0|Indiana Indiana|7 |August 28 (F/9) |TWN Taiwan|12|Indiana Indiana|3 |August 27|Hawaii Hawaii|3|Spain Spain|1
Consolation bracket
|August 25|PRI Puerto Rico|5|CAN Canada|2 |August 26|Maine Maine|1|Kentucky Kentucky|0 |August 27|PRI Puerto Rico|4|Maine Maine|0 |August 27|CAN Canada|4|Kentucky Kentucky|1
| 1971 Little League World Series Champions | |
|---|---|
| [[Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg | 100px]] |
| **Tainan Little League** | |
| **Tainan City, Taiwan** |
Notable players
- Lloyd McClendon of the Gary, Indiana, team went on to play in MLB as an outfielder from 1987 to 1994, and later a career as a coach and manager. He was inducted to the Little League Hall of Excellence in 2006. He went 5 for 5 with 5 home runs during the LLWS while getting walked in all other plate appearances.
- Wu Cheng-wen of the Tainan team was trained as an engineer, elected a 2004 fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and appointed Minister of Taiwan's Science and Technology Council in 2024.
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