2009 Little League World Series

Teams

Main article: Qualification for the 2009 Little League World Series

• 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.

Results

Main article: Results of the 2009 Little League World Series

Pool play

The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 30 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage, while the remaining teams were eliminated.

Ties were 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 was 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 was ranked first and advanced. Second place was determined by the head-to-head result of the other two teams. If the three-way tie was for second place, the runs-per-defensive-inning ratio rule was used. The team with the lowest run ratio advanced; the other two teams were eliminated.

United States

All times US EDT.

International

All times US EDT.

Elimination round

|August 26 – 4:00 pm – Lamade |C2 JPN Japan|0 |D1 MEX Mexico|6 |August 27 – 4:00 pm – Lamade |D2 TPE Chinese Taipei|5 |C1 CUR Curaçao|2 |August 26 – 8:00 pm – Lamade |A2 New York New York|1 |B1 Texas Texas|4 |August 27 – 8:00 pm – Lamade |B2 California California|11 |A1 Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia|10 |August 29 – Noon – Lamade |MEX Mexico|4 |TPE ** Chinese Taipei**|9 |August 29 – 7:00 pm – Lamade (F/4) |Texas Texas|2 |California California|12 |August 30 – 3:00 pm – Lamade |TPE Chinese Taipei|3 |California California|6 |August 30 – 11:00 am – Volunteer |MEX Mexico|5 |Texas Texas|4

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.

Champions path

The Park View Little League won 18 games and lost 2 games to reach the Little League World Series. Overall, their record was 23–3. Their three losses came against 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.{{cite web |access-date=January 28, 2011 |access-date=January 28, 2011

Legacy

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.{{cite web |access-date=January 27, 2011 |access-date=January 27, 2011 |access-date=January 27, 2011 |access-date=January 27, 2011 |access-date=January 27, 2011 |access-date=January 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401094837/http://www.chargers.com/news/article-1/World-champs-enjoy-day-with-Chargers/9f345d10-d74e-4240-8324-1421ce851f20 |archive-date=April 1, 2012 |url-status=dead

References

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