2010 Little League World Series

Tournament changes

On April 14, 2010, Little League announced that starting in 2010, round robin play would be replaced by a double-elimination bracket in each pool. The winners of each pool will advance to single elimination US and International Championship games and the winners of those games will advance to the World Championship game. Every team will play a minimum of three games: the four teams that lose their first two games will cross over and play special US vs. International games.

On August 2, 2010, it was announced that instant replay would be expanded. The system, which was first used in 2008, now includes force outs, tags along the base paths, missed bases, and hit batters as plays that are subject to review. Previously, only plays in which a dead ball would have resulted were able to be reviewed. Additionally, team managers are now allowed to challenge plays if the umpires have not already called for a replay. Before losing the right to challenge, managers are allowed only one unsuccessful challenge in the first six innings of a game, as well as one unsuccessful challenge in extra innings. Challenges must be made after the play in question and before the next pitch. A "replay team" located in an office at Howard J. Lamade Stadium will judge all plays under review. The first challenge in LLWS history that resulted in an original ruling being overturned occurred on August 21, the second day of the tournament. Prior to the championship game, instant replay had been used 16 times with 8 calls being overturned while the other 8 were upheld. The average amount of time needed for all reviews was 52 seconds.

Teams

Main article: Qualification for the 2010 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 2010 Little League World Series

United States

Pool A

Pool B

International

Pool C

Pool D

Crossover games

Teams that lost their first two games played a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games were labeled Game A and Game B. This provided teams who were already eliminated the opportunity to play a third game. |August 23 – Lamade Stadium|Minnesota Minnesota|1|Germany Germany|2}} |August 24 – Lamade Stadium|New Jersey New Jersey|10|KSA Saudi Arabia|0}}

Championship games

|August 28 – 1:00 pm EDT - Lamade |JPN Japan (F/7)|3 |TPE Chinese Taipei|2 |August 28 – 4:40 pm EDT - Lamade |Hawaii Hawaii |10 |Texas Texas|0

|August 29 – 3:00 pm EDT - Lamade |JPN Japan|4 |USAHawaii Hawaii|1 |August 29 – 11:00 am EDT - Lamade |TPE Chinese Taipei|14 |Texas Texas|2}}

Champions path

The Edogawa Minami LL reached the LLWS with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tie. In total, their record was 13–1–1, their only loss coming against Musashi-Fuchu.

References

References

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