2012 Little League World Series

Teams

Main article: 2012 Little League World Series qualification

• 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: 2012 Little League World Series results

The drawing to determine the opening round pairings, as well as the unveiling of the schedule, took place on June 14, 2012.

United States bracket

International bracket

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 20 – Lamade Stadium (F/4)|USA Nebraska Nebraska|17|GER Germany|1}} |August 21 – Lamade Stadium|USA Oregon Oregon|2|Uganda Uganda|3}}

Consolation game

The consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship. |August 26 – Lamade Stadium|PAN Panama|4|USA California California|12}}

World Championship

|August 26 – Lamade Stadium (F/5)|USA Tennessee Tennessee|2|JPN Japan|12}}

Champions path

The Tokyo Kitasuna LL reached the LLWS by winning all 8 of their Tokyo and national tournament games. In total, they went undefeated with a 13–0 record.

Notable players

• Mason Gillis (Great Lakes) - college basketball player
• Kotaro Kiyomiya (Japan) - professional baseball infielder
• Ceddanne Rafaela (Caribbean) – professional baseball player
• Jake Rucker (Southeast) - professional baseball third baseman
• Jared Wegner (Midwest) - professional baseball outfielder

References

References

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9. "Jared Wegner Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News".