1973 Little League World Series

1973 Little League World Series
Dates August 21–August 25
Teams participating 8
Champion Taiwan Tainan City Little League
Tainan City, Taiwan
Runner-up United StatesArizona Cactus Little League
Tucson, Arizona

The 1973 Little League World Series took place between August 21 and August 25 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Tainan City Little League of Tainan City, Taiwan, defeated the Cactus Little League of Tucson, Arizona, in the championship game of the 27th Little League World Series.

The champions from Taiwan did not allow a run or a hit in the entire tournament, registering no hitters in each of their three tournament games.[1] As of 2018, that historic feat has not been equalled.

Teams

United States International
Michigan Birmingham, Michigan
Central Region
Federal Little League
British Columbia Surrey, British Columbia
Canada Canada Region
Whalley Little League
New York (state) Colonie, New York
East Region
Colonie Little League
Germany Bitburg Air Base, West Germany
Europe Region
Bitburg Air Base Little League
Florida Tampa, Florida
South Region
Belmont Heights Little League
Taiwan Tainan City, Taiwan
Far East Region
Tainan City Little League
Arizona Tucson, Arizona
West Region
Cactus Little League
Mexico Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Latin America Region
Mitras Little League

Winners Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 21
 
 
Taiwan Taiwan18
 
August 23
 
Germany Germany0
 
Taiwan Taiwan27
 
August 21
 
Florida Florida0
 
Florida Florida 11
 
August 25
 
Canada Canada2
 
Taiwan Taiwan12
 
August 22
 
Arizona Arizona0
 
Arizona Arizona4
 
August 23
 
New York (state) New York0
 
Arizona Arizona8
 
August 22
 
Michigan Michigan1 Third place
 
Michigan Michigan8
 
August 24 (F/7)
 
Mexico Mexico1
 
Florida Florida2
 
 
Michigan Michigan1
 

Consolation Bracket

  Games A & B Game D
             
August 22
 Germany Germany 0  
 Canada Canada 9  
 
August 24
     Canada Canada 2
   Mexico Mexico 0
 
 
Game C
August 23 August 24
 New York (state) New York 0  Germany Germany  3
 Mexico Mexico 4    New York (state) New York  2
1973 Little League World Series Champions

Tainan City Little League
Tainan City, Taiwan

Notable players

  • Ed Vosberg of the Tucson team went on to be a pitcher in MLB between 1986 and 2002

References

  1. Yeh, Joseph (July 21, 2009). "Age of Glory: Taiwan's Little League Hegemony of the '70s". culture.tw. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2011 via Wayback Machine.
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