2001 Big League World Series

2001 Big League World Series

Tournament information
Location	Easley, South Carolina
Dates	August 4–August 11
Final positions
Champions	Westminster, California
Runner-up	Valencia, Venezuela

The 2001 Big League World Series youth baseball tournament took place from August 4–11 in Easley, South Carolina, U.S. Westminster, California, U.S., defeated Valencia, Venezuela, in the championship game.

This was the first BLWS held in Easley.

Teams

United States	International
Easley, South Carolina District 1 Host	Surrey, Canada District 3 Canada
Jefferson, Indiana District 5 Central	Kiev, Ukraine Khymelnytskiy Europe
Williamsport, Pennsylvania District 12 East	Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands CNMI Far East
Dunedin, Florida District 12 South	Valencia, Venezuela Flor Amarillo Latin America
Westminster, California District 62 West

Results

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United States Pool

Team W L Rs Ra California 3 1 21 13 South Carolina 3 1 29 17 Florida 3 1 27 18 Pennsylvania 1 3 18 24 Indiana 0 4 8 29

California – 1–2 7–6 7–1 6–4 Florida 2–1 – 9–2 8–4 8–11 Indiana 1–7 2–9 – 4–6 1–7 Pennsylvania 6–7 4–8 6–4 – 2–5 South Carolina 4–6 11–8 7–1 5–2 –

International Pool

Team W L Rs Ra Venezuela 3 0 21 1 Canada 2 1 12 15 Ukraine 1 2 13 23 Northern Mariana Islands 0 3 7 14

Canada – 3–2 8–7 1–6 Northern Mariana Islands 2–3 – 5–6 0–5 Ukraine 7–8 6–5 – 0–10 Venezuela 6–1 5–0 10–0 –

Consolation round

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	0–4	Indiana	7
	0–3	Northern Mariana Islands	5

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	1–3	Pennsylvania	3
	1–2	Ukraine	1

Elimination Round

	Semifinals					World Championship
	3–1	California	2
	3–1	South Carolina	1
						4–1	California	5
						4–0	Venezuela	4
	3–0	Venezuela	2
	2–1	Canada	1			Third Place Game
						3–2	South Carolina	1
						2–2	Canada	7

2001 Big League World Series Champions
California District 62 Westminster, California

References