Little League World Series in Australia

Australia Region
Most recent season or competition:
2018 Little League World Series qualification
Formerly Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region (2007–2012)
Sport Baseball
Founded 2013
No. of teams 20
Country  Australia
Most recent
champion(s)		 Queensland Gold Coast Little League, Gold Coast, Queensland
Most titles New South Wales New South Wales (3)
Official website Australian Little League

The Australia Region of Little League Baseball is a region designated for the Little League World Series. The division was founded in 2013 when Little League officially separated Australia from the Asia-Pacific region. This followed a period of explosive growth in youth baseball in the country; the first Little League-affiliated leagues in Australia were only established in 2007, but within five years, nearly 400 Little Leagues were operating, making Australia the largest country outside North America in Little League participation.

In the Little League World Series in 2013, a team from Perth, Western Australia qualified to represent Australia in its debut as a country. The team failed to win any of its three games at the LLWS. A year later another team from Perth would qualify and give the country their first win at the international tournament.

Finals

  • This table includes championship games contested prior to Australia's automatic berth into the Little League World Series.
YearHostWinnerScoreRunner-up
2008 Queensland Sheldon New South Wales Hills North 3–2 South Australia Adelaide Southern
2009 Queensland Gold Coast Victoria (Australia) Waverley 11–1 (F/4) South Australia Adelaide Southern
2010 Queensland Gold Coast South Australia Adelaide Southern 4–3 Victoria (Australia) Ringwood District
2011 Queensland Gold Coast South Australia Adelaide Southern 2–1 Western Australia Perth Metro North (Perth)
2012 Queensland Gold Coast Western Australia Perth Metro North (Perth) 29–2 (F/4) Victoria (Australia) Yarra Rangers
2013 Queensland Gold Coast Western Australia Perth Central (Perth) 8–2 South Australia Adelaide South (Adelaide)
2014 Queensland Gold Coast Western Australia Perth Metro North (Perth) 3–2 (F/7) New South Wales Manly (Manly)
2015 New South Wales Lismore New South Wales Cronulla (Sydney) 7–3 Western Australia Swan Hills (Perth)
2016 New South Wales Lismore New South Wales Hills (Sydney) 8–2 New South Wales Central Coast (Gosford)
2017 New South Wales Sydney* New South Wales Hills (Sydney) 8–4 Western Australia Swan Hills (Perth)
2018 New South Wales Lismore Queensland Gold Coast Cougars 11–0 (F/4) South Australia Adelaide Seahawks

*Due to inclement weather, the elimination rounds of the 2017 tournament were moved from Lismore to Sydney.

By state

StateFirst LLCRAppearancesChampionshipsRunner-up
 Australian Capital Territory 2009 10 0 0
 New South Wales 2008 11 4 3
 Northern Territory 2008 7 0 0
 Queensland 2008 11 1 0
 South Australia 2008 11 2 4
 Victoria 2008 11 1 2
 Western Australia 2008 11 3 2

LLWS results

As of the 2018 Little League World Series.

YearChampionCityLLWSRecord
2013Perth Metro Central LLWestern Australia PerthRound 10–3
2014Perth Metro North LLWestern Australia PerthRound 21–2
2015Cronulla LLNew South Wales SydneyRound 21–2
2016Hills LLNew South Wales SydneyRound 32−2
2017Hills LLNew South Wales SydneyRound 11−2
2018Gold Coast LLQueensland Gold CoastRound 10−3

Results by state

As of the 2018 Little League World Series.

StateAustralia
Championships		Record
in LLWS		PCT
New South Wales New South Wales34–6.400
Western Australia Western Australia21–5.167
Queensland Queensland10–3.000
Victoria (Australia) Victoria00–0–
South Australia South Australia00–0–
Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory00–0–
Total65–14.263

See also


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