Intermediate League World Series

The Intermediate League World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old that began in 2013. It is patterned after the Little League World Series, which was named for the World Series in Major League Baseball. The tournament is held in Livermore, California.

Intermediate League World Series
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Intermediate League World Series
SportBaseball
Founded2013
No. of teams12
CountriesInternational
Most recent
champion(s)		South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Most titles South Korea (3)
Official websiteLittleLeague.org
See: Intermediate League Baseball

The intermediate division is the second of four Little League divisions by development. The pitching mound is 50 feet from home plate, and the base paths are 70 feet apart. This allows for a transition between the smaller field dimensions of Little League (46/60), and the standard field dimensions of the advanced leagues (60.5/90).[1]

Tournament format

Unlike the Little League World Series — which has twenty regions (ten in the U.S. and ten international) — the Intermediate League World Series has eleven regions, plus a host team. The regional champions are divided into Pool A (U.S.) and Pool B (International). The teams advance to the semi-finals via a modified double elimination format; the semifinal and final are single elimination. Teams that lose their first two games face off in classification games.

Pool A (U.S.) consists of five regions + the host team

Pool B (International) consists of six regions

Champions
See also: List of Little League World Series champions by division
Year Winner Region Score Runner–Up Region
2013 Japan Osaka, Japan Asia–Pacific 10–1 Pennsylvania Collier Township, Pennsylvania East
2014 Arizona Nogales, Arizona West 11–4 Puerto Rico San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
2015 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Asia–Pacific 10–5 Florida Wellington, Florida Southeast
2016 Hawaii Wailuku, Hawaii West 5–1 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Asia–Pacific
2017 Puerto Rico Guayama, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 6–5 New Jersey Freehold Township, New Jersey East
2018 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Asia–Pacific 10–0 California Livermore, California Host
2019 Alabama McCalla, Alabama Southeast 9–5 Mexico Matamoros, Mexico Mexico
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis[2][3]
2021
2022 California Danville, California Host 5–2 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Asia–Pacific
2023 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Asia–Pacific 11–4 Florida Tampa, Florida Southeast
Year Winner Region Score Runner–Up Region

Championships won by Country/State
TeamChampionshipsLast
South Korea South Korea32023
Japan Japan12013
Arizona Arizona2014
Hawaii Hawaii2016
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico2017
Alabama Alabama2019
California Host Team2022

See also

References
  1. Intermediate (50/70) Baseball Division. .
  2. "Little League® Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments". 30 April 2020.
  3. "2021 50/70 Region Tournaments".
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