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2015 Little League Softball World Series

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2015 Little League Softball World Series
Tournament details
DatesAugust 13–August 19
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsNorth Carolina Rowan, North Carolina Rowan LL
Runner-upRhode Island Warwick, Rhode Island Warwick North LL

The 2015 Little League Softball World Series was held in Portland, Oregon from August 13 to August 19, 2015.[1] Six teams from the United States and four from throughout the world competed for the Little League Softball World Champions. A controversy arose when the Snohomish, Washington team was accused of "throwing" a game so as not to have to face the Central Team from Slater/Polk City, IA. As a result, the favored Iowa team was forced to use their ace pitcher, Mikayla Houge (who later pitched four years at University of Virginia), in a tie-breaker game, where Iowa prevailed. Unfortunately, Mikayla was then unable to pitch in the semi-finals. Iowa lost that semi-finals game, effectively ending their chance at advancing to the Finals and winning the World Series.[2][3] In a bit of irony, the Southeast team that advanced due to the thrown game ended up winning the championship.

Teams

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Each team that competes in the tournament will come out of one of the 10 regions.

United States International
Iowa Slater, Iowa
Central Region
Central Iowa LL
Philippines Makati City, Philippines
Asia-Pacific
ILLAM LL
Rhode Island Warwick, Rhode Island
East Region
Warwick North LL
Canada Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
Layritz LL
North Carolina Rowan, North Carolina
Southeast Region
Rowan LL
Uganda Kampala, Uganda
Europe & Africa
AVRS Secondary School LL
Texas Seguin, Texas
Southwest Region
Seguin LL
Puerto Rico Maunabo, Puerto Rico
Latin America
ASOFEM LL
Washington (state) Snohomish, Washington
West Region
South Snohomish LL
Only 4 International Teams
Oregon Tigard, Oregon
Oregon District 4
Tigard LL

Results

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Pool A
Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Defensive Innings Run Ratio
1 Rhode Island East 3–1 13 23 .565
2 Texas Southwest 3–1 8 24 .333
3 Uganda Europe & Africa 2–2 19 21 .905
4 Puerto Rico Latin America 1–3 26 23 1.130
5 Oregon Oregon D4 1–3 18 22 .818
Pool B
Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Defensive Innings Run Ratio
1 North Carolina Southeast 3–1 4 22 .182
2 Iowa Central 3–1 5 22 .227
3 Washington (state) West 3–1 11 20 .550
4 Philippines Asia Pacific 1–3 37 16 2.313
5 Canada Canada 0–4 39 20 1.95

All times US PST.

Pool Away Score Home Score Time
August 13
A Uganda Europe & Africa 1 Texas Southwest 9 10:00am
B Philippines Asia Pacific 0 Washington (state) West 11 (F/4) 1:00pm
B North Carolina Southeast 10 Canada Canada 1 4:00pm
A Oregon Oregon D4 3 Puerto Rico Latin America 4 7:00pm
August 14
B Canada Canada 0 Washington (state) West 10 (F/5) 10:00am
A Oregon Oregon D4 1 Texas Southwest 8 1:00pm
B Philippines Asia Pacific 0 Iowa Central 12 (F/4) 4:00pm
A Rhode Island East 2 Uganda Europe & Africa 3 7:00pm
August 15
B North Carolina Southeast 1 Iowa Central 3 10:00am
A Puerto Rico Latin America 9 Rhode Island East 10 3:00pm
A Uganda Europe & Africa 1 Oregon Oregon D4 8 5:30pm
B Canada Canada 2 Philippines Asia Pacific 13 (F/4) 7:30pm
August 16
A Puerto Rico Latin America 0 Uganda Europe & Africa 10 (F/5) 10:00am
B North Carolina Southeast 12 (F/5) Philippines Asia Pacific 0 1:00pm
A Rhode Island East 4 Texas Southwest 1 4:00pm
B Iowa Central 3 Washington (state) West 4 7:00pm
August 17
A Oregon Oregon D4 0 Rhode Island East 5 10:00am
B Canada Canada 0 Iowa Central 7 1:00pm
B Washington (state) West 0 North Carolina Southeast 8 4:00pm
A Texas Southwest 3 Puerto Rico Latin America 2 7:00pm
August 18
9th A5 Oregon Oregon D4 14 B5 Canada Canada 8 9:00am
August 19
7th 4B Philippines Asia Pacific 11 4A Puerto Rico Latin America 2 9:30am
5th 3B Washington (state) West 4 3A Uganda Europe & Africa 1 11:30am

Elimination round

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Semifinals Finals
      
A1 Rhode Island East 5
B2 Iowa Central 4
WSF1 Rhode Island East 2
WSF2 North Carolina Southeast 4
B1 North Carolina Southeast 8
A2 Texas Southwest 0 Third place
LSF1 Iowa Central 9
LSF2 Texas Southwest 2


 2014 Little League Softball World Series champions 
United States North Carolina
Rowan Little League
Salisbury, North Carolina

References

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  1. ^ "2015 WORLD SERIES DATES". Littleleague.org. November 18, 2014. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  2. ^ https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2550293-little-league-softball-team-throws-game-sparks-world-series-controversy.amp.html
  3. ^ https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/18/432721453/accusations-of-game-throwing-rile-little-league-softball-world-series