2023 Little League World Series results

The results of the 2023 Little League World Series were determined between August 16 and August 27, 2023, in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Twenty teams were divided into two groups, one with ten teams from the United States and another with ten international teams, with both groups playing a modified double-elimination tournament. In each group, the last remaining undefeated team faced the last remaining team with one loss, with the winners of those games advancing to play for the Little League World Series championship.^[1] California, the United States champions, defeated Curaçao, the international champions, 6–5 to win the 2023 championship.

Double-elimination
United States
	Winner's bracket
	NV 1 RI 3◄ Linescore	TX 2◄ PA 1 Linescore	WA 10◄ ME 0 (F/4) Linescore	OH 3 (F/4) CA 4◄ Linescore	TN 8◄ RI 1 Linescore	TX 6◄ ND 2 Linescore	TN 2 WA 6◄ Linescore	TX 3◄ CA 1 Linescore	TX 1◄ WA 0 (F/9) Linescore
	Loser's bracket
	PA 5◄ ME 3 Linescore	NV 13◄ OH 2 (F/4) Linescore	RI 7◄ PA 2 Linescore	ND 1 NV 7◄ Linescore	TN 2◄ NV 1 Linescore	CA 9◄ RI 3 Linescore	TN 3 CA 5◄ Linescore	WA 1 CA 2◄ Linescore
International
	Winner's bracket
	CZE 0 PAN 4◄ Linescore	JPN 1◄ CUB 0 Linescore	AUS 1 CUR 2◄ Linescore	TPE 6◄ CAN 0 Linescore	VEN 4◄ PAN 3 Linescore	JPN 6◄ MEX 1 Linescore	CUR 2◄ VEN 1 Linescore	JPN 0 (F/4) TPE 10◄ Linescore	TPE 9◄ CUR 1 Linescore
	Loser's bracket
	AUS 1 (F/5) CUB 11◄ Linescore	CAN 3◄ CZE 0 Linescore	PAN 3◄ CUB 2 Linescore	CAN 1 MEX 10◄ Linescore	MEX 3◄ VEN 1 Linescore	JPN 5◄ PAN 4 Linescore	JPN 0 MEX 2◄ Linescore	CUR 4◄ MEX 2 Linescore
Single-elimination
International championship	Chinese Taipei 0 Curaçao 2◄ Linescore
United States championship	Texas 1 California 6◄ Linescore
Third place game	Texas 0 (F/4) Chinese Taipei 10◄ Linescore
World championship game	Curaçao 5 California 6◄ Linescore

Double-elimination stage

United States

Upper round 1

Upper round 2

Upper round 3

Upper final

Final

August 18 – Game 10

August 16 – Game 2

Tennessee

8

August 21 – Game 22

Nevada

1

Rhode Island

1

Tennessee

2

Rhode Island

3

August 17 – Game 6 (F/4)

Washington

6

Washington

10

August 23 – Game 30 (F/9)

Maine

0

Washington

0

August 18 – Game 12

Texas

1

August 16 – Game 4

North Dakota

2

August 21 – Game 24

Texas

2

Texas

6

Texas

3

Pennsylvania

1

August 17 – Game 8 (F/4)

California

1

California

4

August 26 – U.S. Championship

Ohio

3

Texas

1

California

6

Lower round 1

Lower round 2

Lower round 3

Lower round 4

Lower final

August 22 – Game 28

August 20 – Game 18

California

9

August 24 – Game 34

August 19 – Game 14

Rhode Island

7

Rhode Island

3

August 23 – Game 32

Washington

1

Pennsylvania

5

Pennsylvania

2

California

5

California

2

Maine

3

August 22 – Game 26

Tennessee

3

August 20 – Game 20

Tennessee

2

August 19 – Game 16 (F/4)

North Dakota

1

Nevada

1

Nevada

13

Nevada

7

Ohio

2

Winner's bracket

Game 2: Rhode Island 3, Nevada 1

August 16 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Nevada	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2
Rhode Island ◄	1	0	0	2	0	X	3	1	0
WP: Connor Curtis (1–0) LP: Nolan Gifford (0–1) Sv: Brayden Castellone (1) Home runs: NV: Jaxson McMullin (1) RI: None

Game 4: Texas 2, Pennsylvania 1

August 16 7:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Texas ◄	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	1
Pennsylvania	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2
WP: DJ Jablonski (1–0) LP: Austin Crowley (0–1)

Game 6: Washington 10, Maine 0

August 17 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Washington ◄	0	2	6	2	–	–	10	9	0
Maine	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	1	4
WP: Trey Kirchoff (1–0) LP: Kayden Oliver (1–0) Notes: Completed early due to the run rule.

Game 8: California 4, Ohio 3

August 17 7:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Ohio	1	2	0	0	–	–	3	3	0
California ◄	1	0	3	0	–	–	4	3	1
WP: Declan McRoberts (1–0) LP: Kevin Klingerman (0–1) Home runs: OH: None CA: Louis Lappe (1), Brody Brooks (1) Notes: Completed early due to a rain delay extending past Little League's curfew regulations.^[2]

Game 10: Tennessee 8, Rhode Island 1

August 18 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Tennessee ◄	3	0	1	1	1	2	8	11	0
Rhode Island	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1
WP: Grayson May (1–0) LP: Brayden Castellone (0–1)

Game 12: Texas 6, North Dakota 2

August 18 7:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Texas ◄	0	2	0	4	0	0	6	2	1
North Dakota	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	1
WP: Michael Raven (1–0) LP: Cash Martinez (0–1) Sv: Easton Benge (1) Notes: This is the first appearance for a team from North Dakota in Little League World Series history.

Game 22: Washington 6, Tennessee 2

August 21 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Tennessee	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6	3
Washington ◄	0	5	0	0	1	X	6	4	1
WP: Trey Kirchoff (2–0) LP: Stella Weaver (0–1) Sv: Larson Eng (1)

Game 24: Texas 3, California 1

August 21 7:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Texas ◄	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	1
California	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
WP: DJ Jablonski (2–0) LP: Declan McRoberts (1–1) Sv: Easton Ondruch (1) Home runs: TX: DJ Jablonski (1) CA: Louis Lappe (2)

Game 30: Texas 1, Washington 0

August 23 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas ◄	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Washington	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
WP: Easton Ondruch (1–0) LP: Owen Luke (0–1) Boxscore

Loser's bracket

Game 14: Pennsylvania 5, Maine 3

August 19 2:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Pennsylvania ◄	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	2
Maine	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	4
WP: Trevor Skowronek (1–0) LP: Mason Amergian (0–1) Notes: Maine is eliminated.

Game 16: Nevada 13, Ohio 2

August 19 6:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Nevada ◄	4	6	1	2	–	–	13	10	1
Ohio	0	0	0	2	–	–	2	5	3
WP: David Edwards (1–0) LP: Owen Nardell (0–1) Home runs: NV: Nolan Gifford (1) OH: None Notes: Completed early due to the run rule. Ohio is eliminated.

Game 18: Rhode Island 7, Pennsylvania 2

August 20 11:00 am EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Rhode Island ◄	2	0	0	0	0	5	7	7	0
Pennsylvania	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	5	1
WP: Brayden Castellone (1–1) LP: Trevor Skowronek (1–1) Notes: Pennsylvania is eliminated.

Game 20: Nevada 7, North Dakota 1

August 20 2:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
North Dakota	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
Nevada ◄	2	0	0	2	3	X	7	8	1
WP: Jaxson McMullin (1–0) LP: Reese Evenson (0–1) Home runs: ND: None NV: Nolan Gifford (2) Notes: North Dakota is eliminated.

Game 26: Tennessee 2, Nevada 1

August 22 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Tennessee ◄	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	0
Nevada	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1
WP: Lucas McCauley (1–0) LP: Nolan Gifford (0–2) Notes: Nevada is eliminated.

Game 28: California 9, Rhode Island 3

August 22 7:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
California ◄	2	2	3	0	2	0	9	9	1
Rhode Island	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	2
WP: Louis Lappe (1–0) LP: Connor Curtis (1–1) Home runs: CA: Brody Brooks (2) RI: None Notes: Rhode Island is eliminated.

Game 32: California 5, Tennessee 3

August 23 7:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Tennessee	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	4	1
California ◄	1	0	2	0	2	X	5	11	0
WP: Max Baker (1–0) LP: Nash Carter (0–1) Sv: Brody Brooks (1) Home runs: TN: Lucas McCauley (1) CA: Louis Lappe (3) Notes: Tennessee is eliminated.

Game 34: California 2, Washington 1

August 24 7:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Washington	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1
California ◄	1	1	0	0	0	X	2	8	1
WP: Declan McRoberts (2–1) LP: Trey Kirchoff (2–1) Sv: Brody Brooks (2) Notes: Washington is eliminated.

International

Upper round 1

Upper round 2

Upper round 3

Upper final

Final

August 18 – Game 9

August 16 – Game 1

Venezuela

4

August 21 – Game 21

Czech Republic

0

Panama

3

Venezuela

1

Panama

4

August 17 – Game 5

Curaçao

2

Curaçao

2

August 23 – Game 29

Australia

1

Curaçao

1

August 18 – Game 11

Chinese Taipei

9

August 16 – Game 3

Mexico

1

August 21 – Game 23 (F/4)

Japan

1

Japan

6

Japan

0

Cuba

0

August 17 – Game 7

Chinese Taipei

10

Canada

0

August 26 – Int'l Championship

Chinese Taipei

6

Chinese Taipei

0

Curaçao

2

Lower round 1

Lower round 2

Lower round 3

Lower round 4

Lower final

August 22 – Game 27

August 20 – Game 17

Japan

5

August 24 – Game 33

August 19 – Game 13 (F/5)

Panama

3

Panama

4

August 23 – Game 31

Curaçao

4

Cuba

11

Cuba

2

Japan

0

Mexico

2

Australia

1

August 22 – Game 25

Mexico

2

August 20 – Game 19

Venezuela

1

August 19 – Game 15

Canada

1

Mexico

3

Czech Republic

0

Mexico

10

Canada

3

Winner's bracket

Game 1: Panama 4, Czech Republic 0

August 16 1:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Panama ◄	0	0	0	4	0	X	4	5	1
WP: Omar Vargas (1–0) LP: Dominik Řezníček (0–1) Home runs: CZE: None PAN: Omar Vargas (1)

Game 3: Japan 1, Cuba 0

August 16 5:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Japan ◄	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WP: Hinata Uchigaki (1–0) LP: Luis Gurriel (0–1) Notes: This is the first appearance for a team from Cuba in Little League World Series history.

Game 5: Curaçao 2, Australia 1

August 17 1:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	1
Curaçao ◄	0	1	0	0	1	X	2	5	1
WP: Jay-Dlynn Wiel (1–0) LP: Adrian Jankuloski (0–1)

Game 7: Chinese Taipei 6, Canada 0

August 17 5:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei ◄	2	1	3	0	0	0	6	9	0
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
WP: Chiu Tse-Wei (1–0) LP: Jaxon Weir (0–1) Home runs: TPE: Fan Chen-Jun (1) CAN: None Notes: Chinese Taipei used three pitchers to combine for a perfect game.

Game 9: Venezuela 4, Panama 3

August 18 1:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Venezuela ◄	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	2	2
Panama	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	1
WP: Luis Rangel (1–0) LP: Rubén Canto (0–1) Sv: Osman Basabe (1)

Game 11: Japan 6, Mexico 1

August 18 5:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Japan ◄	2	1	1	2	0	0	6	8	1
Mexico	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1
WP: Akito Masuda (1–0) LP: Jorge Villa (0–1)

Game 21: Curaçao 2, Venezuela 1

August 21 1:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Curaçao ◄	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Venezuela	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
WP: Jay-Dlynn Wiel (2–0) LP: Osman Basabe (0–1) Home runs: CUR: Nasir El-Ossaïs (1) VEN: None

Game 23: Chinese Taipei 10, Japan 0

August 21 5:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	1
Chinese Taipei ◄	2	0	6	2	–	–	10	4	0
WP: Fan Chen-Jun (1–0) LP: Akito Masuda (1–1) Sv: Chiu Tse-Wei (1) Notes: Completed early due to the run rule.

Game 29: Chinese Taipei 9, Curaçao 1

August 23 1:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei ◄	1	0	0	2	6	0	9	6	0
Curaçao	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
WP: Cai Yuan-Hao (1–0) LP: Sean Serverie (0–1) Home runs: TPE: None CUR: Jay-Dlynn Wiel (1)

Loser's bracket

Game 13: Cuba 11, Australia 1

August 19 12:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Australia	0	1	0	0	0	–	1	2	7
Cuba ◄	3	0	0	3	5	–	11	12	2
WP: Samuel Palencia (1–0) LP: Jet Creamer (0–1) Notes: Completed early due to the run rule. This is the first win for a team from Cuba in Little League World Series history. Australia is eliminated.

Game 15: Canada 3, Czech Republic 0

August 19 4:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Canada ◄	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	8	0
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
WP: Jaxon Weir (1–1) LP: Kryštof Šilar (0–1) Notes: Czech Republic is eliminated.

Game 17: Panama 3, Cuba 2

August 20 9:00 am EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Panama ◄	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	1
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1
WP: Omar Vargas (2–0) LP: Ismael Ortega (0–1) Sv: Allan Rodríguez (1) Home runs: PAN: None CUB: Luis Aparicio (1) Notes: Cuba is eliminated.

Game 19: Mexico 10, Canada 1

August 20 1:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Canada	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
Mexico ◄	0	0	1	8	1	X	10	11	0
WP: Jorge Cota (1–0) LP: Nickson Hjelsing (0–1) Notes: Canada is eliminated.

Game 25: Mexico 3, Venezuela 1

August 22 1:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Mexico ◄	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	8	2
Venezuela	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1
WP: Gael Leyva (1–0) LP: Adrian Soto (0–1) Notes: Venezuela is eliminated.

Game 27: Japan 5, Panama 4

August 22 5:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Japan ◄	2	0	0	0	1	2	5	6	4
Panama	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	2	2
WP: Hinata Uchigaki (2–0) LP: Allan Rodríguez (0–1) Notes: Panama is eliminated.

Game 31: Mexico 2, Japan 0

August 23 5:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Mexico ◄	0	1	0	0	1	X	2	5	0
WP: Bernardo Partida (1–0) LP: Yohei Yamaguchi (0–1) Notes: Japan is eliminated.

Game 33: Curaçao 4, Mexico 2

August 24 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Curaçao ◄	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	4	2
Mexico	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	3
WP: Jay-Dlynn Wiel (3–0) LP: Jamil Mandujano (0–1) Sv: Shemar Sophia Jacobus (1) Notes: Mexico is eliminated.

Single-elimination stage

International championship: Curaçao 2, Chinese Taipei 0

August 26 12:30 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Curaçao ◄	0	0	0	2	0	X	2	2	1
WP: Helmir Helmijr (1–0) LP: Fan Chen-Jun (1–1) Sv: Jay-Dlynn Wiel (1) Notes: Chinese Taipei is eliminated. Boxscore

United States championship: California 6, Texas 1

August 26 3:30 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
California ◄	1	0	2	0	3	X	6	8	1
WP: Louis Lappe (2–0) LP: DJ Jablonski (2–1) Home runs: TX: None CA: Brody Brooks (3), Louis Lappe (4) Notes: Texas is eliminated. Boxscore

Third place game: Chinese Taipei 10, Texas 0

August 27 11:00 am EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	4	0
Chinese Taipei ◄	5	0	5	X	–	–	10	10	0
WP: Fan Chen-Jun (2–1) LP: Colten Georgi (0–1) Home runs: TX: None TPE: Fan Chen-Jun (2) Notes: Completed early due to the run rule. Boxscore

World championship game: California 6, Curaçao 5

August 27 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Curaçao	0	0	1	0	4	0	5	6	0
California ◄	2	0	2	1	0	1	6	7	0
WP: Brody Brooks (1–0) LP: Jay-Dlynn Wiel (3–1) Home runs: CUR: Nasir El-Ossaïs (2) CA: Louis Lappe (5) Notes: California wins the Little League World Series. Boxscore

References

^ "Opening-Round Pairings Set for the 2023 Little League Baseball World Series, Presented by T-Mobile". littleleague.org. Little League International. June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
^ "Update for Game 8 of the 2023 Little League Baseball World Series". littleleague.org. Little League International. August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2023.

External links

2023 LLBWS bracket from littleleague.org

[1] "Opening-Round Pairings Set for the 2023 Little League Baseball World Series, Presented by T-Mobile". littleleague.org. Little League International. June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.

[2] "Update for Game 8 of the 2023 Little League Baseball World Series". littleleague.org. Little League International. August 17, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2023.

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