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2011 Little League World Series
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The 2011 Little League World Series took place in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, between August 18 and 28.[1] Eight teams from the United States and eight from elsewhere in the world competed in the 65th edition of the Little League World Series. Ocean View Little League of Huntington Beach, California, defeated Hamamatsu Minami Little League of Hamamatsu City, Japan, in the championship game. Nick Pratto hit an RBI single to clinch the title for Ocean View.

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Tournament changes

On June 16, 2011, Little League announced that it was modifying the double-elimination format that was first used in the previous year's tournament. The format of four pools consisting of four teams in each pool, a format that had been used since the tournament expanded to 16 teams in 2001, was eliminated. Instead, the eight teams from the United States were placed into one bracket, and the eight International teams into another bracket. The tournament remained double-elimination until the United States and International championship games, where it became single-elimination.[2]

Little League International renewed deals with uniform suppliers Russell Athletic and New Era Caps. As part of the deal, regions had new color schemes this year.[3][4]

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Teams

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  • Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.
  • Of the 16 teams, 11 made their first LLWS appearance. Most notable among these was the Keystone Little League, based less than 30 miles (48 km) from Little League headquarters. The last LLWS to feature a team from the immediate Williamsport area was the 1969 edition.[5] Keystone's game on August 19 against the North Oldham Little League set an attendance record for Howard J. Lamade Stadium, at 41,848.[6] The record stood until it was broken during the 2015 event.
  • The Big Sky Little League team from Billings was the first team from Montana to win a regional and advance to the Little League World Series. They compiled a 3–1 record at the tournament before falling to the eventual tournament champions from Huntington Beach, California. Montana was scheduled to play the team from Tijuana, Mexico in the third place game but it was canceled due to the threat of Hurricane Irene[7] in the latter stages of the tournament.
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Results

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Main article: 2011 Little League World Series results

United States bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
August 18 – Game 2
Montana Montana6
August 21 – Game 14
South Dakota South Dakota4
 Montana3
August 18 – Game 4
 Louisiana1
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia0
August 24 – Game 24 (F/7)
Louisiana Louisiana2
 Montana1
August 19 – Game 6
 California0
Rhode Island Rhode Island0
August 21 – Game 15 (F/4)
California California11
 California10
August 19 – Game 7
 Kentucky0
Kentucky Kentucky1August 27 – U.S. championship
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania0 Montana2
 California11
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
August 22 – Game 18 (F/9)
August 20 – Game 10 Kentucky5August 25 – Game 26
 South Dakota3 Georgia8August 23 – Game 22 California2
 Georgia6 Georgia5 Pennsylvania0
August 22 – Game 20 (F/4) Pennsylvania7
August 20 – Game 12 Pennsylvania10
 Rhode Island0 Louisiana0
 Pennsylvania2

International bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
August 18 – Game 1
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei0
August 21 – Game 13 (F/7)
Mexico Mexico3
 Mexico3
August 18 – Game 3 (F/4)
 Japan2
Aruba Aruba1
August 24 – Game 23 (F/9)
Japan Japan12
 Mexico2
August 19 – Game 5
 Venezuela1
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia5
August 21 – Game 16
Canada Canada6
 Canada0
August 19 – Game 8
 Venezuela8
Netherlands Netherlands1August 27 – Intl. Championship
Venezuela Venezuela6 Mexico2
 Japan5
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
August 22 – Game 17
August 20 – Game 9 (F/4) Canada5August 25 – Game 25
 Chinese Taipei20 Chinese Taipei3August 23 – Game 21 Venezuela6
 Aruba3 Canada0 Japan9
August 22 – Game 19 Japan4
August 20 – Game 11 Japan13
 Saudi Arabia4 Saudi Arabia4
 Netherlands2

Crossover games

Teams that lost their first two games played a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games were labeled Game A and Game B. This provided teams who were already eliminated the opportunity to play a third game.

 
Game A
 
  
 
August 22 – Lamade Stadium
 
 
Aruba Aruba5
 
 
South Dakota South Dakota0
 
 
Game B
 
  
 
August 23 – Lamade Stadium
 
 
Netherlands Netherlands7
 
 
Rhode Island Rhode Island8
 

World Championship

 
Little League World Championship
 
  
 
August 28 – Lamade Stadium
 
 
California California2
 
 
Japan Japan1
 
2011 Little League World Series Champions
United States California
Ocean View Little League
Huntington Beach, California

The consolation game between Montana and Mexico was cancelled due to the expected arrival of Hurricane Irene.[8]

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Middle East-Africa qualification

Kampala, Uganda defeated Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in the Middle East-Africa Region Final but the Ugandan team was denied visas by the State Department.[9] Reportedly, the visas were denied because some players provided false information, specifically related to their ages.[10][11] The runner-up, Saudi Arabia, was invited to the Little League World Series in their spot.[12]

Champions path

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The Ocean View Little League won 20 games and lost 1 game to reach the Little League World Series. Overall, their record was 25–2. Their two losses came against Rancho Mission Viejo LL (from California),[13] and Billings Big Sky LL (from Montana).[14]

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