2016 Little League World Series
The 2016 Little League World Series was held August 18–28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.[1] Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 70th edition of the tournament. The Maine–Endwell Little League of Maine–Endwell, New York, defeated the East Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea, in the championship game by a 2–1 score. It was the first Little League World Series title for a team from the United States since 2011, and for the state of New York, the first since 1964.
| 2016 Little League World Series | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Dates | August 18–August 28 | |
| Teams participating | 16 | |
| Champion |   Maine-Endwell, New York | |
| Runner-up |  Seoul, South Korea | |
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Teams
Regional qualifying tournaments will be held between June and August 2016.
Team Rosters
| Great Lakes | Mid-Atlantic | Midwest | New England | Northwest | Southeast | Southwest | West |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Forbes
John Guthrie Tate Hanks Isaiah Head Jackson Moore Davis Moran Carson Myers Spencer Newman Turner Nottmeier Devin Obee Kyle Snyder Trent Warden Mason Williams Drew Wolfram |
Jude Abbadessa
Billy Dundon Jayden Fanara James Fellows Ryan Harlost Jack Hopko Michael Mancini Jordan Owens Brody Raleigh Connor Rush Jacob Gayer Justin Ryan |
Owen Dawson
Kaiden Dinh Jack Emanuel J.T. Garcia Cade Godwin Sam Hennes Josh Larson Tyler Moore Payton Newhouse Jake Pemble Michael Pineda J.T. Puk Miles Risley Michael Siemer |
Dylan Bourret
Domenic Brazeau Thane Denton Sean Gallagher Colin Lemieux Brendan McCaffrey Cullen McGrew Cam Nadeau Aaron Narcavage Chase Pariseau Kenny Rix D.J. Sollitto Max Turner |
Caleb Carpenter
Blaine Causey Declan Corrigan Braeden Intlekofer Isaiah Jensen Julian Mora Bowen Nelson Aaron Platner Sam Renner Zack Reynolds Joe Schutz Chase Terry Evan Ullman |
Robert Carroll
Easton Dillard Brock Duffer Ethan Jackson Tanner Jones Tyler Jones John Henry Knotts Zach McWilliams R.J. Moore Ryan Oden Isaiah Page Carson Rucker Jon Luke Simmons |
Tim Arguello
L.J. Brown Ben Colton Blake Compton Jacob Coolbaugh Matthew Flores-King Esteban Guillory Gibson Maldonado Orion Medina Britton Moore Rilan Quinones Dominic Tellis Brody Ticer Caden Wallis |
Adam Amaro
Joshua Bruce Ali Camarillo Adriel Colmenero Omar Cordero Santiago Garcia Luis Guevara Devin Hinojosa JonLuke Hobdy Daniel Leon Victor Lizarraga Lucas Marrujo Juju Padilla Anthony Soto |
| Asia-Pacific | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
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Caribbean | Europe-Africa |  |
Latin America |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junseo Cho
Wontae Cho Minho Choi Youbin Choi Junho Jeong Jaekyeong Kim Moosung Kim Seunghyun Kim Seum Kwon Sung Gyu Kim Yoomin Lee Sangheon Park Jungtaek Ru |
Clayton Campbell
Mathew Clements Stephen Courtney William Edwards Ryley Gonzalez Brent Iredale Thomas Jackson Adrian Lautier Roan North Ethan Treble Mitchell Tritton William Unitt Harrison Wheeldon |
Nicola Barba
Nathan Clegg Sean Coventry Antonio Cusati Stefano Dal Sasso Liam Lewis Liam MacLean Aaron Mak Anthony Porcellato Matteo Ripoli Cristian Santarelli Loreto Siniscalchi Lucas Sorace |
Donovan Antonia
Karim Ayubi Jazlinn Bianchi Jurrangelo Cijntje Nazir Fernandez Jadon Gosepa Allen-Amin Hollander Nair Jamanika Jakey Josepha Egory Manuela Gedionne Marlin Christopher Marshall Danchelo Valentina Michael Vilchez |
Tommaso Adorni
Alessandro Beccari Ousemma Bouraoui Alessandro Ercolani Samuele Gamberini Michele Ghidoni Tommaso Ghidoni Simone Ioli Filippo Laghi Gabriele Persici Elia Sartini Francesco Segreto Federico Tiburtini Leonardo Zambernardi |
Jo Adachi
Ryota Endo So Hiraoo Sosuke Igawa Rin Ikemoto Rio Inoue Takumi Ito Akira Jozawa Genki Matsuura Yujiro Moriya Taira Ogawa Shotoku Sato Tatsuya Suzuki Sea Takahashi |
Leonardo Bernal
Edwar Bethancourth Anel Calderon Harrison Castillo Manuel Cruz Abel DeLeon Carlos Gonzalez Benedicto Jaen Melvin Jaramillo Esmith Pineda Eward Rodriguez Tomas Sarmiento Joaquin Tejada Jose Torres |
Diego Cantu
Gael Cortez Eduardo Gael Garcia Milton Gonzalez Patricio Juarez Victor Juarez Jose Leal Raul Lopez Fabian Mar Jose Miranda Luis Nuncio Francisco Torres Alejandro Trevino Rene Villarreal |
Results
The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 16, 2016.[2]
United States bracket
| August 18 – Game 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 22 – Game 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 18 – Game 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 24 – Game 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 19 – Game 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 22 – Game 16 (F/7) | ||||||||||||||||||
 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 19 – Game 8 (F/5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||||||||||
 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 27 – U.S. championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 20 – Game 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 23 – Game 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 24 – Game 22 (F/5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 20 – Game 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 23 – Game 20 (F/7) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 25 – Game 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | |||||||||||||||||
International bracket
| August 18 – Game 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 22 – Game 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 18 – Game 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 24 – Game 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 19 – Game 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 22 – Game 15 (F/5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 19 – Game 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 27 – International championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 20 – Game 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 23 – Game 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 24 – Game 21 (F/4) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 20 – Game 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 23 – Game 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 25 – Game 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Consolation games
Teams that lose their first two games get to play a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games are labeled Game A and Game B.
| Game A | ||
| August 22 – Lamade Stadium | ||
| 2 | |
| 6 | |
| Game B | ||
| August 23 – Lamade Stadium | ||
| 6 | |
| 1 | |
Third place game
This consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.
| Third place game | ||
| August 28 – Lamade Stadium | ||
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
World Championship
| Little League World Championship | ||
| August 28 – Lamade Stadium | ||
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 2016 Little League World Series Champions |
|---|
Maine-Endwell Little League Maine-Endwell, New York |
Home Run Count
| Name | HR Count | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Zach McWilliams | 4 | Southeast |
| Seum Kwon | 3 | Asia-Pacific |
| Esmith Pineda | 3 | Latin America |
| Wontae Cho | 2 | Asia Pacific |
| Gael Cortez | 2 | Mexico |
| Ryan Harlost | 2 | Mid-Atlantic |
| Jaekyeong Kim | 2 | Asia-Pacific |
| Jose Leal | 2 | Mexico |
| Kenny Rix | 2 | New England |
| Jude Abbadessa | 1 | Mid-Atlantic |
| Donovan Antonia | 1 | Caribbean |
| Stephen Courtney | 1 | Australia |
| Kaiden Dinh | 1 | Midwest |
| J.T. Garcia | 1 | Midwest |
| Carlos Gonzalez | 1 | Latin America |
| Devin Hinojosa | 1 | West |
| So Hirao | 1 | Japan |
| Brent Iredale | 1 | Australia |
| Ethan Jackson | 1 | Southeast |
| Tanner Jones | 1 | Southeast |
| Tyler Jones | 1 | Southeast |
| Victor Juarez | 1 | Mexico |
| Moosung Kim | 1 | Asia-Pacific |
| Yoomin Lee | 1 | Asia-Pacific |
| Lucas Marrujo | 1 | West |
| R.J. Moore | 1 | Southeast |
| Carson Myers | 1 | Great Lakes |
| Devin Obee | 1 | Great Lakes |
| Jungtaek Ru | 1 | Asia-Pacific |
| Cristian Santarelli | 1 | Canada |
| Loreto Siniscalchi | 1 | Canada |
| Joaquin Tejada | 1 | Latin America |
| Dominic Tellis | 1 | Southwest |
Champions Path
The Maine-Endwell Little League became only the third team from New York state to win the Little League World Series (the others were Schenectady in 1954 and Staten Island in 1964). The MELL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record of 19 wins and no losses;[3][4] in total, their record was 24–0.[5]
| Round | Opposition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1 East | ||
| Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals | | 10–0 |
| Winner's Bracket Semifinals | | 18–1 |
| Section 1 East Championship | | 25–4 |
| New York State Tournament | ||
| Opening Round | | 13–0 (5 inn.) |
| Winner's Bracket Semiinals | | 12–8 |
| Winner's Bracket Final | | 5–3 |
| New York State Championship | | 5–0 |
| Mid-Atlantic Regional | ||
| Opening Round |  | 8–6 |
| Quarterfinals |  | 1–0 |
| Semifinals |  | 8–2 |
| Mid-Atlantic Region Championship |  | 6–2 |
- Red indicates loss
- Green indicates win
References
- "Little League® International Board of Directors Announce 2016 Little League World Series Dates". Littleleague.org. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- "2016 Little League World Series bracket" (PDF). llbws.org. Little League Baseball. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- "Mid-Atlantic Region Tournament Page". Retrieved August 28, 2016.
- District 5 Tournament bracket
- "Maine-Endwell wins Little League title game against South Korea". Fox News. August 28, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.