1993 Little League World Series

The 1993 Little League World Series took place between August 23 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The United States was represented by the defending series champion and West Region winner, the Long Beach, California Little League. The Latin American Region winner, the David Doleguita Little League of David, Chiriqui, Panama, won the International Championship.

Long Beach defeated Panama, 3–2, in the championship game of the 47th Little League World Series and retained its world championship. Long Beach became the first American team to repeat as champion and joined the teams from Monterrey, Mexico (in and ) and Seoul, South Korea (in and ) as the only teams to do so. Since then, only the Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao, has had the opportunity to repeat; they won the title but lost the championship game.

Regional disqualification

The Dominican winners of the Latin American series were disqualified for using players who failed residency and age requirements.^[1]

Teams

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Pool play

Elimination round

Notable players

• Sean Burroughs (Long Beach, California) - MLB player from 2002 to 2012

Champions Path

The Long Beach LL won 15 matches and lost only one match to reach the LLWS.^[2][3] In total their record was 20-1, their only loss coming against Thousand Oaks LL (from California).

References

1. ^ Little League Won't Be Embarrassed Again, San Bernardino Sun, 15 August 1993.
2. ^ "Southern California Little League Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
3. ^ "West Region Tournament". Unpage.com. Retrieved October 9, 2010.

External links

• 1993 Little League World Series September 30, 2017 at the Wayback Machine