Europe in the Little League World Series
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Europe first participated in the Little League World Series in . Teams from Europe were given a berth in the LLWS each year between 1960 and 2001 (with the exception of the temporary ban of international teams in ). In 2001, the region was split into a co-terminus Europe (later EMEA) and Transatlantic region. The Europe region comprised mostly native European teams while the Transatlantic region comprised mostly American expatriates. This distinction was eliminated for the 2008 Little League World Series
; teams made up of either native Europeans or American expatriates are eligible to qualify from the European region.
No team from the European region has ever reached the final of the Little League World Series. The best finish for a European team occurred in and , when Kaiserslautern
, Germany
and Dhahran
, Saudi Arabia
made the International final in back-to-back years.
sent a team to the European qualifier in 2001 and South Africa
did the same in 2003). In 2008, Little League
removed the native players rule and split the EMEA and Transatlantic region into the Europe and Middle East Africa
regions. The following teams represented the European region after 2001:
. Italics indicates team is no longer a part of European region.
Little League EMEA region
2008 Little League World Series
The Little League World Series, was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It began on August 15 and ended August 24. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed to decide the winner of the 62nd installment of the Little League World Series...
; teams made up of either native Europeans or American expatriates are eligible to qualify from the European region.
No team from the European region has ever reached the final of the Little League World Series. The best finish for a European team occurred in and , when Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Dhahran
Dhahran
Dhahran is a city located in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, and is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Large oil reserves were first identified in the Dhahran area in 1931, and in 1935 Standard Oil of California drilled the first commercially viable oil well...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
made the International final in back-to-back years.
European champions (1960–2000)
| Year | Champion | City | LLWS | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Command LL |  BerlinBerlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
Sixth Place | 1–2 | |
| Pirmasens Housing Area LL | Pirmasens Pirmasens Pirmasens is a district-free city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It is famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called Pirmasens from 1818 until 1997, when it was renamed Südwestpfalz.... |
Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| Poitiers Post LL |  VienneVienne Vienne is the northernmost département of the Poitou-Charentes region of France, named after the river Vienne.- Viennese history :Vienne is one of the original 83 departments, established on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Poitou,... |
Sixth Place | 1–2 | |
| İzmir LL |  İzmirIzmir Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey... |
Fourth Place | 0–2 | |
| Wiesbaden LL | Wiesbaden Army Airfield Wiesbaden Army Airfield Wiesbaden Army Airfield or WAAF is located southeast of the city of Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. It was selected as the site for Headquarters, United States Air Forces in Europe on 28 September 1945, in large part due to its proximity to Frankfurt am Main, where the U.S. Seventh Army was... |
Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| Rota LL |  RotaRota, Spain -External references:*, official website * On-line since 1999! News, premiere information, pictures, weather, etc. Into Spanish, English... ****- External links :... |
Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| Rhein-Main LL | Rhein-Main Air Base Rhein-Main Air Base Rhein-Main Air Base was a U.S. Air Force / NATO military airbase near the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It occupied the south side of Frankfurt International Airport. Its airport codes are discontinued.... |
Seventh Place | 1–2 | |
| Rota LL | Rota |
Seventh Place (tie) | 0–2 | |
| Wiesbaden LL | Wiesbaden Army Airfield |
Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| Wiesbaden LL | Wiesbaden Army Airfield |
Sixth Place | 1–2 | |
| Wiesbaden LL | Wiesbaden Army Airfield |
Sixth Place | 1–2 | |
| Madrid LL | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
Fourth Place | 1–2 | |
| Torrejon Air Base LL | Madrid |
Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| Bitburg AB LL | Bitburg Air Base Bitburg Air Base Bitburg Airport is a commercial airport serving Bitburg, a city in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany. It is located 2 miles southeast of Bitburg, 20 miles north of Trier, and 135 miles west of Wiesbaden.... |
Seventh Place | 1–2 | |
| Athena Airport LL | Athens | Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| No participant | ||||
| Kaiserslautern LL | Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people... |
Sixth Place | 1–2 | |
| Torrejon Air Base LL |  Madrid |
Seventh Place | 1–2 | |
| Torrejon Air Base LL | Madrid |
Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| Aviano Air Base LL |  AvianoAviano Aviano is a town and comune of province of Pordenone at the foot of the Dolomites mountain range in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy.-History:... |
Fourth Place | 1–2 | |
| Torrejon Air Base LL | Madrid |
Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| SHAPE LL |  WaterlooWaterloo, Belgium Waterloo is a Walloon municipality located in the province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium. On December 31, 2009, Waterloo had a total population of 29,573. The total area is 21.03 km² which gives a population density of 1,407 inhabitants per km²... |
Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| Torrejon Air Base LL |  Madrid |
Fifth Place | 2–1 | |
| Arabian Gulf LL |  Al Khobar |
Seventh Place | 1–2 | |
| Brussels Sports Association LL | Brussels |
Seventh Place | 1–2 | |
| Arabian Gulf LL | Al Khobar |
Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| Torrejon Air Base LL | Madrid |
Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| Aramco LL Saudi Aramco Residential Camp in Dhahran Saudi Aramco Residential Camp in Dhahran, casually known by its inhabitants as the Dhahran Camp, is the residential community built by Saudi Aramco for its employees... |
Dhahran Dhahran Dhahran is a city located in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, and is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Large oil reserves were first identified in the Dhahran area in 1931, and in 1935 Standard Oil of California drilled the first commercially viable oil well... |
Fifth Place (tie) | 1–1 | |
| Aramco LL | Dhahran |
Fifth Place | 2–1 | |
| Aramco LL | Dhahran |
Sixth Place | 1–2 | |
| Falcon LL | Ramstein Air Base Ramstein Air Base Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe and is also a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation... |
Seventh Place (tie) | 0–2 | |
| Arabian American LL Saudi Aramco Residential Camp in Dhahran Saudi Aramco Residential Camp in Dhahran, casually known by its inhabitants as the Dhahran Camp, is the residential community built by Saudi Aramco for its employees... |
Dhahran |
Eighth Place | 0–3 | |
| Kaiserslautern LL |  Kaiserslautern |
4th Place, Group Stage | 0–3 | |
| Kaiserslautern LL | Kaiserslautern |
Third Place (tie) | 2–2 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
Third Place (tie) | 2–2 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
3rd Place, Group Stage | 1–2 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
4th Place, Group Stage | 0–3 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
3rd Place, Group Stage | 1–2 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
3rd Place, Group Stage | 1–2 | |
| Ramstein American LL | Ramstein Air Base |
4th Place, Group Stage | 0–3 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
3rd Place, Group Stage | 1–2 |
Europe/Europe, Middle East & Africa Region (2001–2006)
In 2001, with the LLWS expanding to sixteen teams, the European region split into two co-terminous regions. The Europe region consisted of teams that were primarily made up of players native to each country; no team could have more than three players from the United States, Canada, or Japan. The Europe region was named the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region between 2004 and 2007; however, no Middle Eastern or African team participated in qualifiers for the EMEA Series berth (although KenyaKenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
sent a team to the European qualifier in 2001 and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
did the same in 2003). In 2008, Little League
Little League
Little League Baseball and Softball is a non-profit organization in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States which organizes local youth baseball and softball leagues throughout the U.S...
removed the native players rule and split the EMEA and Transatlantic region into the Europe and Middle East Africa
Middle East Africa Region (Little League World Series)
The Middle East-Africa Region is a region that competes in the Little League World Series. The MEA region was first given an automatic berth in 2008...
regions. The following teams represented the European region after 2001:
| Year | Champion | City | LLWS | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khovrino LL |  MoscowMoscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... |
4th place, Pool D | 0–3 | |
| Khovrino LL | Moscow |
4th place, Pool D | 0–3 | |
| Khovrino LL | Moscow |
3rd place, Pool D | 1–2 | |
| Kutno LL |  KutnoKutno Kutno is a town in central Poland with 48,000 inhabitants and an area of 33,6 km2. Situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , previously in Płock Voivodeship . It is the capital of Kutno County.... |
4th place, Pool C | 0–3 | |
| Brateevo LL | Moscow |
4th place, Pool C | 0–3 | |
| Brateevo LL | Moscow |
4th place, Pool D | 0–3 | |
| Windmills LL |  ApeldoornApeldoorn Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000... |
4th place, Pool D | 0–3 |
Transatlantic Region (2001–2007)
The Transatlantic region encompassed the same territory as the Europe/EMEA region, but consisted of teams that were made up of at least 51% American, Canadian, or Japanese citizens.Regional championship
Below are the champions of the Transatlantic region, along with participants for each year. The year's winner is indicated in green.| Year | Austria | Belgium | England | Germany | Italy | Netherlands | Saudi Arabia | Spain | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 2001 Little League World Series -Pool play:The top two teams in each pool moved on to the elimination round.August 17August 18August 19August 20August 21-International:August 17August 18August 19August 20August 21-Elimination rounds:-Champions path:... |
Vienna LL Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... |
Belgium Int'l LL Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... |
London Area Youth LL London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
Eifel LL Ramstein Ramstein Air Base Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. It serves as headquarters for the United States Air Forces in Europe and is also a North Atlantic Treaty Organization installation... |
Naples LL Naples |
No Participant | Arabian American LL Dhahran Dhahran Dhahran is a city located in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, and is a major administrative center for the Saudi oil industry. Large oil reserves were first identified in the Dhahran area in 1931, and in 1935 Standard Oil of California drilled the first commercially viable oil well... |
Rota LL Rota Rota, Spain -External references:*, official website * On-line since 1999! News, premiere information, pictures, weather, etc. Into Spanish, English... ****- External links :... |
No Participant |
| 2002 2002 Little League World Series -Champions Path:The Louisville Valley Sports American LL went undefeated on their road to the LLWS, winning all eleven of their matches. In total record was 17-0.- External links :* *... |
N/A Austria |
N/A Belgium |
N/A England |
N/A Germany |
N/A Italy |
N/A Netherlands |
Arabian American LL Dharhan |
N/A Spain |
No Participant |
| 2003 2003 Little League World Series -Champions path:The Musashi-Fuchu LL reached the LLWS with a undefeated record of four wins and no losses. In total, their record was 10-0.-Notes:*† Postponed *‡ Game ended by "mercy rule"... |
AIBC Little League Vienna |
SHAPE and Waterloo LL Brussels |
London Area Youth London |
Ramstein LL Ramstein |
Naples LL Naples |
Brunssum/Schinnen LL Brunssum Brunssum Brunssum is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands. Brunssum was formerly a center of coal mining in the Netherlands and there are a few active mines remaining in the area... |
Arabian American LL Dharhan |
Rota LL Rota |
No Participant |
| 2004 2004 Little League World Series -Champions Path:-Notes:*† Postponed *‡ Game ended by "mercy rule" -External links:**... |
No Participant | SHAPE and Waterloo LL Brussels |
London Area Youth London |
Ramstein American LL Ramstein |
Naples LL Naples |
Geilenkirchen-American/Brunssum/Schinnen LL Brunssum/Geilenkirchen |
Arabian American LL Dharhan |
Madrid LL Madrid |
No Participant |
| 2005 Qualification for the 2005 Little League World Series Qualification for the 2005 Little League World Series took place in sixteen different parts of the world during July and August 2005, with formats and number of teams varying by region.-Asia:... |
No Participant | SHAPE and Brussels LL Brussels |
East Anglia LL Suffolk Suffolk Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east... |
Ramstein LL Ramstein |
Naples LL Naples |
Brunssum/Schinnen LL Brunssum |
Arabian American LL Dharhan |
Rota LL Rota |
No Participant |
| 2006 Qualification for the 2006 Little League World Series Qualification for the 2006 Little League World Series took place in sixteen different parts of the world during July and August 2006, with formats and number of teams varying by region.-Asia:... |
No Participant | SHAPE and Waterloo LL Brussels |
London Area Youth LL London |
Ramstein LL Ramstein |
Naples LL Naples |
No Participant | Arabian American LL Dharhan |
No Participant | Dubai LL Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... |
| 2007 Qualification for the 2007 Little League World Series Qualification for the 2007 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions in July and August 2007.One change from the 2006 Qualification is the configuration of the Asia-Pacific region... |
No Participant | No Participant | London Area Youth LL London |
Stuttgart American LL Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
Naples LL Naples |
No Participant | Arabian American LL Dharhan |
No Participant | Dubai LL Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... |
LLWS performance
| Year | Champion | City | LLWS | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
3rd place, Pool C | 1–2 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
3rd place, Pool C | 2–1 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
3rd place, Pool C | 1–2 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
3rd place, Pool D | 1–2 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
4th place, Pool D | 0–3 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
Int'l Semifinal | 2–2 | |
| Arabian American LL | Dhahran |
4th place, Pool C | 0–2 |
Europe Region (2007–present)
Since 2007, Europe has had its own region.| Year | Champion | City | LLWS | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emilia LL | Emilia Emilia (region of Italy) Emilia is a historical region of northern Italy which approximately corresponds to the western and north-eastern portions of today’s Emilia-Romagna region... |
4th place, Pool C | 0–3 | |
| KMC American LL | Kaiserslautern |
4th place, Pool D | 0–3 | |
| KMC American LL | Ramstein AB |
Group Stage | 1–2 | |
| Rotterdam LL | Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre... |
Round 1 | 0–3 |
By country
Table includes results from Europe, EMEA, and Transatlantic regions through the 2011 Little League World Series2011 Little League World Series
The Little League World Series took place in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania between August 18 and 28. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 65th edition of this tournament...
. Italics indicates team is no longer a part of European region.
| Country | European Championships | Record in LLWS | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World... |
18 | 18–39 | .316 |
| West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... /Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
15 | 9–36 | .200 |
| Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
9 | 4–22 | .154 |
| Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
5 | 1–14 | .067 |
| Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
2 | 1–5 | .167 |
| Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
2 | 1–5 | .167 |
| Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
2 | 0–6 | .000 |
| France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
1 | 1–2 | .333 |
| Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... |
1 | 0–2 | .000 |
 GreeceGreece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
1 | 0–3 | .000 |
| Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
1 | 0–3 | .000 |
| Total | 56 | 35–137 | .204 |
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