Junior League World Series (softball)

The Junior League Softball World Series is a softball tournament for girls aged between 12 and 14.^[1] The tournament is administered by Little League Baseball, Inc. and is held annually in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, Washington.

Junior League Softball World Series welcome sign

Tournament format

The tournament started in 1999, and is a true "World Series" since ten regions from around the world send in teams:

Asia-Pacific
Canada
Europe/Africa
Latin America
United States (USA) Central
USA East
USA South
USA Southwest
USA West
Host team (Washington District 9^[2])

The ten teams are divided into two pools of five members each.^[3] The two best teams from each pool then advance to the semi-finals. The winners in the semi-finals play for the championship. All matches are single-elimination games. The losing teams face off in classification games for third through tenth place.

List of champions

Champions per year

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-Up
1999	Woodway-Hewitt, Texas	4-1	Usa West
2000	Naples, Florida	12-3	Usa East
2001	Naples, Florida	5-3	Host Team
2002	Utrecht, Netherlands	5-3	Tampa Bay, Florida
2003	Bacolod, Philippines	2-0	Manuabo, Puerto Rico
2004	South Bend, Indiana	10-1	Giddings, Texas
2005	Lake Wales, Florida	4-0	La Grange, Texas
2006	Naples, Florida	8-0	Bacolod, Philippines
2007	Maunabo, Puerto Rico	16-6	Westchester-Del Rey, California
2008	Oro Valley, Arizona	10-4	Maunabo, Puerto Rico
2009	Maunabo, Puerto Rico	2-1	Elyria, Ohio
2010	Maunabo, Puerto Rico	4-3	Tampa, Florida
2011	Croswell, Michigan	10-0	Tampa, Florida
2012	Anchorage, Alaska	6-2	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2013	Tampa, Florida	10-1	Kirkland, Washington
2014	Greensburg, Pennsylvania	6-2	Mexicali, Mexico
2015	Tampa, Florida	9-2^[4]	Norzagaray, Philippines
2016	Maunabo, Puerto Rico	8-6^[5]	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2017	Poland, Ohio	7-1^[6]	Kirkland, Washington
2018	Santa Clara, Utah	9–3^[7]	Smithville, Texas
2019	Tampa, Florida	7–6^[8]	Columbus, Texas
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis^[9]
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis
2022	Jenison, Michigan	5-1	Irmo, South Carolina
2023	Bago, Philippines	3-0	Milford, Connecticut

Championships per location

Winner	Total	Years
Maunabo, Puerto Rico	4	2007, 2009, 2010, 2016
Naples, Florida	3	2000, 2001, 2006
Tampa, Florida	3	2013, 2015, 2019
Santa Clara, Utah	1	2018
Anchorage, Alaska	1	2012
Greensburg, Pennsylvania	1	2014
Croswell, Michigan	1	2011
Jenison, Michigan	1	2022
Oro Valley, Arizona	1	2008
Lake Wales, Florida	1	2005
Poland, Ohio	1	2017
South Bend, Indiana	1	2004
Bacolod, Philippines	1	2003
Bago, Philippines	1	2023
Utrecht, Netherlands	1	2002
Woodway-Hewitt, Texas	1	1999