2005 Little League World Series

2005 Little League World Series
Dates	August 19– August 28
Teams participating	16
Champion	West Oahu Little League Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Runner-up	Pabao Little League Willemstad, Curaçao

The 2005 Little League World Series took place between August 19 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The West Oahu Little League of Ewa Beach, Hawaii defeated the defending champion Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao in the championship game of the 59th Little League World Series. This was the second time that the Little League World Series championship game was won with a walk-off home run.^[1] Michael Memea hit it in the bottom of the 7th inning.

The tournament used two venues, both in South Williamsport:

• Howard J. Lamade Stadium - The main stadium, completed in 1959, with seating capacity for 10,000 in the main stands and hillside terrace seating for up to 30,000 more
• Little League Volunteer Stadium - Opened in 2001; seats about 5,000

Qualification

Between five and twelve teams take part in 16 regional qualification tournaments, which vary in format depending on region. In the United States, the qualification tournaments are in the same format as the Little League World Series itself: a round-robin tournament followed by an elimination round to determine the regional champion.

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Ewa Beach, HI Northwest West Oahu	Vista, CA West Rancho Buena Vista	Mangilao-Barrigada Pacific Central East	Chiba City Asia Chiba City
Maitland, FL Southeast Maitland	Lafayette, LA Southwest Lafayette	Surrey, BC Canada Whalley	Willemstad Caribbean Pabao
Newtown, PA Mid-Atlantic Council Rock	Westbrook, ME New England Westbrook	Mexicali Mexico Seguro Social	Valencia Latin America Los Leones
Davenport, IA Midwest Northwest	Owensboro, KY Great Lakes Southern	Moscow Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Brateevo	Dhahran Transatlantic Arabian-American

Results

Pool play

The top two teams in each pool moved on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 28 to play for the Little League world championship.

 United States

Pool A

Rank	Region	Record
1	Northwest	3–0
2	Southeast	2–1
3	Mid-Atlantic	1–2
4	Midwest	0–3

Pool B

Rank	Region	Record
1	West	3–0
2	Southwest	2–1
3	New England	1–2
4	Great Lakes	0–3

All times US EDT

Pool	Away	Score	Home	Score	Time (Venue)
August 19
A	Northwest	7	Mid-Atlantic	1	4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
A	Southeast	7	Midwest	3	8:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 20
B	New England	2	Southwest	3	11:00 am (Volunteer Stadium)
B	West	7	Great Lakes	2	3:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
A	Southeast	3	Mid-Atlantic	1	8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 21
B	Great Lakes	8	Southwest	9	1:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
A	Midwest	3	Northwest	7	3:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
B	New England	3	West	7	8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 22
A	Northwest	10	Southeast	0	3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B	Midwest	0	Mid-Atlantic	15 (F/4)	8:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
August 23
B	Great Lakes	2	New England	3	3:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
B	Southwest	3	West	9	7:30 pm (Lamade Stadium)

International

Pool C

Rank	Region	Record
1	Pacific	3–0
2	Canada	2–1
3	Mexico	1–2
4	EMEA	0–3

Pool D

Rank	Region	Record
1	Asia	3–0
2	Caribbean	2–1
3	Latin America	1–2
4	Transatlantic	0–3

All times US EDT

Pool	Away	Score	Home	Score	Time (Venue)
August 19
C	Pacific	6	EMEA	2	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 20
D	Asia	3	Transatlantic	0	1:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
D	Caribbean	5 (F/8)	Latin America	4	4:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
C	Canada	2	Mexico	0	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 21
C	Canada	0	Pacific	5	5:00 pm (Lamade Stadium)
D	Asia	9	Caribbean	0	7:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 22
C	EMEA	0	Mexico	7	11:00 am (Lamade Stadium)
D	Asia	7	Latin America	4	1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
D	Transatlantic	0	Caribbean	3	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
August 23
C	Canada	2	EMEA	1	11:00 am (Lamade Stadium)
D	Transatlantic	0	Latin America	4	1:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)
C	Pacific	5	Mexico	3	6:00 pm (Volunteer Stadium)

Elimination round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 24 - Lamade (F/5)
	Asia	11
					August 27 - Lamade
	Canada	0
					Asia	0
	August 25 - Lamade (F/5)
					Caribbean	2
	Pacific	1
									August 28 - Lamade (F/7)
	Caribbean	16
									Caribbean	6
	August 24 - Lamade
									Northwest	7
	West	6
					August 27 - Lamade
	Southeast	2
					West	1			Third place
	August 25 - Lamade
					Northwest	6
	Northwest	2							Asia	4
	Southwest	0							West	5
									August 28 - Volunteer

2005 Little League World Series Champions
West Oahu Little League ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii

Notable players

Jurickson Profar (Willemstad, Curacao) - Texas Rangers infielder

Champion's path

According to the information provided at Unpage.com, the West Oahu LL won all ten of its games to reach the LLWS.^[2][3] In total, their record was 16–0.

Round	Opposition	Result
Hawaii State Tournament
Winner's Bracket Semifinals	Pearl City LL	4–0
Winner's Bracket Finals	Hilo National LL	7–5
Championship	Pearl City LL	5–2
Northwest Regional
Group Stage	Murrayhill LL	17–1
Group Stage	Northwest Ada LL	16–5 (5 inn.)
Group Stage	Heights National LL	26–7 (4 inn.)
Group Stage	Dimond-West LL	10–0 (4 inn.)
Semifinals	Murrayhill LL	6–5
West Region Championship	Northwest Ada LL	12–1

References

1. Williams, Nick. "Hawaii Wins its First Little League Baseball World Series Title". Littleleague.org. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
2. "Hawaii State Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
3. "West Region Tournament". Unpage.com. Retrieved August 29, 2010.

External links

• Little League World Series results