Caribbean Region (Little League World Series)
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The Caribbean Region is a region that competes in the Little League World Series
. The Caribbean region was first given an automatic berth in 2001
. Prior to 2001, Caribbean teams competed for a berth in the LLWS in the Latin American region
.
A team from Curaçao
won the first nine Caribbean championships before Puerto Rico
won the 2010
tournament. The most recent champion of the region is a team from Aruba
. Curaçao
's Pabao Little League won the 2004 Little League World Series
, the only title to date for a Caribbean team.
Little League World Series
The Little League Baseball World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 13 years old. It was originally called the National Little League Tournament and was later renamed for the World Series in Major League Baseball. It was first held in 1947 and is held every August in South...
. The Caribbean region was first given an automatic berth in 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:...
. Prior to 2001, Caribbean teams competed for a berth in the LLWS in the Latin American region
Latin America Region (Little League World Series)
Latin America has competed in the Little League World Series since 1957. Until 2001, the region included Mexico and the Caribbean. In 2001, when the Little League World Series expanded to sixteen teams for the first time, Mexico and the Caribbean were given their own regions...
.
A team from Curaçao
Curaçao
Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
won the first nine Caribbean championships before Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
won the 2010
2010 Little League World Series
-Pool A:-Pool B:-Pool C:-Pool D:-Championship games:-Champions path:The Edogawa Minami LL reached the LLWS with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tie. In total, their record was 13–1–1, their only loss coming against Musashi-Fuchu....
tournament. The most recent champion of the region is a team from Aruba
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
. Curaçao
Curaçao
Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
's Pabao Little League won the 2004 Little League World Series
2004 Little League World Series
-Champions Path:-Notes:*† Postponed *‡ Game ended by "mercy rule" -External links:**...
, the only title to date for a Caribbean team.
Regional championship
The list below lists each country's participant in the Caribbean Little League Region Tournament. That year's winner is indicated in green.| Year |  Aruba |
 Bahamas |
 Bermuda |
 Bonaire |
British Virgin Islands |
 Cayman Islands |
 Curaçao |
 Dominican Republic |
 Jamaica |
 Puerto Rico |
 Sint Maarten |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A Aruba Aruba Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula... |
N/A Bahamas |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Pariba LL Willemstad Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Willemstad is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010, it has an estimated population of 140,000. The historic centre of... |
N/A Dominican Republic Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries... |
DNP | N/A Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
N/A Sint Maarten |
N/A U.S. Virgin Islands |
None | |
| Aruba South LL Sint Nicolaas |
DNP | DNP | Bonaire LL Kralendijk Kralendijk Kralendijk is the capital city and main port of the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. The language spoken in the town is Papiamentu, but Dutch and English are widely used. In Dutch, Kralendijk means "coral reef" or "coral dike". The Papiamentu name for the town is Playa or "beach"... |
DNP | DNP | Pariba LL Willemstad Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Willemstad is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Formerly the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its dissolution in 2010, it has an estimated population of 140,000. The historic centre of... |
DNP | DNP | Adaberto Rodriues LL Cabo Rojo Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Cabo Rojo is a municipality situated on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico and forms part of the San Germán–Cabo Rojo metropolitan area as well as the larger Mayagüez–San Germán–Cabo Rojo Combined Statistical Area.... |
St. Maarten LL Philipsburg Philipsburg Philipsburg is the name of some places in the United States of America:*Philipsburg, Montana*Philipsburg, Pennsylvania Other places... |
Alvin McBean LL St. Thomas Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea and with the islands of Saint John, Saint Croix, and Water Island a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of... |
Elmo Plaskett LL St. Croix Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Croix is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States. Formerly the Danish West Indies, they were sold to the United States by Denmark in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies of... |
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| Aruba Central LL Santa Cruz |
Grand Bahamas Junior LL Freeport Freeport, Bahamas Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone located on the island of Grand Bahama of the North-west Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 50,000 acres Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone located on the island of... |
DNP | DNP | BVI Little League Road Town Road Town -See also:* Government House, the official residence of the Governor of the British Virgin Islands located in Road Town-External links:*****... |
DNP | Pabao LL Willemsted |
Virgilio Jimenez LL Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River... |
DNP | Rosario Y. Cardona LL Maunabo Maunabo, Puerto Rico Maunabo is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the southeastern coast, northeast of Patillas and south of Yabucoa. Maunabo is spread over 8 wards and Maunabo Pueblo . It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.The Mayor of the town is Jorge L. Márquez Pérez... |
St. Maarten LL Phillipsburg |
Elmo Plaskett LL St. Croix |
Wilfredo Ramirez LL Mayaguez Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"... |
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| Aruba South LL Sint Nicolaas |
Grand Bahamas Junior LL Freeport |
DNP | Bonaire LL Kralendijk |
BVI Little League Road Town |
DNP | Pabao LL Willemstad |
Virgilio Jimenez LL Santo Domingo |
DNP | Jose M. Rodriguez LL Manatí |
St. Maarten LL Philipsburg |
Elrod Hendricks LL St. Thomas |
Aruba North LL Oranjestad Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad is the capital and largest city of Aruba, which is in the Caribbean north of Venezuela. Oranjestad is located on the southern coast near the western end of the island country... |
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| 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:... |
Aruba North LL Oranjestad |
DNP | DNP | Bonaire LL Kralendijk |
DNP | DNP | Pabao LL Willemstad |
Antonio Irrizarry LL Puerto Plata |
DNP | Tati Lugo LL Yauco Yauco, Puerto Rico Yauco is a city and municipality in southwestern Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island by the Caribbean, south of Maricao, Lares and Adjuntas; east of Sabana Grande and Guánica; and west of Guayanilla. Yauco is spread over 20 wards and Yauco Pueblo... |
St. Maarten LL Philipsburg |
Elrod Hendricks LL St. Thomas |
Elmo Plaskett LL St. Croix |
| 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:... |
Aruba North LL Oranjestad |
Freedom Farm LL Nassau Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas... |
DNP | Bonaire LL Kralendijk |
DNP | DNP | Pabao LL Willemstad |
Antonio Concepcion LL Moca Moca, Dominican Republic Moca is the capital of Espaillat province in the Dominican Republic.Moca is located 11 miles/18 kilometers away from the country’s second biggest city, Santiago De Los Caballeros. Moca is also known for its many great crops and friendly people.... |
Bayside LL Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... |
Juan A. Bibiloni LL Yabucoa Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Yabucoa is a small town in the south eastern tip of Puerto Rico located in the southeastern region, north of Maunabo; south of San Lorenzo, Las Piedras and Humacao; and east of Patillas and about one hour from San Juan. Yabucoa is spread over 9 wards and Yabucoa Pueblo... |
St. Maarten LL Philipsburg |
Elrod Hendricks West LL St. Thomas |
Jaime Collazo LL Vega Baja Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Vega Baja is a municipality in north central Puerto Rico located in the northern coast, north of Morovis; east of Manatí; and west of Vega Alta. Vega Baja is spread over 13 wards and Vega Baja Pueblo... |
| 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... |
Aruba North LL Oranjestad |
DNP | DNP | Bonaire LL Kralendijk |
DNP | DNP | Pabao LL Willemstad |
DNP | Bayside LL Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... |
Tati Lugo LL Yauco |
St. Maarten LL Philipsburg |
Elrod Hendricks West LL St. Thomas |
Juan A. Bibiloni LL Yabucoa Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Yabucoa is a small town in the south eastern tip of Puerto Rico located in the southeastern region, north of Maunabo; south of San Lorenzo, Las Piedras and Humacao; and east of Patillas and about one hour from San Juan. Yabucoa is spread over 9 wards and Yabucoa Pueblo... |
| 2008 Qualification for the 2008 Little League World Series Qualification for the 2008 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions in July and August 2008.... |
Aruba North LL Oranjestad |
DNP | Bermuda Youth Athletic LL Southside |
DNP | DNP | DNP | Pabao LL Willemstad |
Los Bravos de Pontenzuela LL Santiago |
West Portland LL Portland |
Juan Antonio Bibiloni LL Yabucoa |
St. Maarten LL Philipsburg |
Elrod Hendricks West LL St. Thomas |
Bonaire LL Kralendijk |
| 2009 Qualification for the 2009 Little League World Series Qualification for the 2009 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2009.-Great Lakes:-Mid-Atlantic:-Midwest:... |
Aruba Central LL Santa Cruz |
DNP | Bermuda Youth Athletic LL Southside |
Bonaire LL Kralendijk |
DNP | DNP | Pabao LL Willemstad |
Los Bravos de Pontenzuela LL Santiago |
DNP | Radames Lopez LL Guayama Guayama, Puerto Rico Guayama is a municipality of Puerto Rico founded on January 29, 1736 and located on the Southern Coastal Valley region, bordering the Caribbean, south of Cayey; east of Salinas; and west of Patillas and Arroyo. Guayama is spread over 9 wards and Guayama Pueblo... |
St. Maarten LL Philipsburg |
Elmo Plaskett East LL St. Croix |
Willemstad LL Willemstad |
| 2010 Qualification for the 2010 Little League World Series Qualification for the 2010 Little League World Series took place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2010.-Great Lakes:The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 6–14.-Mid-Atlantic:... |
Aruba North LL Oranjestad |
DNP | DNP | Bonaire LL Kralendijk |
DNP | Grand Cayman Island LL George Town |
Pariba LL Willemstad |
Virgilio Jimenez LL Santo Domingo |
DNP | Jose M. Rodriguez LL Manatí |
St. Maarten LL Philipsburg |
Elmo Plaskett East LL St. Croix |
Miguel Luzunaris LL Humacao Humacao, Puerto Rico Humacao is a city in Puerto Rico located in the eastern coast of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Naguabo; east of Las Piedras; and west of Vieques Passage. Humacao is spread over 10 wards and Humacao Pueblo... |
| 2011 Qualification for the 2011 Little League World Series Qualification for the 2011 Little League World Series will take place in eight United States regions and eight international regions from June through August 2011.-Great Lakes:The tournament took place in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 5–13.... |
Aruba North LL Oranjestad |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Cayman Islands LL Grand Cayman Island |
Pariba LL Willemstad |
José Tatis LL Puerto Plata |
DNP | Jose M. Rodriguez LL Manatí |
St. Maarten LL Philipsburg |
Elmo Plaskett East LL St. Croix ---- Elrod Hendricks West LL St. Thomas |
Alvin McBean LL St. Thomas |
LLWS results
| Year | Champion | City | LLWS | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pariba LL | Willemstad Willemstad Willemstad can refer to:*Willemstad, the capital of Curaçao*Willemstad , a town in Moerdijk, the Netherlands*Willemstad , a hamlet near Marum, the Netherlands*Willemstad , a hamlet in the Netherlands... |
Third Place | 4–2 | |
| Pariba LL | Willemstad |
Third Place | 4–2 | |
| Pabao LL | Willemstad |
Third Place | 4–2 | |
| Pabao LL | Willemstad |
Champion | 6–0 | |
| Pabao LL | Willemstad |
Runner-Up | 4–2 | |
| Pabao LL | Willemstad |
Group Stage | 1–2 | |
| Pabao LL | Willemstad |
Fourth Place | 3–3 | |
| Pabao LL | Willemstad |
Int'l Semifinal | 2–2 | |
| Pabao LL | Willemstad |
Int'l Semifinal | 3–1 | |
| Jose M. Rodriguez LL | Manati Manatí, Puerto Rico Manatí is a municipality of Puerto Rico in the northern coast, north of Morovis and Ciales; east of Florida and Barceloneta; and west of Vega Baja. Manatí is spread over 8 wards and Manatí Pueblo... |
Pool C Third Place | 1–2 | |
| Aruba North LL | Oranjestad Oranjestad, Aruba Oranjestad is the capital and largest city of Aruba, which is in the Caribbean north of Venezuela. Oranjestad is located on the southern coast near the western end of the island country... |
Round 1 | 1–2 |
Results by country
| Country | Caribbean Championships | Record in LLWS | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curaçao Curaçao Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands... |
9 | 31–16 | .660 |
| Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an... |
1 | 1–2 | .333 |
| Aruba Aruba Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula... |
1 | 1–2 | .333 |
| Bahamas |
0 | 0–0 | – |
| Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida... |
0 | 0–0 | – |
| Bonaire |
0 | 0–0 | – |
| British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands , is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S... |
0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cayman Islands Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica... |
0 | 0–0 | – |
| Dominican Republic Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries... |
0 | 0–0 | – |
| Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic... |
0 | 0–0 | – |
| Sint Maarten |
0 | 0–0 | – |
 U.S. Virgin Islands |
0 | 0–0 | – |
| Total | 11 | 33–20 | .623 |