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 .

Tournament format [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

Champions per year [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

Flag	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

See also [ edit ]

• Little League Softball World Series
• List of Little League Softball World Series champions by division

References [ edit ]

Sources [ edit ]

• Juniors Softball World Series official website