Dates August 21–
August 30 Teams participating 16 | Start date 2009 | |
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Champion Park View Little League
Chula Vista, California Runner-up Kuei-Shan Little League
Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Similar 2008 Little League World Ser, 2010 Little League World Ser, 2007 Little League World Ser, 2006 Little League World Ser, 2004 Little League World Ser | ||
The 2009 Little League World Series, was the championship little league baseball game and was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The 2009 Little League World Series, was held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It began on August 21 and ended on August 30. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed in the 63rd edition of the tournament. In the championship game, the United States champions from Chula Vista, California defeated the international champions from Taoyuan County, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan). This was the first tournament in which a team from Taiwan reached the championship game since 1996, and the first championship for a team from the state of California since 1993.
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California 2009 little league world series champions
Groups
Pool play
The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each will meet on August 30 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage, while teams marked in red were eliminated.
Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. In the event of a three-way tie for first place, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs-per-defensive-inning ratio is ranked first and advances. Second place is determined by the head-to-head result of the other two teams. If the three-way tie is for second place, the runs-per-defensive-inning ratio rule is used. The team with the lowest run ratio advances, the other two teams are eliminated.
United States
All times US EDT.
International
All times US EDT.
Elimination round
The United States championship game on August 29 was originally scheduled for 3:00 pm US EDT. After a pair of lengthy rain delays in the international championship game, maintenance required to repair the field for the next game, and to make sure the field was dry enough to play on, it was rescheduled for later that night.
Champions Path
The Park View Little League won 18 games and lost 2 games to reach the Little League World Series. Overall, their record was 23–3. Their three losses came again Sweetwater Valley LL, Torrance LL (both from California), and McAllister Park American LL (from Texas). Park View became the ninth team and most recent from San Diego County to qualify for the Little League World Series as the last one was Vista, California in 2005. They also were the third team from San Diego County in the past nine years to qualify for the Little League World Series. During the West Regional the team hit 34 home runs in total and was accused of cheating. A Little League Official looked into the accused cheating but found no evidence to back up the accusation.
Legacy
The City of Chula Vista organized a celebration parade for the team with the team riding on a fire engine which led them to a rally at Southwestern College. They received a congratulations from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger The team also met President Barack Obama in Washington D.C. and gave him a team jersey, team plaque and the key to the City of Chula Vista. A book was written about the Chula Vista team called The Blue Bombers: The True Story of the 2009 Little League World Champions written by San Diego County Residents. A memorial wall was proposed to commemorate the team in Chula Vista. The team also appeared on The Tonight Show hosted by Conan O'Brien. The team was honored at the San Diego Padres and Chargers games.