Formerly Far East Region Founded 2001 Country International | Sport Baseball No. of teams 10 Most recent
champion(s) Seoul, South Korea | |
The Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region is a region that competes in the Little League World Series. Asian teams first competed in the LLWS in 1961, when Japanese teams competed in the the original Pacific Region (which included Hawaii). In 1962, Japanese teams began competing in the newly created Far East Region.
Contents
- AsiaPacific and Middle East Region Countries
- Asia Region 20012006
- Asia Regional Championship
- Pacific Region 20012006
- Asia Pacific Region 20072012
- Asia Pacific Regional Championship
- Asia Pacific and Middle East Region 2013
- LLWS results by country
- References
In 2001, the Little League World Series was expanded to sixteen teams, and East Asia was split into two regions – the Pacific (consisting of teams from the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, and Oceania) and Asia (consisting of teams from mainland Asia). In 2007, the regions were reconfigured. Japan was given its own automatic berth in the Series, while the remaining Asian teams merged with the Pacific teams to create the Asia-Pacific Region.
Starting with the 2013 LLWS, the region will be reorganized as the Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region. Australia, now the fourth-largest country and the largest outside North America in Little League participation, will receive its own LLWS berth. All Middle Eastern countries with Little League programs, except for Israel and Turkey, will be placed in the former Asia-Pacific Region. Previously, the Middle East had formed a region with Africa, but that region was disbanded, with African teams joining the Europe and Africa Region (formerly Europe Region, which also includes Israel and Turkey).
Asia–Pacific and Middle East Region Countries
Asia Region (2001–2006)
In 2001, the Far East Region split into the Asia and Pacific regions. The Asia Region comprised Little Leagues from mainland Asia.
Asia Regional Championship
The list below lists each country's participant in the Asia Region Tournament between 2001 and 2006. Each year's winner is indicated in green. Two teams from the Asia Region won the Little League World Series — Tokyo in 2001 and 2003.
Pacific Region (2001–2006)
Not to be confused with the Pacific Region (1958–1961).In 2001, the Far East Region split into the Asia and Pacific regions. The list below lists each country's participant in the Pacific Region Tournament between 2001 and 2006. Each year's winner is indicated in green. No team from the Pacific Region won the Little League World Series.
Asia-Pacific Region (2007–2012)
In 2007, the Asia and Pacific regions were reconfigured again. Japan was given its own place in the LLWS and the remaining Asian and Pacific teams were merged into one region. No Asia-Pacific team has won the LLWS, although Kuei-Shan Little League of Chinese Taipei finished runner-up in 2009.
Asia-Pacific Regional Championship
The list below lists each country's participant in the Asia-Pacific Little League Region Tournament between 2007 and 2012. That year's winner is indicated in green.
Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region (2013–)
As noted above, this region was reconfigured in 2013, with the spin-off of Australia into its own LLWS region and the addition of Middle Eastern countries.
LLWS results by country
The following table lists each Asia-Pacific country's record in the Little League World Series. Italics indicates team is no longer in the region. Table includes results for teams that qualified for either the East Asian, Pacific, Asia, or Asia-Pacific regional LLWS berth through the 2015 Little League World Series.