The results of the 2012 Little League World Series were determined between August 16 and August 26, 2012 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 16 teams were divided into two groups, one with eight teams from the United States and another with eight international teams, with both groups playing a modified double-elimination tournament. In each group, the last remaining undefeated team faced the last remaining team with one loss, with the winners of those games advancing to play for the Little League World Series championship.^[1] All times shown are US EDT.

United States
	Winner's bracket
	CA 6◄ CT 4 Linescore	TN 12◄ NE 1 Linescore	NJ 2 TX 5◄ Linescore	OR 0 IN 4◄ Linescore	TN 9◄ CA 6 Linescore	TX 13◄ IN 3 Linescore	TN 4◄ TX 3 Linescore
	Loser's bracket
	CT 12◄ NE 0 (F/5) Linescore	NJ 10◄ OR 4 Linescore	NJ 4 (F/8) CA 5◄ Linescore	IN 0 CT 4◄ Linescore	CT 0 CA 5◄ Linescore	TX 1 (F/5) CA 11◄ Linescore
International
	Winner's bracket
	CUR 0 JPN 7◄ Linescore	TPE 14◄ GER 1 (F/4) Linescore	CAN 13◄ MEX 9 Linescore	UGA 3 PAN 9◄ Linescore	CAN 3 PAN 8◄ Linescore	TPE 0 (F/9) JPN 2◄ Linescore	PAN 1 JPN 4◄ Linescore
	Loser's bracket
	CUR 14◄ GER 2 (F/4) Linescore	MEX 12◄ UGA 0 (F/4) Linescore	CUR 4◄ CAN 3 Linescore	TPE 3 MEX 4◄ Linescore	MEX 6◄ CUR 2 Linescore	PAN 2◄ MEX 1 Linescore
Crossover games	Nebraska 17◄ Germany 1 (F/4) Linescore				Oregon 2 Uganda 3◄ Linescore
Single-Elimination
International Championship	Japan 10◄ Panama 2 Linescore
United States Championship	Tennessee 24◄ California 16 (F/7) Linescore
Consolation Game	Panama 4 California 12◄ Linescore
World Championship Game	Tennessee 2 (F/5) Japan 12◄ Linescore

Double-elimination stage

United States

Upper round 1

Upper round 2

Upper final

Final

August 16 – Game 2

Indiana

4

August 19 – Game 15

Oregon

0

Indiana

3

August 16 – Game 4

Texas

13

New Jersey

2

August 22 – Game 24

Texas

5

Texas

3

August 17 – Game 6

Tennessee

4

California

6

August 19 – Game 14

Connecticut

4

California

6

August 17 – Game 8

Tennessee

9

Nebraska

1

August 25 – U.S. championship (F/7)

Tennessee

12

Tennessee

24

California

16

Lower round 1

Lower round 2

Lower round 3

Lower final

August 20 – Game 18 (F/8)

August 18 – Game 10

California

5

August 24 – Game 26 (F/5)

Oregon

4

New Jersey

4

August 21 – Game 22

Texas

1

New Jersey

10

California

5

California

11

August 20 – Game 20

Connecticut

0

August 18 – Game 12 (F/5)

Indiana

0

Connecticut

12

Connecticut

4

Nebraska

0

Winner's bracket[edit]

Game 2: California 6, Connecticut 4[edit]

August 16 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
California ◄	1	0	2	0	2	1	6	7	3
Connecticut	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	6	1
WP: Bradley Smith (1–0) LP: Ryan Meury (0–1) Sv: Andrew White (1) Home runs: CA: Bradley Smith (1) CT: Biagio Paoletta (1) Attendance: 9,730 Boxscore

Game 4: Tennessee 12, Nebraska 1[edit]

August 16 8:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Tennessee ◄	1	2	0	0	2	7	12	13	0
Nebraska	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
WP: Brock Myers (1–0) LP: Blake Quintana (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: TN: Jake Rucker (1), Jayson Brown (1), Brock Myers (1), Ryan Lyle (1) NE: None Boxscore

Game 6: Texas 5, New Jersey 2[edit]

August 17 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
New Jersey	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	3
Texas ◄	1	3	0	0	1	X	5	5	0
WP: Tyler Vitt (1–0) LP: Emil Matti (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: NJ: None TX: Jordan Cardenas (1) Attendance: 11,100 Boxscore

Game 8: Indiana 4, Oregon 0[edit]

August 17 8:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Oregon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Indiana ◄	0	0	0	0	4	X	4	6	0
WP: Niah Williamson (1–0) LP: Greg Mehlhaff (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: OR: None IN: None Attendance: 13,200 Boxscore

Game 14: Tennessee 9, California 6[edit]

August 19 2:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Tennessee ◄	2	2	0	1	0	4	9	9	1
California	3	0	0	1	1	1	6	9	0
WP: Jake Rucker (1–0) LP: Andrew White (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: TN: Brock Myers (2) CA: Porter Slate (1), Bradley Smith (2), Kempton Brandis (1), Cole Tomei (1) Attendance: 17,360 Boxscore

Game 15: Texas 13, Indiana 3[edit]

August 19 5:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Texas ◄	3	0	0	6	2	2	13	14	0
Indiana	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	1
WP: Seth Morrow (1–0) LP: Bryce Huntley (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: TX: Jordan Cardenas (2), Zachary Sanchez (1) IN: Hunter McCubbins (1) Attendance: 8,900 Boxscore

Game 24: Tennessee 4, Texas 3[edit]

August 22 8:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Tennessee ◄	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	10	0
Texas	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	7	1
WP: Ryan Lyle (1–0) LP: Zachary Sanchez (0–1) Sv: Luke Brown (1) Home runs: TN: Jayson Brown (2), Brock Myers (3) TX: None Attendance: 14,400 Boxscore

Loser's bracket[edit]

Game 10: Connecticut 12, Nebraska 0[edit]

August 18 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Connecticut ◄	0	0	3	6	3	–	12	8	1
Nebraska	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	2	0
WP: Matt Kubel (1–0) LP: Matt Masker (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: CT: Will Lucas (1) NE: None Attendance: 16,390 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Nebraska is eliminated. Boxscore

Game 12: New Jersey 10, Oregon 4[edit]

August 18 8:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
New Jersey ◄	2	3	0	1	4	0	10	13	1
Oregon	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	7	2
WP: Bener Uygun (1–0) LP: Hunter Hemenway (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: NJ: Emil Matti 2 (2), D. J. Pico (1) OR: None Attendance: 15,100 Notes: Oregon is eliminated. Boxscore

Game 18: California 5, New Jersey 4[edit]

August 20 4:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
New Jersey	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	8	2
California ◄	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	5	7	1
WP: Logan Douglas (1–0) LP: David Ton (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: NJ: Emil Matti (3), Anthony Scannelli (1) CA: Danny Marzo (1) Attendance: 8,600 Notes: New Jersey is eliminated. Boxscore

Game 20: Connecticut 4, Indiana 0[edit]

August 20 8:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Indiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Connecticut ◄	0	2	0	0	2	X	4	5	0
WP: Will Lucas (1–0) LP: Janson Anderson (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: IN: None CT: Matt Kubel (1) Attendance: 7,400 Notes: Indiana is eliminated. Boxscore

Game 22: California 5, Connecticut 0[edit]

August 21 8:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Connecticut	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
California ◄	0	1	3	0	1	X	5	7	1
WP: Quinton Gago (1–0) LP: Matt Kubel (1–1) Sv: None Home runs: CT: None CA: Hance Smith (1) Attendance: 11,400 Notes: Connecticut is eliminated. Boxscore

Game 26: California 11, Texas 1[edit]

August 23 8:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Texas	0	0	1	0	0	–	1	2	0
California ◄	6	0	1	0	4	–	11	12	0
WP: Danny Marzo (1–0) LP: Seth Morrow (1–1) Sv: None Home runs: TX: Jordan Cardenas (3) CA: Hance Smith 2 (3), Quinton Gago (1) Attendance: 15,100 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Texas is eliminated. Boxscore

International

Upper round 1

Upper round 2

Upper final

Final

August 16 – Game 1

Japan

7

August 19 – Game 16 (F/9)

Curaçao

0

Japan

2

August 16 – Game 3 (F/4)

Chinese Taipei

0

Germany

1

August 22 – Game 23

Chinese Taipei

14

Japan

4

August 17 – Game 5

Panama

1

Mexico

9

August 19 – Game 13

Canada

13

Canada

3

August 17 – Game 7

Panama

8

Panama

9

August 25 – Intl. championship

Uganda

3

Japan

10

Panama

2

Lower round 1

Lower round 2

Lower round 3

Lower final

August 20 – Game 17

August 18 – Game 9 (F/4)

Canada

3

August 23 – Game 25

Curaçao

14

Curaçao

4

August 21 – Game 21

Panama

2

Germany

2

Curaçao

2

Mexico

1

August 20 – Game 19

Mexico

6

August 18 – Game 11 (F/4)

Chinese Taipei

3

Mexico

12

Mexico

4

Uganda

0

Winner's bracket[edit]

Game 1: Japan 7, Curaçao 0[edit]

August 16 1:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Curaçao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Japan ◄	3	3	0	0	1	X	7	10	1
WP: Kotaro Kiyomiya (1–0) LP: Christopher Koeiman (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: CUR: None JPN: None Attendance: 6,120 Boxscore

Game 3: Chinese Taipei 14, Germany 1[edit]

August 16 5:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei ◄	0	3	6	5	–	–	14	11	2
Germany	0	0	0	1	–	–	1	1	2
WP: Chun-En Lin (1–0) LP: Justin Wilson (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: TPE: Li-Wei Chiang (1) GER: None Attendance: 4,895 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Boxscore

Game 5: Canada 13, Mexico 9[edit]

August 17 1:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Canada ◄	7	1	2	1	0	2	13	13	1
Mexico	1	7	0	1	0	0	9	14	1
WP: Ataru Yamaguchi (1–0) LP: Andres Carrillo (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: CAN: None MEX: Eduardo Abrego (1), Ramon Ballina 2 (2), Gerardo Moreno (1) Attendance: 7,105 Boxscore

Game 7: Panama 9, Uganda 3[edit]

August 17 5:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Uganda	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	4
Panama ◄	0	5	2	1	1	X	9	12	1
WP: Julio Goff (1–0) LP: Job Echon (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: UGA: Daniel Alio (1) PAN: None Attendance: 7,280 Notes: The start of the game was delayed 22 minutes due to rain. Boxscore

Game 13: Panama 8, Canada 3[edit]

August 19 Noon EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	0
Panama ◄	0	6	0	2	0	X	8	12	1
WP: Edisson Gonzalez (1–0) LP: Steven Moretto (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: CAN: None PAN: James Gonzalez 2 (2), Carlos Flavio (1) Attendance: 6,150 Boxscore

Game 16: Japan 2, Chinese Taipei 0[edit]

August 19 8:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Japan ◄	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
WP: Noriatsu Osaka (1–0) LP: Cheng-Kai Hu (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: TPE: None JPN: Hajime Motegi (1) Attendance: 16,250 Boxscore

Game 23: Japan 4, Panama 1[edit]

August 22 4:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Panama	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0
Japan ◄	3	0	0	0	1	X	4	8	1
WP: Ryuji Osada (1–0) LP: Julio Goff (1–1) Sv: Noriatsu Osaka (1) Home runs: PAN: None JPN: Kotaro Kiyomiya (1), Shun Oshima (1) Attendance: 13,145 Boxscore

Loser's bracket[edit]

Game 9: Curaçao 14, Germany 2[edit]

August 18 Noon EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Curaçao ◄	8	0	5	1	–	–	14	12	1
Germany	0	0	2	0	–	–	2	4	6
WP: Arjun Huerta (1–0) LP: Jared Mendiola (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: CUR: Christopher Koeiman (1) GER: None Attendance: 5,480 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Germany is eliminated. Boxscore

Game 11: Mexico 12, MEA 0[edit]

August 18 6:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Mexico ◄	0	5	7	0	–	–	12	13	0
Uganda	0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0	2
WP: Felix Diaz (1–0) LP: Felix Enzama (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: MEX: Joel Turrubiates (1), Andres Carrillo 2 (2), Felix Diaz (1) UGA: None Attendance: 6,735 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Uganda is eliminated. Boxscore

Game 17: Curaçao 4, Canada 3[edit]

August 20 2:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Curaçao ◄	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	3	0
Canada	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	7	2
WP: Railison Bentura (1–0) LP: Cole Dalla-Zanna (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: CUR: Mychellon Jansen (1), Mildward Baranco (1) CAN: Noah Hanson-Stafford (1) Attendance: 4,875 Notes: The start of the game was delayed for 5 minutes due to rain. The game was further delayed in the bottom of the 1st for 18 minutes due to rain. Canada is eliminated. Boxscore

Game 19: Mexico 4, Chinese Taipei 3[edit]

August 20 6:00 pm EDT
Volunteer Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	7	2
Mexico ◄	1	0	3	0	0	X	4	4	2
WP: Felix Diaz (2–0) LP: Cheng-Feng Lee (0–1) Sv: Ramon Ballina (1) Home runs: TPE: Chun-En Lin (1) MEX: Omar Cervantes (1) Attendance: 5,880 Notes: Chinese Taipei is eliminated. Boxscore

Game 21: Mexico 6, Curaçao 2[edit]

August 21 4:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Mexico ◄	0	0	5	0	0	1	6	8	1
Curaçao	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	2
WP: Andres Carrillo (1–1) LP: Christopher Koeiman (0–2) Sv: Ramon Ballina (2) Home runs: MEX: Ramon Ballina (3), Eduardo Abrego (2) CUR: None Attendance: 12,150 Notes: Caribbean is eliminated. Boxscore

Game 25: Panama 2, Mexico 1[edit]

August 23 4:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Panama ◄	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1
Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
WP: Edisson Gonzalez (2–0) LP: Ramon Ballina (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: PAN: James Gonzalez (3) MEX: None Attendance: 12,950 Notes: Mexico is eliminated. Boxscore

Crossover games

Game A: Nebraska 17, Germany 1[edit]

August 20 Noon EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Nebraska ◄	2	15	0	0	–	–	17	12	0
Germany	0	0	1	0	–	–	1	2	4
WP: Blake Quintana (1–1) LP: Justin Wilson (0–2) Sv: None Home runs: NE: Jared Wegner (1) GER: None Attendance: 4,600 Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. The game was delayed in the top of the 2nd due to rain. Boxscore

Game B: Uganda 3, Oregon 2[edit]

August 21 1:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Oregon	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	1
Uganda ◄	0	0	0	2	1	X	3	7	0
WP: Daniel Alio (1–0) LP: Greg Mehlhaff (0–2) Sv: Job Echon (1) Home runs: OR: None UGA: None Attendance: 9,800 Notes: This was the first win by a team from Africa at the Little League World Series. Boxscore

Single-elimination stage

International Championship: Japan 10, Panama 2[edit]

August 25 12:30 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Japan ◄	2	2	1	2	3	0	10	9	0
Panama	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	4
WP: Yuta Ishida (1–0) LP: James Gonzalez (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: JPN: Noriatsu Osaka (1), Kotaro Kiyomiya 2 (3), Satoru Aoyama (1), Rintaro Hirano (1) PAN: None Attendance: 19,850 Notes: Panama is eliminated. Boxscore

United States Championship: Tennessee 24, California 16[edit]

August 25 3:30 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Tennessee ◄	2	0	6	4	0	3	9	24	21	3
California	1	0	4	0	0	10	1	16	14	2
WP: Luke Brown (1–0) LP: Dylan Moore (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: TN: Jayson Brown (3), Brock Myers (4), Lorenzo Butler 3 (3) CA: Kempton Brandis (2), Hance Smith (4) Attendance: 24,175 Notes: California is eliminated. The two teams set a Little League World Series record with 40 combined runs.^[2] Lorenzo Butler set a Little League World Series record with 9 RBI.^[3] Boxscore

Consolation Game[edit]

August 26 11:00 am EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Panama	1	1	1	0	0	1	4	9	0
California ◄	4	4	0	1	3	X	12	8	1
WP: Logan Douglas (2–0) LP: Julio Goff (1–2) Sv: None Home runs: PAN: Edisson Gonzalez (1) CA: None Attendance: 8,575 Boxscore

World Championship Game[edit]

August 26 3:00 pm EDT
Howard J. Lamade Stadium
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Tennessee	0	0	0	1	1	–	2	2	0
Japan	2	1	2	5	2	–	12	11	0
WP: Kotaro Kiyomiya (2–0) LP: Justin Smith (0–1) Sv: None Home runs: TN: Brock Myers (5), Lorenzo Butler (4) JPN: Noriatsu Osaka 3 (4), Yuta Ishida (1), Tatsuya Irie (1) Notes: Completed early due to mercy rule. Japan wins the Little League World Series. Boxscore

References

External links

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Regions

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Venues

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