Australia Region
Most recent season or competition:
2023 Little League World Series qualification
FormerlyAsia-Pacific and Middle East Region (2007–2012)
SportBaseball
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
No. of teams20
CountryAustralia
Most recent
champion(s)		New South Wales Hills Little League, New South Wales
Most titlesNew South Wales Hills Little League, New South Wales (3)
Official websiteAustralian Little League

The Australia Region of Little League Baseball is a region designated for the Little League World Series. The division was founded in 2013 when Little League officially separated Australia from the Asia-Pacific region. This followed a period of explosive growth in youth baseball in the country; the first Little League-affiliated leagues in Australia were only established in 2007, but within five years, nearly 400 Little Leagues were operating, making Australia the largest country outside North America in Little League participation.

In the Little League World Series in 2013, a team from Perth, Western Australia qualified to represent Australia in its debut as a country. The team failed to win any of its three games at the LLWS. A year later another team from Perth would qualify and give the country their first win at the international tournament.

Finals

Year Host Winner Score Runner-up
2008 Sheldon Hills North 3–2 Adelaide Southern
2009 Gold Coast Waverley 11–1 (F/4) Adelaide Southern
2010 Gold Coast Adelaide Southern 4–3 Ringwood District
2011 Gold Coast Adelaide Southern 2–1 Perth Metro North (Perth)
2012 Gold Coast Perth Metro North (Perth) 29–2 (F/4) Yarra Rangers
2013 Gold Coast Perth Central (Perth) 8–2 Adelaide South (Adelaide)
2014 Gold Coast Perth Metro North (Perth) 3–2 (F/7) Manly (Manly)
2015 Lismore Cronulla (Sydney) 7–3 Swan Hills (Perth)
2016 Lismore Hills (Sydney) 8–2 Central Coast (Gosford)
2017 Sydney* Hills (Sydney) 8–4 Swan Hills (Perth)
2018 Lismore Gold Coast Cougars 11–0 (F/4) Adelaide Seahawks
2019 Lismore Cronulla (Sydney) 5–2 Ryde Red (North Ryde)
2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021** Lismore Ryde Red (North Ryde) 5-1 Cronulla (Sydney)
2022 Macquarie Fields Brisbane North 9–3 Hills (Sydney)
2023 Gold Coast Hills (Sydney) 3–2 Brisbane North

* Due to inclement weather, the elimination rounds of the 2017 tournament were moved from Lismore to Sydney.

** Due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic no international teams traveled to Williamsport in 2021. Also due to COVID-19-related restrictions in place concurrent with the Australian championship tournament, the Victoria qualifiers were not able to travel to the Australian championship tournament.

By state

State First LLCR Appearances Championships Runner-up
Australian Capital Territory 2009 13 0 0
New South Wales 2008 14 6 6
Northern Territory 2008 7 0 0
Queensland 2008 14 2 0
South Australia 2008 14 2 4
Victoria 2008 13 1 2
Western Australia 2008 14 3 2

LLWS results

As of the 2023 Little League World Series.

Year Champion City LLWS Record
2013 Perth Metro Central LL Perth Round 1 0–3
2014 Perth Metro North LL Perth Round 2 1–2
2015 Cronulla LL Sydney Round 2 1–2
2016 Hills LL Sydney Round 3 2–2
2017 Hills LL Sydney Round 1 1–2
2018 Gold Coast LL Gold Coast Round 1 0–3
2019 Cronulla LL Sydney Round 1 0–3
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis [1]
2021 No participant
2022 Brisbane North LL Brisbane Round 1 0–2
2023 Hills LL Sydney Round 1 0–2

Results by state

As of the 2023 Little League World Series.

State Australia
Championships		 Record
in LLWS		 PCT
New South Wales 5 4–11 .267
Western Australia 2 1–5 .167
Queensland 2 0–5 .000
Victoria 0 0–0 –
South Australia 0 0–0 –
Australian Capital Territory 0 0–0 –
Total 9 5–21 .192

See also

References

  1. ^ "Little League® Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments". 30 April 2020.


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