Big League World Series (Latin America Region)

Latin America Region
Most recent season or competition:
2016 Big League World Series
SportBaseball
Founded1998
Ceased2016
No. of teams12
Last
champions		Curaçao Willemstad, Curaçao
Most titles Venezuela (6)

The Big League World Series (BLWS) Latin America Region was one of four International regions that sent teams to the World Series. The region's participation in the BLWS could be dated back to 1970. Little League Baseball and Softball would later terminate the Big League division after the 2016 World Series.

Latin America Region Countries

  • Aruba
  • Colombia
  • Curaçao
  • Dominican Republic
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Jamaica
  • Mexico
  • Panama
  • Puerto Rico
  • Venezuela
  • US Virgin Islands

Region Champions

At one point, the tournament featured 11 teams, 3 of which were from Latin America. The champions of Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela each received automatic berths. In 1989 the Central America region was created, Mexico and Panama would play a best of 3 series to determine the champion. In 1998 all three regions were combined to form the Latin America Region.

Beginning in 2006, Mexico and Puerto Rico alternated between automatic berths. In years without an auto-bid they entered the Latin America tournament.

Results by Country (Automatic Bids)

Country BLWS
Appearances		 BLWS
Championships		 BLWS
Record		 PCT
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 32 3 70–56 .556
Venezuela Venezuela 20 1 64–39 .621
Mexico Mexico 0 16–39 .291
Total 4 150–134 .528


Central America Region Champions

Year City BLWS Record
1989 Panama Panama City, Panama Third Place 3–2
1990 Mexico Mexico Round 2 1–2
1991 Panama Panama Round 3 2–2
1992 Mexico Mexico Round 1 0–2
1993 Mexico Mexico Round 2 1–2
1994 Mexico Mexico Fourth Place 2–2
1995 Mexico Zapopan, Mexico Round 2 0–2
1996 Mexico Mexico City, Mexico Round 4 1–2
1997 Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico Round 3 0–2

Latin America Region Champions

Year City BLWS Record
1998 Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela Runner-up 3–1
1999 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Int'l Final 2–2
2000 Puerto Rico Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Pool stage 2–1
2001 Venezuela Valencia, Venezuela Runner-up 4–1
2002 Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico Champions 5–1
2003 Mexico Guadalupe, Mexico Pool stage 2–2
2004 Mexico Nogales, Mexico Pool stage 1–3
2005 Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela Semifinals 4–1
2006 Panama Coclé, Panama Pool stage 2–2
2007 Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico Runner-up 4–2
2008 Dominican Republic Santiago, Dominican Republic Int'l Final 3–1
2009 Dominican Republic Santiago, Dominican Republic Champions 6–0
2010 Panama Coclé, Panama Int'l Final 3–2
2011 Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico (Host) Runner-up 5–1
2012 Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela Int'l Final 3–2
2013 Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela Runner-up 4–2
2014 Venezuela Maracaibo, Venezuela Int'l Final 3–2
2015 Puerto Rico Guayama, Puerto Rico (Host) Champions 5–1
2016 Curaçao Willemstad, Curaçao Round 3 2–2

Results by Country

Table includes results from Central America and Latin America region.

Country Region
Championships		 BLWS
Championships		 BLWS
Record		 PCT
Mexico Mexico 9 0 8–19 .296
Venezuela Venezuela 6 21–9 .700
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 4 1 13–6 .684
Panama Panama 0 10–8 .556
Puerto Rico Host Team(s) 2 1 10–2 .833
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 9–1 .900
Curaçao Curaçao 1 0 2–2 .500
Total 28 3 73–47 .608

See also

Latin America Region in other Little League divisions

References

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