Updated Aug. 22, 2026, 9:55 p.m. ET
Editor’s note: Follow USA TODAY’s live coverage of Little League World Series Aug. 22 updates here.
The 20-team Little League World Series field is about to be narrowed to 16 participants.
The first elimination day of international baseball’s biggest youth tournament will see four squads that lost in the first round survive and advance at the expense of four other teams that will see their time in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, end.
After the Aug. 20 rainout and eight-game Aug. 21 schedule, the tournament is set to return to its regular cadence of four back-to-back games broadcast on ESPN’s networks.
The field is divided into United States and International brackets of 10 teams each, creating two separate races to the spots in the overall championship game on Sunday, Aug. 30. Teams compete in a modified double-elimination format until the championship game of each bracket, which is single-elimination.
Here’s everything to know about the 2026 Little League World Series, including all the teams that qualified and the complete schedule of games for this year’s tournament:
2026 Little League World Series printable bracket
Little League has provided a printable World Series bracket that you can download from its link below and fill in the 2026 results as the tournament progresses to a champion.
Little League World Series United States teams
- Great Lakes − West Side Little League (Hamilton, Ohio)
- Metro − Bayonne Central Little League (Bayonne, New Jersey)
- Mid-Atlantic − East Side Little League (West Chester, Pennsylvania)
- Midwest − Davenport Northwest Little League (Davenport, Iowa)
- Mountain − Paseo Verde Little League (Henderson, Nevada)
- New England − Bridgewater Joe Lazaro Little League (Bridgewater, Massachusetts)
- Northwest − SoundView Little League (Tacoma, Washington)
- Southeast − Phenix City Youth Baseball Little League (Phenix City, Alabama)
- Southwest − Boerne Little League (Boerne, Texas)
- West − Sweetwater Valley Little League (Bonita, California)
Little League World Series International teams
- Asia−Pacific − West Seoul (B) Little League (Seoul, South Korea)
- Australia − Ryde Little League (Sydney, New South Wales)
- Canada − Little Mountain Little League (Vancouver, British Columbia)
- Caribbean − Los Nacionales Little League (Santiago, Dominican Republic)
- Curaçao − Pariba Little League (Willemstad, Curaçao)
- Europe & Africa − South Czech Republic Little League (Brno, Czechia)
- Japan − Joto Little League (Tokyo, Japan)
- Latin America − Ministerio Sobre Las Alas Del Aguila Little League (Leon, Nicaragua)
- Mexico − Municipal De Tijuana Little League (Tijuana, Baja California)
- Panama− David Doleguita Little League (Chiriquí, Panama)
How to watch the 2026 Little League World Series
The 2026 Little League World Series will be broadcast on ESPN platforms, with the championship game airing on ABC. Games will also be available to stream on ESPN+.
- Dates: Aug. 19-Aug. 30
- TV: ESPN, ESPN2, ABC
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
2026 Little League World Series bracket schedule, scores, results
(All times Eastern)
Wednesday, Aug. 19
- Game 1: Latin America 2, Caribbean 1
- Game 2: Northwest 2, Southeast 0
- Game 3: Asia-Pacific 7, Canada 0
- Game 4: Metro 2, New England 1
Thursday, Aug. 20
Friday, Aug. 21
- Game 5: Mexico 7, Australia 1
- Game 6: Mountain 6, Australia 5
- Game 7: Curacao 6, Japan 0
- Game 8: Midwest 1, West 0
- Game 9: Latin America 6, Panama 4
- Game 10: Northwest 4, Southwest 3
- Game 11: Asia-Pacific 5, Europe-Africa 0
- Game 12: Metro 3, Mid-Atlantic 1
Saturday, Aug. 22
- Game 13: Canada 4, Australia 0
- Game 14: Great Lakes 10, New England 0 (4 innings)
- Game 15: Japan 10, Caribbean 1
- Game 16: Southeast 12, West 2 (4 innings)
Sunday, Aug. 23
- Game 17: Mountain vs Northwest, 9 a.m. (ESPN)
- Game 18: Mexico vs Latin America, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
- Game 19: Midwest vs Metro, 1 p.m. (ABC)
- Game 20: Curacao vs Asia-Pacific, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Aug. 24
- Game 21: Panama vs Canada, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 22: Southwest vs Great Lakes, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 23: Europe-Africa vs Japan, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 24: Mid-Atlantic vs Southeast, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, Aug. 25
- Game 25: Loser of Game 18 vs Winner of Game 23, 1p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 26: Loser of Game 17 vs Winner of Game 24, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 27: Loser of Game 20 vs Winner of Game 21, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 28: Loser of Game 19 vs Winner of Game 22, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Aug. 26
- Game 29: Winner of Game 18 vs Winner of Game 20, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 30: Winner of Game 17 vs Winner of Game 19, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 31: Winner of Game 25 vs Winner of Game 27, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 32: Winner of Game 26 vs Winner of Game 28, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Aug. 27
- Game 33: Loser of Game 29 vs Winner of Game 31, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 34: Loser of Game 30 vs Winner of Game 32, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Little League World Series International championship game
Saturday, Aug. 29
- Game 35: Winner of Game 29 vs Winner of Game 33, 12:30 p.m. (ABC)
Little League World Series U.S. championship game
Saturday, Aug. 29
- Game 36: Winner of Game 30 vs Winner of Game 34, 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
Little League World Series third-place consolation game
Sunday, Aug. 30
- Game 37: Loser of Game 35 vs Loser of Game 36, 10 a.m. (ESPN)
Little League World Series championship game
Sunday, Aug. 30
- Game 38 : Winner of Game 35 vs Winner of Game 36, 3 p.m. (ABC)
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