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1992 Little League World Series
Tournament details
DatesAugust 25–August 29
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsVereinigte StaatenCalifornia Long Beach Little League
Long Beach, California
← 1991
1993 →

The 1992 Little League World Series took place between August 24 and August 29 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The team representing the Zamboanga City Little League, the Filipino representative in the Far East Region, won the International Championship while Long Beach, California, the United States West Region representative, won the U.S. Championship.

In the championship game of the 46th Little League World Series, Zamboanga City defeated Long Beach, 15–4, to become the first Asian team outside of Taiwan,[a] South Korea, or Japan to be champion. However, it was discovered upon further review that the Filipino team violated age and residency rules and Little League Baseball stripped them of their title. Long Beach was awarded a 6–0 victory by forfeit as per Little League rules and became only the fourth American team in 20 years to become Little League champions.

The championship game did not feature a team from Taiwan for the first time since 1985. This tied the record of six consecutive finals set by Taiwan from 1977 through 1982. To date, this record has not been seriously approached by one country or state.

This was the first edition of the tournament to feature night games, as lights had been added to Howard J. Lamade Stadium following the prior year's tournament.[1]

Far East series

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Between 1967, when Japan's West Tokyo won, and 1992, the Little League World Series was won 19 of a possible 25 times by the Far East champion. Competing against the national champions of traditionally stronger baseball nations like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, Filipino teams had been unable to qualify for the LLWS.[2] In 1992, however, the Far East was represented by Zamboanga City, which had won the national Filipino title.

The tournament

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The 1992 tournament debuted the round-robin format; no longer would a team play against a predetermined opponent in the first round, with the winners facing each other in the semifinal, with the winner advancing to the Saturday championship.

The new format had each team play the other three teams in their bracket, and then having the top two teams play each other in the semifinal, with the winners advancing to the championship.

Zamboanga City defeated the teams from Germany and Quebec before losing to the Dominican Republic, in the round-robin. This was enough to get them into the international final, a rematch with the Dominican Republic, which they won 5–1.[3] The championship game against California was a blowout, with Zamboanga City winning 15–4 after a seven-run first inning.[4] The team was hailed as heroes in the Philippines, President Ramos giving the team a gift of 1,000,000 pesos to contribute to the livelihood of their families.[5] Long Beach head coach Jeff Burroughs remarked that semi-final pitcher "Roberto Placious" had the poise of a high school or college pitcher.[6]

Teams

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Vereinigte Staaten International
California Long Beach, California
West Region
Long Beach Little League 		Dominikanische Republik Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Latin America Region
Epy Guerrero Little League
New Jersey Hamilton Square, New Jersey
East Region
Nottingham Little League 		Deutschland Kaiserslautern, Germany
Europe Region
Kaiserslautern Little League
Illinois South Holland, Illinois
Central Region
South Holland Little League 		Kanada Quebec Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
Canada Region
Valleyfield Little League
Louisiana Lake Charles, Louisiana
South Region
South Lake Charles Little League 		Philippinen Zamboanga City, Philippines
Far East Region
Zamboanga City Little League

Pool play

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Vereinigte Staaten
Rank State Record
1 California California 3–0
2 New Jersey New Jersey 2–1
3 Louisiana Louisiana 1–2
4 Illinois Illinois 0–3
International
Rank Land Record
1 Dominikanische Republik Dominikanische Republik 3–0
2 Philippinen Philippinen 2–1
3 Kanada Kanada 1–2
4 Deutschland Deutschland 0–3
Pool Away Score Startseite Score
August 24
US California California 10 Illinois Illinois 6
INT Dominikanische Republik Dominikanische Republik 29 Kanada Kanada 0
INT Deutschland Deutschland 2 Philippinen Philippinen 14
US Louisiana Louisiana 0 New Jersey New Jersey 5
August 25
INT Dominikanische Republik Dominikanische Republik 24 (F/4) Deutschland Deutschland 0
US California California 6 New Jersey New Jersey 4
US Illinois Illinois 2 Louisiana Louisiana 3 (F/8)
INT Kanada Kanada 0 Philippinen Philippinen 2
August 26
US New Jersey New Jersey 5 Illinois Illinois 2
INT Kanada Kanada 10 Deutschland Deutschland 3
INT Philippinen Philippinen 1 Dominikanische Republik Dominikanische Republik 8
US California California 16 Louisiana Louisiana 1

Elimination round

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 27
 
 
Philippinen Philippinen5
 
August 29 Forfeit: see more
 
Dominikanische Republik Dominikanische Republik 1
 
Philippinen Philippinen 0
 
August 27
 
California California6
 
California California1
 
 
New Jersey New Jersey0
 
1992 Little League World Series Champions
Vereinigte StaatenCalifornia
Long Beach Little League
Long Beach, California

Zamboanga City was disqualified for fielding ineligible players forfeiting the final to Long Beach.

Notable players

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Champions Path

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The Long Beach LL had an undefeated record of 12 wins and 0 losses to reach the LLWS.[7][8] In total their record was 17–0, the last win coming from the forfeit by the Philippines.

Round Opposition Result
Section 4
Section 4 Winner's Bracket California Metropolitan LL 5–0
Section 4 Winner's Bracket California Puente Hills LL 4–0
Section 4 Championship California Metropolitan LL 10–3
South California Divisional
Winner's Bracket Opening Round California Eastview LL 1–0
Winner's Bracket Semifinals California Deer Canyon LL 4–3
Winner's Bracket Finals California Northridge American LL 8–0
South Championship California Northridge American LL 10–1
West Regional
Round 1 Oregon Raleigh Hills LL 4–3
Quarterfinals Alaska Northstar LL 8–2
Semifinals Hawaii Pearl City LL 3–2
Finals California San Ramon Valley LL 13–4
Finals California San Ramon Valley LL 11–3

Notes

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  1. ^ Due to complicated relations with the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China—commonly known as Taiwan—is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by a majority of international organizations, including Little League Baseball. For more information, see Cross-Strait relations. LLWS records and news accounts may use Republic of China, Taiwan, or Chinese Taipei to refer to the same entity.

References

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  1. ^ "Little Leaguers are set to play under the lights". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. August 24, 1992. p. 1C.
  2. ^ "Search by League Name". Archived from the original on March 13, 2006. Retrieved July 28, 2006.
  3. ^ "1992 Little League Baseball World Series". Archived from the original on July 12, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2006.
  4. ^ "1992 Line Scores". Archived from the original on June 4, 2006. Retrieved July 28, 2006.
  5. ^ "Google Groups". groups.google.com.
  6. ^ "Google Groups". groups.google.com.
  7. ^ "Southern California Little League Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
  8. ^ "West Region Tournament". Unpage.com. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
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