{"id":11304,"date":"2018-08-13T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T01:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=11304"},"modified":"2018-08-13T21:04:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T01:04:46","slug":"little-league-world-series-2018-bracket-dates-teams-tv-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2018\/08\/13\/little-league-world-series-2018-bracket-dates-teams-tv-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Little League World Series: 2018 Bracket Dates, Teams, TV Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2018 Little League World Series is upon us as 16 teams will battle it out for the right to call themselves champions.<\/p>\n

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, plays host to this annual pilgrimage of teams from across the world. In total eight United States teams and eight international teams make up the field.<\/p>\n

The tournament starts August 16 with the championship game scheduled for August 26 where the top team from the United States faces the top international team.<\/p>\n

ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC share coverage of the 30 games with the latter having the finals and championship game.<\/p>\n

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2018 Little League World Series: Opening Round<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n

Date<\/td>\nGame<\/td>\nTime (ET)<\/td>\nTV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 16<\/td>\nCaribbean vs. Asia-Pacific<\/td>\n1 p.m.<\/td>\nESPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 16<\/td>\nMid-Atlantic vs. Midwest<\/td>\n3 p.m.<\/td>\nESPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 16<\/td>\nMexico vs. Australia<\/td>\n5 p.m.<\/td>\nESPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 16<\/td>\nNew England vs. Southwest<\/td>\n7 p.m.<\/td>\nESPN2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 17<\/td>\nEurope-Africa vs. Japan<\/td>\n2 p.m.<\/td>\nESPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 17<\/td>\nNorthwest vs. Great Lakes<\/td>\n4 p.m.<\/td>\nESPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 17<\/td>\nLatin America vs. Canada<\/td>\n6 p.m.<\/td>\nESPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug. 17<\/td>\nSoutheast vs. West<\/td>\n8 p.m.<\/td>\nESPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
www.littleleague.org<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Teams Participating<\/h2>\n
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2018 Little League World Series Participants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
US Region<\/td>\nTeam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Lakes<\/td>\nGrosse Pointe Woods, Michigan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mid-Atlantic<\/td>\nStaten Island, New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Midwest<\/td>\nDes Moines, Iowa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New England<\/td>\nCoventry, Rhode Island<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northwest<\/td>\nCoeur d’Alene, Idaho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southeast<\/td>\nPeachtree City, Georgia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southwest<\/td>\nHouston, Texas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West<\/td>\nHonolulu, Hawaii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
International Region<\/td>\nTeam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Asia-Pacific<\/td>\nSeoul, South Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australia<\/td>\nGold Coast, Queensland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canada<\/td>\nSurrey, British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caribbean<\/td>\nGuayama, Puerto Rico<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Europe-Africa<\/td>\nBarcelona, Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japan<\/td>\nKawaguchi, Japan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Latin America<\/td>\nArraijan, Panama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mexico<\/td>\nMatamoros, Tamaulipas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
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