Twenty teams from around the world arrive in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, each hoping to make history but only one team gets to leave with the Little League World Series championship banner. The tournament is split into U.S. and International brackets, with 10 teams competing on each side.
Those same squads battle through a modified double-elimination format, knowing every game could bring them one step closer to - either the LLWS title or being eliminated from the tournament.
The last two teams standing from each bracket meet for the Little League World Series crown on Aug. 30. - while the teams that lose the U.S. and International bracket championship games play in the third-place consolation game on the same day.
Here's how to follow every twist,
upset and unforgettable moment in the Little League World Series with your own version of the printable 2026 bracket.
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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
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2026 Little League World Series schedule
(All times Eastern)
Wednesday, Aug. 19
- Game 1: Latin America vs Caribbean, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 2: Southeast vs Northwest, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 3: Canada vs Asia-Pacific, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 4: Metro vs New England, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Aug. 20
- Game 5: Australia vs Mexico, 12 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 6: Great Lakes vs Mountain, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 7: Curacao vs Japan, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 8: West vs Midwest, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Friday, Aug. 21
- Game 9: Panama vs Winner of Game 1, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 10: Southwest vs Winner of Game 2, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 11: Europe-Africa vs Winner of Game 3, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 12: Mid-Atlantic vs Winner of Game 4, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Aug. 22
- Game 13: Loser of Game 3 vs Loser of Game 5, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 14: Loser of Game 4 vs Loser of Game 4, 4 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 15: Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 7, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 16: Loser of Game 2 vs Loser of Game 8, 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Sunday, Aug. 23
- Game 17: Winner of Game 6 vs Winner of Game 10, 9 a.m. (ESPN)
- Game 18: Winner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 9, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
- Game 19: Winner of Game 8 vs Winner of Game 12, 1 p.m. (ABC)
- Game 20: Winner of Game 7 vs Winner of Game 11, 2 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Aug. 24
- Game 21: Loser of Game 9 vs Winner of Game 13, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 22: Loser of Game 10 vs Winner of Game 14, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 23: Loser of Game 11 vs Winner of Game 15, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
- Game 24: Loser of Game 12 vs Winner of Game 16, 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)
Sherlon Christie is a USA TODAY Sports senior trending editor and an expert on Little League Baseball and Little League Softball. You can reach him by email at schristie@usatoday.com. Follow him on X at @sherlonchristie, on Bluesky at @sherlonchristie.bsky.social.
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