The road to Williamsport is officially heating up.
Across the United States and around the world, young baseball stars are competing in the 2026 Little League Baseball World Seriesregional tournaments, chasing a dream that millions of fans follow every summer.
ESPN platforms are carrying the action live as future baseball standouts attempt to make history and the excitement only grows as the August 19 opening day of the Little League World Series
approaches.USA TODAY Sports will keep track of the teams playing in the 10 United States regional championship games and follow the teams that clinch the regional titles and head to the LLWS.
On August 10, Little League International disqualified Tulsa National Little League Baseball from the Southwest
Region tournament due to an ineligibility issue and as a result the Southwest Region championship game was moved up to 3 p.m. ET on August 10 between the two remaining teams in the bracket.
Here’s everything to know about the 10 U.S. Little League World Series Regional Championship games.
How to watch 2026 Great Lakes Region Championship Game
- Date: August 12
- Time: 7 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN2
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: Whitestown, Indiana
- Teams: Indiana/Michigan/Ohio/Kentucky
- Game-by-Game: Results
How to watch 2026 Metro Region Championship Game
- Date: August 14
- Time: 7 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: Bristol, Connecticut
- Teams: : New York/New Jersey/Connecticut
- Game-by-Game: Results
How to watch 2026 Mid-Atlantic Region Championship Game
- Date: August 14
- Time: 3 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: Bristol, Connecticut
- Teams: Maryland/Delaware/Washington, D.C./Pennsylvania
- Game-by-Game: Results
How to watch 2026 Midwest Region Championship Game
- Date: August 14
- Time: 1 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: Whitestown, Indiana
- Teams: Minnesota/South Dakota/Wisconsin/Iowa/Missouri
- Game-by-Game: Results
How to watch 2026 Mountain Region Championship Game
- Date: August 14
- Time: 5 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: San Bernardino, California
- Teams: Montana/Colorado/Nevada/Utah
- Game-by-Game: Results
How to watch 2026 New England Region Championship Game
- Date: August 13
- Time: 7 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: Bristol, Connecticut
- Teams: Massachusetts/Maine/Vermont
- Game-by-Game: Results
How to watch 2026 Northwest Region Championship Game
- Date: August 13
- Time: 9 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: San Bernardino, California
- Teams: Alaska/Oregon/Idaho/Washington
- Game-by-Game: Results
How to watch 2026 Southeast Region Championship Game
- Date: August 11
- Time: 3 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: Warner Robins, Georgia
- Teams: Alabama, Florida, Tennessee
- Game-by-Game: Results
How to watch 2026 Southwest Region Championship Game
- Date: August 10
- Time: 3 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: Waco, Texas
- Team that won: Texas West (Boerne Little League from Boerne, Texas) is headed to the Little League World Series.
- Game-by-Game: Results
How to watch 2026 West Region Championship Game
- Date: August 14
- Time: 9 p.m. ET
- TV: ESPN
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: San Bernardino, California
- Teams: Arizona/Northern California/Southern California/Hawaii
- Game-by-Game: Results
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: August 19th - August 30th
- TV: ESPN, ESPN2, ABC
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Little League Baseball Regionals 2026: TV, stream for championship games
