2002 Big League World Series Explained

The 2002 Big League World Series took place from August 3–10 in Easley, South Carolina, United States. San Juan, Puerto Rico defeated Hughesville, Maryland in the championship game.

A mixed-pool format was introduced this year.

Teams

United States	International
Easley, South Carolina District 1 Host	Makati, Philippines Asia–Pacific
Jeffersonville, Indiana District 5 Central	The Maritimes, Nova Scotia, Canada Cape Breton Canada
Hughesville, Maryland District 7 East	Germany Europe
Virginia Beach, Virginia District 8 Southeast	San Juan, Puerto Rico Latin America
Ruston, Louisiana Lincoln Parish Southwest
Auburn, Washington District 10 West

Results

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Group A

width=165 Team width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 South Carolina 3 1 56 6 Maryland 3 1 23 8 Indiana 3 1 29 25 Germany 1 3 20 46 Philippines 0 4 3 60

width=165   – 5–8 0–10 15–3 0–13 8–5 – 6–0 12–7 3–13 10–0 0–6 – 10–0 3–2 3–15 7–12 0–10 – 0–28 13–0 13–3 2–3 28–0 –

Group B

width=165 Team width=25 width=25 width=25 width=25 Virginia 4 0 24 14 Puerto Rico 3 1 33 14 Louisiana 2 2 27 29 Washington 1 3 21 29 Canada 0 4 11 30

width=165   Canada – 1–9 5–10 3–5 2–6 9–1 – 1–11 7–8 10–9 Puerto Rico 10–5 11–1 – 0–6 12–2 5–3 8–7 6–0 – 5–4 6–2 9–10 2–12 4–5 –

Elimination Round

Notes and References

1. 2002 Big League Baseball World Series Tournament. http://www.littleleague.org/series/2002divisions/blbb/series.htm Littleleague.org