Softball tournament for girls between 10 and 12 years
The Little League Softball World Series is a softballtournament for girls aged 10 to 12 years old. It was first held in 1974 and is held every August at Stallings Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina, in the United States. Little League expanded the field of World Series participants to 12 in 2022, adding 2 regions in the United States. [1] Before being held in Greenville, it was held outside of Portland, Oregon at Alpenrose Stadium.
The champion of each of the eight United States regional tournaments competes in the Little League Softball World Series. In 2022, the East and West regions were divided to create four new regions (Mid-Atlantic, New England, Northwest, and West):
Central Region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
East Region
Mid-Atlantic Region (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania)
New England Region (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Southeast Region (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)
Southwest Region (Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas East, Texas West)
West Region
Northwest Region (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
West Region (Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, Northern California, Southern California, Utah)
Host Region (North Carolina)
The champion of each of the four international regional tournaments competes in the Little League Softball World Series:
^"Little League® World Series Set to Return with Full Participant Field and Fans at All Divisions of Play". Little League. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
^"Little League® Cancels 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments". 30 April 2020.