As one World Congress concludes in Paris, another is about to begin in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The Little League World Series will be held for the third time since changing to a 20-team tournament, with 10 teams from the United States and 10 from around the world competing to close out the summer with a chance to etch their name in Little League lore.
Find out which 20 teams will be heading to Williamsport, the full 2024 Little League World Series schedule and more.
When is the 2024 Little League World Series?
The Little League World Series begins on Wednesday, August 14th and concludes on Sunday, August 25th.
In addition to the final on August 25th, there will be several other notable events throughout the 12-day tournament.
The New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers will face off in the MLB Little League Classic at Historic Bowman Field on Sunday, August 18, the Little League Home Run Derby will be held on Thursday, August 22 and a Challenger Division exhibition game will be played on Saturday, August 24.
Where will the 2024 Little League World Series be held?
Williamsport is set to host the 2024 tournament, as it has done for every previous Little League World Series.
The tournament will be held at two adjacent venues, Howard J. Lamade Stadium and Volunteer Stadium.
Lamade Stadium will be the site of all games between U.S. teams, two games between international teams, the third-place game and the Little League World Series Final. Volunteer Stadium will be the site of all other matchups between international teams and the Little League Home Run Derby.
What channel will the Little League World Series be on?
All games will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC. Games will also be streamed on Watch ESPN and the ESPN app.
What will the format of the 2024 Little League World Series be?
The Little League World Series introduced a 20-team bracket in 2022, but it's not as tidy as the previous 16-team bracket.
The US side has added metro and mountain regions, but the international side is a bit more complicated.
Cuba, Panama and Puerto Rico are currently in a rotation where two teams receive automatic berths and the other competes in their own regional tournament. Cuba and Puerto Rico earned automatic berths in the 2024 tournament, but Panama competed as part of the Latin America region and did not qualify for Williamsport.
In the Little League World Series, not all teams start in the same position as part of a 20-team bracket: four teams on each side of the bracket play extra games, and the other two teams on each side must wait for the results of those games to determine their first opponent.
From there, the tournament will play out in a double-elimination format with a U.S. Final and an International Final, with the winners of those two games competing for the LLWS title.
You can see the full bracket here .
2024 Little League World Series Teams
The complete LLWS field is:
united states of america
Great Lakes: Hinsdale, Illinois Metropolitan Area: Staten Island, New York Mid-Atlantic: Newtown, Pennsylvania Midwest: Sioux Falls, South Dakota Mountain: Henderson, Nevada New England: Salem, New Hampshire Northwest: Puyallup, Washington Southeast: Lake Mary, Florida Southwest: Borne, Texas West: Wailuku, Hawaii
International
Asia Pacific: Taoyuan, Taiwan Australia: Sydney, New South Wales Canada: Surrey, British Columbia Caribbean: Santa Cruz, Aruba Cuba: Villa Clara, Cuba Europe/Africa: Brno, Czech Republic Japan: Tokyo, Japan Latin America: Barquisimeto, Venezuela Mexico: Tamaulipas, Mexico Puerto Rico: Guayama, Puerto Rico
2024 Little League World Series Schedule
Here are the dates, times and networks for each game in the 2024 Little League World Series (all times Eastern):
Wednesday, August 14
Game 1: Caribbean vs. Mexico, 1 p.m., ESPN Game 2: New England vs. West, 3 p.m., ESPN Game 3: Asia Pacific vs. Canada, 5 p.m., ESPN Game 4: Southeast vs. Midwest, 7 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, August 15
Game 5: Japan vs. Puerto Rico, 1 p.m., ESPN Game 6: Metro vs. Mountain, 3 p.m., ESPN Game 7: Cuba vs. Europe-Africa, 5 p.m., ESPN Game 8: Southwest vs. Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m., ESPN
Friday, August 16
Game 9: Winner of Game 1 vs. Latin America, 1 p.m., ESPN Game 10: Winner of Game 2 vs. Great Lakes, 3 p.m., ESPN Game 11: Australia vs. Winner of Game 3, 5 p.m., ESPN Game 12: Northwest vs. Winner of Game 4, 7 p.m., ESPN
Saturday, August 17
Game 13: Loser of Game 5 vs. Loser of Game 3, 1 p.m., ESPN; Game 14: Loser of Game 4 vs. Loser of Game 6, 3 p.m., ESPN; Game 15: Loser of Game 7 vs. Loser of Game 1, 5 p.m., ESPN; Game 16: Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 8, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Sunday, August 18
Game 17: Loser of Game 10 vs. Winner of Game 14, 9 a.m., ESPN; Game 18: Loser of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 13, 11 a.m., ESPN; Game 19: Winner of Game 16 vs. Loser of Game 12, 1 p.m., ABC; Game 20: Winner of Game 15 vs. Loser of Game 11, 2 p.m., ESPN
Monday, August 19
Game 21: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 9, 1 p.m., ESPN Game 22: Winner of Game 6 vs. Winner of Game 10, 3 p.m., ESPN Game 23: Winner of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 7, 5 p.m., ESPN Game 24: Winner of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 8, 7 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, August 20
Game 25: Loser of Game 21 vs. Winner of Game 20, 1 p.m., ESPN. Game 26: Loser of Game 22 vs. Winner of Game 19, 3 p.m., ESPN. Game 27: Winner of Game 18 vs. Loser of Game 23, 5 p.m., ESPN. Game 28: Winner of Game 17 vs. Loser of Game 24, 7 p.m., ESPN.
Wednesday, August 21
Game 29: Winner of Game 21 vs. Winner of Game 23, 1 p.m., ESPN. Game 30: Winner of Game 22 vs. Winner of Game 24, 3 p.m., ESPN. Game 31: Winner of Game 27 vs. Winner of Game 25, 5 p.m., ESPN. Game 32: Winner of Game 28 vs. Winner of Game 26, 7 p.m., ESPN.
Thursday, August 22
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
Saturday, August 24
International Championship: Winner of Game 29 vs. Winner of Game 33, 12:30 p.m., ABC U.S. Championship: Winner of Game 30 vs. Winner of Game 34, 3:30 p.m., ABC
Sunday, August 25
Third-place game: International Championship loser vs. U.S. Championship loser, 10 a.m., ESPN2 Little League World Series Championship: International Championship winner vs. U.S. Championship winner, 3 p.m., ABC
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