Baseball tournament
The 1997 Little League World Series took place between August 18 and August 23 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Linda Vista Little League of Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico, defeated South Mission Viejo Little League of Mission Viejo, California, in the championship game of the 51st Little League World Series. Mexico secured a dramatic come-from-behind win by staging a four-run rally in the bottom of sixth inning.[1]
Qualification
Pool play
United States
| Region
|
Record
|
| West
|
3–0
|
| South
|
2–1
|
| East
|
1–2
|
| Central
|
0–3
|
International
| Region
|
Record
|
| Latin America
|
3–0
|
| Far East
|
2–1
|
| Europe
|
1–2
|
| Canada
|
0–3
|
- August 18
| Europe
|
0–3
|
Latin America
|
| East
|
1–0
|
Central
|
| Far East
|
5–1
|
Canada
|
| West
|
10–6
|
South
|
- August 19
| Europe
|
5–0
|
Canada
|
| West
|
9–0
|
Central
|
| Latin America
|
12–0
(4 innings)
|
Far East
|
| South
|
5–0
(8 innings)
|
East
|
(August 20
| Latin America
|
3–0
|
Canada
|
| Central
|
2–8
|
South
|
| Far East
|
2–1
|
Europe
|
| East
|
0–3
|
West
|
Elimination round
| Semi-finals | | Final |
| | | | | | |
| 21 August | | |
|
|  Yokohama, Japan | 0 |
| 23 August |
|  Guadalupe, Nuevo León | 1
| |
| Guadalupe, Nuevo León | 5 |
| 21 August (5 innings) |
| |   Mission Viejo, California | 4 |
| Mission Viejo, California | 12 |
| |
|  Bradenton, Florida | 1
| |
|
| 1997 Little League World Series Champions
|
Linda Vista Little League
Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico
|
Notable players
See also
References
External links
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