Little League World Series 2023 games, dates, schedule, bracket

For 12-year-old baseball players around the world, the Little League World Series is a life-changing sports experience.

That journey for 10 U.S. regional champions and 10 international regional winners will begin in mid-August in Williamsport, Pennsylvania

The Little League World Series starts with the Grand Slam Parade on August 14, 2023 and that’s followed by the opening ceremonies on Aug. 16 and then it will be 38 games over a 12-day period to determine this year’s champion.  

The tournament wraps up on Aug. 27 with Little League World Series championship game and all games will air on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2.

When does the Little League World Series Start?

The 2023 tournament starts on August 16 at 1 p.m. ET with the Europe-Africa Region champion facing the Panama Region champion. That game will be shown on ESPN. The first U.S. bracket game in the LLWS will be game two featuring the Mountain Region winner against the Metro Region champion at 3 p.m. ET. That game will also be on ESPN.

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What are the Little League World Series Dates?

The tournament will run from August 16-27 from Williamsport, PA with scheduled games every day during that time period except August 25, which is a scheduled off-day for all teams remaining.  

Who’s playing in the MLB Little League Classic this year?

The Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals are scheduled to play on Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. ET at Historic Bowman Field. According to Little League, the game will serve as a home contest for the Nationals and will air nationally that evening exclusively on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball”. The special event will also will be available on ESPN Radio, the ESPN App, and ESPN Deportes.

What is the 2023 Little League World Series Bracket?

All game times are ET

Wednesday, Aug. 16

Game 1: Europe-Africa Region (Czech Republic) vs. Panama Region (Veraguas), 1 p.m., ESPN

Game 2: Mountain Region (Henderson, Nevada) vs. Metro Region (Smithfield, Rhode Island), 3 p.m., ESPN

Game 3: Japan Region (Musashi Fuchu) vs. Cuba Region (Bayamo), 5 p.m., ESPN

Game 4: Southwest Region (Texas East) vs. Mid-Atlantic Region (Media, Pennsylvania), 7 p.m., ESPN 

Thursday, Aug. 17

Game 5: Caribbean Region (Curacao) vs. Australia Region (Hills), 1 p.m., ESPN

Game 6: Northwest Region (Northeast Seattle) vs. New England Region (Gray-New Gloucester/Raymond, Maine), 3 p.m., ESPN

Game 7: Canada Region (North Regina, Saskatchewan) vs. Asia-Pacific Region (Chinese Taipei), 5 p.m., ESPN

Game 8: West Region (El Segundo, California) vs. Great Lakes Region (New Albany, Ohio), 7 p.m., ESPN2

Friday, Aug. 18

Game 9: Winner of Game 1 vs. Latin America Region (Venezuela A), 1 p.m., ESPN

Game 10: Winner of Game 2 vs. Southeast Region (Tennessee), 3 p.m., ESPN

Game 11: Winner of Game 3 vs. Mexico Region (Municipal De Tijuana), 5 p.m., ESPN

Game 12: Winner of Game 4 vs. Midwest Region (Fargo, N.D.), 7 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Aug. 19

Game 13: Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 5, 12 p.m., ESPN

Game 14: Loser of Game 4 vs. Loser of Game 6, 2 p.m., ESPN

Game 15: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 7, 4 p.m., ESPN

Game 16: Loser of Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 8, 6 p.m., ESPN

Sunday, Aug. 20

Game 17: Loser of Game 9 vs. Winner of Game 13, 9 a.m., ESPN

Game 18: Loser of Game 10 vs. Winner of Game 14, 11 a.m., ESPN

Game 19: Loser of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 15, 1 p.m., ESPN

Game 20: Loser of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 16, 2 p.m., ABC

Monday, Aug. 21

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 2

Tuesday, Aug. 22

Game 25: Loser of Game 21 vs. Winner of Game 19, 1 p.m., ESPN

Game 26: Loser of Game 22 vs. Winner of Game 20, 3 p.m., ESPN

Game 27: Loser of Game 23 vs. Winner of Game 17, 5 p.m., ESPN

Game 28: Loser of Game 24 vs. Winner of Game 18, 7 p.m., ESPN

Wednesday, Aug. 23

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, Aug. 24

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, Aug. 26

International Championship

Game 35: Winner of Game 29 vs. Winner of Game 33, 12:30 p.m., ABC

U.S. Championship

Game 36: Winner of Game 30 vs. Winner of Game 34, 3:30 p.m., ABC

Sunday, Aug. 27

Consolation Third Place Game

Game 37: Loser of Game 36 vs. Loser of Game 35, 11 a.m., ESPN

2023 Little League World Series Championship

Game 38: Winner of Game 36 vs. Winner of Game 35, 3 p.m., ABC

List of Little League World Series Champions since 2000

2022 - Honolulu (Hawaii)

2021 - Taylor North (Michigan)

2020 - *No event due to COVID-19

2019 - Eastbank (Louisiana)

2018 - Honolulu (Hawaii)

2017 - Tokyo Kitasuna (Japan)

2016 - Maine-Endwell (New York)

2015 - Tokyo-Kitasuna (Japan)

2014 - Seoul (South Korea)

2013 - Musashi-Fuchu (Japan)

2012 - Tokyo-Kitasuna (Japan)

2011 - Huntington Beach (California)

2010 - Edogawa Minami (Japan)

2009 - Park View (California)

2008 - Waipio (Hawaii)

2007 - Warner Robins (Georgia)

2006 - Northern (Georgia)

2005 - West Oahu (Hawaii)

2004 - Pabao (Curaçao)

2003 - Musashi-Fuchu (Japan)

2002 - Valley Sports (Kentucky)

2001 - The Kitasuna (Japan)

2000 - The Sierra Maestra (Venezuela)Sherlon Christie is a social media editor for USA TODAY Sports. You can reach him at schristie@usatoday.com