The Little League Softball World Series, the epicenter of youth softball, is set to take over Stallings Stadium at Elm Street Park in Greenville, North Carolina from August 3-10 this year.
Six teams from the United States will play in the purple bracket and six additional squads from a mix of international teams and U.S. teams will battle in the orange bracket. Overall, the 12 teams will compete in a modified double-elimination format until the championship games, which are single elimination. The games will be shown on ESPN+, ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC.
After a week of softball action and 22 games in total, this year’s Little League Softball World Series champion will be decided in a 3 p.m. ET title game on Sunday, August 10 on ABC.
Here’s everything to know about the 2025 Little League Softball World Series and the teams that are participating in the tournament.
Catch the Little League Softball World Series on ESPN+
Little League Softball World Series 2025 teams
LLSWS teams in the purple bracket
Mid-Atlantic − West Suburban Little League (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)
New England − Guilford Little League (Guilford, Connecticut)
Northwest − Mill Creek Little League (Mill Creek, Washington)
Southeast − Lake Mary Little League (Lake Mary, Florida)
Southwest − Tulsa National Little League (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
West − Westchester-Del Rey Little League (Los Angeles, California)
LLSWS teams in the orange bracket
Asia-Pacific − Tohoku Little League (Iwate, Japan)
Canada − On Field Little League Softball (Repentigny, Quebec)
Central − Floyds Knobs Community Club Little League (Floyds Knobs, Indiana)
Europe-Africa − Prague Little League (Prague, Czechia)
Latin America − Cantareira Little League (São Paulo, Brazil)
North Carolina − Pitt County Girls Softball Little League (Winterville, North Carolina)
Little League Softball World Series 2025 TV schedule, results
Sunday, August 3
Game 1: (Purple Bracket) Florida 9, Washington 2
Game 2: (Orange Bracket) North Carolina 4, Brazil 3
Game 3: (Orange Bracket): Canada 5, Czechia 4 (7 innings)
Game 4: (Purple Bracket) Pennsylvania 2, Connecticut 1
Monday, August 4
Game 5: (Orange Bracket) North Carolina 5, Indiana 3
Game 6: (Purple Bracket) Oklahoma 2, Florida 1
Game 7: (Purple Bracket) Pennsylvania 9, California 0
Game 8: (Orange Bracket) Japan 6, Canada 1
Tuesday, August 5
Elimination Games
Game 9: (Purple Bracket) Washington 10, California 0
Game 10: (Orange Bracket) Brazil 10, Canada 1
Game 11: (Orange Bracket) Indiana 4, Czechia 0
Game 12: (Purple Bracket) Florida 9, Connecticut 0
Wednesday, August 6
Elimination Games
Game 13: (Orange Bracket) Indiana 2, Brazil 0
Game 14: (Purple Bracket) Florida 5, Washington 3
Thursday, August 7
Game 15: (Purple Bracket) Pennsylvania 1, Oklahoma 0
Game 16: (Orange Bracket) North Carolina 3, Japan 2
Friday, August 8
Elimination Games
Game 17: (Purple Bracket): Oklahoma 3, Florida 1
Game 18: (Orange Bracket) Indiana 1, Japan 0
Saturday, August 9
Bracket championship games
Game 19: (Orange Bracket) North Carolina vs Indiana, 2 p.m. ESPN
Game 20: (Purple Bracket) Pennsylvania vs Oklahoma, 5 p.m. ESPN2
Sunday, August 10
2025 Little League Softball World Series Consolation Game
Game 21: Loser of Game 19 vs Loser of Game 20
2025 Little League Softball World Series Championship Game
Game 22: Winner of Game 19 vs Winner of Game 20, 3 p.m. ABC
Little League Softball World Series Past Winners
Since 1974, the Little League Softball World Series has produced a champion with the exception of 2020, when the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here is a list of the most recent champions of the event.
2024 − Pitt County Girls Softball Little League (Winterville, North Carolina)
2023 − Massapequa International Little League (Massapequa Park, New York)
2022 − Midway Little League (Hewitt, Texas)
2021 − Green Country Little League (Muskogee, Oklahoma)
2020 − *No event due to COVID-19 pandemic*
2019 − Rowan Little League (Salisbury, North Carolina)
2018 − Wheelersburg Little League (Wheelersburg, Ohio)
2017 − Lake Air Little League (Waco, Texas)
2016 − Greater Helotes Little League (Helotes, Texas)
2015 − Rowan Little League (Salisbury, North Carolina)
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