2004 Little League World Series

2004 Little League World Series
Tournament details
Dates	August 20–August 29
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Pabao Little League; Willemstad, Curaçao
Runner-up	Conejo Valley Little League; Thousand Oaks, California
	← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Little League World Series took place between August 20 and August 29 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Pabao Little League of Willemstad, Curaçao, defeated Conejo Valley Little League of Thousand Oaks, California, in the championship game of the 58th Little League World Series. This was the first title for the Caribbean island of Curaçao.

Qualification

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Thousand Oaks West Conejo Valley	Richmond Southwest Lamar National	Panama City Latin America Curundu	Willemstad Caribbean Pabao
Morganton Southeast Morganton	Preston Mid-Atlantic South Caroline	Kaohsiung Asia Shou-Tien	Guadalupe, Nuevo León Mexico Guadalupe Linda Vista
Lincoln New England Lincoln	Redmond Northwest Redmond North	Ottawa Canada East Nepean	Dhahran Transatlantic Arabian-American
Davenport Midwest Northwest	Owensboro Great Lakes Southern	Kutno Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Kutno	Saipan Pacific Saipan

Pool play

The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each will meet August 29 to play for the Little League world championship.

**Pool A**
Region	Record
West	3-0
Southeast	2-1
New England	1-2
Midwest	0-3

**Pool B**
Region	Record
Southwest	3-0
Mid-Atlantic	1-2
Northwest	1-2
Great Lakes	1-2

August 20

Midwest	4-10	Southeast
New England	ppd.^†	West

August 21

Mid-Atlantic	7-2	Great Lakes
Southwest	18-7^‡	Northwest
Midwest	2-3	New England

August 22

Southwest	12-2^‡ (5 innings)	Great Lakes
Southeast	0-11^‡ (5 Innings)	West
Northwest	8-3	Mid-Atlantic

August 23

Midwest	0-13^‡ (5 innings)	West
New England	4-5	Southeast

August 24

New England	0-8	West
Southwest	13-1^‡	Mid-Atlantic
Northwest	2-3 (5 innings)	Great Lakes

International

**Pool C**
Region	Record
Latin America	3-0
Asia	2-1
Canada	1-2
EMEA	0-3

**Pool D**
Region	Record
Caribbean	3-0
Mexico	2-1
Transatlantic	1-2
Pacific	0-3

August 20

Latin America

12-2^‡
(5 innings)

Canada

August 21

Caribbean	3-2	Mexico
Transatlantic	4-1	Pacific
EMEA	0-18^‡	Asia

August 22

Latin America	9-0	EMEA
Transatlantic	0-1	Mexico

August 23

Pacific	3-6	Mexico
Caribbean	6-1	Transatlantic
Canada	2-7	Asia

August 24

Caribbean	3-0	Pacific
Canada	5-1	EMEA
Latin America	6-2	Asia

Elimination rounds

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

August 25 - Lamade (F/7)

Willemstad, Curaçao	9
		August 28 - Lamade
Kaohsiung, Taiwan	8
		Willemstad, Curaçao	4
August 26 - Lamade
		Guadalupe, Mexico	0
Panama City, Panama	2
				August 29 - Lamade
Guadalupe, Mexico	6
				Willemstad, Curaçao	5
August 25 - Lamade
				Thousand Oaks, California	2
Richmond, Texas	8
		August 28 - Lamade
Morganton, North Carolina	2
		Richmond, Texas	0
August 26 - Lamade
		Thousand Oaks, California	4	Third place
Thousand Oaks, California	3
				August 29 - Volunteer
Preston, Maryland	1
				Richmond, Texas	5

				Guadalupe, Mexico	0

2004 Little League World Series Champions
Pabao Little League Willemstad, Curaçao

Notable players

Christian Bethancourt (Panama City, Panama) professional baseball catcher
Michael Conforto (Redmond, Washington) professional baseball outfielder
Randal Grichuk (Richmond, Texas) professional baseball outfielder
Hsu Chi-hung (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) professional baseball infielder
Jurickson Profar (Willemstad, Curacao) professional baseball infielder
Jonathan Schoop (Willemstad, Curacao) professional baseball infielder
Wei-Chung Wang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) professional baseball pitcher

Champions path

Round	Opposition	Result
Caribbean Regional
Group Stage	Philipsburg LL	13-3
Group Stage	Virgilio Jiménez LL	10-4
Group Stage	BVI LL	4-3
Group Stage	Aruba South LL	4-1
Semifinals	Elrod Hendricks LL	3-0
Caribbean Championship	Aruba North LL	6-0