2007 Little League World Series - wikipedia 2007 Little League World Series 2007 Little League World Series Dates August 17 -- August 26 Teams participating 16 Champion Warner Robins American Little League Warner Robins, Georgia Runner - up Tokyo Kitasuna Little League Tokyo, Japan ← 2006 2008 → Warner Robins, Georgia Little League team, champions of the 2007 Little League World Series. The 2007 Little League World Series was a baseball tournament held August 17 through August 26 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Eight teams from the United States and eight from throughout the world competed to decide the winner of the 61st installment of the Little League World Series. On August 26, the U.S. champion from Warner Robins, Georgia, defeated the international champion from Tokyo, Japan, 3 -- 2 in 8 innings on a walk - off home run by Dalton Carriker. This was the second straight year that a team from Georgia won the championship. The series was marked by dramatic finishes. The championship final was the third elimination game in the tournament to end with a walk - off homer. In the international bracket, one of the semifinals ended with the team from Willemstad, Curaçao, defeating the team from Maracaibo, Venezuela, on a three - run, come - from - behind walk - off shot in the 7th inning. The Curaçao team would be the victim of a come - from - behind walk - off grand slam in the international final two days later. The tournament was televised on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC. Games were held in the two stadiums located at Little League headquarters in South Williamsport : Howard J. Lamade Stadium -- the main stadium, opened in 1959, with seating for 10,000 in the stands and hillside terrace seating for up to 30,000 more Little League Volunteer Stadium -- a newer facility, opened in 2001, that seats slightly over 5,000, primarily in the stands Contents 1 Groups 2 Results 2.1 Pool play 2.1. 1 United States 2.1. 2 International 2.2 Elimination round 3 Television coverage 3.1 Rules change 4 Noteworthy events 4.1 Notable sportsmanship 4.2 Measles outbreak 4.3 Coon Rapids handshake incident 4.4 Notable players 5 Champions Path 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links Groups Main article : Qualification for the 2007 Little League World Series Between five and sixteen teams competed in regional tournaments to progress to the Little League World Series, which varied from straight - knockout competitions ( Japan ) to the group / elimination format used in the United States. 2007 was the first year that Japan received its own regional playoff, with the Asia ( Japan 's former home ) and Pacific regions merging to create the new Asia - Pacific group. Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Walpole, Massachusetts New England Region Walpole American Little League Salisbury, Maryland Mid-Atlantic Region West Salisbury Little League Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean Region Pabao Little League Mexicali, Baja California Mexico Region Seguro Social Little League Lake Oswego, Oregon Northwest Region Lake Oswego Little League Chandler, Arizona West Region Chandler National Little League Tokyo Japan Region Tokyo Kitasuna Little League Taichung, Chinese Taipei ( Taiwan ) Asia - Pacific Region Li - Shing Little League Warner Robins, Georgia Southeast Region Warner Robins American Little League Lubbock, Texas Southwest Region Lubbock Western Little League Surrey, British Columbia Canada Region White Rock / South Surrey Little League Apeldoorn, Netherlands Europe, Middle East and Africa ( EMEA ) Region Windmills Little League Hamilton, Ohio Great Lakes Region West Side Little League Coon Rapids, Minnesota Midwest Region Coon Rapids National Little League Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Transatlantic Region Arabian American Little League Maracaibo, Venezuela Latin America Region La Victoria Little League Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People 's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball ( LLB ). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations. Results Main article : Results of the 2007 Little League World Series Pool play The top two teams in each pool move on to their respective semifinals. The winners of each met on August 26 to play for the Little League World Championship. Teams marked in green qualified to the knockout stage, while the remaining teams were eliminated. Ties are broken based on records in head - to - head competition among tied teams. In the event of a three - way tie for first place, the tie is broken by calculating the ratio of runs allowed to defensive innings played for all teams involved in the tie. The team with the lowest runs - per - defensive - inning ratio is ranked first and advances. Second place is determined by the head - to - head result of the other two teams. If the three - way tie is for 2nd place, the runs - per - defensive - inning ratio rule is used. The team with the lowest run ratio advances, the other two teams are eliminated. United States Pool A Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio Southeast 2 -- 1 15 0.882 Northwest 2 -- 1 10 0.588 New England 1 -- 2 11 0.647 Great Lakes 1 -- 2 11 0.647 Pool B Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio Southwest 2 -- 0 0.083 West 2 -- 1 13 0.722 Midwest 1 -- 2 18 1.000 Mid-Atlantic 0 -- 2 20 1.667 All times US EDT Pool Away Score Home Score Time ( Venue ) August 17 Great Lakes New England 2 : 00 pm ( Volunteer Stadium ) Southeast 9 Northwest 8 : 00 pm ( Lamade Stadium ) August 18 Mid-Atlantic 6 West 16 3 : 00 pm ( Lamade Stadium ) Southwest 6 Midwest 0 6 : 00 pm ( Volunteer Stadium ) Great Lakes 10 Southeast 8 : 00 pm ( Lamade Stadium ) August 19 West Southwest 5 Noon ( Volunteer Stadium ) Northwest New England 0 3 : 30 pm ( Lamade Stadium ) Mid-Atlantic Midwest 8 : 00 pm ( Lamade Stadium ) August 21 Great Lakes Northwest 6 3 : 00 pm ( Lamade Stadium ) August 22 New England Southeast 8 11 : 00 am ( Volunteer Stadium ) West 9 Midwest 4 : 00 pm ( Lamade Stadium ) Southwest Mid-Atlantic Canceled International Pool C Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio Japan 2 -- 0 0.333 Caribbean 2 -- 1 12 0.667 Canada 1 -- 2 18 1.059 Saudi Arabia 0 -- 2 15 1.500 Pool D Rank Region Record Runs Allowed Run Ratio Latin America 3 -- 0 0.222 Asia - Pacific 2 -- 1 5 0.300 Mexico 1 -- 2 16 1.000 EMEA 0 -- 3 43 3.909 All times US EDT Pool Team 1 Score Team 2 Score Time ( Venue ) August 17 Caribbean Japan 10 4 : 00 pm ( Volunteer Stadium ) Latin America Asia - Pacific 6 : 00 pm ( Volunteer Stadium ) August 18 Saudi Arabia 5 Canada 13 11 : 00 am ( Lamade Stadium ) Mexico 11 ( F / 4 ) EMEA 1 : 00 pm ( Lamade Stadium ) August 19 EMEA Asia - Pacific 11 ( F / 5 ) 4 : 00 pm ( Volunteer Stadium ) Saudi Arabia 0 Caribbean 7 : 00 pm ( Volunteer Stadium ) August 21 Canada Japan 7 1 : 00 pm ( Lamade Stadium ) EMEA Latin America 21 ( F / 4 ) 4 : 00 pm ( Volunteer Stadium ) August 22 Asia - Pacific Mexico Noon ( Lamade Stadium ) Caribbean 6 Canada 2 : 00 pm * ( Volunteer Stadium ) Japan Saudi Arabia Canceled Latin America 11 Mexico 7 : 00 pm ( Volunteer Stadium ) Elimination round Quarter - finals Semi-finals Final August 23 -- Noon - Volunteer ( F / 7 ) Latin America August 25 -- 12 : 30 pm - Lamade Caribbean Caribbean August 23 -- 5 : 00 pm - Volunteer ( F / 10 ) Japan 7 Japan August 26 -- 3 : 30 pm - Lamade ( F / 8 ) Asia - Pacific Japan August 23 -- 3 : 00 pm - Lamade Southeast Southwest 8 August 25 -- 3 : 30 pm - Lamade Northwest South West August 23 -- 7 : 30 pm - Lamade ( F / 5 ) Southeast 5 Third place Southeast 16 August 26 -- Noon - Volunteer West 6 Caribbean 0 Southwest 2007 Little League World Series Champions Warner Robins American Little League Warner Robins, Georgia Television coverage For the first time, all 32 games of the tournament, from the opening pitch to the final out, were scheduled for a live telecast in the United States. All but one of the broadcasts were to be on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC. ( The remaining game, the August 19 Pabao vs. Arabian - American game, was to be shown online on ESPN360, then shown the next day on ESPN2, but the rebroadcast on ESPN2 was canceled and replaced by live coverage of the rain - delayed NASCAR 3M Performance 400, and part of the game was shown live on ESPN due to a rain delay in the scheduled St. Louis Cardinals - Chicago Cubs game ). ABC was to have its most comprehensive coverage ever, with games on both weekend days in the preliminary rounds, as well as both semifinals and the championship game for a total of five games. ESPN had 15 games scheduled for broadcast, while ESPN2 had 11. A number of games ( yet to be announced ) were to be shown in high - definition. ( 1 ) The expanded coverage was part of a new eight - year contract between ESPN, Inc. and the Little League organization that started with this series. No international broadcast plans were available, but possible outlets included ESPN International and TSN ( Canada ). Although the Western region champion came from the Phoenix media market, its local affiliate, KNXV, did not show Chandler 's first round - robin game on August 18. Instead, ESPN interrupted its normal feed on Cox Communications and other local cable providers to air the game live in that area. KNXV was then to show the game on tape delay at 4 : 30 p.m. local time. ( 2 ) Similarly, the game was also not seen on KTRK - TV in Houston, ironically an owned and operated station. Both KTRK and KNXV instead showed the National Football League preseason game between the Houston Texans and the Arizona Cardinals. Rules change The 2007 Series was the first to feature a new rule limiting a pitcher to 85 pitches a game and extending rest periods. Little League Baseball hoped that the rule would diminish stress put on pitchers ' arms. The rest requirements are as follows : 85 pitches - Maximum allowed for a single game 61 or more pitches - Three calendar days of rest. 41 -- 60 pitches - Two calendar days of rest. 21 -- 40 pitches - One calendar day of rest. 20 pitches or fewer - No rest required. If a pitcher reaches the limit while facing a batter, the pitcher may continue to pitch until that batter reaches base or is out. Noteworthy events Notable sportsmanship The walk off home run by Dalton Carriker that won Warner Robins the LLWS was followed by the team coming over to embrace and comfort the losing Tokyo team. This event was given considerable press coverage and was considered a breath of fresh air in a summer that saw the spotlight focused on the misdoings of Michael Vick and Barry Bonds. Measles outbreak One of the players on the runner - up Tokyo Kitasuna team was reported to have contracted measles before coming to Williamsport. The player, whose identity was not made public, contracted the virus from a sibling back in Japan in late July and was infectious while traveling. As a result, six people across three states were infected. The boy directly infected four people : a friend from Japan, an airport officer in Detroit, a woman who sat near the boy on the flight from Detroit to Baltimore, and a sales representative in Pennsylvania. The man subsequently infected two Houston - area college students. Coon Rapids handshake incident Two players on the Coon Rapids, Minnesota club reportedly spit on their hands following their elimination from the tournament during pool play. Upon hearing of the incident, which took place as they got ready to shake hands with the victorious Chandler, Arizona club and was televised throughout the US on ESPN, manager Mark Lowe apologized for the incident. Notable players Cody Bellinger, a member of the 2007 Chandler North Little League team, became the first player from the 2007 LLWS to play in Major League Baseball, when he was called up by the Los Angeles Dodgers in April 2017. Champions path The Warner Robins American LL went undefeated on their road to the LLWS, winning all twelve of their games. In total record was 17 -- 1, their only loss coming against Hamilton West Side LL ( from Ohio ). Round Opposition Result Georgia State Tournament Group Stage Cedartown LL 10 -- 0 Group Stage Decatur Belvedere LL 7 -- 3 Group Stage Elbert County LL 17 -- 6 Group Stage Toccoa National LL 22 -- 4 Semifinals Oconee County American LL 9 -- 2 ( 4 inn. ) Championship Buckhead Piedmont LL 6 -- 3 Southeast Regional Group Stage Mobile Westside LL 6 -- 5 Group Stage Wren LL 6 -- 0 Group Stage Tullahoma American LL 5 -- 1 Semifinals SYA East LL 3 -- 2 Southeast Region Championship Mobile Westside LL 10 -- 9 Notes Jump up ^ The Southeast vs. New England game started at 6 : 00 pm EDT on August 21, and was suspended due to rain with two outs in the top of the 2nd inning with Southeast leading 2 -- 0. The game was resumed at 11 : 00 am on August 22. ^ Jump up to : Due to rain, two games that would have had no effect on pool standings were canceled in order to allow other games to be played : Southwest vs. Mid-Atlantic in Pool B and Japan vs. Transatlantic in Pool C. However, the games counted in determining pitching eligibility. References Jump up ^ Armas, Genaro C ( 2007 - 08 - 12 ). `` World Series Arms Race on Hold ''. New York Daily News. p. 58. Jump up ^ New pitch - count rules have changed Series strategy Jump up ^ Little Leaguers find spotlight brings demands, responsibilities Jump up ^ FOX Sports on MSN - MLB Jump up ^ Rock, Brad ( September 12, 2007 ). `` Little kids made it a moving moment ''. Deseret News. Retrieved August 27, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Multistate Measles Outbreak Associated with an International Youth Sporting Event -- - Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Texas, August -- September 2007 '' Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. February 22, 2008 / 57 ( 07 ) ; 169 - 173 Jump up ^ `` MN Little League Club : Sorry For Spitting Players ''. WCCO - TV. 2007 - 08 - 25. Archived from the original on 2007 - 09 - 29. Retrieved 2007 - 08 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Georgia State Tournament Results ''. Unpage.com. Retrieved August 29, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Southeastern Region Tournament ''. Unpage.com. Retrieved August 29, 2010. External links 2007 official results via Wayback Machine Little League World Series Broadcasters World Series 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2001 2017 2018 2019 Results 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Qualification 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Regions United States Great Lakes Mid-Atlantic Midwest New England Northwest Southeast Southwest West International Asia - Pacific and Middle East Australia Canada Caribbean Europe and Africa Japan Latin America Mexico Middle East - Africa ( defunct ) Venues Howard J. 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Question: who won the 2007 little league world series
Answer: the U.S. champion from Warner Robins, Georgia