# 2014 Little League World Series

The 2014 Little League World Series, held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, started on August 14 and ended on August 24, 2014. Eight teams from the United States, and eight from the rest of the world, competed in the 68th edition of the Little League World Series (LLWS). This was the first LLWS to feature entire rosters of players born in the 21st century.
All games took place at Howard J. Lamade Stadium and Little League Volunteer Stadium. ESPN again broadcast the games. Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea, defeated Jackie Robinson West Little League of Chicago, Illinois, 8–4, to win the championship.
On February 11, 2015, Jackie Robinson West had all of its tournament wins forfeited after it was found that the team used ineligible players from outside the Chicago area. Mountain Ridge Little League of Las Vegas, Nevada, was named the official U.S. champion.

## Teams

| United States | International |
| Chicago, Illinois Great Lakes Region Jackie Robinson West Little League | Seoul, South Korea Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region Seoul Little League |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic Region Taney Little League | Perth, Western Australia Australia Region Perth Metro North Little League |
| Rapid City, South Dakota Midwest Region Canyon Lake Little League | Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Region South Vancouver Little League |
| Cumberland, Rhode Island New England Region Cumberland American Little League | Humacao, Puerto Rico Caribbean Region Miguel Luzunaris Little League |
| Lynnwood, Washington Northwest Region Lynnwood Pacific | Brno, Czech Republic Europe and Africa Region South Moravia Little League |
| Nashville, Tennessee Southeast Region South Nashville Little League | Tokyo Japan Region Tokyo Kitasuna Little League |
| Pearland, Texas Southwest Region Pearland East Little League | Maracaibo, Venezuela Latin America Region Coquivacoa Little League |
| Las Vegas, Nevada West Region Mountain Ridge Little League | Guadalupe, Nuevo León Mexico Region Linda Vista Little League |

## Team rosters

International :
| Asia-Pacific Seoul, South Korea | Australia Perth, WA | Canada Vancouver, BC | Caribbean Humacao, Puerto Rico | Europe-Africa Brno, Czech Republic | Japan Tokyo | Latin America Maracaibo, Venezuela | Mexico Guadalupe, Nuevo León |
| Dong Hwan Ahn Hae Chan Choi Sang Hoon Han Jae Yeong Hwang Jin Woo Jeon Dong Hyeok Kim Shane Jaemin Kim Gyu Heon Kwon Tae Min Moon Ji Ho Park Dong Wan Sin Chan Oh Min Jun Hyeok Yun | Etienne Charette Matthew Coleman Carter Dowling Calvin Eissens Benjamin Hewett Callum Johnson Blake Monaghan Javier Pelkonen Tarrant Reimers Nicholas Riley Callum Schipp Daniel Stephenson Zak Taylor Jordano Vivona | Rod Betonio Nico Cole Vicarte Domingo Madjik Mackenzie Ryan Mah Emma March Evan March Joshua Matsui Michael Oyhenart Joseph Sinclair Daniel Suarez Matthew Suarez | Emanuel Alicea Adrian Colon Jeremy Colon Felix Cruz Erick Figueroa Edward Gonzalez Joseph Gonzalez Oscar Lopez Nieves Peter Marquez Alvin Martinez Janiel Perez Yadiel Santana Joel Santos Abimael Torres | Vojtech Blaha Ondrej Chlubna Patrik Kadrnozka Marek Krejcirik Miroslav Krivanek Lukas Maly Tomas Oppelt Lukas Pacal Milan Prokop Martin Regner Roman Seifer Viktor Svida Adam Vavra | Joichiro Fujimatsu Taro Hashiguchi Keisuke Hirano Shozo Kamata Suguru Kanamori Yuta Komaba Ryoma Mitsui Arata Nishikawa Takuma Takahashi Ren Takeuchi Kengo Tomita Shingo Tomita Hayato Ueshima Hiromu Yokoyama | Andrew Andrade Jose Luis Atencio Diomel Bracho Jorge Cabrera Asnaldo Caicedo Jose de la Pena Andres Escalona Andres Inciarte Edgardo Marriaga Ronny Medina Alberson Mogollon Julio Rejon Greybell Salom Cesar Leonardo Vivas | Jesus Bernal Miguel de la Fuente Alex Garcia Juan Garza Encarnacion Gonzalez Gabriel Heredia Ruy Martinez Daniel Quiroz David Ramirez Rolando Reyna Luis Rodriguez Aldair Tellez Erick Vela Abraham Zambrano |
United States :
| Great Lakes Chicago, IL | Mid-Atlantic Philadelphia, PA | Midwest Rapid City, SD | New England Cumberland, RI | Northwest Lynnwood, WA | Southeast Nashville, TN | Southwest Pearland, TX | West Las Vegas, NV |
| Jaheim Benton Cameron Bufford D.J. Butler Brandon Green Trey Hondras Joshua Houston Ed Howard Marquis Jackson Pierce Jones Eddie King Prentiss Luster Lawrence Noble Darion Radcliff | Scott Bandura Kai Cummings Carter Davis Mo'ne Davis Jahli Hendricks Erik Lipson Jack Rice Joe Richardson Tai Shanahan Eli Simon Zion Spearman Jared Sprague-Lott | Colton Hartford Matthew Hegre Jake Kostenbauer Mason Litz Logan Miller Bridger Nesbit Dylan Richey Adam Salter True Synhorst Daniel Vigoren Cooper Voorhees Blake Weaver | John Belisle Trey Bourque Nick Croteau C.J. Davock Addison Kopack Mason Matos Sean Meers Tyler Provost Tyler Shaw Jayden Struble Trey Thibeault Brendan Wright | Read Carr Robley Corsi Tygan Duncan Tyler Durbin Ben Grant Nate King Logan Kruse Ian Michael Tai Starchman Karsen Tjarneberg Matthew Turcotte Mason Vaughn Colton Walsh | Drew Byers Tyler Finley Ian Fry Brian Garcia Tyler Hammonds Robert Hassell Houston High Garrett Justice Blake Money Cade Reynolds Sam Slaughter Barrett Smith Eston Snider | Matthew Adams Clayton Broeder Landon Donley Hunter Dopslauf Joshua Gabino Michael Groover Bryce Laird Walter Maeker Jonathan Newman Layne Roblyer Brandon Sliwinski Cole Smajstrla Presley Smith Christian Terranova | Alex Barker Payton Brooks Dallan Cave Dominic Clayton Josiah Cromwick Zach Hare Justin Hausner Brennan Holligan Dillon Jones Ausin Kryszczuk Drew Laspaluto Andrew Matulich Brad Stone Josh Zuehlsdorff |

### Notable players

* Mo'ne Davis (Mid-Atlantic) – First girl to earn a win and throw a shutout in LLWS history; appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated
* Robert Hassell (Southeast) – First-round pick in 2020 MLB draft by the San Diego Padres
* Ed Howard (Great Lakes) – First-round pick in the 2020 MLB draft by the Chicago Cubs
* Jayden Struble (New England) - Defenseman for the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL
Coaches
* Pavel Chadim (Europe-Africa Region) - Manager of Czech Republic national baseball team at the 2023 World Baseball Classic

## Results

The draw to determine the opening round pairings took place on June 11, 2014.
After the tournament, Jackie Robinson West Little League had all of their wins, including the U.S. Championship, forfeited. Any of their wins are officially considered a 6–0 loss. The scores of their games, as played during the tournament, were as follows:
Jackie Robinson West Little League :
| Bracket | Round | Score | Opponent |
| Winners | Round 1 | 12–2 (F/5) | Washington |
| Winners | Round 2 | 2–13 (F/4) | Nevada |
| Losers | Round 2 | 8–7 | Rhode Island |
| Losers | Round 3 | 6–1 | Texas |
| Losers | U.S. Semifinal | 6–5 | Pennsylvania |
| U.S. Championship | U.S. Championship | 7–5 | Nevada |
| World Championship | World Championship | 4–8 | South Korea |

### United States bracket

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final |
| August 14 – Game 2 | August 14 – Game 2 | August 14 – Game 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Illinois | Illinois | 12 Forfeit | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Illinois | Illinois | 12 Forfeit | August 17 – Game 14 (F/4) | August 17 – Game 14 (F/4) | August 17 – Game 14 (F/4) | | | | | | | | | |
| Washington | Washington | 2 | August 17 – Game 14 (F/4) | August 17 – Game 14 (F/4) | August 17 – Game 14 (F/4) | | | | | | | | | |
| Washington | Washington | 2 | Illinois | Illinois | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 14 – Game 4 (F/5) | August 14 – Game 4 (F/5) | August 14 – Game 4 (F/5) | Illinois | Illinois | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 14 – Game 4 (F/5) | August 14 – Game 4 (F/5) | August 14 – Game 4 (F/5) | Nevada | Nevada | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| South Dakota | South Dakota | 2 | Nevada | Nevada | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| South Dakota | South Dakota | 2 | | | | August 20 – Game 24 | August 20 – Game 24 | August 20 – Game 24 | | | | | | |
| Nevada | Nevada | 12 | | | | August 20 – Game 24 | August 20 – Game 24 | August 20 – Game 24 | | | | | | |
| Nevada | Nevada | 12 | | | | Nevada | Nevada | 8 | | | | | | |
| August 15 – Game 6 | August 15 – Game 6 | August 15 – Game 6 | | | | Nevada | Nevada | 8 | | | | | | |
| August 15 – Game 6 | August 15 – Game 6 | August 15 – Game 6 | | | | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 1 | | | | | | |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 4 | | | | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 1 | | | | | | |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 4 | August 17 – Game 16 | August 17 – Game 16 | August 17 – Game 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tennessee | Tennessee | 0 | August 17 – Game 16 | August 17 – Game 16 | August 17 – Game 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tennessee | Tennessee | 0 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 15 – Game 8 | August 15 – Game 8 | August 15 – Game 8 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 15 – Game 8 | August 15 – Game 8 | August 15 – Game 8 | Texas | Texas | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Texas | Texas | 6 | Texas | Texas | 6 | | | | | | | August 23 – U.S. championship | August 23 – U.S. championship | August 23 – U.S. championship |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Nevada | Nevada | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Illinois | Illinois | 7 Forfeit |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | August 18 – Game 18 | August 18 – Game 18 | August 18 – Game 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 16 – Game 10 | August 16 – Game 10 | August 16 – Game 10 | Washington | Washington | 4 | | | | August 21 – Game 26 | August 21 – Game 26 | August 21 – Game 26 | | | |
| Washington | Washington | 7 | Texas | Texas | 11 | August 19 – Game 22 | August 19 – Game 22 | August 19 – Game 22 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 5 | |
| South Dakota | South Dakota | 5 | | | | Texas | Texas | 1 | Illinois | Illinois | 6 Forfeit | |
| | | | August 18 – Game 20 | August 18 – Game 20 | August 18 – Game 20 | Illinois | Illinois | 6 Forfeit | | | | | | |
| August 16 – Game 12 | August 16 – Game 12 | August 16 – Game 12 | Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Tennessee | Tennessee | 7 | Illinois | Illinois | 8 Forfeit | | | | | | | |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### International bracket

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final |
| August 14 – Game 1 | August 14 – Game 1 | August 14 – Game 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | 10 | August 17 – Game 13 | August 17 – Game 13 | August 17 – Game 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 | August 17 – Game 13 | August 17 – Game 13 | August 17 – Game 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 | South Korea | South Korea | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 14 – Game 3 (F/4) | August 14 – Game 3 (F/4) | August 14 – Game 3 (F/4) | South Korea | South Korea | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 14 – Game 3 (F/4) | August 14 – Game 3 (F/4) | August 14 – Game 3 (F/4) | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 16 | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 16 | | | | August 26 – Game 20 | August 26 – Game 20 | August 26 – Game 20 | | | | | | |
| Australia | Australia | 3 | | | | August 26 – Game 20 | August 26 – Game 20 | August 26 – Game 20 | | | | | | |
| Australia | Australia | 3 | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 4 | | | | | | |
| August 15 – Game 5 | August 15 – Game 5 | August 15 – Game 5 | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 4 | | | | | | |
| August 15 – Game 5 | August 15 – Game 5 | August 15 – Game 5 | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | 4 | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | 4 | August 17 – Game 15 | August 17 – Game 15 | August 17 – Game 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 3 | August 17 – Game 15 | August 17 – Game 15 | August 17 – Game 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 3 | Mexico | Mexico | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 15 – Game 7 | August 15 – Game 7 | August 15 – Game 7 | Mexico | Mexico | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 15 – Game 7 | August 15 – Game 7 | August 15 – Game 7 | Japan | Japan | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | 0 | Japan | Japan | 9 | | | | | | | August 23 – International championship | August 23 – International championship | August 23 – International championship |
| Japan | Japan | 1 | | | | | | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 12 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | August 18 – Game 17 | August 18 – Game 17 | August 18 – Game 17 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 16 – Game 9 | August 16 – Game 9 | August 16 – Game 9 | Mexico | Mexico | 6 | | | | August 21 – Game 25 (F/5) | August 21 – Game 25 (F/5) | August 21 – Game 25 (F/5) | | | |
| Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 1 | Australia | Australia | 2 | August 19 – Game 21 (F/5) | August 19 – Game 21 (F/5) | August 19 – Game 21 (F/5) | Japan | Japan | 12 | |
| Australia | Australia | 10 | | | | Mexico | Mexico | 11 | Mexico | Mexico | 1 | |
| | | | August 18 – Game 19 | August 18 – Game 19 | August 18 – Game 19 | Venezuela | Venezuela | 2 | | | | | | |
| August 16 – Game 11 (F/5) | August 16 – Game 11 (F/5) | August 16 – Game 11 (F/5) | Venezuela | Venezuela | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 0 | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Crossover games

Teams that lost their first two games played a crossover game against a team from the other side of the bracket that also lost its first two games. These games were labeled Game A and Game B. This provided teams who were already eliminated the opportunity to play a third game.
| Game A | Game A |
| August 18 – Lamade Stadium | August 18 – Lamade Stadium |
| Czech Republic | 3 |
| South Dakota | 5 |
| Game B | Game B |
| August 19 – Lamade Stadium | August 19 – Lamade Stadium |
| Canada | 9 |
| Tennessee | 12 |

### Consolation game

The consolation game is played between the loser of the United States championship and the loser of the International championship.
| Consolation game | Consolation game |
| August 24 – Lamade Stadium | August 24 – Lamade Stadium |
| Japan | 5 |
| Nevada | 0 |

### World Championship

| Little League World Championship | Little League World Championship |
| August 24 – Lamade Stadium | August 24 – Lamade Stadium |
| South Korea | 8 |
| Illinois | 4 |
* 2014 Little League World Series Champions
* Seoul Little League Seoul, South Korea

## Jackie Robinson West

Team Jackie Robinson West was the first all black team to compete in the tournament in several decades. Hailing from the Washington Heights area of Chicago, the team made it all the way to the World Championship before ultimately falling to a team from South Korea.
As the team rose to prominence, Evergreen Park, Illinois, Little League official Chris Janes began to investigate personal information pertaining to players of the Jackie Robinson West team, finding that multiple players on the team lived outside the team's designated boundary region. He later discovered that the team had used a falsified boundary map which covered a wider area than other teams in the region had agreed to. On February 11, 2015, based on Chris Janes' findings, the team's wins and U.S. titles were forfeited for its use of ineligible players. The U.S. title was retroactively awarded to Mountain Ridge Little League of Las Vegas. The Great Lakes title was also stripped from Jackie Robinson West, and given to the team they beat in the regional championship, New Albany, Indiana.