# 2004 Little League World Series

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, Panama Latin America Curundu | Willemstad, Curaçao Caribbean Pabao |
| Morganton Southeast Morganton | Preston Mid-Atlantic South Caroline | Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Asia Shou-Tien | Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico Mexico Guadalupe Linda Vista |
| Lincoln New England Lincoln | Redmond Northwest Redmond North | Ottawa, Canada Canada East Nepean | Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Transatlantic Arabian-American |
| Davenport Midwest Northwest | Owensboro Great Lakes Southern | Kutno, Poland Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Kutno | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Pacific Saipan |
* 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.
* Northern Mariana Islands is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States.

## 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 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| August 25 - Lamade (F/7) | August 25 - Lamade (F/7) | | | |
| Willemstad, Curaçao | 9 | | | |
| Willemstad, Curaçao | 9 | August 28 - Lamade | August 28 - Lamade | | |
| Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 8 | August 28 - Lamade | August 28 - Lamade | |
| Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 8 | Willemstad, Curaçao | 4 | |
| August 26 - Lamade | August 26 - Lamade | | Willemstad, Curaçao | 4 | |
| August 26 - Lamade | August 26 - Lamade | Guadalupe, Mexico | 0 | |
| Panama City, Panama | 2 | Guadalupe, Mexico | 0 | |
| Panama City, Panama | 2 | | | | August 29 - Lamade | August 29 - Lamade |
| Guadalupe, Mexico | 6 | | | | August 29 - Lamade | August 29 - Lamade |
| Guadalupe, Mexico | 6 | | | | Willemstad, Curaçao | 5 |
| August 25 - Lamade | August 25 - Lamade | | | | | Willemstad, Curaçao | 5 |
| August 25 - Lamade | August 25 - Lamade | | | | Thousand Oaks, California | 2 |
| Richmond, Texas | 8 | | | | Thousand Oaks, California | 2 |
| Richmond, Texas | 8 | August 28 - Lamade | August 28 - Lamade | | | |
| Morganton, North Carolina | 2 | August 28 - Lamade | August 28 - Lamade | | | |
| Morganton, North Carolina | 2 | Richmond, Texas | 0 | | | |
| August 26 - Lamade | August 26 - Lamade | | Richmond, Texas | 0 | | | |
| August 26 - Lamade | August 26 - Lamade | Thousand Oaks, California | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 3 | Thousand Oaks, California | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Thousand Oaks, California | 3 | | | | August 29 - Volunteer | August 29 - Volunteer |
| Preston, Maryland | 1 | | | | August 29 - Volunteer | 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 |