# 2023 Little League Softball World Series qualification

There were twelve Little League softball regional tournaments to qualify for the 2023 Little League Softball World Series in Greenville, North Carolina which took place between June 15 and July 31, 2023.

## Qualified Teams

| Region | Location | Little League |
| Asia-Pacific | Bacolod, Philippines | Negros Occidental Little League |
| Canada | St. Albert, Alberta | St. Albert Softball Little League |
| Central | Austintown, Ohio | Austintown Little League |
| Europe-Africa | Milan, Italy | Lombardia Little League |
| Host (North Carolina) | Salisbury, North Carolina | Rowan Little League |
| Latin America | Guayama, Puerto Rico | Guayama Softball Little League |
| Mid-Atlantic | Massapequa, New York | Massapequa International Little League |
| New England | Milford, Connecticut | Milford Little League |
| Northwest | Bend, Oregon | Bend North Little League |
| Southeast | Winterville, North Carolina | Pitt County Girls Softball Little League |
| Southwest | Hewitt, Texas | Midway Little League |
| West | San Jose, California | Almaden Little League |

## United States tournaments
### Central region

The tournament occurred in Whitestown, Indiana from July 23–28, 2023.
| State | Location | Little League |
| Illinois | Brookfield | Brookfield National Little League |
| Indiana | Zionsville | Zionsville Little League |
| Iowa | Johnston | Johnston Girls Softball Little League |
| Kentucky | Crestwood | South Oldham Little League |
| Michigan | St. Clair | St. Clair Little League |
| Missouri | Columbia | Daniel Boone Little League |
| Nebraska | Omaha | Keystone Little League |
| Ohio | Austintown | Austintown Little League |
| Wisconsin | Appleton | Appleton Little League |

#### Winner's Bracket

| First Round | First Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Winner's Bracket Final | Winner's Bracket Final |
| | | Indiana | 3 | | | | |
| Wisconsin | 4 | Nebraska | 0 | | | | |
| Nebraska | 8 | | | Indiana | 12 | | |
| | | | | Illinois | 4 | | |
| | | Kentucky | 4 | | | | |
| | | Illinois | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Indiana | 1 |
| | | | | | | Iowa | 8 |
| | | Missouri | 3 | | | | |
| | | Michigan | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Missouri | 8 | | |
| | | | | Iowa | 12 | | |
| | | Ohio | 3 | | | | |
| | | Iowa | 8 | | | | |

#### Elimination Bracket

| First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal #1 | Semifinal #1 |
| | | Kentucky | 2 | | | | |
| | | Nebraska | 4 | Missouri | 3 | | |
| | | | | Nebraska | 1 | | |
| | | | | | | Missouri | 1 |
| | | | | | | Ohio | 10 |
| | | | | Illinois | 3 | | |
| | | Michigan | 1 | Ohio | 4 | | |
| Wisconsin | 2 | Ohio | 5 | | | | |
| Ohio | 4 | | | | | | |

### Host region (North Carolina)

The North Carolina state tournament took place in Greenville, North Carolina from July 7–11. The winner of the North Carolina state tournament advanced to the Little League Softball World Series representing the Host Region. The winner of the elimination bracket advanced to the Southeast region tournament as the North Carolina Representative.
| Location | Little League |
| Charlotte | Mallard Creek Little League |
| Winterville | Pitt County Girls Softball Little League |
| Salisbury | Rowan Little League |
| Durham | South Durham Little League |
| Brevard | Transylvania Little League |

#### Winner's bracket

| First Round | First Round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship Game | Championship Game |
| | | Pitt County | 1 | | |
| | | Mallard Creek | 3 | | |
| Mallard Creek | 12 | Mallard Creek | 3 | | |
| Transylvania | 3 | | | | |
| Transylvania | 3 | | | Mallard Creek | 1 |
| | | | | Rowan | 2 |
| | | South Durham | 0 | | |
| | | Rowan | 12 | | |

#### Elimination Bracket

| First Round | First Round | Semifinal | Semifinal | Bracket Final | Bracket Final |
| | | | | Pitt County | 5 |
| | | South Durham | 0 | Mallard Creek | 4 |
| Transylvania | 0 | Pitt County | 7 | | |
| South Durham | 8 | | | | |

### Mid-Atlantic region

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from July 23–28.
| State | Location | Little League |
| Delaware | Georgetown | Georgetown Little League |
| Maryland | Delmar | Delmar Little League |
| New Jersey | Toms River | Toms River Little League |
| New York | Massapequa | Massapequa International Little League |
| Pennsylvania | Moscow | North Pocono/Dandy Lion Little League |
| Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. | Capitol City Little League |

#### Bracket

| Winner's First Round | Winner's First Round | Winner's Semifinal | Winner's Semifinal | Winner's Bracket Final | Winner's Bracket Final | Championship Game | Championship Game |
| | | New Jersey | 10 | | | | |
| Washington, D.C. | 0 | Maryland | 0 | | | | |
| New Jersey | 17 | | | New Jersey | 0 | | |
| | | | | New York | 6 | | |
| | | Delaware | 2 | | | | |
| New York | 1 | New York | 5 | | | | |
| Pennsylvania | 0 | | | | | | |
| Pennsylvania | 0 | | | | | New York | 7 |
| | | | | | | Pennsylvania | 0 |
| Elimination First Round | Elimination First Round | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Bracket Final | Elimination Bracket Final | | |
| Washington, D.C. | 0 | | | | | | |
| Washington, D.C. | 0 | | | New Jersey | 0 | | |
| Delaware | 18 | | | New Jersey | 0 | | |
| Delaware | 18 | Delaware | 1 | Pennsylvania | 8 | | |
| | | Pennsylvania | 2 | | | | |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | Pennsylvania | 2 | | | | |
| Maryland | 0 | | | | | | |

### New England region

The tournament took place in Bristol, Connecticut from July 23–28.
| State | Location | Little League |
| Connecticut | Milford | Milford Little League |
| Maine | Buxton | Bonny Eagle Little League |
| Massachusetts | Worcester | Jesse Burkett Little League |
| Rhode Island | Cranston | Cranston Western Little League |
| Vermont | St. Albans | St. Albans Little League |

#### Bracket

| Winner's First Round | Winner's First Round | Winner's Semifinal | Winner's Semifinal | Winner's Bracket Final | Winner's Bracket Final | Championship Game | Championship Game |
| | | Vermont | 1 | | | | |
| Vermont | 10 | Connecticut | 11 | | | | |
| Maine | 1 | | | Connecticut | 13 | | |
| | | | | Rhode Island | 1 | | |
| | | Massachusetts | 5 | | | | |
| | | Rhode Island | 10 | | |
| | | Rhode Island | 10 | | Connecticut | 11 |
| | | | | | Connecticut | Maine | 1 |
| Elimination First Round | Elimination First Round | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Bracket Final | Elimination Bracket Final | Maine | 1 |
| | | | | Rhode Island | 0 | | |
| | | Vermont | 1 | Maine | 5 | | |
| Maine | 16 | Maine | 2 | | | | |
| Massachusetts | 2 | | | | | | |

### Northwest region

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from July 22–28.
| State | Location | Little League |
| Alaska | Juneau | Gastineau Channel Little League |
| Idaho | Lewiston | Lewiston Little League |
| Montana | Billings | Boulder Arrowhead Little League |
| Oregon | Bend | Bend North Little League |
| Washington | Puyallup | South Hill Little League |
| Wyoming | Gillette | Gillette Little League |

#### Bracket

| Winner's First Round | Winner's First Round | Winner's Semifinal | Winner's Semifinal | Winner's Bracket Final | Winner's Bracket Final | Championship Game | Championship Game |
| | | Oregon | 10 | | | | |
| Alaska | 1 | Idaho | 0 | | | | |
| Oregon | 9 | | | Oregon | 2 | | |
| | | | | Montana | 7 | | |
| | | Washington | 10 | | | | |
| Montana | 6 | Montana | 15 | | | | |
| Wyoming | 0 | | | | | | |
| Wyoming | 0 | | | | | Montana | 4 |
| | | | | | | Oregon | 8 |
| Elimination First Round | Elimination First Round | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Bracket Final | Elimination Bracket Final | | |
| Alaska | 6 | | | | | | |
| Alaska | 6 | | | Oregon | 7 | | |
| Washington | 13 | | | Oregon | 7 | | |
| Washington | 13 | Washington | 9 | Washington | 6 | | |
| | | Wyoming | 6 | | | | |
| Wyoming | 12 | Wyoming | 6 | | | | |
| Idaho | 1 | | | | | | |

### Southeast Region

The tournament took place in Warner Robins, Georgia from July 24–28.
| State | Location | Little League |
| Florida | Niceville | Niceville Valparaiso Little League |
| Georgia | Warner Robins | Warner Robins American Little League |
| North Carolina | Winterville | Pitt County Girls Softball Little League |
| South Carolina | Columbia | Trenholm Little League |
| Tennessee | Erwin | Unicoi County Little League |
| Virginia | McLean | McLean Softball Little League |
| West Virginia | Logan | Logan Little League |

#### Bracket

| Winner's First Round | Winner's First Round | Winner's Second Round | Winner's Second Round | Winner's Bracket Final | Winner's Bracket Final | | | Championship Game | Championship Game |
| | | Georgia | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | North Carolina | 10 | | | | | | |
| North Carolina | 8 | North Carolina | 10 | | | | | | |
| Florida | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Florida | 2 | | | North Carolina | 13 | | | | |
| | | | | Tennessee | 1 | | | | |
| Virginia | 17 | | | Tennessee | 1 | | | | |
| South Carolina | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| South Carolina | 1 | Virginia | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | Tennessee | 5 | | | | | | |
| Tennessee | 3 | Tennessee | 5 | | | | | | |
| West Virginia | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| West Virginia | 1 | | | | | | | North Carolina | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | Tennessee | 0 |
| Elimination First Round | Elimination First Round | Elimination Second Round | Elimination Second Round | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Bracket Final | Elimination Bracket Final | |
| | | Georgia | 6 | | | | | | |
| South Carolina | 1 | West Virginia | 0 | | | Tennessee | 7 | |
| West Virginia | 11 | | | Georgia | 4 | Florida | 6 | |
| | | | | Florida | 5 | | | | |
| | | Florida | 11 | | | | | |
| | | Virginia | 1 | | | | | |

### Southwest region

The tournament took place in Waco, Texas from July 24–27.
| State | Location | Little League |
| Colorado | Monument | Tri Lakes Little League |
| Louisiana | Sterlington | Sterlington Little League |
| New Mexico | Carlsbad | Carlsbad National Little League |
| Texas East | Inez | Industrial Little League |
| Texas West | Hewitt | Midway Little League |

#### Bracket

| Winner's First Round | Winner's First Round | Winner's Semifinal | Winner's Semifinal | Winner's Bracket Final | Winner's Bracket Final | Championship Game | Championship Game |
| | | Texas West | 4 | | | | |
| Texas East | 0 | New Mexico | 1 | | | | |
| Texas West | 3 | | | Texas West | 10 | | |
| | | | | Louisiana | 0 | | |
| | | Colorado | 0 | | | | |
| | | Louisiana | 13 | | |
| | | Louisiana | 13 | | Texas West | 6 |
| | | | | | Texas West | Texas East | 0 |
| Elimination First Round | Elimination First Round | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Bracket Final | Elimination Bracket Final | Texas East | 0 |
| | | | | Louisiana | 2 | | |
| | | New Mexico | 2 | Texas East | 6 | | |
| Texas East | 8 | Texas East | 10 | | | | |
| Colorado | 1 | | | | | | |

### West region

The tournament took place in San Bernardino, California from July 22–28.
| State | Location | Little League |
| Arizona | Willcox | Willcox Little League |
| Hawaii | Hilo | Hilo Little League |
| Nevada | Sparks | Centennial Little League |
| Northern California | San Jose | Almaden Little League |
| Southern California | Quartz Hill | Quartz Hill Little League |
| Utah | Enterprise | Enterprise Little League |

#### Bracket

| Winner's First Round | Winner's First Round | Winner's Semifinal | Winner's Semifinal | Winner's Bracket Final | Winner's Bracket Final | Championship Game | Championship Game |
| | | Nevada | 0 | | | | |
| Nevada | 6 | Arizona | 8 | | | | |
| Utah | 3 | | | Arizona | 1 | | |
| | | | | Southern California | 2 | | |
| | | Northern California | 4 | | | | |
| Southern California | 10 | Southern California | 11 | | | | |
| Hawaii | 3 | | | | | | |
| Hawaii | 3 | | | | | Southern California | 1 |
| | | | | | | Northern California | 2 |
| Elimination First Round | Elimination First Round | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Semifinal | Elimination Bracket Final | Elimination Bracket Final | | |
| Utah | 4 | | | | | | |
| Utah | 4 | | | Arizona | 4 | | |
| Northern California | 5 | | | Arizona | 4 | | |
| Northern California | 5 | Northern California | 9 | Northern California | 8 | | |
| | | Nevada | 1 | | | | |
| Hawaii | 7 | Nevada | 1 | | | | |
| Nevada | 13 | | | | | | |

## International
### Asia-Pacific region

There was no Asia-Pacific tournament in 2023, and the regional championship was awarded to Negros Occidental Little League of Bacolod, Philippines.

### Canada region

The tournament took place in Victoria, British Columbia from July 29–31.
Teams :
| Province | Location | Little League | Record |
| Alberta | St. Albert | St. Albert Softball Little League | 2-0 |
| Quebec | Montreal | On Fields LLS Little League | 1-1 |
| British Columbia | Victoria | Hampton Little League | 0-2 |
| Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 2 | Quebec | 2 |
| 3 | British Columbia | 1 | 1 | Alberta | 4 |
| 2 | Quebec | 3 | | | |

### Europe-Africa region

The tournament took place in Chomutov, Czech Republic from July 5–9.
Teams :
| Country | City | Little League | Record |
| Italy | Milan | Lombardia Little League | 2-1 |
| Czech Republic A | Prague | Bohemia Little League | 2-1 |
| Czech Republic B | Prague | Prague Little League | 2-1 |
| Netherlands | Haarlem | Kennermerland Little League | 0-3 |

#### Semifinal & final

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Italy | 12 | | | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | Italy | 6 |
| | | | 2 | Czech Republic A | 3 |
| 2 | Czech Republic A | 12 | 2 | Czech Republic A | 3 |
| 3 | Czech Republic B | 2 | | | |

### Latin America region

The tournament took place in Guayama, Puerto Rico from June 15–19.
Teams :
| Country | City | Little League | Record |
| Puerto Rico | Guayama | Guayama Softball Little League | 4-0 |
| Mexico | Monterrey | Monterrey Little League | 2-2 |
| Curaçao | Willemstad | Curaçao Little League | 2-2 |
| Puerto Rico | Guánica | Guánica Little League | 1-3 |
| United States Virgin Islands | Christiansted | McHen Little League | 0-4 |

#### Championship game

| Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Puerto Rico | 3 |
| 2 | Mexico | 2 |