Little League World Series 2025 Comes To PA: What You Need To Know

WILLIAMSPORT, PA — Hundreds of small but mighty baseball stars from across the country and around the world will once again descend on central Pennsylvania this month for the 78th iteration of the Little League World Series.

The tournament will feature 10 of the best teams from a series of regional tournaments around the United States, and 10 teams representing various countries globally.

Here's what you need to know.

Schedule, times, and dates

The games will begin on Aug. 13 and continue through Aug. 24.

International teams will battle in one tournament, while American teams will battle in the other. Respective tournament champions will be crowned, and the winners will meet in the final World Series game on Aug. 24.

Semifinal games will be held on Aug. 23, and a third place game, between the runners-up in the American and international tournaments, will be held on Aug. 24.

The full schedule of games and related events is available online here.

Pennsylvania's own Upper Uwlchan Township will compete for the title on their relative home turf. The Chester County-based squad will represent the mid-Atlantic region, and will play their first game against the Midwest region's Sioux Falls, South Dakota team on Aug. 14 at 7 p.m.

How to watch

In-person admission is free to all games. In the past, many games have had full or nearly full crowds in the stands, while championship games often have thousands in the grass field extending beyond the outfield in the hills above the complex.

More than 300 of the games will also be broadcast on ESPN.

See also: The Mythical Boys Of Red Land, Pennsylvania

The Little League Classic

Major League Baseball will hold its eighth annual "Little League Classic" game, a regular season MLB game on the grounds in Williamsport. While the 2023 game featured the Phillies, the 2025 game will be between the New York Mets and the Seattle Mariners.

That game will be held on Sunday, August. 17 at 7 p.m.

Home run derby

Modeled on the MLB All Star game's classic competition, the Little League World Series hosts its own home run derby featuring some of the strongest young sluggers in the world. It will take place at 5 p.m. on Aug. 21.

Traffic and travel information

Williamsport, a small community in Lycoming County along the banks of the west branch of the Susquehanna River, is fully transformed each summer with the arrival of roughly half a million visitors, according to tourism board statistics.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has created a special website — www.511PA.com/map/page/LLWS — to help manage the enormous influx of congestion to the region.

The page offers real-time traffic information, the best possible route for travel to specific destinations, and also two alternate routes in case of additional and unexpected issues.

“With this enhancement, our goal is to minimize congestion on the roads and focus on safe travel by providing motorists with as much information as possible,” PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll said in a statement. “We encourage the public to use 511PA to plan the route that works best for them as they travel to this year’s Little League World Series.”

The map will also factor in increased pedestrian traffic in certain areas, along with slowdowns on the road.

Roster of competing teams

American teams

• Metro: Fairfield, Connecticut
• Great Lakes: Clarendon Hills, Illinois
• West: Honolulu, Hawaii
• New England: Braintree, Massachusetts
• Mountain: Las Vegas, Nevada
• Midwest: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Southeast: Irmo, South Carolina
• Southwest: Richmond, Texas
• Mid-Atlantic: Upper Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania
• Northwest: Bonney Lake, Washington

Global teams

• Asia-Pacific: Taipei, Chinese Taipei
• Australia: Brisbane, Queensland
• Canada: Vancouver, British Columbia
• Caribbean: Santa Cruz, Aruba
• Europe-Africa: Brno, Czech Republic
• Japan: Tokyo, Japan
• Latin America: Barquisimeto, Venezuela
• Mexico: Chihuahua, Mexico
• Panama: Arraijan, Panama
• Puerto Rico: Yabucoa, Puerto Rico