1979 Little League World Series

The 1979 Little League World Series was the 33rd Little League World Series. It featured teams from Sherbrooke, QC, Pu-Tzu Town (Taiwan), Aviano, Pordenone (the first LLWS entry from Italy; representing a NATO air force base), Santurce, North Little Rock, AR, Campbell, CA, Grosse Pointe, MI and Ridgewood, NJ.

The Taiwan-Italy game featured some record performances. Italy made a record 11 errors, 5 by David Maarten, while Chao-An Chen struck out all 18 batters in a perfect game, setting the strikeout record. In the finale, Chia-Yi (0.00 ERA, .016 opponent average for the event) beat Campbell, 2-1. Campbell scored in the first but would get no hits (two walks, two errors by Taiwan) against Han-Chao Tai, who became the 5th hurler to toss a no-hitter in a LLWS championship game. Taiwan tied it off B. Fraka in the 5th on a homer by CF Chao-An Chen. In the 8th, 1B Chia-Mou Hou drove in Chang-Kuen Lu with the winner. Taiwan's #9 hitter, C Cheng-Hsien Chang, would later play in the Olympics.

Source: 2012 LLWS Media Guide

Participants

United States Teams				International Teams
Region	City	League		Region	City	League
Central	Grosse Pointe Woods, MI	National Little League		Canada	Sherbrooke, QC	Sherbrooke-Lennoxville Little League
East	Ridgewood, NJ	Ridgewood National Little League		Europe	Aviano, Pordenone	Aviano AFB Little League
South	North Little Rock, AR	Burns Park Little League		Far East	Chiayi, Taiwan	Pu-Tzu Little League
West	Campbell, CA	Campbell Little League		Latin America	Santurce	Luis Llorens Torres Little League

Results

Game Results

• Aviano, Pordenone 4, Sherbrooke, QC 3
• North Little Rock, AR 3, Ridgewood, NJ 1
• Campbell, CA 8, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 5
• Chiayi, Taiwan 3, Santurce 0
• Chiayi, Taiwan 18, Aviano, Pordenone 0
• Campbell, CA 8, North Little Rock, AR 3
• North Little Rock, AR 8, Aviano, Pordenone 1 (Consolation game)
• Chiayi, Taiwan 2, Campbell, CA 1 (Championship game)

• Sherbrooke, QC 6, Ridgewood, NJ 5
• Santurce 10, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 0
• Ridgewood, NJ 9, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 4 (7th Place)
• Santurce 10, Sherbrooke, QC 1 (5th Place)

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Aviano, Pordenone	4
		Sherbrooke, QC	3
							Aviano, Pordenone	0
							Chiayi, Taiwan	18
		Chiayi, Taiwan	3
		Santurce	0
												Chiayi, Taiwan	2
												Campbell, CA	1
		North Little Rock, AR	3
		Ridgewood, NJ	1
							North Little Rock, AR	3
							Campbell, CA	8
		Campbell, CA	8
		Grosse Pointe Woods, MI	5