1982 Little League World Series

The 1982 Little League World Series was the 36th Little League World Series. Taiwan set a record by winning their sixth straight international title but failed to win their 6th straight championship as they fell to Kirkland, WA in the finale. The entries were Rouyn, QC, Pu-Tzu Town, Chia-Yi (Taiwan), Torrejon Air Base (Madrid, Spain), Coquivacoa, Maracaibo, Sarasota, FL, Easton, MD, Wyoming, MI and Kirkland, WA. In the finale, the US won 6-0 behind a stellar effort from Cody Webster (2 H, 12 K on the mound, a homer at the plate). The Series was unusual in having more future NHL players than MLB ones: Wilson Alvarez played for Coquivacoa (the third future MLBer from a non-US team in a LLWS) while Stephane Matteau (over 800 NHL games) and Pierre Turgeon (over 500 NHL goals) played for Rouyn. Kun-Yuan Chuo was played for Taiwan.

The Kirkland, WA team is remembered in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, Little Big Men.

Source: 2012 Little League World Series Media Guide

Participants

United States Teams				International Teams
Region	City	League		Region	City	League
Central	Wyoming, MI	Pinery Park Little League		Canada	Rouyn, QC	Rotary Little League
East	Easton, MD	Easton Little League		Europe	Madrid	Torrejon Air Force Base Little League
South	Sarasota, FL	Sarasota National Little League		Far East	Chia-Yi	Po-Tzu Little League
West	Kirkland, WA	Kirkland National Little League		Latin America	Maracaibo	Coquivacoa Little League

Results

Game Results

• Chia-Yi 8, Maracaibo 2
• Kirkland, WA 5, Sarasota, FL 3
• Wyoming, MI 4, Easton, MD 2
• Rouyn, QC 3, Madrid 0
• Chia-Yi 10, Rouyn, QC 7
• Kirkland, WA 3, Wyoming, MI 2
• Wyoming, MI 7, Rouyn, QC 4 (Consolation game)
• Kirkland, WA 6, Chia-Yi 0 (Championship game)

• Maracaibo 6, Sarasota, FL 1
• Madrid 18, Easton, MD 7
• Sarasota, FL 5, Easton, MD 0 (7th Place)
• Maracaibo 9, Madrid 1 (5th Place)

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		Chia-Yi	8
		Maracaibo	2
							Chia-Yi	10
							Rouyn, QC	7
		Rouyn, QC	3
		Madrid	0
												Chia-Yi	0
												Kirkland, WA	6
		Kirkland, WA	5
		Sarasota, FL	3
							Kirkland, WA	3
							Wyoming, MI	2
		Wyoming, MI	4
		Easton, MD	2