1996 Little League World Series

The 1996 Little League World Series was the 17th won by a team from Taiwan. The team from Kaohsiung County was the 12th Taiwan team in a 23-year period to claim a Little League World Series title but in the decade following no Taiwan team has won. Chin-Hsiung Hsieh set a Series record with 7 homers, including one in the 13-3 finale romp over Cranston, RI. The 95-pound Hsieh hit .706. Future minor leaguers Chi-Hung Cheng and Chao-Kuan Wu were also on the Taiwan squad while three future major leaguers appeared: Jeff Clement (Marshalltown, IA), Adam Loewen (Surrey, BC) and Clete Thomas (Panama City, FL).

Sources include 1997 Baseball Almanac, 2012 LLWS Media Guide

Participants

United States Teams				International Teams
Region	City	League		Region	City	League
Central	Marshalltown, IA	Marshalltown Little League		Canada	Surrey, BC	Kennedy-Surrey Little League
East	Cranston, RI	Cranston Western Little League		Europe	Dhahran	Arabian American Little League
South	Panama City, FL	R.L. Turner Little League		Far East	Kaohsiung	Fu-Hsuing Little League
West	Moorpark, CA	Moorpark Little League		Latin America	San Isidro	Ramon Matias Mella Little League

Results

Game Results

Pool Play

August 19

• San Isidro 5, Surrey, BC 1
• Panama City, FL 8, Marshalltown, IA 3
• Kaohsiung 12, Dhahran 3
• Cranston, RI 5, Moorpark, CA 1

August 20

• Surrey, BC 3, Dhahran 2
• Moorpark, CA 7, Marshalltown, IA 3
• Kaohsiung 9, San Isidro 0
• Panama City, FL 8, Cranston, RI 6

August 21

• San Isidro 13, Dhahran 0 (5 inn.)
• Cranston, RI 6, Marshalltown, IA 1
• Kaohsiung 21, Surrey, BC 2 (3 inn.)
• Panama City, FL 10, Moorpark, CA 2

Finals

August 22

• Cranston, RI 6, Panama City, FL 3
• Kaohsiung 7, San Isidro 1

August 24

• Kaohsiung 13, Cranston, RI 3

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	Cranston, RI		6
	Panama City, FL		3
						Cranston, RI		3
						Kaohsiung		13
	Kaohsiung		7
	San Isidro		1