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1999 Little League World Series
Tournament details
Dates	August 22–August 28
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Hirakata Little League; Osaka, Japan
Runner-up	National Little League; Phenix City, Alabama
	← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Little League World Series took place between August 22 and August 28 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Hirakata Little League of Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, defeated Phenix City National Little League of Phenix City, Alabama, in the championship game of the 53rd Little League World Series.

Qualification

United States	International
Brownsburg, Indiana Central Brownsburg Little League	Victoria, British Columbia Canada Gordon Head Little League
Toms River, New Jersey East Toms River Little League	Ramstein Air Base, Germany Europe Ramstein American Little League
Phenix City, Alabama South National Little League	Hirakata, Osaka Far East Hirakata Little League
Boise, Idaho West South Central Boise Little League	Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Latin America Juan A. Biblioni Little League

Pool play

**United States**
Region	Record
East	3–0
South	2–1
West	1–2
Central	0–3

**International**
Region	Record
Latin America	3–0
Far East	2–1
Canada	1–2
Europe	0–3

August 22

Canada	3–7	Far East
South	0–6	East

August 23

Canada	4–6	Latin America
South	5–4	Central
Europe	2–5	Far East
West	0–4	East

August 24

Latin America	3–1	Far East
Central	1–3	East
Europe	3–5	Canada
West	0–12 (5)	South

August 25

Latin America	16–3	Europe
West	2–0	Central

Elimination round

Semi-finals		Final

26 August

Yabucoa, Puerto Rico	2
		28 August
Hirakata, Osaka, Japan	12
		Phenix City, Alabama	0
26 August (Game completed 27 August)
		Hirakata, Osaka, Japan	5
Toms River, New Jersey	2

Phenix City, Alabama	3

1999 Little League World Series Champions
Hirakata Little League Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

Champions' path

The Hirakata LL reached the LLWS with an undefeated record of four wins and no losses.^[1] In total, their record was 9–1, their only loss coming against Juan A. Bablioni LL of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.

Round	Opposition	Result
All-Japan Tournament
Opening Round	Suginami LL	4–3
Quarterfinals	Tokorozawa LL	5–0
Semifinals	Hiroshima Rijo LL	6–4
Japan Championship	Hyogo Harima LL	5–4

Notable players

Colby Rasmus (Phenix City, Alabama) Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder
Cory Rasmus (Phenix City, Alabama) MLB pitcher
Michael Saunders (Victoria, British Columbia) MLB outfielder
Lance Lynn (Brownsburg, Indiana) MLB pitcher
Stephen Fife (Boise, Idaho) MLB pitcher

References

^ "Japan Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved September 28, 2010.

External links

1999 official results via Wayback Machine

[1] "Japan Tournament Results". Unpage.com. Retrieved September 28, 2010.

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