The Little League Baseball World Series celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2022 and does so in a slightly different format and an expanded field of 20 teams. The event kicked off August 17 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and wraps up this week. Going into Wednesday’s action, eight teams (four American, four international) remained alive in the group, and a champion will be crowned on Sunday, August 28.

International teams are participating for the first time since 2019. LLWS 2020 has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Only American teams were allowed to participate in 2021 when Michigan’s Taylor North Little League won the championship. Fans were welcomed back into the stands this year as only a limited number of family members were allowed in the stands in 2021 for COVID-19 safety precautions. The MLB Little League Classic took place on Sunday, August 21, with the Orioles beating the Red Sox.

Chinese Taipei holds the record with 17 Little League World Series titles, and Japan is second with a total of 11. Japan have dominated lately, as five of those titles have come since 2010. In this As far as the United States is concerned, California holds the most tiles with seven.

Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s event, including scores, schedule, streaming information and a list of all the competing teams.

How to watch the 2022 Little League Baseball World Series

• When: August 17-28
• Where: Williamsport, Pennsylvania – Howard J. Lamade Stadium and Little League Volunteer Stadium
• TV channels: ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC
• Direct: fuboTV (try for free)

2022 Little League World Series Bracket

2022 Little League World Series schedule, scores

All times Eastern

Wednesday August 24

• Asia-Pacific 5, Mexico 1
• Southeast vs. West, 3 p.m., ESPN
• Caribbean vs. Latin America, 5 p.m., ESPN
• Southwest vs. Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m. ESPN

Tuesday August 23

• Latin America 8, Panama 1
• Mid-Atlantic 10, Great Lakes 0
• Caribbean 4, Canada 2
• Southwest 4, Midwest 0

Monday August 22

• Latin America 8, Japan 7
• Mid-Atlantic 7, Metro 1
• Asia-Pacific 7, Panama 0
• Southeast 5, Great Lakes 2
• Mexico 10, Canada 0
• West 6, South West 0

Sunday August 21

• Caribbean 1, Europe-Africa 0
• Midwest 10, Mountain 2

Saturday August 20

• Europe-Africa 12, Australia 7
• Midwest 6, Northwest 3
• Latin America 3, Puerto Rico 1
• Mid-Atlantic 7, New England 5

Friday August 19

• Panama 9, Caribbean 3
• Southeast 11, Mountain 2
• Canada 6, Japan 0
• West 12, Metro 0

Thursday August 18

• Asia-Pacific 2, Europe-Africa 0
• Great Lakes 8, Midwest 7
• Mexico 6, Puerto Rico 1
• Southwest 8, Mid-Atlantic 3

Wednesday August 17

• Caribbean 2, Latin America 0
• Southeast 5, New England 3
• Canada 7, Australia 0
• West 11, North West 1

Teams

United States

• Big lakes: Hagerstown Little League; Hagerstown, Indiana
• New England: Middleborough Little League; Middleborough, MA
• North West: Bonney Lake/Summer Little League; Lake Bonney, Washington
• Subway: Little League of the Massapequa Coast; Massapequa, NY
• Mid-Atlantic: Holidaysburg area summer little league baseball; Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania
• Midwest: Davenport South East Little League; Davenport, Iowa
• Mountain: Little League Snow Canyon; Santa Clara, UT
• South East : Nolensville Little League; Nolensville, TN
• South West : Pearland Little League; Perland, TX
• West: Honolulu Little League; Honolulu Hawaii

International

• Asia Pacific: Fu Lin Little League; Taipei City, Chinese Taipei
• Australia: Brisbane North Little League; Queensland, Australia
• Canada: Little League Little Mountain; Vancouver, British Columbia
• Caribbean: Pabao Little League; Willemstad, Curacao
• Europe-Africa: Little League of Emilia-Romagna; Bologna, Italy
• Japan: Takarazuka Little League; Takarazuka, Japan
• Latin America: 14 de Septiembre Little League; Managua, Nicaragua
• Mexico: Matamoros Little League; Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
• Panama: Little League Aguadulce Cabezera; Aguadulce, Panama
• Porto Rico: Guaynabo Little League Baseball; Guaynabo, Puerto Rico