Little League World Series 2018: Bracket, scores, schedule, how to watch live

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The 72nd  Little League World Series began Aug. 16 and will continue until the LLWS championship game on Aug. 26 in Williamsport, Pa. 

Sixteen teams made up of 11- and 12-year-olds are in the final event of an international tournament  that began July 28 with a series in Easley, S.C.

The LLWS's international teams will hope to continue their winning streak after a team from  Tokyo won last year's LLWS

MORE:  Hawaii vs. South Korea live updates

Here's everything you need to know about the 2018 Little League World Series, including bracket, schedule and how to watch live.

2018 Little League World Series bracket

Download the full  2018 Little League World Series bracket here ; see the LLWS schedule and scores below. 

LLWS schedule, scores

The 2018 Little League World Series begins on Friday, Aug. 16, and ends with the championship game (U.S. winner vs. International winner) on Sunday, Aug. 26. The  full LLWS schedule is available here  (a ll times Eastern).

Thursday, Aug. 16
Game 1, 1 p.m.: Asia-Pacific Region 4, Caribbean Region 2
Game 2, 3 p.m.: Mid-Atlantic Region 5, Midwest Region 2
Game 3, 5 p.m.: Mexico Region 3, Australia Region 2, 9 innings
Game 4, 7 p.m.: Southwest Region 3, New England Region 1
Friday, Aug. 17
Game 5, 2 p.m.: Japan Region 11, Europe-Africa Region 1
Game 6, 4 p.m.: Great Lakes Region 5, Northwest Region 4
Game 7, 6 p.m.: Latin America Region 8, Canada Region 3
Game 8, 8 p.m.: West Region 2, Southeast Region 0, 11 innings
Saturday, Aug. 18
Game 9, 1 p.m.: Caribbean 6, Australia 0, Australia eliminated
Game 10, 3 p.m.: Midwest 9, New England 5, New England eliminated
Game 11, 6 p.m.: Canada 2, Europe-Africa 1, Europe-Africa eliminated
Game 12, 8 p.m.: Southeast 3, Northwest 0, Northwest eliminated
Sunday, Aug. 19
Game 13, 9 a.m.: Asia-Pacific 5, Mexico 1
Game 14, 11 a.m.: Mid-Atlantic 2, Southwest 1
Game 15, 1 p.m.: Japan 4, Latin America 2
Game 16, 2 p.m.: West 8, Great Lakes 3
Monday, Aug. 20
LLWS Game A, 11 a.m.: New England 15, Australia 0
Game 17, 1 p.m.: Caribbean 3, Latin America 1 
Game 18, 3 p.m.: Great Lakes 5, Midwest 4
Game 19, 6 p.m.: Canada 6, Mexico 4
Game 20, 8 p.m.: Southeast 7, Southwest 6
Tuesday, Aug. 21
LLWS Game B, 11 a.m.: Northwest vs. Europe-Africa, ppd., rain
Game 21, 3 p.m.: Caribbean vs. Canada, ppd., rain
Game 22, 7:30 p.m.: Great Lakes vs. Southeast, ppd., rain
Wednesday, Aug. 22
Game 21, 3 p.m.: Caribbean 9, Canada 7, Canada eliminated
Game 22, 3 p.m.: Southeast 4, Great Lakes 3, Great Lakes eliminated
Game 23, 7:30 p.m.: Asia-Pacific 10, Japan 0, Asia-Pacific advances
Game 24, 7:30 p.m.: West 10, Mid-Atlantic 0, West advances
Thursday, Aug. 23
LLWS Game B, 11 a.m.: Northwest 5, Europe-Africa 0
Game 25, 3 p.m.: Japan 1, Caribbean 0, Japan advances
Game 26, 7 p.m.: Southeast 7, Mid-Atlantic 3, Southeast advances
Saturday, Aug. 25
International championship, 12:30 p.m.: Asia-Pacific 2, Japan 1, Asia-Pacific advances
U.S. championship, 3:30 p.m.: West 3, Southeast 0, West Advances
Sunday, Aug. 26
LLWS consolation game, 10 a.m.: Japan 8, Southeast 2
LLWS championship game, 3 p.m.:  West 3, Asia-Pacific 0, West wins 2018 Little League World Series

How to watch the LLWS live

The 2018 Little League World Series will be broadcast live on the ESPN family of networks and ABC. The LLWS will also be live-streamed online and via the  WatchESPN  app.

For radio, WRAK (1200 AM/1400 AM/94.9 FM) on iHeart Radio in Williamsport, Pa., will broadcast the 2018 LLWS.

Follow Sporting News' championship live blog here .

Little League World Series highlights

Highlights from the 2018 Little League World Series will be available at  Videos.LittleLeague.org . Here's a look at some of the best highlights in LLWS history: 

Little League World Series teams, rosters

Get to know the teams and players in the 2018 Little League World Series. Team rosters are linked to each region below. 

United States teams

REGION TEAM LOCATION
Great Lakes Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores LL Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan
Mid-Atlantic Mid Island LL Staten Island, New York
Midwest Grandview LL Des Moines, Iowa
New England Coventry LL Coventry, Rhode Island
Northwest Coeur d’Alene LL Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Southeast Peachtree City American LL Peachtree City, Georgia
Southwest Post Oak LL Houston, Texas
West Honolulu LL Honolulu, Hawaii

International teams

REGION TEAM LOCATION
Asia-Pacific South Seoul LL Seoul, South Korea
Australia Gold Coast Baseball Assoc LL Gold Coast, Queensland
Canada Whalley LL Surrey, British Columbia
Caribbean Radames Lopez LL Guayama, Puerto Rico
Europe-Africa Catalunya LL Barcelona, Spain
Japan Kawaguchi LL Kawaguchi, Japan
Latin America Vacamonte LL Arraijan, Panama
Mexico Matamoros LL Matamoros, Tamaulipas

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