The Little League World Series title is back up for grabs in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Tung-Yuan Little League from Chinese Taipei, representing the Asia-Pacific Region, defeated Nevada in the 2025 championship game. The team carried a perfect game into the fifth inning and ultimately came away with a convincing 7-0 victory to give Chinese Taipei its first LLWS title since 1996.
So, where does Chinese Taipei rank among the winningest countries at the Little League World Series, and how does it compare to teams from the U.S.?
Let’s look back at previous Little League World Series champions.
Which country has won the most Little League World Series titles?
The U.S. has won more LLWS championships than all other countries combined.
However, the first 10 titles stayed in the U.S. because international teams had not yet been allowed to enter the tournament. The U.S. also won by default in 2021 because the tournament was limited to domestic teams due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.
The 1957 event was the first to feature countries outside the U.S., and Monterrey Industrial Little League of Mexico became the first international champion that year thanks to a perfect game in the title match from Angel Macias.
Chinese Taipei has the most LLWS titles of any non-U.S. country with 18. Here is how those titles stack up against the U.S. and every other international champion:
- United States: 40
- Chinese Taipei: 18
- Japan: 11
- Mexico: 3
- South Korea: 3
- Venezuela: 2
- Curaçao: 1
Which U.S. state has won the most Little League World Series titles?
California leads the pack with its eight LLWS championships. Seven of those have come from Southern California teams, while Campbell earned one for Northern California in 1962.
In all, nine states have earned multiple LLWS crowns and six states have one. Here are the 15 states with a Little League World Series champion:
- California: 8
- Connecticut: 4
- Hawaii: 4
- New Jersey: 4
- Pennsylvania: 4
- Georgia: 3
- New York: 3
- Michigan: 2
- Texas: 2
- Alabama: 1
- Florida: 1
- Kentucky: 1
- Louisiana: 1
- New Mexico: 1
- Washington: 1
Little League World Series winners by year
Here is the list of every champion from the event, beginning with the hometown team and ending with the most recent winner:
- 1947: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- 1948: Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
- 1949: Hammonton, New Jersey
- 1950: Houston, Texas
- 1951: Stamford, Connecticut
- 1952: Norwalk, Connecticut
- 1953: Birmingham, Alabama
- 1954: Schenectady, New York
- 1955: Morrisville, Pennsylvania
- 1956: Roswell, New Mexico
- 1957: Monterrey, Mexico
- 1958: Monterrey, Mexico
- 1959: Hamtramck, Michigan
- 1960: Levittown, Pennsylvania
- 1961: El Cajon, California
- 1962: San Jose, California
- 1963: Granada Hills, California
- 1964: Staten Island, New York
- 1965: Windsor Locks, Connecticut
- 1966: Houston, Texas
- 1967: West Tokyo, Japan
- 1968: Wakayama, Japan
- 1969: Taipei, Taiwan
- 1970: Wayne, New Jersey
- 1971: Tainan, Taiwan
- 1972: Taipei, Taiwan
- 1973: Tainan City, Taiwan
- 1974: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- 1975: Lakewood, New Jersey
- 1976: Tokyo, Japan
- 1977: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- 1978: Pingtung, Taiwan
- 1979: Chiayi, Taiwan
- 1980: Hualien, Taiwan
- 1981: Taichung, Taiwan
- 1982: Kirkland, Washington
- 1983: Marietta, Georgia
- 1984: Seoul, South Korea
- 1985: Seoul, South Korea
- 1986: Tainan Park, Taiwan
- 1987: Hualien, Taiwan
- 1988: Taichung, Taiwan
- 1989: Trumbull, Connecticut
- 1990: Tainan County, Taiwan
- 1991: Taichung, Taiwan
- 1992: Long Beach, California
- 1993: Long Beach, California
- 1994: Maracaibo, Venezuela
- 1995: Tainan, Taiwan
- 1996: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- 1997: Guadalupe, Mexico
- 1998: Toms River, New Jersey
- 1999: Hirikata, Japan
- 2000: Maracaibo, Venezuela
- 2001: Tokyo, Japan
- 2002: Louisville, Kentucky
- 2003: Tokyo, Japan
- 2004: Willemstad, Curaçao
- 2005: ‘Ewa Beach, Hawaii
- 2006: Columbus, Georgia
- 2007: Warner Robins, Georgia
- 2008: Waipahu, Hawaii
- 2009: Chula Vista, California
- 2010: Tokyo, Japan
- 2011: Huntington Beach, California
- 2012: Tokyo, Japan
- 2013: Tokyo, Japan
- 2014: Seoul, South Korea
- 2015: Tokyo Japan
- 2016: Endwell, New York
- 2017: Tokyo, Japan
- 2018: Honolulu, Hawaii
- 2019: River Ridge, Louisiana
- 2021: Taylor, Michigan
- 2022: Honolulu, Hawaii
- 2023: El Segundo, California
- 2024: Lake Mary, Florida
- 2025: Taipei, Chinese Taipei
