2026 Little League World Series: Teams, game times, TV schedule and channels

The Little League World Series is set to start Wednesday with 10 U.S. teams and 10 international teams playing for the championship.

The tournament starts with four games each on Wednesday and Thursday with teams playing in opposing international and U.S. brackets. Each bracket will be played in a double elimination format until two teams from each bracket are left standing.

The remaining four teams will play in international and U.S. championship games on Aug. 29. The winner of those two games will advance to play in the championship game on Aug. 30. The losers of the semifinals will play in a third-place game.

The majority of the games will be broadcast on ESPN with a few exceptions during bracket play. The U.S. and international championship games and the final championship game will air on ABC. All games will be played in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

U.S LLWS field

West Side: Great Lakes region, Hamilton, Ohio
Bayonne Central: Metro region, Bayonne, New Jersey
East Side: Mid-Atlantic region, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Davenport Northwest: Midwest region, Davenport, Iowa
Paseo Verde: Mountain region, Henderson, Nevada
Bridgewater Joe Lazaro: New England region, Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Soundview: Northwest region, Tacoma, Washington
Phenix City Youth Baseball: Southeast region, Phenix City, Alabama
Boerne: Southwest region, Boerne, Texas
Sweetwater Valley: West region, Bonita, California

International LLWS field

West Seoul: Asia-Pacific region; Seoul, South Korea
Ryde: Australia region; Sydney
Little Mountain: Canada region, Vancouver
Los Nacionales: Caribbean region, Santiago, Dominican Republic
Pariba: Curacao region; Willemstad, Curacao
South Czech Republic; Europe and Africa region, Brno, Czechia
Joto: Japan region, Tokyo
Ministerio Sobre Las Alas Del Aguila: Latin America region, Leon, Nicaragua
Municipal De Tijuana: Mexico region, Tijuana
David Doleguita: Panama region, Chiriquí, Panama

LLWS schedule and TV

All times EDT
Aug. 19
1 p.m. Game 1: Latin America vs. Caribbean, ESPN
3 p.m. Game 2: Southeast vs. Northwest, ESPN
5 p.m. Game 3: Canada vs. Asia-Pacific, ESPN
7 p.m. Game 4: Metro vs. New England, ESPN

Aug. 20
12 p.m. Game 5: Australia vs. Mexico, ESPN
2 p.m. Game 6: Great Lakes vs. Mountain, ESPN
4 p.m. Game 7: Curacao vs. Japan, ESPN
6 p.m. Game 8: West vs. Midwest, ESPN2

Aug. 21
1 p.m. Game 9: Panama vs. TBA, ESPN
3 p.m. Game 10: Southwest vs. TBA, ESPN
5 p.m. Game 11: Europe-Africa vs. TBA, ESPN
7 p.m. Game 12: Mid-Atlantic vs. TBA, ESPN

Aug. 22
1 p.m. Game 13, ESPN
3 p.m. Game 14, ESPN
5 p.m. Game 15, ESPN
7 p.m. Game 16, ESPN

Aug. 23
9 a.m. Game 17, ESPN
11 a.m. Game 18, ESPN
1 p.m. Game 19, ABC
2 p.m. Game 20, ESPN
7:10 p.m. MLB Little League Classic: Braves vs. Brewers, ESPN

Aug. 24
1 p.m. Game 21, ESPN
3 p.m. Game 22, ESPN
5 p.m. Game 23, ESPN
7 p.m. Game 24, ESPN

Aug. 25
1 p.m. Game 25, ESPN
3 p.m. Game 26, ESPN
5 p.m. Game 27, ESPN
7 p.m. Game 28, ESPN

Aug. 26
1 p.m. Game 29, ESPN
3 p.m. Game 30, ESPN
5 p.m. Game 31, ESPN
7 p.m. Game 32, ESPN

Aug. 27
3 p.m. Game 33, ESPN
7 p.m. Game 34, ESPN

Aug. 29
12:30 p.m. International championship, ABC
3:30 p.m. U.S. championship, ABC

Aug. 30
10 a.m. Third-place game, ESPN
3 p.m. LLWS championship, ABC