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| most_champs = Taiwan (17) | website = (LittleLeague.org ) }} The Big League World Series is a baseball tournament for children aged 15 to 18 years old that began in 1968.〔(Big League Baseball ). Little League Baseball Incorporated. Retrieved 2009-11-24.〕 It is patterned after the Little League World Series, which was named for the World Series in Major League Baseball. Currently the tournament is held in Easley, South Carolina. The Big League World Series is one of (nine tournaments ) sponsored by Little League International. Each of them brings baseball or softball teams from around the world together in one of four age divisions. The tournament structure for each division's World Series is similar to that used for the Little League Baseball World Series. The Big League World Series has been held at four different sites. *Charlotte, North Carolina 1968–1969 *Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1970–1998 *Tucson, Arizona 1999–2000 *Easley, South Carolina 2001–present ==Tournament format== Unlike the Little League World Series — which has sixteen regions (eight in the U.S. and eight international) — the Big League World Series has only ten regions.〔(2009 Big League Baseball World Series pools and results ). Little League Baseball Incorporated. Retrieved 2010-01-15.〕 Also unlike the Little League World Series, there is a host team, which plays in the U.S. pool. The ten regional champions are divided into Pool A (U.S.) and Pool B (International). The teams advance to the semi-finals via a modified double elimination format; the semifinal and final are single elimination. Teams that lose their first two games face off in classification games. Pool A (U.S.) consists of six regions *Central *East *Host *Southeast *Southwest *West Pool B (International) consists of five regions *Asia–Pacific *Canada *Europe–Africa *Latin America *Mexico / Puerto Rico 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Big League World Series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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