Big League Softball World Series Begins Wednesday

By Communications Division
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.
July 31, 2012

The 2012 Big League Softball World Series, featuring nine teams from around the world, begins Wednesday with two games at 6 p.m. The World Series is played in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Each team in the nine-team field will play one game against each of the other teams during round-robin play. The top two teams after round-robin play will meet in the championship game on Aug. 8.

Teams in the Big League Softball World Series field include:

• District 17/Pennsylvania (East Region champion)
• District 9/Michigan (Central Region champion)
• District 9/Florida (Southeast Region champion)
• District 2/Michigan (Host); District 1/San Juan
• Puerto Rico (Latin America Region champion)
• District 1/Philippines (Asia-Pacific Region champion)
• District 37/California (West Region champion)
• District 22/Alice, Texas (Southwest Region champion)
• District 5/Windsor, Ontario (Canada Region champion)

All of the real-time scoring for each game of the 31st Big League Softball World Series is available here. Follow all eight of the 2012 World Series Tournaments here. A listing of dates and televised games is available here: TV Schedule.

The Big League Softball World Series for players, ages 14-to-18, will be played Aug. 1-8. On Wednesday, Aug. 8, the Big League Softball World Series Championship game will be televised lived on ESPN2 at 4 p.m. Eastern U.S. Time.