Latin America Region Tournament
Little League Baseball Division (Ages 10-12)

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2018

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Latin America Region Tournament
Host – Panama City (Panama)

NOTE: The Latin America Region tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Maracaibo, Venezuela. In a meeting at the Little League Latin American and Caribbean Congress in Willemstad, Curacao, on March 7, the tournament site was switched to Panama, with officials stating that Venezuela failed to meet 'the minimum conditions for the safety of the participants and their families'. Venezuela was undergoing economic instability and civil infrastructure challenges during this time.

No Venezuelan officials attended the Latin America Congress, as sanctions imposed by the Venezuelan government against Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao prevented travel between these locations and Venezuela.

Participating Teams		Location	League
	Colombia	Cartagena	Falcón LL
	Costa Rica	Santo Domingo de Heredia	Santo Domingo de Heredia LL
	Guatemala	Guatemala City	Liga Pequeña Javier de Béisbol LL
	Nicaragua	Rivas	Rivas LL
	Panama	Arraiján	Vacamonte LL
	Panama - Host	Aguadulce	Aguadulce Cabezera LL
	Venezuela	Maracaibo	San Francisco LL

Tournament Results:

Format: Round robin tournament, with the top four teams advancing to the region finals.

Day 1 (Saturday, July 21):
Panama (Vacamonte) 10, Guatemala 0
Guatemala 14, Costa Rica 1
Venezuela 6, Panama (Aguadulce Cabezera) 2
Nicaragua 9, Colombia 0

Day 2 (Sunday, July 22):
Venezuela 5, Costa Rica 0
Panama (Vacamonte) 12, Costa Rica 2
Nicaragua 3, Panama (Aguadulce Cabezera) 2
Colombia 7, Guatemala 0

Day 3 (Monday, July 23):
Panama (Aguadulce Cabezera) 12, Colombia 2
Panama (Vacamonte) 13, Colombia 1
Panama (Aguadulce Cabezera) 13, Guatemala 6
Nicaragua 2, Venezuela 1

Day 4 (Tuesday, July 24):
Nicaragua 16, Costa Rica 0
Venezuela 5, Colombia 4
Panama (Vacamonte) 5, Venezuela 4
Panama (Aguadulce Cabezera) 8, Costa Rica 0
Nicaragua 8, Guatemala 2

Day 5 (Wednesday, July 25):
Panama (Vacamonte) 6, Nicaragua 3
Panama (Aguadulce Cabezera) 8, Panama (Vacamonte) 0
Colombia 10, Costa Rica 0
Venezuela 3, Guatemala 0

Tournament Standings:

		W	L	Runs Allowed
	Panama (Vacamonte)	5	1	18
	Nicaragua	5	1	11
	Venezuela	4	2	13
	Panama (Aguadulce Cabezera)	4	2	17
	Colombia	2	4	39
	Guatemala	1	5	42
	Costa Rica	0	6	65

The top four teams advance to the region finals.

Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. If a clear winner cannot be determined from head-to-head results, the tie is broken by calculating the runs allowed ratio for all teams involved in the tie. Runs allowed ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of runs allowed in all games by six. (The runs allowed are divided by six irrespective of the actual number of defensive innings a team played.)

The team with the lowest runs allowed ratio advances. If the tied teams are competing for multiple spots in the tournament's next phase, all ties are broken based on runs allowed ratio.

Semifinal Round (Friday, July 27)

Panama (Vacamonte) 2, Panama (Aguadulce Cabezera) 0
Nicaragua 4, Venezuela 0

Consolation Game (Saturday, July 28)

Venezuela 8, Panama (Aguadulce Cabezera) 4

Championship Game (Saturday, July 28)

Panama (Vacamonte) 6, Nicaragua 3 (TITLE)

Panama's Vacamonte Little League wins the 2018 Latin America Region tournament and advances to the Little League World Series.

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