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

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1971

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Europe Region Tournament
Host – Antwerp (Belgium)
At General Motors Field

Participating Teams		Location	League
	Belgium	Brussels	Brussels Sports Association LL
	Greece	Athens	Athenai Airport LL
	Italy	U.S. Naval Support Activity Naples	Naples LL
	Netherlands	Soesterberg	Camp New Amsterdam LL
	Spain	Torrejon Air Base	Torrejon Air Base LL
	South Africa
	United Kingdom
	West Germany	Ramstein Air Base	Ramstein LL

NOTE: he South African entrant was a national team and consisted of all eleven-year-old players. Twelve-year-olds would have had to pay full airfare to travel to Europe for the tournament, which was not financially feasible for the team's organizers.

Tournament Results:

Opening Round (Sunday, August 1 and Monday, August 2):
West Germany 7, Belgium 0
South Africa 17, Netherlands 8
Italy 12, Greece 8
Spain 14, United Kingdom 1

Elimination Bracket - Round 1 (eight teams remain) (Tuesday, August 3):
Belgium 6, Netherlands 1 (elim.)
United Kingdom 3, Greece 1 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Semifinals (Tuesday, August 3):
West Germany 9, South Africa 3
Italy 5, Spain 4

Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals (six teams remain) (Wednesday, August 4):
Spain 6, Belgium 1 (elim.)
United Kingdom 2, South Africa 1 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Final (Wednesday, August 4):
West Germany 3, Italy 0 (8 innings)

Elimination Bracket Semifinal (four teams remain) (Thursday, August 5):
Spain 2, United Kingdom 1 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket Final (three teams remain) (Thursday, August 5):
Spain 7, Italy 6 (elim.)

Championship Series (Friday, August 6 and Saturday, August 7):
Spain 2, West Germany 0
Spain 4, West Germany 0 (TITLE)

Spain's Torrejon Air Base Little League wins the 1971 European Region tournament and advances to the Little League World Series.

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