NOTE: This tournament was played April 15-17, 2017. It determined France's representative in the 2018 Europe-Africa Region tournament. The winning team can elect to participate in the Little League Baseball or Intermediate division tournament, with the runner-up eligible for the tournament not chosen by France's champion.
NOTE: With a densely-packed schedule of games and a limited number of available fields, France's tournament employs a strict 90-minute time limit in which games needed to be completed. As a result, many games conclude prior to a regulation six innings of play.
NOTE: In 2014, the French government voted to reorganize 22 administrative regions in metropolitan France into 13 regions. Changes became effective in January 2016 and flowed into teams participating in the Interligues national baseball tournament in 2017. (Interligues teams draw from areas mirroring administrative region boundaries.) 2016 marked the final year where leagues were organized around the 22 administrative regions. Among the changes that took place in 2017:
- Centre's name was changed to Centre-Val de Loire
- Rhône-Alpes and Auvergne were merged to form Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
- Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées were merged to form Occitanie
- Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poutoi-Charentes were merged to form Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tournament Results:
Format: This tournament had nine participants, and included three phases.
In the first phase, teams are divided into three 3-team pools for round robin competition. The three first place teams advanced to the same pool for Phase 2, while the three second place teams and three third place teams were also placed into the same pools.
Phase 2 involved round robin competition within these pools. The three first place teams from Phase 1 as well as the winner of Pool 2 advance to the semifinal round in Phase 3. All other teams advance to consolation games in Phase 3.
Phase 3 involves semifinal and championship round games that determine the France national champion.
(Pool 'A' Participants: Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, Bretagne, and Occitanie)
(Pool 'B' Participants: Bourgogne Franche-Conté, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur)
(Pool 'C' Participants: Centre-Val de Loire, Ile-de-France, and Normandie)
Phase 1 Tournament
Day 1 (Saturday, April 15):
Occitanie 8, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 3 (5 innings)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 22, Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur 0 (4 innings)
Ile-de-France 15, Centre-Val de Loire 2 (4 innings)
Occitanie 11, Bretagne 9 (4 innings)
Ile-de-France 11, Normandie 0 (4 innings)
Bretagne 10, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 8 (4 innings)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 14, Bourgogne Franche-Conté 0 (5 innings)
Normandie 11, Centre-Val de Loire 3 (4 innings)
Bourgogne Franche-Conté 10, Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur 3 (3 innings)
Pool 'A' Standings |
W |
L |
Runs Allowed |
| Occitaine |
2 |
0 |
12 |
| Bretagne |
1 |
1 |
19 |
| Auvergne Rhône-Alpes |
0 |
2 |
18 |
|
Pool 'B' Standings |
W |
L |
Runs Allowed |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Bourgogne Franche-Conté |
1 |
1 |
17 |
| Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur |
0 |
2 |
32 |
|
Pool 'C' Standings |
W |
L |
Runs Allowed |
| Ile-de-France |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Normandie |
1 |
1 |
14 |
| Centre-Val de Loire |
0 |
2 |
26 |
All teams continue play in Phase 2. The three pool winners advance to Pool 1, the three second place teams advance to Pool 2, and the three third place teams advance to Pool 3.
Phase 2 Tournament
(Pool 1 Participants: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Ile-de-France, and Occitanie)
(Pool 2 Participants: Bourgogne Franche-Conté, Bretagne, and Normandie)
(Pool 3 Participants: Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, Centre-Val de Loire, and Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur)
Day 2 (Sunday, April 16):
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 12, Occitanie 4 (4 innings)
Bretagne 14, Bourgogne Franche-Conté 12 (4 innings)
Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 16, Centre-Val de Loire 5 (3 innings)
Ile-de-France 12, Occitanie 4 (4 innings)
Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur 7, Centre-Val de Loire 6 (5 innings)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 5, Ile-de-France 4 (full six innings)
Normandie 7, Bretagne 6 (5 innings)
Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur 10, Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 4 (4 innings)
Normandie 11, Bourgogne Franche-Conté 3 (4 innings)
Pool 1 Standings |
W |
L |
Runs Allowed |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
2 |
0 |
8 |
| Ile-de-France |
1 |
1 |
9 |
| Occitanie |
0 |
2 |
24 |
|
Pool 2 Standings |
W |
L |
Runs Allowed |
| Normandie |
2 |
0 |
9 |
| Bretagne |
1 |
1 |
19 |
| Bourgogne Franche-Conté |
0 |
2 |
25 |
|
Pool 3 Standings |
W |
L |
Runs Allowed |
| Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur |
2 |
0 |
10 |
| Auvergne Rhône-Alpes |
1 |
1 |
15 |
| Centre-Val de Loire |
0 |
2 |
23 |
The three teams in Pool 1 and the first place team in Pool 2 advance to the semifinal round. All other teams advance to consolation games.
Tournament Finals
Semifinal Round (Monday, April 17):
Normandie 6, Nouvelle-Aquitaine 4 (4 innings)
Ile-de-France 9, Occitanie 2 (5 innings)
Consolation Games (Monday, April 17):
Bretagne 16, Bourgogne Franche-Conté 3 (3 innings) (fifth place)
Auvergne Rhône-Alpes 10, Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur 8 (4 innings) (seventh place)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 8, Occitanie 6 (3 innings) (third place)
Centre-Val de Loire 17, Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur 7 (3 innings) (eighth place)
Championship Game (Monday, April 17):
Ile-de-France 12, Normandie 7 (5 innings; TITLE)
NOTE: France's champion has the option of choosing to compete in the following year's Europe-Africa Region tournament in either the Little League Baseball division or the Intermediate division. The runner-up may participate in whichever tournament the champion does not select.
Champion Ile-de-France elected to compete in the Little League Baseball division region tournament in 2018.
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Ile-de-France Little League from Paris wins the 2017 France national tournament.
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Linescores:
| Semifinal Round |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
R |
H |
E |
| Normandie |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
6 |
2 |
1 |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
4 |
5 |
|
|
| Semifinal Round |
| Occitanie |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
5 |
2 |
| Ile-de-France |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
9 |
6 |
2 |
|
|
| Consolation Game - Third Place |
| Occitanie |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
0 |
4 |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
5 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
8 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
| Championship Game |
| Normandie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
|
|
7 |
4 |
5 |
| Ile-de-France |
5 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
12 |
8 |
5 |
|
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