NOTE: This tournament will be held August 21-23, 2026. Because of the timing of the tournament, it determined France's representative in the 2027 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.
Tournament Results:
Format: Pool competition tournament, with teams organized into two pools for round robin play. The top two teams in each pool advance to the semifinal round, and all other tournament participants advance to consolation games.
(Pool 'A' Participants: Bretagne, Hauts-de-France, Ile-de-France, Pays de la Loire, and Sud)
(Pool 'B' Participants: Auvergne Rhone-Alpes, Grand Est, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Normandie, and Occitanie)
Day 1 (Friday, August 21):
Ile-de-France 10, Hauts-de-France 0 (4 innings)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 14, Grand Est 6 (5 innings)
Sud 10, Bretagne 1 (4 innings)
Occitanie 13, Auverge Rhone-Alpes 3 (3 innings)
Ile-de-France 16, Pays de la Loire 1 (4 innings)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 12, Normandie 2 (4 innings)
Hauts-de-France 8, Sud 6
Auvergne Rhone-Alpes 8, Grand Est 1 (3 innings)
Bretagne 8, Pays de la Loire 7 (3 innings)
Occitanie 10, Normandie 4 (4 innings)
Day 2 (Saturday, August 22):
Grand Est 8, Normandie 4 (3 innings)
Hauts-de-France 17, Pays de la Loire 2 (3 innings)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 13, Occitanie 2 (6 innings)
Ile-de-France 14, Bretagne 0 (4 innings)
Auvergne Rhone-Alpes 12, Normandie 11 (3 innings)
Sud 9, Pays de la Loire 8 (3 innings)
Occitanie 12, Grand-Est 4 (4 innings)
Hauts-de-France 10, Bretagne 2 (3 innings)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 13, Auvergne Rhone-Alpes 8 (3 innings)
Ile-de-France 10, Sud 4 (4 innings)
Pool 'A' Standings |
W |
L |
Runs Allowed |
| Ile-de-France |
4 |
0 |
5 |
| Hauts-de-France |
3 |
1 |
20 |
| Sud |
2 |
2 |
27 |
| Bretagne |
1 |
3 |
41 |
| Pays de la Loire |
0 |
4 |
50 |
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Pool 'B' Standings |
W |
L |
Runs Allowed |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
4 |
0 |
18 |
| Occitanie |
3 |
1 |
24 |
| Auvergne Rhone-Alpes |
2 |
2 |
38 |
| Grand Est |
1 |
3 |
38 |
| Normandie |
0 |
4 |
42 |
The top two teams in each pool advance to the semifinal round. All other teams advance to consolation games.
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.
Tournament Finals
Semifinal Round (Sunday, August 23):
Occitanie 10, Ile-de-France 8 (4 innings)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 14, Hauts-de-France 2 (4 innings)
Consolation Game (Sunday, August 23):
Normandie 12, Pays de la Loire 3 (3 innings) (ninth place)
Grand Est 13, Bretagne 5 (3 innings) (seventh place)
Sud 9, Auvergne Rhone-Alpes 3 (3 innings) (fifth place)
Ile-de-France 15, Hauts-de-France 2 (third place)
Championship Game (Sunday, August 23):
Nouvelle-Aquitaine 7, Occitanie 6 (TITLE)
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine Little League from Talence wins the 2026 France national tournament.
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