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

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2024

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Japan Region Tournament

Pool 'A' Participants	Prefecture	City	League
Higashikanto Champions	Ibaraki	Ibaraki City	Ibaraki LL
Tokyo Champions	Tokyo	Tokyo	Johoku LL - Tokyo Nakano
Kyushu Champions	Fukuoka	Kitakyushu City	Kyushu Hokubu LL
Pool 'B' Participants	Prefecture	City	League
Shikoku Champions	Ehime	Iyo City	Ehime Chuo LL
Tohoku Champions	Miyagi	Miyagi City	Miyagi LL
Kanagawa Champions	Kanagwawa	Yokohama City	Yokohama LL
Pool 'C' Participants	Prefecture	City	League
Tokyo Runner-Up	Tokyo	Tokyo	Joto LL - Tokyo Kitasuna
Kitakanto Champions	Saitama	Kawaguchi City	Saitama Higashi LL - Kawaguchi
Tokai Champions	Shizuoka	Hamamatsu City	Shizuoka LL - Hamamatsu Minami
Pool 'D' Participants	Prefecture	City	League
Shinetsu Champions	Nagano	Omachi City / Hakuba Village	Alps LL
Chugoku Champions	Hiroshima	Hiroshima City	Hiroshima Aki LL
Kansai Champions	Osaka	Ibaraki City	Kansai Hokubu LL - Osaka Ibaraki

NOTE: Japanese officials restructured their leagues and their tournament format in 2024. Many leagues were combined together throughout the country, and in some cases, what were once chartered as leagues are now designated as teams within leagues. As one example, the Joto league in Tokyo is comprised of four teams (Adachi, Edogawa, Sumida, and Tokyo Kitasuna) that were previously chartered as individual leagues. In many cases, leagues entered multiple teams in the international tournament.

The tournament format used a pool format rather than the previous single elimination schedule. The field was reduced from 16 to 12 teams, with each of Japan's districts sending only their champion to the region tournament. Hokkaido did not participate in the 2024 tournament, and the Tokyo runner-up qualified in their place.

Click here to view 2024 district tournament results for Japan.

Tournament Results:

Pool 'A' Bracket

Day 1 (Saturday, July 20):
Johoku 12, Kyushu Hokubu 0
Ibaraki 10, Kyushu Hokubu 0
Johoku 11, Ibaraki 1

Pool 'B' Bracket

Day 1 (Saturday, July 20):
Miyagi 10, Ehime Chuo 2
Yokohama 12, Ehime Chuo 2
Yokohama 9, Miyagi 7

Pool 'C' Bracket

Day 1 (Saturday, July 20):
Joto 6, Shizuoka 0
Saitama Higashi 9, Shizuoka 4
Joto 5, Saitama Higashi 1

Pool 'D' Bracket

Day 1 (Saturday, July 20):
Hiroshima Aki 4, Kansai Hokubu 0
Kansai Hokubu 6, Alps 3
Hiroshima Aki 10, Alps 0

Pool 'A' Standings	W	L
Johoku	2	0
Ibaraki	1	1
Kyushu Hokubu	0	2
Pool 'B' Standings	W	L
Yokohama	2	0
Miyagi	1	1
Ehime Chuo	0	2
Pool 'C' Standings	W	L
Joto	2	0
Saitama Higashi	1	1
Shizuoka	0	2
Pool 'D' Standings	W	L
Hiroshima Aki	2	0
Kansai Hokubu	1	1
Alps	0	2

The winner of each pool advances to the Japan 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 or 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 (Sunday, July 21)

Johoku 13, Yokohama 0 (5 innings)
Joto 7, Hiroshima Aki 6 (7 innings)

Championship Game (Sunday, July 21)

Johoku 5, Joto 1 (TITLE)

Johoku Little League from Tokyo wins the 2024 Japan Region tournament and advances to the Little League World Series.

Linescores:

Semifinal Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Johoku	8	0	1	0	4				13	12	0
Yokohama	0	0	0	0	0				0	2	0
Semifinal Round
Hiroshima Aki	1	0	3	2	0	0	0		6	-	-
Joto	1	0	0	3	0	2	1		7	-	-
Championship Game
Joto	1	0	0	0	0	0			1	4	0
Johoku	0	0	1	4	0	x			5	5	0

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