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International rotation is announced for Little League World Series, as is future LLWS dates

Little League International came out of its annual fall Board of Directors meetings with various announcements. Among them included the Little League World Series expansion and international rotation selections and the dates for the 2023 Series.

For the international regions rotation plan, Panama and Peurto Rico will receive an automatic berth into the 2022 Little League World Series. Cuba will play through the Caribbean Region for an entry.

In 2023, Panama and Cuba will receive automatic berths and Puerto Rico will play through the Caribbean Region for an entry. Puerto Rico and Cuba will receive automatic berths for the 2024 Series and Panama will play through the Latin Americam Region for an entry.

Since 1959, Puerto Rico has sent 11 teams to the Series, the most recent in 2018 with Radames Lopez Little League from Guayama. Panama was one of the first countries outside of the United States to have Little League Programs, having teams in 1950 and has sent 10 to the Series since 1984.

Cuba was able to send its first Little League team to the Caribbean Region Tournament in 2019 and advanced to the championship game before losing to eventual International champion Curacao. That came after the Cuban Baseball Federation aligned with Little League International to develop youth baseball in March, 2019.

The dates for the Little League World Series in South Williamsport were also announced. The 2021 Series is set for Aug. 19-29. The 2022 Series will run Aug. 17-28 and the 2023 Series will run Aug. 16-27.

For the Intermediate (50/70) Baseball World Series, the 2021 Series will be Aug. 1-8, the 2022 Series will be July 13-Aug. 7 and the 2023 Series will run July 30-Aug. 6.

The Junior League Baseball World Series will be played Aug. 15-22 in 2021, Aug. 14-21 in 2022 and Aug. 13-20 in 2023.

The Senior League Baseball World Series will be played July 31-Aug. 7 in 2021, July 30-Aug. 6 in 2022 and July 29-Aug. 5 in 2023.

The Little League Softball World Series will be played Aug. 11-18 in 2021, Aug. 10-16 in 2022 and Aug. 9-15 in 2023. The Series will be played in Greenville, North Carolina, its first season in that location.

The Junior League Softball World Series will be played Aug. 1-7 in 2021, July 31-Aug. 6 in 2022 and July 30-Aug. 5 in 2023.

The Senior League Softball World Series is scheduled to be played Aug. 2-8 in 2021, Aug. 1-17 in 2022 and July 31-Aug. 6 in 2023.

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