​The Little League World Series is one of the most exciting tournaments in sports. Twenty teams from around the globe enter Williamsport, Pennsylvania, chasing a championship but only one team leaves with the banner.The field is divided into United States and International brackets of 10 teams each, creating two separate races to the spots in the overall championship game on Sunday, Aug. 30. Teams compete in a modified double-elimination format until the championship game of each bracket, which is single-elimination.Teams that survive the bracket earn a spot in the U.S. or International championship game. Win there, and those teams are playing for the Little League World Series crown. Little League has provided a printable World Series bracket that you can download from its link below and fill in the 2026 results as the tournament progresses to a champion. 2026 LLBWS Bracket Teams by schristie Little League World Series United States teamsGreat Lakes − West Side Little League (Hamilton, Ohio)Metro − Bayonne Central Little League (Bayonne, New Jersey)Mid-Atlantic − East Side Little League (West Chester, Pennsylvania)Midwest −  Davenport Northwest Little League (Davenport, Iowa)Mountain − Paseo Verde Little League (Henderson, Nevada)New England − Bridgewater Joe Lazaro Little League (Bridgewater, Massachusetts)Northwest − SoundView Little League (Tacoma, Washington)Southeast − Phenix City Youth Baseball Little League (Phenix City, Alabama)Southwest − Boerne Little League (Boerne, Texas)West − Sweetwater Valley Little League (Bonita, California)Little League World Series International teamsAsia−Pacific − West Seoul (B) Little League (Seoul, South Korea)Australia − Ryde Little League (Sydney, New South Wales)Canada − Little Mountain Little League (Vancouver, British Columbia)Caribbean − Los Nacionales Little League (Santiago, Dominican Republic)Curaçao − Pariba Little League (Willemstad, Curaçao)Europe & Africa − South Czech Republic Little League (Brno, Czechia)Japan − Joto Little League (Tokyo, Japan)Latin America − Ministerio Sobre Las Alas Del Aguila Little League (Leon, Nicaragua)Mexico − Municipal De Tijuana Little League (Tijuana, Baja California)Panama− David Doleguita Little League (Chiriquí, Panama)Which countries get automatic/direct bids into the Little League Baseball World Series?Little League separates certain countries into those that get an automatic/direct entry into the Little League World Series and those that are part of a rotating selection. The countries with permanent automatic bids are Australia, Canada, Japan and Mexico. The countries that participate in a rotating selection are Cuba, Curacao, Panama and Puerto Rico. For the 2026 Little League World Series, Little League International announced earlier this year that the champions from Panama and Curacao will have direct entry into this year’s event in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. That mean