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The 2026 Little League Softball World Series opens Sunday, Aug. 2, with four games of bracket play to begin the road to determine who will be crowned champion on Aug. 9.
The tournament features 12 regional championship teams split evenly into two double-elimination brackets: the purple bracket and the orange bracket.
Starting at 10 a.m. ET on Sunday, Northwest Region champion Snohomish, Washington will play Southeast Region champ Lake Mary, Florida. Games follow between Toms River, New Jersey (Mid-Atlantic) and Kinki Softball Little League (Japan, Asia-Pacific Region) at 1 p.m.; Live Oak (California) Little League (West) and Daviess County (Kentucky) Little League (Central) at 4 p.m.; and OnField Little League (Repentigny, Quebec, Canada) and Johnston County Little League (Clayton, North Carolina) of the North Carolina Region at 7 p.m.
There are eight teams from the United States competing for a championship, as well as teams from Latin America (Guayama, Puerto Rico, Softball Little League and Emilia Romagna Little League (Bologna, Italy) of the Europe and Africa Region. U.S. teams from the Southwest Region (Greater Helotes Little League from Texas) and New England Region Bristol Girls Softball Little League (Bristol, Connecticut) are scheduled to play Monday, Aug. 3.
Games are played at Stallings Stadium at Elm Street Park in Greenville, North Carolina every day through the Aug. 9 final. See the full bracket here.
More: Meet the 12 teams playing in the Little League Softball World Series
The 2026 Little League Softball World Series will be shown on ESPN networks, with the final game broadcast on ABC. Additionally, games can be streamed on ESPN+.
Contributing: Elizabeth Flores, Sherlon Christie
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2026 Little League Softball World Series bracket: When do games start?
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The tournament features 12 regional championship teams split evenly into two double-elimination brackets: the purple bracket and the orange bracket.
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Starting at 10 a.m. ET on Sunday, Northwest Region champion Snohomish, Washington will play Southeast Region champ Lake Mary, Florida. Games follow between Toms River, New Jersey (Mid-Atlantic) and Kinki Softball Little League (Japan, Asia-Pacific Region) at 1 p.m.; Live Oak (California) Little League (West) and Daviess County (Kentucky) Little League (Central) at 4 p.m.; and OnField Little League (Repentigny, Quebec, Canada) and Johnston County Little League (Clayton, North Carolina) of the North Carolina Region at 7 p.m.
There are eight teams from the United States competing for a championship, as well as teams from Latin America (Guayama, Puerto Rico, Softball Little League and Emilia Romagna Little League (Bologna, Italy) of the Europe and Africa Region. U.S. teams from the Southwest Region (Greater Helotes Little League from Texas) and New England Region Bristol Girls Softball Little League (Bristol, Connecticut) are scheduled to play Monday, Aug. 3.
Games are played at Stallings Stadium at Elm Street Park in Greenville, North Carolina every day through the Aug. 9 final. See the full bracket here.
More: Meet the 12 teams playing in the Little League Softball World Series
How to watch the 2026 Little League Softball World Series
The 2026 Little League Softball World Series will be shown on ESPN networks, with the final game broadcast on ABC. Additionally, games can be streamed on ESPN+.
- Dates: Aug. 2-9
- TV: ESPN, ESPN2, ABC
- Stream: ESPN+
- Location: Greenville, North Carolina
Contributing: Elizabeth Flores, Sherlon Christie
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2026 Little League Softball World Series bracket: When do games start?
Continue reading...
