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The Little League World Series competes in the Great Lakes Region which is one of eight United States regions that currently sends teams the largest youth baseball competition in the world. The region’s participation in the LLWS dates back to 1957 when it was known as the Central Region. However when the LLWS was expanded in 2001 from eight teams (four U.S. teams and four International teams from the rest of the world) to 16 teams (eight U.S.