Little League World Series (Far East Region)
| Most recent season or competition: 2000 Little League World Series | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1962 |
| Ceased | 2001 (split into Pacific and Asia regions) |
| No. of teams | 18 |
| Country | International |
| Most titles | Taiping Little League, Taichung, Taiwan (3) |
The Far East East Region was one of four international regions that competed in the Little League World Series from 1962 to 2000. Far East qualifiers won a record 23 titles — 17 from Taiwan, four from Japan, and two from the Republic of Korea.
Teams from East Asia were first allowed to qualify for the Little League World Series in 1961. A team from Japan lost to Hawaii in the original Pacific Region's qualifying game. The following year the Far East Region was created, with the Japanese champion receiving an automatic berth in the World Series. The first multinational Far East Regional Tournament took place in 1969 and featured six countries.
In 2001, the World Series expanded to 16 teams. Originally they considered making Japan its own region, leaving the rest of the Far East Region unchanged, but in the end split it into two regions:
- the Pacific Region (consisting of teams from the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, and Oceania), and
- the Asia Region (consisting of teams from Taiwan, Japan, and mainland Asia).
In 2007, the regions were again reconfigured to match the original plan: Japan was given an automatic berth in the Series, while the remaining Asian and Pacific teams merged to create the Asia-Pacific Region.