The 2025 Little League World Series is officially off and running. Eight teams continue their quest to win it all in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on Sunday in the annual summer tournament. A new winner will be crowned in 2025, too, after last year's champion, Lake Mary, Florida, was eliminated in the regional round.

Each of the 20 teams participating in the 2025 Little League World Series has had to overcome adversity on the way to South Williamsport. Chief among those is El Segundo Perfecto Little League of Chihuahua,

Chinese Taipei's Lin Chin-Tse blew hitters away with back-to-back 82 mph fastballs in a dominant 3–0 Little League World Series win over Mexico.

The Little League World Series continues on Thursday with four games across the US and international brackets. Here's all you need to follow along.

The road to Williamsport was filled with more drama than usual for a couple Little League World Series participants this year, including a Venezuelan team that needed visa exemptions to make the trip and an American club that narrowly knocked off a defending champ.

With the annual summer fair of the Little League World Series under way, we take a look at the past winners of the pinnacle of world youth baseball.