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UPDATE: The schedule and venue is below.

A national Junior League and Intermediate League champion will be crowned in Melbourne on Friday 20 June.

Baseball Australia will resume two national junior tournaments which both saw the final day washed out due to heavy rains in Gold Coast and Lismore.

The winners of each respective tournament will represent the Australian Region at their respective World Series event in the United States in July.

Here’s what you need to know about each tournament and where things stand:

INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE

– Two games remain and will be played: the Preliminary Final and the Gold Medal Game.

– Games will be held at Essendon Baseball Club on Chris Lane Field.

– Preliminary Final at 9:30AM: Melbourne Athletics vs Central Firebirds. The winner advances to the Gold Medal game to face Hills.

– Gold Medal Game at 11:45AM: Hills vs Winner of Preliminary Final.

– Winner advances to the Intermediate League World Series in Livermore, California at the end of July.

– Tournament Hub and Archived Scores: www.baseball.com.au/intermediateleague

– Games will be streamed via GameChanger

JUNIOR LEAGUE

– Three necessary games (two semi finals and a Gold Medal match) remain between four teams: Cronulla Black, Melbourne Athletics, Melbourne Mets and Brisbane North

– Games will be held at La Trobe Baseball Club

– Little League International, Baseball Australia and Brisbane North have agreed to make a suspended game between Brisbane North & Melbourne Mets a final result. As it stands, Melbourne Mets lead Brisbane North 22-12 in the top of the ninth inning. The winner of this game goes through to the semi-finals as the #1 seed in Pool A.

– Having this become a result is important because it means a team does not need to play three games in a day. Therefore, Melbourne Mets are declared victors and finish the group first at 4-0. Brisbane North finish as second at 3-1.

– There will be two semi-finals – Melbourne Mets (A1) vs Melbourne Athletics (B2) & Cronulla Black (B1) vs Brisbane North (A2). The winners advance to the Gold Medal Game

– Semi Final 1: Cronulla Black vs Brisbane North @ 9:30AM. Semi Final 2: Melbourne Athletics vs Melbourne Mets @ 11:45AM. Gold Medal Game at 2:00PM

– The final pool standings can be found at the Tournament Hub at www.baseball.com.au/juniorleague

SCHEDULE

Coverage of the 2025 Little League Championships from Blacktown begins June 8. Follow along at www.baseball.com.au/littleleague

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The final day of Pool Play delivered at the 2025 Australian Little League Championships.

When the day started, only Manly had locked up a top-two spot in their group and a place in the semi-finals. Only four teams had been mathematically eliminated.

That left seven teams fighting for just three spots.

We recapped the day as it happened – including all the scenarios – in the story below.

Have fun, try to follow along, and enjoy how this dramatic final day concluded.

The story also includes:

– Scores of the Day;
– Standings;
– Post select photos from Hugh Whittle;
– Post highlights from Baseball+;
– How tiebreakers work

If you’re looking for something, just keep scrolling.

Follow along the TV Broadcast for free, including Game Replays, on Baseball+. Some back field games will be on Baseball+.

TOURNAMENT HUB (Archived scores, standings, scores): www.baseball.com.au/littleleague

Day three is finished at the Australian Little League Championships. There is one day to play and only one team has clinched a spot in finals.

Welcome to the Daily Recap, live from Blacktown. Here, we will update:

– Scores of the Day;
– Standings;
– Post select photos from Hugh Whittle;
– Post highlights from Baseball+;

If you’re looking for something, just keep scrolling. We’ve updated tiebreakers below too – runs allowed are very important!

Follow along the TV Broadcast for free, including Game Replays, on Baseball+. Some back field games will be on Baseball+.

TOURNAMENT HUB (Archived scores, standings, scores): www.baseball.com.au/littleleague

What an insane day of Little League.

Big plays from the Diamond 1 broadcast, an epic walk-off, and a crazy eight run comeback were the highlights. You can catch it all below.

Welcome to the Daily Recap, live from Blacktown. Here, we you will find:

– Scores of the Day;
– Standings;
– Post select photos from Hugh Whittle;
– Post highlights from Baseball+;

If you’re looking for something, just keep scrolling.

Follow along the TV Broadcast for free, including Game Replays, on Baseball+. Some back field games will be on Baseball+.

TOURNAMENT HUB (Archived scores, standings, scores): www.baseball.com.au/littleleague

One of the best tournaments in Australian sport begins today in Blacktown. A trip to the Little League World Series is on the line.

Welcome to the Day 1 Recap, live from Blacktown. Here, we will update:

– Scores of the Day;
– Standings;
– Post select photos from Hugh Whittle;
– Post highlights from Baseball+;
– Bring you CARVE Performers of the Day;

If you’re looking for something, just keep scrolling.

Follow along the TV Broadcast for free, including Game Replays, on Baseball+.

TOURNAMENT HUB (Archived scores, standings, scores): www.baseball.com.au/littleleague

IMPORTANT: Please follow the Little League Hub (www.baseball.com.au/littleleague) for up-to-date tournament information, links & scores. 

A team of 12-year-olds is about to become one of Australia’s most watched teams.

The winner of June’s Australian Little League Championship earns a spot at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It’s one of the biggest sporting events on the planet.

Let’s compare to enhance this point.

Round 12 of the National Rugby League season (NRL) had an average viewership or 571,000 people per game. State of Origin had 3.755 million people tune in. The average NRL attendance this season is 20,922.

The average Little League World Series game viewership totals 917,000. Last year’s Championship game saw 5,496,000 viewers on ESPN. In 2024, 372,600 fans piled in the ballpark at Williamsport over 11 days – an average of of over 30,000 fans per day.

Yes, we understand that comparing the US sports market to the Australian sports market is unfair. But there’s still something cool about saying the starting pitcher of the Hills NSW Little League Charter (the 2024 champion) played in front of more people than Blues captain Isaah Yeo at the State of Origin.

Sunday night baseball on ESPN averages 1,719,000 viewer per game with the likes of Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani taking centre stage. The pointy end of the Little League tournament exceeds that figure by four million.

One team from this tournament will represent Australia at this year’s event. That’s what’s on the line for the twelve Australian teams who have qualified locally for Australian Little League Championships in Blacktown this June.

Here’s what you need to know about this year’s tournament:

All fields in Lismore & Surfers Paradise have been deemed unplayable for Sunday 1 June after more rain fall overnight.

The final day of the 2025 Intermediate League and Junior League Championships has been called off.

What we know so far:

– Event officials have been inspecting the grounds since 6:00AM and have been trying to work on solutions;

– However, the fields have been ruled unsafe and will not be ready to complete any games today;

– Gold Coast was hit with 48mm of rain over the last 48 hours. Lismore has endured another 18mm of rain on Friday with more forecast today;

– We are working with Little League International on options, what this means going forward and how to crown a national champion;

– We will provide you with information as it comes to hand;

– Baseball Australia will conduct a full internal review of the tournament structure;

We appreciate patience as we work through a difficult situation.

We are gutted for the kids, coaches, families, and supporters who spend so much time preparing for an event and just want to play baseball games at a national championship. We thank you all for being the biggest cheerleaders and support for your kids and community.

There will be more updates to come over the coming days when we have more clarity.

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We would like to thank Far North Coast Baseball for your ongoing support in hosting national and state championships at your great facility. It’s one of the best in the country.

Their love of baseball shows in all the hard work they do and is even more evident by being the only association or club to put in to host these two events.

We would also like to thank the great people at Surfers Paradise Baseball Club for stepping up and hosting game on short notice so we could navigate some early weather, and Mudgeeraba for being on standby.

photo credit: Erin Honsa from 2024

TOURNAMENT HUBS

Head the tournament hub for archived scores, recaps and highlights

JUNIOR LEAGUE: www.baseball.com.au/juniorleague

INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE: www.baseball.com.au/intermediateleague