Iowa team in Little League World Series, Davenport Northwest's schedule

The Davenport Northwest Little League baseball team will compete in the Little League World Series this week in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The team from Iowa begins play on Thursday, Aug. 20.

The 2026 Little League Baseball World Series brings together regional champions from across the United States and around the world.

Throughout Little League World Series history, states such as California, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have combined for 28 LLWS titles with California leading the way with eight. Internationally Chinese Taipei and Japan have powerhouse reputations with 18 and 11 championships, respectively. No team from Iowa has ever won the Little League World Series.

Youth baseball fans can watch this year's event live on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC, with streaming coverage available through ESPN+ and the ESPN App.

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• Great Lakes − West Side Little League (Hamilton, Ohio)
• Metro − Bayonne Central Little League (Bayonne, New Jersey)
• Mid-Atlantic − East Side Little League (West Chester, Pennsylvania)
• Midwest −  Davenport Northwest Little League (Davenport, Iowa)
• Mountain − Paseo Verde Little League (Henderson, Nevada)
• New England − Bridgewater Joe Lazaro Little League (Bridgewater, Massachusetts)
• Northwest − SoundView Little League (Tacoma, Washington)
• Southeast − Phenix City Youth Baseball Little League (Phenix City, Alabama)
• Southwest − Boerne Little League (Boerne, Texas)
• West − Sweetwater Valley Little League (Bonita, California)

• Asia−Pacific − West Seoul (B) Little League (Seoul, South Korea)
• Australia − Ryde Little League (Sydney, New South Wales)
• Canada − Little Mountain Little League (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Caribbean− Los Nacionales Little League (Santiago, Dominican Republic)
• Curaçao− Pariba Little League (Willemstad, Curaçao)
• Europe & Africa − South Czech Republic Little League (Brno, Czechia)
• Japan − Joto Little League (Tokyo, Japan)
• Latin America − Ministerio Sobre Las Alas Del Aguila Little League (Leon, Nicaragua)
• Mexico − Municipal De Tijuana Little League (Tijuana, Baja California)
• Panama− David Doleguita Little League (Chiriquí, Panama)

The 2026 Little League World Series will be broadcast on ESPN platforms, with the championship game airing on ABC. Games will also be available to stream on ESPN+.

• Dates: August 19-30
• TV: ESPN, ESPN2, ABC
• Stream: ESPN+
• Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania

All times Central

Wednesday, Aug. 19

• Game 1: Latin America vs Caribbean, 12 p.m. ESPN
• Game 2: Southeast vs Northwest, 2 p.m. ESPN
• Game 3: Canada vs Asia-Pacific, 4 p.m. ESPN
• Game 4: Metro vs New England, 6 p.m. ESPN

Thursday, Aug. 20

• Game 5: Australia vs Mexico, 11 a.m. ESPN
• Game 6: Great Lakes vs Mountain, 1 p.m. ESPN
• Game 7: Curacao vs Japan, 3 p.m. ESPN
• Game 8: West vs Midwest, 5 p.m. ESPN2

Friday, Aug. 21

• Game 9: Panama vs Winner of Game 1, 12 p.m. ESPN
• Game 10: Southwest vs Winner of Game 2, 2 p.m. ESPN
• Game 11: Europe-Africa vs Winner of Game 3, 4 p.m. ESPN
• Game 12: Mid-Atlantic vs Winner of Game 4, 6 p.m. ESPN

Saturday, Aug. 22

• Game 13: Loser of Game 3 vs Loser of Game 5, 12 p.m. ESPN
• Game 14: Loser of Game 4 vs Loser of Game 4, 2 p.m. ESPN
• Game 15: Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 7, 4 p.m. ESPN
• Game 16: Loser of Game 2 vs Loser of Game 8, 6 p.m. ESPN

Sunday, Aug. 23

• Game 17: Winner of Game 6 vs Winner of Game 10, 8 a.m. ESPN
• Game 18: Winner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 9, 10 a.m. ESPN
• Game 19: Winner of Game 8 vs Winner of Game 12, 12 p.m. ABC
• Game 20: Winner of Game 7 vs Winner of Game 11, 1 p.m. ESPN

Monday, Aug. 24

• Game 21: Loser of Game 9 vs Winner of Game 13, 12 p.m. ESPN
• Game 22: Loser of Game 10 vs Winner of Game 14, 2 p.m. ESPN
• Game 23: Loser of Game 11 vs Winner of Game 15, 4 p.m. ESPN
• Game 24: Loser of Game 12 vs Winner of Game 16, 6 p.m. ESPN

Tuesday, Aug. 25

• Game 25: Loser of Game 18 vs Winner of Game 23, 12 p.m. ESPN
• Game 26: Loser of Game 17 vs Winner of Game 24, 2 p.m. ESPN
• Game 27: Loser of Game 20 vs Winner of Game 21, 4 p.m. ESPN
• Game 28: Loser of Game 19 vs Winner of Game 22, 6 p.m. ESPN

Wednesday, Aug. 26

• Game 29: Winner of Game 18 vs Winner of Game 20, 12 p.m. ESPN
• Game 30: Winner of Game 17 vs Winner of Game 19, 2 p.m. ESPN
• Game 31: Winner of Game 25 vs Winner of Game 27, 4 p.m. ESPN
• Game 32: Winner of Game 26 vs Winner of Game 28, 6 p.m. ESPN

Thursday, Aug. 27

• Game 33: Loser of Game 29 vs Winner of Game 31, 2 p.m. ESPN
• Game 34: Loser of Game 30 vs Winner of Game 32, 6 p.m. ESPN

Saturday, Aug. 29

• Game 35: Winner of Game 29 vs Winner of Game 33, 11:30 a.m. ABC

Saturday, Aug. 29

• Game 36: Winner of Game 30 vs Winner of Game 34, 2:30 p.m. ABC

Sunday, Aug. 30

• Game 37: Loser of Game 35 vs Loser of Game 36, 9 a.m. ESPN

Sunday, Aug. 30

• Game 38 : Winner of Game 35 vs Winner of Game 36, 2 p.m. ABC

USA TODAY Sports contributed to this report.

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