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{{short description|Children's baseball tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox international baseball tournament
| image      = 
| dates          = August 21–August 25
| num_teams      = 8
| champion_other = {{flagicon|TWN}} Tainan City Little League<br />[[Tainan|Tainan City]], [[Taiwan]]
| second_other   = {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|Arizona}} Cactus Little League<br />[[Tucson, Arizona]]
| prevseason     = {{llwsy|1972}}
| nextseason     = {{llwsy|1974}}
}}
The '''1973 Little League World Series''' took place between August 21 and August 25 in [[South Williamsport, Pennsylvania]]. The Tainan City Little League of [[Tainan|Tainan City]], [[Taiwan]], defeated the Cactus Little League of [[Tucson, Arizona]], in the championship game of the 27th [[Little League World Series]].

The champions from Taiwan did not allow a run or a hit in the entire tournament, registering [[no hitters]] in each of their three tournament games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://culture.tw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1314&Itemid=157 |title=Age of Glory: Taiwan’s Little League Hegemony of the ‘70s |last=Yeh |first=Joseph |date=July 21, 2009 |work=culture.tw |accessdate=August 10, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029105040/http://culture.tw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1314&Itemid=157 |archivedate=October 29, 2010 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> That feat has yet to be equalled in any other Little League World Series.

==Teams==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! United States
! International
|- 
| {{flagicon|Michigan}} [[Birmingham, Michigan|Birmingham]], [[Michigan]]<br />[[Central Region (Little League World Series)|Central Region]]<br/>Federal Little League
| {{flagicon|British Columbia}} [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]], [[British Columbia]]<br />{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada in the Little League World Series|Canada Region]]<br />Whalley Little League
|- 
| {{flagicon|New York}} [[Colonie (town), New York|Colonie]], [[New York (state)|New York]]<br />[[East Region (Little League World Series)|East Region]]<br/>Colonie Little League
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Bitburg Air Base]], [[West Germany]]<br />[[Europe in the Little League World Series|Europe Region]]<br />Bitburg Air Base Little League
|-
| {{flagicon|Florida|1900}} [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Florida]]<br />[[South Region (Little League World Series)|South Region]]<br/>Belmont Heights Little League
| {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Tainan City]], [[Taiwan]] ([[Chinese Taipei]])<br />[[Asia-Pacific Region (Little League World Series)|Far East Region]]<br />Tainan City Little League
|-
| {{flagicon|Arizona}} [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], [[Arizona]]<br />[[West Region (Little League World Series 1957–2000)|West Region]]<br/>Cactus Little League
| {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]], [[Mexico]]<br />[[Little League World Series in Mexico|Latin America Region]]<br />Mitras Little League
|}
*[[Republic of China]], commonly known as [[Taiwan]], due to complicated relations with [[People's Republic of China]], is recognized by the name [[Chinese Taipei]] by majority of international organizations including [[Little League Baseball]] (LLB). For more information, please see [[Cross-Strait relations]].

==Winners Bracket==
{{Round8-with third
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!-- quarter finals -->
|August 21|{{flagicon|TWN}} '''[[Tainan City, Taiwan|Taiwan]]'''|18|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Bitburg Air Base|Germany]]|0
|August 21|{{flagicon|Florida|1900}} '''[[Tampa, Florida|Florida]]''' |11|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Surrey, British Columbia|Canada]]|2
|August 22|{{flagicon|Arizona}} '''[[Tucson, Arizona|Arizona]]'''|4|{{flagicon|New York}} [[Colonie, New York|New York]]|0
|August 22|{{flagicon|Michigan}} '''[[Birmingham, Michigan|Michigan]]'''|8|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Monterrey|Mexico]]|1
<!-- semi finals -->
|August 23|{{flagicon|TWN}} '''Taiwan'''|27|{{flagicon|Florida|1900}} Florida|0
|August 23|{{flagicon|Arizona}} '''Arizona'''|8|{{flagicon|Michigan}} Michigan|1
<!--final -->
|August 25|{{flagicon|TWN}} '''Taiwan'''|12|{{flagicon|Arizona}} Arizona|0
<!--third place -->
|August 24 (F/[[Extra innings|7]])|{{flagicon|Florida}} '''Florida'''|2|{{flagicon|Michigan}} Michigan|1
}}

==Consolation Bracket==
{{Round4-with third
| RD1 = Games A & B
| RD2 = Game D
| RD3 = Game C
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!-- Games A & B --> 
|August 22|{{flagicon|GER}} Germany|0|{{flagicon|CAN}} '''Canada'''|9
|August 23|{{flagicon|New York}} New York|0|{{flagicon|MEX}} '''Mexico'''|4
<!-- Game D --> 
|August 24|{{flagicon|CAN}} '''Canada'''|2|{{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico|0
<!-- Game C --> 
|August 24|{{flagicon|GER}} '''Germany'''|3|{{flagicon|New York}} New York|2
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!1973 Little League World Series Champions
|-
|-
|[[Image:Flag of the Republic of China.svg|100px]]<br/>'''Tainan City Little League'''<br/>'''Tainan City, Taiwan'''
|}

==Notable players==
* [[Ed Vosberg]] (Tucson, Arizona) - Won a [[College World Series]] Championship with the [[University of Arizona]] in 1980 and an MLB World Series title with the [[Florida Marlins]] in 1997. Pitched 10 seasons in the [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] for the [[San Diego Padres]], [[San Francisco Giants]], [[Oakland Athletics]], [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], Marlins, [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]], and [[Montreal Expos]] between 1986 and 2002.
* George Crum (Tampa, Florida) - Drafted in the 23rd Round of the 1980 MLB Draft by the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]].  Played 7 seasons in the minor leagues.
* [[Dwight Gooden]] (Tampa, Florida) was an integral part of the team that qualified for the LLWS but at 9 years old was too young to play at Williamsport.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dwight-gooden/|title=SABR bio of Dwight Gooden}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130712093455/http://www.littleleague.org/series/history/year/1973.htm 1973 Little League World Series]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310201308/http://www.littleleague.org/series/history/scores/1973line.htm Line scores for the 1973 LLWS]
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