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{{Short description|Youth baseball competition event}}
{{Infobox international baseball tournament
| image      = Little_League_World_Series_official_logo_2000.jpg
| dates          = August 20–August 26
| num_teams      = 8
| champion_other = {{flagicon|VEN|1930}} Sierra Maestra Little League<br />[[Maracaibo]], [[Venezuela]]
| second_other   = {{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|Texas}} Bellaire Little League<br />[[Bellaire, Texas]]
| prevseason     = {{llwsy|1999}}
| nextseason     = {{llwsy|2001}}
}}
The '''2000 Little League World Series''' took place August 20 to August 26 in [[South Williamsport, Pennsylvania]]. The Sierra Maestra Little League of [[Maracaibo]], [[Venezuela]], defeated Bellaire Little League of [[Bellaire, Texas]], in the championship game of the 54th [[Little League World Series]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87238965/maracaibo-beats-sloppy-bellaire/ |title=Maracaibo beats sloppy Bellaire |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[The News & Observer]] |location=[[Raleigh, North Carolina]] |page=C3 |date=August 27, 2000 |accessdate=October 17, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Qualification==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! United States
! International
|- 
| {{flagicon|Iowa}} [[Davenport, Iowa]]<br />Central<br />Davenport East Little League
| {{flagicon|CAN}}{{flagicon|Ontario}} [[Toronto, Ontario]]<br />Canada<br />[[High Park Little League]]
|- 
| {{flagicon|New Hampshire}} [[Goffstown, New Hampshire]]<br />East<br />Goffstown Little League
| {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Dhahran, Saudi Arabia]]<br />Europe<br />[[Saudi Aramco|Arabian-American Little League]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Texas}} [[Bellaire, Texas]]<br />South<br />Bellaire Little League
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tokyo, Japan]]<br />Far East<br />Musashi-Fuchu Little League
|-
| {{flagicon|Washington}} [[Vancouver, Washington]]<br />West<br />Hazel Dell Little League
| {{flagicon|VEN|1930}} [[Maracaibo, Venezuela]]<br />Latin America<br />Sierra Maestra Little League
|}

==Pool play==
After three U.S. teams finished pool play with a 2–1 record, the team that had allowed the fewest runs per innings played (Bellaire) was declared the pool winner; Davenport was then named pool runner-up due to their win over Vancouver in head-to-head play.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68212380/trying-to-win-costs-vancouver-change-to/ |title=Trying to win costs Vancouver change to advance |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |newspaper=[[The News-Press]] |location=[[Fort Myers, Florida]] |page=4C |date=August 25, 2000 |accessdate=January 22, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

===Standings===
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|+'''United States'''
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! rowspan=2|Region
! rowspan=2|City
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! Scored
! Allowed
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| '''South''' || Bellaire, TX
| 2–1 || {{nbsp}}7 || {{nbsp}}7
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb
| '''Central''' || Davenport, IA
| 2–1 || 13 || {{nbsp}}8
|-
| '''West''' || Vancouver, WA
| 2–1 || 15 || 10
|-
| '''East''' || Goffstown, NH
| 0–3 || {{nbsp}}4 || 14
|}
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|+'''International'''
|-
! Region
! City
! Record
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb
| '''Far East''' || Tokyo
| 3–0
|- bgcolor=#bbffbb
| '''Latin America''' || Maracaibo
| 2–1
|-
| '''Europe''' || Dhahran
| 1–2
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| '''Canada''' || Toronto
| 0–3
|}
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===Game results===
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==Elimination round==
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{{Round4
<!--Date/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
|24 August|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan|4|{{flagicon|VEN|1930}} '''Maracaibo, Venezuela''' |5 
|24 August|{{flagicon|Iowa}} Davenport, Iowa|0|'''{{flagicon|Texas}} Bellaire, Texas''' |8 
<!--final -->
|26 August|'''{{flagicon|VEN|1930}} Maracaibo. Venezuela''' |3|{{flagicon|USA}}{{flagicon|Texas}} Bellaire, Texas|2}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; grvvrhdhmargin: 0 auto;"
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!2000 Little League World Series Champions
|-
|-
|[[Image:Flag of Venezuela 1930-2006.svg|100px|Venezuela]]<br/>'''Sierra Maestra Little League'''<br/>'''Maracaibo, Venezuela'''
|}
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==Notable players==
* [[Julian Vandervelde]] ([[Davenport, Iowa]]) [[NFL]] player 
* [[Harry Zolnierczyk]] ([[Toronto, Ontario]]) [[NHL]] player

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050208180407/http://www.littleleague.org/series/history/year/2000.htm 2000 official results] via [[Wayback Machine]]

{{LLWS}}

[[Category:Little League World Series]]
[[Category:2000 in baseball|Little League World Series]]
[[Category:2000 in sports in Pennsylvania|Little League World Series]]