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By Communications Division
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.

The 16 qualifying teams for the 2010 Little League Baseball World Series will be playing $\"LLBWS2010Logo_152px\"$ under a new format in 2010. The culmination of more than 16,000 games over eight weeks of Little League Baseball tournament play, this year’s World Series will be played utilizing a double-elimination format in the first round. Previously, the tournament was conducted using a pool play format to reach the quarterfinal round.

The 16 teams will still be placed into four, four-team pools, the eight U.S teams on one side of the bracket opposite the eight International squads. The top team in each pool advances to the U.S. and International single-elimination championship games. The U.S. and International champions then play for the World Championship on the final day of the tournament.