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Curacao, the Caribbean Island Seen at the FIFA World Cup, Wins Little League World Series
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Curacao, the Caribbean Island Seen at the FIFA World Cup, Wins Little League World Series

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Curacao defeated Nevada 11-2 in the 2026 Little League World Series final in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
  • The title marked Curacao’s second championship and its first since 2004.
  • Curacao eliminated South Korea 1-0 in the third round before South Korea later lost to Canada and exited the tournament.

Curacao’s Pariba Little League won the 2026 Little League World Series with an 11-2 victory over Nevada’s Paseo Verde Little League in the final in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The championship gave Curacao its second title and its first since 2004, a 22-year gap. The Caribbean country is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has a population of about 150,000.

Curacao has also become more familiar to South Korean sports fans after reaching its first FIFA World Cup finals through the 2026 North and Central American tournament. At Williamsport, it handed South Korea its first defeat after the country returned to the Little League World Series for the first time in seven years.

South Korea’s Incheon combined selection, managed by Kim Hong-jip, opened with wins over Canada, 7-0, and the Czech Republic, 5-0. It then lost to Curacao 1-0 in the third round. A 5-1 defeat by Canada in the third-round elimination game ended South Korea’s campaign.

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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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