2012 IOWA GLOBAL SPORTS WORLD SERIES

click on World Series for more information     7 Year Old Coach Pitch Global Sports World Series July 11 - 15 James Cownie Sports Complex Des Moines   8 Year Old Kid Pitch Global Sports World Series July 18 - 22 James Cownie Sports Complex Des Moines   9 Year Old Global Sports World Series July 11 - 15 James Cownie Sports Complex Des Moines   10 Year Old Global Sports World Series July 18 - 22 Prairie Ridge Sports Complex Ankeny   11 Year Old Global Sports World Series July 18 - 22 James Cownie Sports Complex Des Moines   12 Year Old Global Sports World Series July 11 - 15 Raccoon River Park West Des Moines   14 Year Old (60/90) Global Sports World Series July 18 - 22 Prairie Ridge Sports Complex Ankeny

 

Enter Iowa World Series

Teams may enter World Series starting on January 16th at noon.  Teams must participate in a Global Qualifier and must participate in a State Tournament for World Series Entry to be validated

 

How to qualify:

Teams of ages 7 - 14 qualify to participate in a Global World Series by participating in a Global World Series Qualifier and also by participating in their USSSA State Tournament or Global Sports State Tournament.   Teams must be registered with USSSA and registered with Global Sports to participate in Global Sports World Series Qualifiers.  Team may register at www.usssa.com.  Global Sports registration is $15 per year and can be registered at the same time as USSSA Baseball.  Please check with your USSSA State Director for qualifiers in your area.

 

How to enter a Global Sports World Series:

Teams earning a berth at a Global Sports Qualifier may participate in any state's Global World Series.  Teams must enter the Global Sports World Series at www.usssa.com on a first come, first served basis started on January 16th at noon.  Teams that qualify will not be assured a spot at a specific World Series location.  Qualified teams may enter multiple Global Sports World Series.  Global Sports World Series entry is $695.

 

Global Sports World Series Format:

Open to all Classifications Elite World Series participating teams are ineligible to play Ages 7 - 14 Limited to 24 teams per age group Pool play followed by championship play. Teams will play 6 or 7 games Champions of the 3 divisions will be crowned World Series Champion Teams earn World Series USSSA Points

 

POOL PLAY   All teams will play 4 games within pool play.  After pool play is complete, teams will be seeded 1 - 24 and placed into a championship bracket.  Seeding for championship play is based on USSSA pool play / tie breaker criteria.   Pool seeding is based on: 1)  USSSA Classification, 2)  USSSA Points, 3) Geographical location.   The tournament director has the final decision on seeding teams into pool play.   CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY

RED CHAMPIONSHIP
Seed 1
	SAT
		1
Seed 8			SUN
Seed 4
	SAT				5
		2
Seed 5						SUN
Seed 3									Champion
	SAT
		3
Seed 6			SUN					7
Seed 2
	SAT				6
		4
Seed 7					Loser 5
						SUN
							11	3rd Place
					Loser 6
Loser 1
	SAT
		8
Loser 2			SUN
Loser 3						5th Place
	SAT				10
		9
Loser 4					Loser 8
						SUN
							12	7th Place
					Loser 9
WHITE CHAMPIONSHIP
Seed 9
	SAT
		13
Seed 16			SUN
Seed 12
	SAT				17
		14
Seed 13						SUN
Seed 11									Champion
	SAT
		15
Seed 14			SUN					19
Seed 10
	SAT				18
		16
Seed 15					Loser 17
						SUN
							23	3rd Place
					Loser 18
Loser 13
	SAT
		20
Loser 14			SUN
Loser 15						5th Place
	SAT				22
		21
Loser 16					Loser 20
						SUN
							24	7th Place
					Loser 21
BLUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Seed 17
	SAT
		25
Seed 24			SAT
Seed 20
	SAT				29
		26
Seed 21						SUN
Seed 19									Champion
	SAT
		27
Seed 22			SAT					31
Seed 18
	SAT				30
		28
Seed 23					Loser 29
						SUN
							35	3rd Place
					Loser 30
Loser 25
	SAT
		32
Loser 26			SUN
Loser 27						5th Place
	SAT				34
		33
Loser 28					Loser 32
						SUN
							36	7th Place
					Loser 33

Global Sports World Series Rules:

Global Sports World Series will be governed by the USSSA National Baseball Bylaws and Rules unless noted differently below.   USSSA Rosters will be the official roster at the GS World Series.  Teams may add two additional players to the official roster at team check-in at the Global Sports World Series   USSSA Baseball reserves the right to alter, change, or abbreviate the tournament format when necessary to complete the tournament due to weather.

 

Global Sports World Series Awards:

Team and individual awards will be presented to the champion and runner up of the Red, White and Blue Championship Divisions.

 

2012 GLOBAL SPORTS WORLD SERIES