other countries and regions pick their own way of crowning a champion. little league canada holds tournaments at the provincial and divisional level to field six champions (four provincial and two divisional) at the national tournament: alberta, ontario, quebec, british columbia, the prairie provinces (saskatchewan and manitoba), and the atlantic provinces. the host site of the national tournament varies from year to year, and the host team gets an automatic berth as the seventh team. the tournament is played as a round robin and uses the page playoff format. the winner of the national tournament earns the right to represent canada at the little league world series.