while the little league baseball world series is frequently referred to as just the little league world series, it is actually one of twelve tournaments sponsored by little league international, in twelve different locations. each of them brings community teams from different around the world together in baseball (five age divisions), girls' softball (four age divisions), and boys' softball (three divisions). the tournament structure described here is that used for the little league baseball world series. the structure used for the other world series is similar, but with different regions.