Intermediate, Junior, and Senior League Baseball are youth baseball divisions of Little League Baseball that are considered more advanced and difficult than younger Little League divisions due to more advanced rules, including the ability to lead-off and steal as the pitcher breaks, along with longer base paths and greater pitching distance.
The Big League level was a former division for even older teens until it was discontinued for both baseball and softball after the 2016 Big League World Series due to low participation levels over the previous 15 years.
The tournament had previously been in Charlotte, North Carolina from 1968 to 1970 and in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from 1970 to 1998.
For the Little League baseball division, there are twenty regions, whose champions are divided into two brackets (U.S. and International).
[5] For the Intermediate, Junior, and Senior League baseball divisions, there are only five U.S. regions: The international regions differ in the Intermediate, Junior, Senior, and Big League divisions.
The distance between the pitcher's mound and home plate was 60.6 feet, also identical to that of MLB.