The 1972 Little League World Series took place between August 22 and August 26 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Taipei Little League of Taipei City, Taiwan, defeated the Edison Little League of Hammond, Indiana, in the championship game of the 26th Little League World Series.

United States	International
Hammond, Indiana North Region Edison Little League	Windsor, Ontario Canada Region South Little League
New City, New York East Region New City Little League	Madrid, Spain Europe Region Torrejon Air Base Little League
Vienna, Virginia South Region National Little League	Taipei City, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Far East Region Taipei Little League
Pearl City, Hawaii West Region Community Little League	San Juan, Puerto Rico Latin America Region Admiral Gallery Little League

• Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, due to complicated relations with People's Republic of China, is recognized by the name Chinese Taipei by majority of international organizations including Little League Baseball (LLB). For more information, please see Cross-Strait relations.
• Puerto Rico an unincorporated territory of the United States.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 22
	Puerto Rico	3
					August 24
	Canada	1
					Puerto Rico	7
	August 22 (F/7)
					Indiana	10
	Virginia	1
									August 26
	Indiana	2
									Indiana	0
	August 23
									Taiwan	6
	Taiwan	9
					August 24
	New York	0
					Taiwan	9
	August 23
					Hawaii	1			Third place
	Hawaii	11
									August 25
	Spain	2
									Puerto Rico	5
									Hawaii	5

	Games A & B				Game D
	August 23
	Canada	3
					August 25
	Virginia	2
					Canada	0
	August 24
					New York	2
	New York	8
	Spain	1
					Game C
					August 25
					Virginia	3
					Spain	0

1972 Little League World Series Champions
Taipei Little League Taipei City, Taiwan

• 1972 Little League World Series
• Line scores for the 1972 LLWS