| Confirmed Teams |
| Team Name | State | Paid | Hotel |
| 1 Brownlee Lookouts | OH | Yes | Cin. Marriot North |
| 2 Cincy Flames | OH | Yes | local team |
| 3 Cincy Flames 15U | OH | Yes | local team |
| 4 Diamond Boys | OH | Yes | Doubletree Inn |
| 5 Diamond Nationals | OH | Yes | Fairfield Inn & Suites |
| 6 East Tennessee Warriors | TN | Yes | Hyatt Place Blue Ash |
| 7 Easton Tigers | OH | Yes | local team |
| 8 Fort Wayne Cubs | IN | Yes | Cin. Marriot North |
| 9 Glenview Flyers | IL | Yes | Cin. Marriot North |
| 10 Hammond Seminoles Baseball | IN | Yes | Holiday Inn North |
| 11 Huntington Hounds | WV | Yes | Cin. Marriot North |
| 12 Illinois Indians | IL | Yes | Staybridge Suites |
| 13 Indiana Irish | IN | Yes | Cin. Marriot North |
| 14 Indiana Mustangs Blue | IN | Yes | Courtyard by Marriott |
| 15 Indiana Pony Express | IN | Yes | Hyatt Place Blue Ash |
| 16 Indiana Prospects Blue | IN | Yes | Cin. Marriot North |
| 17 Indiana Prospects Gold | IN | Yes | Cin. Marriot North |
| 18 KY Baseball Club Blue | KY | Yes | Embassy Suites |
| 19 KY Baseball Club Whte | KY | Yes | Embassy Suites |
| 20 Lawrence Lynx | IN | Yes | Holiday Inn North |
| 21 Longshots Baseball | IL | Yes | Cin. Marriot North |
| 22 Lorain County Pirates | OH | Yes | Embassy Suites |
| 23 Michiana Lightning | IN | Yes | Residence Inn Marriott |
| 24 Michigan Red Sox | MI | Yes | Embassy Suites |
| 25 Music City Outlaws | TN | Yes | Courtyard by Marriott |
| 26 Northern Ohio Tribe | OH | Yes | Cin. Marriot North |
| 27 Ohio Heat | OH | Yes | local team |
| 28 Phenom Academy | KY | Yes | local team |
| 29 S.E.M. Pirates | MI | Yes | Drury Inn & Suites |
| 30 Schaumburg Seminoles | IL | Yes | Doubletree Inn |
| 31 South Oakland A's Black | MI | Yes | Cin. Marriot North |
| 32 South Oakland A's Yellow | MI | Yes | Cin. Marriot North |
| 33 Summit City Sluggers | IN | Yes | Doubletree Inn |
| 34 Team EAS | OH | Yes | Drury Inn & Suites |
| 35 Team New Era Welland | ON | Yes | Holiday Inn North |
| 36 Up To Bat West | OH | Yes | Courtyard by Marriott |
| 37 Willoughby Diamond Dawgs | OH | Yes | Drury Inn & Suites |
| 38 Worth Bulldogs | TN | Yes | Doubletree Inn |
