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The College World Series takes place each June at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, a championship perhaps more closely followed by college baseball fans than the major league World Series for which it is named.

Leading up to the College World Series is the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament in May, which features 64 college baseball teams battling it out in a series of elimination games.

Winners of the regionals are given spots in the super regional games located throughout the country. Two teams go head-to-head at each location for a best of 3 game series.

Super Regional action wraps up around mid-month as the last few teams clinch their World Series spots.

2012 College World Series

Winners then move on to the College World Series, scheduled to kick off in 2012 with the Opening Celebration Day on Thursday, June 14, followed by the start of the games on Friday, June 15 continuing through to Monday/Tuesday, June 25/26.

Watch for full TV coverage on ESPN & ESPN 2.

The 2012 College World Series will begin one day earlier than its standard Friday opening in order to accommodate the US Olympic Swim Trials, which are being conducted at the nearby Qwest Center in Omaha, June 25 - July 2.

The College World Series around the Web:

Elsewhere on the Web, check out additional pages offering more facts, history & trivia along with the latest updates, scores, stats and standings, winners & losers on the road to Omaha and the NCAA College World Series ...


NCAA College World Series - Official site featuring event schedules, ticket information, the latest scores, history, pictures & feature stories, plus local metro shuttle info to the ballpark.

NCAA Baseball on Yahoo! - Up-to-the-minute coverage including streaming video broadcasts, picture gallery, complete TV schedule, scores & standings, feature stories.

Men's Baseball - NCAA Sports.com - Complete coverage of Division I, II & III games with news & analysis, scores, standings, postgame notes, photo galleries, printable bracket, historical archive.

College Baseball - Rosenblatt Report - Keep up with all the action at the College World Series with daily blogs from Kendall Rogers including additional feature stories, news & analysis, photos.

Baseball America.com - College - World series, regional and super regional coverage including feature stories on who to watch, daily college baseball blog, weekly chats, coach tracker, searchable player finder, and downloadable College World Series Preview in pdf format.

College World Series - A complete overview with details on its history, lists of winners & related links, from Wikipedia.

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