Lithuania will organise the Baseball5 European Championship for the second time in a row

Lithuania will organise the Baseball5 European Championship for the second time in a row
27/01/2023
The Baseball5 European Championship 2023 will be played in Druskininkai, Lithuania. This is the second time the event will take place in the country: the inaugural Baseball5 European Championship took place in Vilnius.

The Baseball5 European Championship 2023 was awarded to Lithuania. The city of Druskininkai will host the event in the Lithuanian Sports Complex. Druskininkai is a city in southern Lithuania, close to the borders of Belarus and Poland. 

The Baseball5 European Championship is set to take place on the 45th week of 2023, with the starting date to be defined depending on the number of entries and the finals to be played on Saturday, November 11, 2023. The championship will be played as a qualifier for the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup, scheduled for 2024.

The WBSC Europe Baseball5 Commission will present the event during the Congress 2023.

In 2020, the first Baseball5 European Championship in history was also held in Lithuania. In Vilnius, the French national squad finished first, followed by Lithuania, silver medalist. Both qualified for the first WBSC Baseball5 World Cup played in Mexico in November 2022.

Last year, WBSC Europe organised the first youth Baseball5 European Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria. France won the title, Türkiye won the silver medal and Lithuania finished third.

Baseball5 will make its Youth Olympic Games (YOG) debut at Dakar 2026.