27/07/2020 1 Minute Read

WBSC certifies 54 Baseball5 instructors in Italy

The course was divided into four modules. A total of 54 individuals, selected by the Italian Baseball Softball Federation Coach and Umpire Commissions, attended the webinar.

27/07/2020 3 Minute Read

Italy's Erika Piancastelli on qualifying for Tokyo 2020 Olympics: “My biggest softball memory so far”

The Modena-native catcher is the captain of the Italian National Softball Team that won the WBSC Europe/Africa Olympic Qualifier on 27 July last year.

13/07/2020 1 Minute Read

Netherlands tops Germany in first international women’s softball games of the year

The National Teams from the two European neighbours played a double-header in Cologne, Germany, on Sunday, 12 July.

08/07/2020 1 Minute Read

Softball Europe unveils 2021 international calendar with five WBSC World Cup qualifiers

European nations will battle next year for spots in the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cups (Senior, U-23 and U-18), the U-18 Women’s Softball World Cup and the U-12 Mixed Softball World Cup.

08/07/2020 1 Minute Read

International softball is back: Germany to host Netherlands in friendly doubleheader

The Netherlands women’s national softball team will travel to Cologne to play two games against Germany on Sunday, 12 July.

06/07/2020 2 Minute Read

Baseball-softball season starts in Italy with special opener in Codogno

The first official game of the year was held in Codogno, the Italian city that recorded the first COVID-19 patient in the country. Baseball's top league will open on 8 July. The softball elite competition will follow on 11 July.

06/07/2020 4 Minute Read

#9 pass the pen - Get Recruited in the USA

Josh Johnson, a six-year member of the US Men’s National Fastpitch Softball Team and an experienced NCAA Division I coach with Super Regional experience, enters his second year at Mississippi State University. Johnson was an assistant coach for the Cardinals from 2016-2018, before being promoted to associate head coach entering the 2019 campaign.

01/07/2020 1 Minute Read

Top baseball, softball leagues in Netherlands set to open from 18 July

Netherlands is the top-ranked European country in both the WBSC Baseball World Rankings and WBSC Women's Softball World Rankings.

29/06/2020 1 Minute Read

Ukrainian baseball league set to open on 4 July

Ukraine's five-team Division A league consists of 10 rounds, finishing on 20 September.

29/06/2020 1 Minute Read

Austrian Baseball Bundesliga to open 3 July, softball season on 19 July

Following the government’s easing of COVID-19 restrictions, the Austrian Baseball Federation revealed the schedule for their national baseball and softball leagues.