The final qualifier for the 2017 World Baseball Classic opens today at MCU Park in Brooklyn, New York. World No. 15 Brazil, No. 23 Pakistan, No. 30 Great Britain and No. 42 Israel will be competing for the 16th and final spot into the top-tier international event.

In front of a sold-out crowd of 3,350 and national broadcast audience, Yurendell De Caster singled with the bases loaded in the bottom the 10th to push the Netherlands over Spain, 3-2, Sunday night and capture the nation’s 22nd CEB European Baseball Championship.

For the first time in the history of official fast pitch softball and baseball competitions in Europe, a British team took home the Gold in a European Championship as Great Britain wins the 2016 European Junior Women’s Softball Championship with a 1-0 win over Italy.

The Czech Republic seized the title as European Men’s Softball Champion for the third time in a row and ninth overall with a 7-1 win over Denmark.

The German U-12 National Team defeated host nation Czech Republic, 9-2, in the finale of the U-12 Baseball Europe Championship on 9 July.

The 3rd edition of the ESF-sanctioned regional tournament – Baltic Open – was decided in Skövde, Sweden. In Women’s tournament, host’s Sweden squared off against Lithuania and both the Danish U-19 and Senior National Teams. In the Men’s tournament, Sweden hosted Lithuania and Denmark’s U-19 National Team.

The inaugural Softball Against Cancer (SAC) Day was organized at the Hoofddorp Pioniers Stadium in the Netherlands by Ginger de Weert, a long-time Dutch national team pitcher.

The second edition of the Joudrs International Cup – the only international tournament for U-13 and U-16 boys in Europe – took place in Prague, Czech Republic. The two competitions were played simultaneously with a total of 16 teams participating.

BaseballSoftballUK, the development agency for the British Baseball and British Softball Federations, has announced the largest increase in participation to date, putting the number of people playing the sports at an all-time high. As of 31 March 2016, the number of people playing baseball and softball in the UK had reached 22,274, climbing by a […]

WASHINGTON DC — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a key political arm that works to strengthen relations between Israel and the United States, featured a video of the Israel Association of Baseball’s programme, “Baseball for All”, at the recent AIPAC conference in Washington D.C. IAB’s Baseball for All brings groups of Israeli Jewish and […]