11/07/2024 3 Minute Read

Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Netherlands qualify for U-18 Baseball Semifinals

After four of five days in the preliminary round at the U-18 Baseball European Championship in Regensburg, Germany the four semifinalists are known. From Group A Germany and Italy advance after remaining undefeated after four games. Germany beat Israel 9-2. Italy edged out Spain 2-1. Meanwhile in Group B the Netherlands and Great Britain move into the top four with the Dutch team already claiming first place. The Netherlands prevailed 8-2 over Czechia. Great Britain downed France 11-5. Additionally, Belgium beat Sweden 11-1 for their first win, while Austria won against Croatia 4-3 in a nailbiter to reach the win column. Day four was delayed midway through the day after a heavy thunderstorm. But eventually all games were played.

11/07/2024 2 Minute Read

WBSC Europe sees streaming as the key tool to make baseball and softball more popular in Europe

WBSC Europe is proud to introduce baseballeurope.tv, an initiative aimed at giving a platform to all baseball, softball, and baseball5 European competitions, as well as making the platform and concept available also for national and local competitions.

10/07/2024 2 Minute Read

Germany, Italy and Netherlands improve to 3-0 in U-18 Baseball Euros

After three days at the U-18 Baseball European Championship in Regensburg, Germany the teams from Germany, Italy and Netherlands are still undefeated and improved to 3-0 on top of the standings. Germany cruised by Austria 16-1. Italy shut out Croatia 14-0. The Netherlands prevailed 9-1 over Great Britain in the meeting of 2-0 clubs. Czechia defeated winless Sweden by a score of 12-0 to improve to 2-1. In a back and forth affair France narrowly beat Belgium 9-6. In the evening defending title holder Spain held off Israel 9-3.

09/07/2024 2 Minute Read

Germany upsets defending champion Spain on day two of U-18 Baseball Euros

Germany pulled off the biggest upset of the U-18 Baseball European Championship 2024. On day two in Regensburg, Germany, the hosts upset defending champion Spain in the evening game by a score of 7-1. Earlier in the day the Netherlands, Italy and Great Britain each celebrated 10-0 wins over France, Austria and Sweden. Israel beat Croatia 18-8 in a very long game. In the second evening matchup Czechia won 8-2 against Belgium.

09/07/2024 1 Minute Read

France win second Baseball5 French International; Saudi Arabia make international debut

The No. 4 programme in the WBSC/KONAMI Baseball5 World Ranking defeated No. 25 Spain in the final. No. 10 Lithuania placed third.

08/07/2024 2 Minute Read

U-18 Baseball European Championship got underway in sunny Regensburg on Monday

The U-18 Baseball European Championship got underway on Monday in Regensburg, Germany in beautiful conditions at the Armin-Wolf-Baseball-Arena complex, who is also going to host the Baseball European Championship in 2027. On day one of the preliminary round defending champion Spain beat Austria 12-3. The Netherlands prevailed 13-3 over Belgium. Italy shut out Israel 7-0. France took down Sweden by a score of 11-5. After a nice and short opening ceremony host Germany celebrated a successful opening game with a 15-0 win over Croatia. Great Britain closed out the first day with a 4-2 nail-biting victory over Czechia.

08/07/2024 1 Minute Read

Germany win U-12 Euro Baseball title, qualify with runners-up Netherlands for WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2025

Germany and the Netherlands are the first teams to qualify for the WBSC U-12 Baseball World Cup 2025, which will take place in Tainan, Taiwan.

08/07/2024 1 Minute Read

Australia, China, Netherlands and Puerto Rico to warm up for WBSC Women's Softball World Cup Finals in Caronno and Bollate, Italy

The 43rd Caronno City International Tournament is scheduled from July 10 to 12 in Caronno Pertusella (Varese province) and Bollate (Milano) and is sanctioned by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)..

08/07/2024 1 Minute Read

Czechia, Italy first teams to qualify for WBSC U-15 Women's Softball World Cup 2025

Although the final was canceled due to inclement weather in Prague, Czechia prevailed thanks to a 7-4 Super Round win over Italy in the Super Round.

07/07/2024 1 Minute Read

Belgium qualifies for U-12 Baseball Euros in 2025

Belgium has won the B-Pool U-12 Baseball European Championship, which was held in Trnava, Slovakia this past week and qualified for the U-12 Baseball European Championship A-Pool in 2025.