2017 European Champions Cup (baseball)

2017 European Champions Cup (baseball)

Tournament details
Country	Germany
Dates	June 7 – 11
Teams	8
Defending champions	L&D Amsterdam
Final positions
Champions	Curaçao Neptunus (9th title)
Runners-up	CNF Unipolsai Bologna
Tournament statistics
Games played	19
Attendance	6,235 (328 per game)
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The 2017 European Champions Cup is a European baseball competition, that was held from June 7, to 11, 2017 in Regensburg, Germany. This is the fifty-fifth iteration of the Cup since its inaugural tournament in 1963. ^[1]

List of competing teams

CNF Unipolsai Bologna (1st)	A.S.D. Rimini (2nd)
Curaçao Neptunus (1st)	L&D Amsterdam (2nd)
Mainz Athletics (1st)	Buchbinder Legionäre (2nd)
T&A San Marino	Rouen Huskies

Venues

Field A	Field B
Regensburg	Regensburg
Armin-Wolf-Arena	Platz 1

Rosters

Main article: 2017 Baseball European Cup Rosters

First round

	Qualified for Final Four
	Qualified for Bottom Four

Group A

Rk	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
1	CNF Unipolsai Bologna	2	1	.667	0
2	Curaçao Neptunus	2	1	.667	0
3	Rouen Huskies	1	2	.333	2
4	Mainz Athletics	1	2	.333	2

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Jun 7, 2017	13:30	Curaçao Neptunus	12-6	CNF Unipolsai Bologna		Armin Wolf Arena	3:24	175	Boxscore
Jun 7, 2017	16:30	Rouen Huskies	17-7	Mainz Athletics	8	Platz 1	3:28	120	Boxscore
Jun 8, 2017	11:00	CNF Unipolsai Bologna	14-0	Rouen Huskies	7	Platz 1	2:14	130	Boxscore
Jun 8, 2017	13:30	Mainz Athletics	7-6	Curaçao Neptunus		Armin-Wolf-Arena	2:43	180	Boxscore
Jun 9, 2017	11:00	Mainz Athletics	2-22	CNF Unipolsai Bologna	7	Platz 1	2:39	130	Boxscore
Jun 9, 2017	13:30	Curaçao Neptunus	9-3	Rouen Huskies		Armin-Wolf-Arena	3:14	296	Boxscore

Group B

Rk	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
1	L&D Amsterdam	3	0	1.000	0
2	T&A San Marino	2	1	.667	1
3	A.S.D. Rimini	1	2	.333	2
4	Buchbinder Legionäre	0	3	.000	3

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Jun 7, 2017	11:00	L&D Amsterdam	5-1	T&A San Marino		Platz 1	2:39	120	Boxscore
Jun 7, 2016	19:00	Buchbinder Legionäre	2-5	A.S.D. Rimini		Arwin-Wolf-Arena	3:13	320	Boxscore
Jun 8, 2017	16:30	A.S.D. Rimini	2-9	L&D Amsterdam		Platz 1	3:17	180	Boxscore
Jun 8, 2017	19:00	T&A San Marino	13-1	Buchbinder Legionäre	7	Armin-Wolf-Arena	2:13	510	Boxscore
Jun 9, 2017	16:30	A.S.D. Rimini	3-6	T&A San Marino	10	Platz 1	3:44	100	Boxscore
Jun 9, 2017	19:00	L&D Amsterdam	9-6	Buchbinder Legionäre		Armin-Wolf-Arena	2:43	705	Boxscore

Bottom Four

Game 1

June 10 11:00 at Platz 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mainz Athletics	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	8	8	1
A.S.D. Rimini	6	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	X	13	15	3
WP: Jose Escalona (1-0)   LP: Jeff Hunt (0-1) Home runs: MAI: None RIM: Federico Celli (1) Attendance: 90 Umpires: HP − Jerónimo Moreno Saura, 1B − Edwin Louisa, 3B − Tim Meyer Boxscore

Game 2

June 10 13:30 at Armin-Wolf-Arena

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Buchbinder Legionäre	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	2	3	1
Rouen Huskies	4	8	1	5	X	X	X	X	X	18	15	1
WP: Léo Céspedes (1-0)   LP: Eric Faint (0-1) Home runs: REG: None ROU: Gabriel Fromental-Houle (2), Maxime Lefevre (1) Attendance: 693 Umpires: HP − Stenar van Gronigen Schinkel, 1B − Fabrizio Fabrizi, 3B − Alessandro Spera Notes: Completed early due to 15–run mercy rule after 5 innings. Boxscore

Relegation Game

June 11 16:00 at Armin-Wolf-Arena

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mainz Athletics	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	4	2
Buchbinder Legionäre	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	5	0
WP: Tim Stahlmann (1-1)   LP: Mike Bolsenbroek (0-2)   Sv: Lennard Stöcklin (1) Home runs: MAI: Max Boldt (3), Kevin Kotowski (1) REG: None Attendance: 535 Umpires: HP − Edwin Louisa, 1B − Alessandro Spera, 3B − Stenar van Groningen Schinkel Boxscore

Final four

Semi-Final 1

June 10 16:30 at Platz 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
T&A San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	1
Curaçao Neptunus	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	X	7	8	0
WP: Diegomar Markwell (1-0)   LP: Josh Kimborowicz (0-1) Attendance: 207 Umpires: HP − Dirk Biehl, 1B − Tim Meyer, 3B − Miroslav Kaigl Boxscore

Semi-Final 2

June 10 19:00 at Armin-Wolf-Arena

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CNF Unipolsai Bologna	0	0	4	0	3	0	1	1	0	9	12	2
L&D Amsterdam	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	0	8	8	2
WP: Raul Rivero (1-0)   LP: Robin Schel (0-1)   Sv: Filippo Crepaldi (1) Home runs: BOL: Paolino Ambrosino (1), Robel García (1), Osman Marval (1), Alexander Russo (1) AMS: Max Clarijs (1) Attendance: 417 Umpires: HP − Oswald Tschaurf, 1B − Serge Makouchetchev, 3B − Fabrizio Fabrizi Boxscore

3rd Place

June 11 13:30 at Platz 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
L&D Amsterdam	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	7	2
T&A San Marino	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	X	7	12	3
WP: Yoimer Camacho (1-0)   LP: Kevin Heijstek (1-1) Home runs: AMS: None SMR: Erick Epifano (1) Attendance: 79 Umpires: HP − Tim Meyer, 1B − Miroslav Kaigl, 3B − Jerónimo Merino Saura Boxscore

Final

June 11 19:00 at Armin-Wolf-Arena

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Curaçao Neptunus	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	7	13	2
CNF Unipolsai Bologna	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	8	3
WP: Jan Tomek (1-0)   LP: Rudy Owens (0-2)   Sv: Berry Van Driel (1) Home runs: ROT: Shaldimar Daantji BOL: None Attendance: 1248 Umpires: HP − Serge Makouchetchev, 1B − Oswald Tschaurf, 3B − Dirk Biehl Boxscore

Final standings

	Champion
	Relegated to CEB Cup

Rk	Team
1	Curaçao Neptunus
2	CNF Unipolsai Bologna
3	T&A San Marino
4	L&D Amsterdam
5*	A.S.D. Rimini
5*	Rouen Huskies
7	Mainz Athletics
8	Buchbinder Legionäre

^* Both teams share 5th place.

Statistics leaders

Batting Statistic Name Total/Avg Batting average Paolino Ambrosino (BOL) .615 Hits Paolino Ambrosino (BOL) Robel García (BOL) 8 Runs Francesco Fuzzi (BOL) 8 Home runs Max Boldt (MAI) 3 RBI Robel García (BOL) 10 Walks Elias von Garβen (REG) 6 Stolen bases Alessandro Vaglio (BOL) Francesco Fuzzi (BOL) Giovanni Garbella (RIM) 2 On-base percentage Alex Sambucci (BOL) .706 Slugging percentage Gabriel Fromental-Houle (ROU) 1.200 OBPS Alex Sambucci (BOL) 1.706

Pitching Statistic Name Total/Avg Wins 12 players 1 Losses Mike Bolsenbroek (REG) 2 Saves 4 players 1 Innings pitched Mike Bolsenbroek (REG) 13.2 Hits allowed Mateo Bocchi (BOL) 0 Runs allowed Mateo Bocchi (BOL) José Rosario (RIM) 0 Earned runs allowed Mateo Bocchi (BOL) José Rosario (RIM) 0 ERA Mateo Bocchi (BOL) José Rosario (RIM) 0.00 Walks Mateo Bocchi (BOL) Andrea Pizziconi (BOL) 1 Strikeouts/Game José Rosario (RIM) 10

See also

• European Baseball Championship
• Asia Series
• Caribbean Series
• Baseball awards § Europe

References

1. "Home". baseballeurope.com. Archived from the original on 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2017-06-07.

External links

• Official CEB site ^{[ usurped ]}
• Official Regensburg site
• Results site