Belarus national baseball team

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Belarus national baseball team
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CountryFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Confederation WBSC Europe
WBSC ranking
Current 61 Decrease2.svg 1 (2 November 2023) [1]

The Belarus national baseball team is the national baseball team of Belarus. The team competed in the bi-annual European Baseball Championship. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, WBSC Europe excluded Belarusian teams from all its competitions for both national and club teams to be held in Europe in 2022. [2]

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Tournament results

European Youth Baseball Championship

European Juveniles Baseball Championship

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References

  1. "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. "Russian and Belarusian teams excluded from all the WBSC Europe 2022 competitions". WBSC Europe.