Sport | Baseball |
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Founded | 1993 |
No. of teams | 7 (in 2023) |
Continent | Europe |
The Baseball European Cup, formerly called the Confederation Cup and CEB Cup, is an annual baseball tournament, sanctioned and created by WBSC Europe. The tournament is the second-tier tournament for baseball leagues across Europe, alongside the first-tier European Champions Cup, third-tier Federation Cup, and fourth-tier Federation Cup Qualifiers, all of which operate with a promotion and relegation system for its federations. [1] [2]
The inaugural season of the tournament was held in 2016 in Rouen, France, and Chartres, France. FC Barcelona won the last edition(2007) beating Heidenheim Heideköpfe 13-9. After that no tournament was held between 2008 and 2015 then in 2016 the tournament returned.
Promoted to 2024 Champions Cup | |
Relegated to 2024 Federation Cup |
Rk | Team |
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1 | Tenerife Marlins |
2 | Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge |
3 | Astros Valencia |
4 | Hoboken Pioneers |
5 | BK Olimpija |
6 | Vienna Wanderers |
7 | Flyers BST |
Team | Number of championships | Years |
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Draci Brno | 2 | 2017, 2021 |
Huskies de Rouen | 2 | 2016, 2022 |
Tenerife Marlins | 2 | 2023, 2024 |
Borgerhout Squirrels | 1 | 2018 |
Heidenheim Heideköpfe | 1 | 2019 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
2 | Spain | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
4 | France | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
5 | Germany | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
6 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (11 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |
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