Sport | Baseball |
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Founded | 2016 |
No. of teams | 6 (in 2023) |
Continent | Europe |
The Federation Cup is an annual baseball tournament, sanctioned and created by the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB). The tournament is the third-tier tournament for baseball leagues across Europe, alongside the first-tier Champions Cup, second-tier Confederation Cup, and fourth-tier Federation Cup Qualifiers, all of which operate with a promotion and relegation system for its federations. [1]
The inaugural season of the tournament was held in 2016 in Brno, Czech Republic.
Promoted to 2024 Confederation Cup | |
Relegated to 2024 Federation Cup Qualifiers |
Rk | Team |
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1 | Dornbirn Indians |
2 | Spartans Deurne |
3 | CNTU-OSDYSSOR-Gorn |
4 | Challengers Zürich |
5 | Rättvik BSK |
6 | Apollo Bratislava |
Year | Host | Medalists | |||
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Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place | |||
2016 Details | Draci Brno [2] | Sölvesborg Firehawks | Spartans Deurne | ||
2017 Details | Borgerhout Squirrels [3] | Astros Valencia | Spartans Deurne | ||
2018 Details | Astros Valencia [4] | Sölvesborg Firehawks | Brasschaat Braves | ||
2019 Details | Dornbirn Indians [5] | Vienna Metrostars | Borgerhout Squirrels | ||
2021 Details | Olimpija Karlovac [6] | Brasschaat Braves | Vienna Wanderers | ||
2022 Details | Astros Valencia [7] | Brasschaat Braves | Wiener Neustadt Diving Ducks | ||
2023 Details | Dornbirn Indians [8] | Spartans Deurne | CNTU-OSDYSSOR-Gorn |
Team | Number of championships | Years |
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Astros Valencia | 2 | 2018, 2022 |
Dornbirn Indians | 2 | 2019, 2023 |
Olimpija Karlovac | 1 | 2021 |
Borgerhout Squirrels | 1 | 2017 |
Draci Brno | 1 | 2016 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Belgium | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
4 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Pool 1 | Pool 2 | Pool 3 |
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BK Vilnius | Angels Trnava | ATMA 1991 |
Espoo Expos | BK Zagreb | Athletic Sofia |
London Capitals | Budapest Red Wolves | Georgian Baseball Academy |
Mariners Baseball | Leaders Călărași | London Mets |
Vålerenga Baseball | Sofia Blues | Silesia Rybnik |
Sundbybergs BSC | Tampere Tigers | |
Utenos Titanai |
The winning federation of each pool in the 2023 tournament will promote to the 2024 Federation Cup. [1]
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