Croatia national baseball team

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Croatia national baseball team
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FederationCroatian Baseball Association
Confederation Confederation of European Baseball National Teams Director = Denis Polašek
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The Croatia national baseball team is the national baseball team of Croatia. As of the beginning of 2013 in the IBAF World Rankings, they were the seventh-best team in Europe and the 31st men's baseball team overall. [2] The team is controlled by the Croatian Baseball Association, which is represented in the Confederation of European Baseball. [3] Croatia hosted one of the four pools during the first stage of play in the 2009 Baseball World Cup. The official IBAF 2014 end-of-year World Rankings put Croatia 43rd in the world. [4] Croatia joined the Confederation of European Baseball in 1992.

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In 2015, Croatia won the B-Level European Championship in Karlovac. They were undefeated in their pool, winning all five games. [5] In the championship game, Croatia defeated Slovakia 6–4 to win the Qualifier for the 2016 European Baseball Championship. Croatia finished in 12th place in the 2014 Euros and were relegated to the B-Level. [6] Croatia competed in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, came in 11th out of 12 teams (beating only Team Sweden), but haven't been relegated because of enlargement of championship to 16 teams. The best result ever Croatia managed on 2021 European Baseball Championship where the 7th place was won in match against Belgium.

Osvaldo Vavra is the President of the Croatian Baseball Association. Božidar Rožman is the Vice President, and Zdenko Ostović is the Secretary General. Kristina Uroić is the executive director of the CBA, which is headquartered in the capital city, Zagreb. [7]

2021 roster

The following was the Croatian roster that participated in the 2021 European Championship held in Italy. [8]

PlayerNo.Pos.YOB
Hrvoje Tadić13B1995
Nino Kruheh2C1997
Rene Sebastian Bodalec3C/OF2001
Karlo Kos4P/IF1998
Andrija Tomić5C/OF1996
Slobodan Gales6OF1988
Jose Herrera7SS1993
Borna Strelec8P/IF2001
Petar Juričić9P/IF2002
Marin Tadić10P1990
Antonio Horvatic11P/IF1997
Pavao Karin12P/OF1990
Ronald Anthony Krsolovic13P/3B1996
Mario Manojlov141B/OF1984
Andrew Jones15IF1989
Jose Dias16P1993
Benjamin Paulić17IF2003
Philip Smith19C/1B1990
Kruno Gojković20P/OF1995
Petar Jure Rumora211B/OF1996
James Summers23P1973

The manager of the team are Jake Summers, and the assistant coaches are Michel Ćurić, Damir Karin, Ken Krsolovic and Josip Bozanić.

Tournament results

Baseball World Cup

European Baseball Championship

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References

  1. "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. IBAF World Rankings
  3. "Croatia at the Confederation of European Baseball". Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  4. 1 2 "FINAL 2014 IBAF World Baseball Rankings - IBAF.com (English Site)". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
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  6. Croatia wins B-Level European Championship in Karlovac | CEB
  7. "Croatian Baseball Association - Europe - IBAF.com (English Site)". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  8. "European Baseball Championship 2021".