Czech Republic national baseball team

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Czech Republic national baseball team
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Information
CountryFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Confederation Confederation of European Baseball
WBSC ranking
Current 15 Steady2.svg (18 December 2023) [1]
Highest14 (2 times; latest in December 2021)
Lowest25 (December 2012)
World Baseball Classic
Appearances1 (first in 2023 )
Best result14th (2023)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2009 )
Best result20th (2009)
European Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1997 )
Best result4th (2014)

The Czech Republic national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the biennial European Baseball Championship and debuted in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

Contents

Roster

Czech Republic roster - 2023 World Baseball Classic
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches


Results and fixtures

The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. [2]

Legend

  Win  Lose  Void or postponed  Fixture

2019

Euro Championship GS September 7 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1–6 Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Weyersburg Park, Germany
12:30 CET Boxscore Attendance: 150
Euro Championship GS September 8 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg6–8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Bonn 1, Germany
15:30 CET Boxscore Attendance: 1,200
Euro Championship GS September 9 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–4 (F/10)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Weyersburg Park, Germany
12:30 CET Boxscore Attendance: 150
Euro Championship GS September 10 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg10–3 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Weyersburg Park, Germany
16:30 CET Boxscore Attendance: 150
Euro Championship GS September 11 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg6–10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Bonn 1, Germany
19:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 700
Euro Championship QF September 13 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg5–4 (F/10)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Weyersburg Park, Germany
16:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 150
Euro Championship CG September 14 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg5–4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Bonn 2, Germany
11:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 80
Euro Championship 5th September 15 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4–3 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Bonn 1, Germany
11:00 CET Boxscore Attendance: 1,900

2020

Friendly November 16 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg11–3 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Centro Insular, Spain
Boxscore
Friendly November 17 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–4 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Centro Insular, Spain
Boxscore
Friendly November 18 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4–7 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Centro Insular, Spain
Boxscore
Friendly November 19 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–16 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Centro Insular, Spain
Boxscore

2021

Friendly September 4 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg9–5 Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Diving Ducks Field, Austria
Boxscore
Friendly September 5 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg6–3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Diving Ducks Field, Austria
Boxscore
Euro Championship GS September 12 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg6–1 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Aluffi Stadium, Italy
Boxscore
Euro Championship GS September 13 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg11–1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Paolo II Palace, Italy
Boxscore
Euro Championship GS September 14 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–13 (F/7)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Paschetto Stadium, Italy
Boxscore
Euro Championship QF September 16 Israel  Flag of Israel.svg3–2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Paolo II Palace, Italy
Boxscore
Euro Championship CG September 17 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg17–2 Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Paschetto Stadium, Italy
Boxscore
Euro Championship 5th September 18 Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg5–8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Paolo II Palace, Italy
Boxscore

2022

Friendly March 17 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg15–2 Flag of France.svg  France Centro Insular, Spain
Boxscore
Friendly June 22 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7–1 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Prague Eagles Complex, Czech Republic
Boxscore
Friendly June 24 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg2–3 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Prague Eagles Complex, Czech Republic
Boxscore
Friendly September 6 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1–0 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Prague Eagles Complex, Czech Republic
Boxscore
Friendly September 7 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Prague Eagles Complex, Czech Republic
Boxscore
World Baseball Classic Q September 17 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg21–7 (F/7)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
13:00 CET WP: Rogelio Armenteros
HR: Jesus Ustariz (1), Edison Valerio (1, 2)
Boxscore LP: Marek Minarik
HR: Vojtech Mensik (1), Marek Chlup (1), Matej Mensik (1), Martin Muzik (1)
Attendance: 1,725
Umpires: Darius Ghani (HP), Mark Winters (1B), Roberto LaMadrid (2B), John Byrne (3B)
World Baseball Classic Q September 18 France  Flag of France.svg1–7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
13:00 CET LP: Marc-Andre Habeck (0-1)
Boxscore WP: Lukas Ercoli (1-0)
HR: Vojtech Mensik (2)
Attendance: 911
Umpires: Mark Winters (HP), Roberto LaMadrid (1B), Kyohei Makita (2B), Young Chou Kwon (3B)
World Baseball Classic Q September 20 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8–4 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
13:00 CET WP: Daniel Padysak (1-0)
Sv: Michal Kovala (1)
HR: Peter Zyma (1), Martin Cervenka (1, 2)
Boxscore LP: Michael Bienlien (0-1)
HR: William Germaine (1)
Attendance: 1,102
Umpires: Kyohei Makita (HP), Tyler Jones (1B), Mark Winters (2B), Darius Gahni (3B)
World Baseball Classic Q September 21 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–1 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
19:00 CET WP: Martin Schneider
Sv: Marek Minarik (1)
HR: Martin Muzik (1), Marek Chlup (1)
Boxscore LP: Ronald Medrano
Attendance: 1,229
Umpires: HP: Roberto LaMadrid, 1B: Darius Ghani, 2B: Young Chou Kwon, 3B: Jon Byrne.

2023

World Baseball Classic GS March 10 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8–5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Tokyo Dome, Japan
12:00 JT WP: Marek Minarik (1–0)
HR: Matej Mensik (1), Martin Muzik (1)
Boxscore LP: Hai-Cheng Gong (0–1)
Umpires: HP - Chan-Jung Chang, 1B - Pat Hoberg, 2B - Ben May, 3B - Fabrizio Fabrizzi
World Baseball Classic GS March 11 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg2–10 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo Dome, Japan
19:00 JT LP: Ondřej Satoria (0–1)
Boxscore WP: Rōki Sasaki (1–0)
Sv: Hiroya Miyagi (1)
HR: Shugo Maki (2)
Attendance: 41,637
Umpires: HP: Ben May, 1B: Ramon De Jesus, 2B: Cuti Suárez, 3B: Fabrizio Fabrizzi
World Baseball Classic GS March 12 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–7 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Tokyo Dome, Japan
12:00 JT LP: Lukas Ercoli (0–1)
Boxscore WP: Park Se-woong (1–0)
Sv: Lee Yong-chan (1)
HR: Ha-seong Kim (2)
Umpires: HP – Delfin Colon, 1B – Laz Diaz, 2B – Fabrizio Fabrizzi, 3B – Ben May
World Baseball Classic GS March 13 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg8–3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Tokyo Dome, Japan
12:00 JT WP: Daniel McGrath (1–0)
HR: Alex Hall (2)
Boxscore LP: Marek Minařík (1–1)
Umpires: HP: Ramon De Jesus. 1B: Delfin Colon. 2B: Laz Díaz. 3B: Fabrizio Fabrizzi.

International tournament results

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record Qualification record
YearRoundPositionWLRSRAWLRSRA
2006 did not enterNo qualifiers held
2009 did not enterNo qualifiers held
2013 did not qualify02628
2017 did not qualify122212
Flag of Japan.svg 2023 Round 1 14th131625312527
TotalRound 11/5131625456067

2009 IBAF World Cup

In 2009, Europe hosted the IBAF World Cup, the first time in history the Baseball World Cup was not hosted by a specific country. Prague hosted Group A of the pool round, and the Czech Republic team finished 20th, going 0–3 with losses to Australia, Mexico, and Chinese Taipei.

European Baseball Championship

Team Czech Republic competed at the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and came in fifth, behind Team Israel. Among the players who competed for it were Martin Červenka and Marek Minařík. [3]

Olympic qualifying tournament

Because Team Czech Republic finished in the top five in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, it moved on to the 2020 Olympics qualifiers in Italy in September 2019. [4] [5] There, it came in third, behind Israel and the Netherlands. Finished 3rd behind the Netherlands and Italy in 2003 for the Athens 2004 games.

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References

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  2. "Czech Republic in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation . Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. "Statistiken der Baseball-EM 2019". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  4. Retired, shmired | Jewish Baseball News
  5. MLB Monday (August 26-September 1, 2019) | Jewish Baseball News