Euro League Baseball

Last updated
Euro League Baseball
Sport Baseball
Founded2015 [1]
First season2016
Ceased2016
No. of teams3
Countries Czech Republic (1 team)
Germany (2 teams)
ContinentEurope
Last
champion(s)		 Draci Brno

Euro League Baseball (ELB) was a professional baseball league in Europe founded by the European Association of Professional Baseball (EAPB) which played a single season in 2016. [2] The winner of the ELB was awarded the Gregory Halman Trophy. [3] ELB played its inaugural season in 2016 with three teams: Draci Brno, Haar Disciples and Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg. [4] The league's only championship was awarded to Draci Brno.

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Organization

EAPD held a 60% stake in Euro League Baseball Ltd. which is the operator of the EBL and holds all naming and media rights as well as all partnership and sponsor contracts regarding Euro League Baseball. EAPB President Wim van den Hurk was the CEO of Euro League Baseball Ltd.

Teams

TeamCity/NationStadiumCapacityFoundedJoined
Active in 2016
Draci Brno [5] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Brno, Czech Republic Městský Baseball Stadion 50019722015
Munich-Haar Disciples [6] Flag of Germany.svg Munich, Germany Disciples Ballpark 60019902015
Buchbinder Legionäre [7] Flag of Germany.svg Regensburg, Germany Armin-Wolf-Arena 4,60019872015
Announced but never active
L&D Amsterdam [8] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Amsterdam, Netherlands Sportpark Ookmeer 4001959—
Unipol Bologna [9] Flag of Italy.svg Bologna, Italy Stadio Gianni Falchi 2,5001953—
Bonn Capitals [10] Flag of Germany.svg Bonn, Germany Capitals Ballpark 1,5001989—
Curaçao Neptunus [11] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam, Netherlands Neptunus Familiestadion 2,7601943—
Rouen Huskies [12] Flag of France.svg Rouen, France Stade Saint-Exupéry 5001976—
T&A San Marino [13] Flag of San Marino.svg Serravalle, San Marino Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle 1,5001985—
Templiers de Sénart [14] Flag of France.svg Sénart, France Stade de Baseball 1,0001987—
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Amsterdam
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Euro League Baseball teams ( Red pog.svg : active in 2016, Steel pog.svg : never active)

2016 season

The inaugural ELB season in 2016 was contested by three teams: Draci Brno, Haar Disciples, Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg. [4] Each team played a total of 8 regular season games (4 at home and 4 away) between April and July. [15]

Amsterdam Baseball

A team called Amsterdam Baseball was founded with the purpose to compete in ELB, and to be run by the league. The backbone of the team was supposed to be players from Amsterdam Pirates, but also some previously retired players like Dirk van 't Klooster and Chris Mowday. [16] However, when the season was already well underway, Amsterdam Baseball had to withdraw from the league due to pressure from the European and Dutch baseball federations. This left the league with only three teams for its inaugural season. [17]

Standings

PosTeamPldHWHLAWALGBPCT
1 Draci Brno 82240—.750
2 Regensburg Legionäre 822133.375
3 Munich-Haar Disciples 822133.375
Source: [ citation needed ]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Euro League Baseball kicks off in 2016". Euro League Baseball. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ Bye Bye Euro League Baseball (ELB) (in German). Archived 27 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Future of ELB may not be as gloomy as it looks like, part 2". dutchbaseballhangout.wordpress.com. 2016-10-06.
  4. 1 2 "ELB is set to start 4-team inaugural season". euroleaguebaseball.com. 2016-02-24. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  5. ↑ "Draci Brno Homepage". Draci Brno. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Haar Disciples Homepage". Haar Disciples. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Buchbinder Legionäre Homepage". Buchbinder Legionäre. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ "L&D Amsterdam Homepage". Amsterdam Pirates. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Unipol Bologna Homepage". Fortitudo Baseball. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Bonn Capitals Homepage". Bonn Capitals. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Neptunus Homepage". Neptunus. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Rouen Huskies Homepage". Rouen Huskies. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  13. ↑ "T&A San Marino Homepage". T&A San Marino. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Templiers de Sénart Homepage". Templiers de Sénart. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Schedule 2016". euroleaguebaseball.com. 27 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "Inaugural ELB season to start coming week". yankeebiscuitfansdutchblog.mlblogs.com. 16 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "ELB pulls Amsterdam Baseball from schedule". dutchbaseballhangout.wordpress.com. 10 June 2016.
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