European Champions Cup (baseball)

European Champions Cup (baseball)
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 European Champions Cup (baseball)
SportBaseball
Founded1963
No. of teams8 (in 2023)
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
Netherlands HCAW (2023)
Most titlesItaly Parma (15 titles)

The Champions Cup, formerly called European Cup, is an annual baseball tournament, sanctioned and created by the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB). The tournament features the top teams of the professional baseball leagues in Europe, and is the first tier of the four competitions organized by WBSC Europe, alongside the second-tier Confederation 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]

Starting in 2008, the tournament is now held in two locations. The best two teams from each tournament then compete in the European Champion Cup "Final Four", with the winner receiving the European Champion Cup.

Between 2013 and 2015, the "Final Four" format was replaced with a best-of-three series between the winners of each tournament. In the 2015 tournament, six teams competed in the Paris group, while six other teams competed in Rotterdam. The best two teams then competed in the "Final Four" in Italy, in a best-of-three series, for the championship.

The first season of the tournament was held in 1963 and was won by the Picadero Jockey Club Barcelona.

Results

Year Host Medalists
Champions Runners-up 3rd place
1963 N/A Spain
Picadero Barcelona
Italy
Milan
West Germany
Mannheim
1964 N/A Spain
Piratas de Madrid
Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Sparta-Feyenoord
1965 N/A Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Sparta-Feyenoord
Spain
Picadero Barcelona
1966 N/A Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Italy
Milan
Italy
Nettuno
1967 N/A Spain
Piratas de Madrid
West Germany
Mannheim
Belgium
Antwerp
1968 N/A Spain
Picadero Barcelona
Spain
Piratas de Madrid
West Germany
Darmstadt
1969 N/A Italy
Milan
Spain
Madrid
Spain
Picadero Barcelona
1970 N/A Italy
Milan
Italy
Bologna
Belgium
Antwerp
1971 N/A Italy
Milan
Italy
Bologna
West Germany
Mannheim
1972 N/A Italy
Nettuno
Italy
Milan
Belgium
Antwerp
1973 N/A Italy
Bologna
Netherlands
Sparta-Feyenoord
Belgium
Antwerp
1974 N/A Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Italy
Bologna
1975 N/A Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Netherlands
Sparta-Feyenoord
Spain
Condepols Madrid
1976 N/A Italy
Rimini
Belgium
Antwerp
Spain
Condepols Madrid
1977 Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Italy
Rimini
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
1978 Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Italy
Rimini
Spain
Catalunya BC
1979 Italy
Italy
Spain
Barcelona
Italy
Rimini
Italy
Parma
Italy
Bologna
1980 Netherlands
Netherlands
Spain
Spain
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Amstel Tijgers
Italy
Rimini
1981 Belgium
Berchem
Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Italy
Rimini
1983 Netherlands
Netherlands
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Netherlands
Neptunus
1984 Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Italy
Rimini
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
1985 Italy
Italy
Italy
Bologna
Italy
Parma
Belgium
Antwerp
1986 Belgium
Antwerp
Italy
Parma
Italy
Bologna
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
1987 France
Paris
Italy
Parma
Italy
Grosseto
Netherlands
Amsterdam
1988 Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Italy
Rimini
Netherlands
Amsterdam Pirates
1989 Spain
Viladecans
Italy
Rimini
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Italy
Parma
1990 Belgium
Antwerp
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Italy
Rimini
Italy
Grosseto
1991 France
Paris
Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Netherlands
Amsterdam Pirates
1992 Netherlands
Rotterdam
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Nettuno
1993 Italy
Italy
Netherlands
SV ADO
Italy
Parma
France
Paris
1994 Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Neptunus
Netherlands
SV ADO
France
Montpellier
1995 Netherlands
Netherlands
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Neptunus
Netherlands
Kinheim
1996 San Marino
San Marino
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Parma
Italy
Nettuno
1997 Belgium
Brasschaat
Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Neptunus
Netherlands
HCAW
1998 Spain
Viladecans
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Hoofddorp
Czech Republic
Brno
1999 Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
HCAW
2000 San Marino
San Marino
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Rimini
Italy
Parma
2001 Netherlands
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Neptunus
San Marino
San Marino
Italy
Rimini
2002 Spain
Viladecans
Netherlands
Neptunus
Netherlands
HCAW
Italy
Nettuno
2003 Italy
Rimini
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Rimini
San Marino
San Marino
2004 San Marino
San Marino
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Bologna
Czech Republic
Brno
2005 Netherlands
Rotterdam
Italy
Grosseto
Netherlands
HCAW
Netherlands
Neptunus
2006 Italy
Grosseto
San Marino
San Marino
Italy
Grosseto
Italy
Bologna
2007
Details
San Marino
San Marino
Netherlands
Kinheim
France
Rouen
Italy
Rimini
2008
Details
Spain
Barcelona
Italy
Nettuno
San Marino
San Marino
Italy
Grosseto
2009
Details
Spain
Barcelona
Italy
Nettuno
Italy
Bologna
Netherlands
Kinheim
2010
Details
Spain
Barcelona
Italy
Bologna
Germany
Heidenheim
Italy
Rimini
2011
Details
Czech Republic
Brno
San Marino
San Marino
Italy
Parma
Italy
Bologna
2012
Details
Italy
Nettuno
Italy
Bologna
Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Amsterdam
2013
Details
Italy
Bologna/Rimini
Italy
Bologna
Italy
Rimini
2014
Details
Czech Republic
Brno
Netherlands
Hoofddorp
San Marino
San Marino
Italy
Rimini
2015
Details
Netherlands
Rotterdam
France
Paris
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Bologna
2016
Details
Italy
Rimini
San Marino
San Marino
Netherlands
L&D Amsterdam
Italy
Rimini
Italy
Bologna
2017
Details
Germany
Regensburg
Netherlands
Curaçao Neptunus
Italy
CNF Unipolsai Bologna
San Marino
T&A San Marino
2018
Details
Netherlands
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Curaçao Neptunus
Italy
Rimini
Italy
UnipolSai Bologna
2019
Details
Italy
Bologna
Italy
UnipolSai Bologna
Netherlands
L&D Amsterdam
Netherlands
Curaçao Neptunus
2021
Details
Czech Republic
Ostrava
Italy
Parma
Germany
Bonn Capitals
Italy
Fortitudo
2022
Details
Germany
Bonn
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Amsterdam Pirates
Germany
Bonn Capitals
2023
Details
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Bussum
Netherlands
HCAW
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Amsterdam Pirates

Most Championships

Team Number of championships Years
Italy Parma
15
1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2021, 2022
Netherlands Curaçao Neptunus
10
1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2018
Italy Nettuno
7
1965, 1972, 1974, 1991, 1997, 2008, 2009
Italy Unipolsai Bologna
6
1973, 1985, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2019
Italy Milan
3
1969, 1970, 1971
Italy Rimini
3
1976, 1979, 1989
Netherlands Haarlem Nicols (Defunct)
3
1966, 1975, 1990
San Marino T&A San Marino
3
2006, 2011, 2014
Spain Piratas de Madrid
2
1964, 1967
Spain Picadero Barcelona
2
1963, 1968
Netherlands ADO Den Haag
1
1993
Italy Grosseto
1
2005
Netherlands Kinheim
1
2007
Netherlands L&D Amsterdam
1
2016
Netherlands HCAW
1
2023

Medals (1963-2023)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy35322087
2 Netherlands17181651
3 Spain42511
4 San Marino3227
5 Germany0347
6 Belgium0156
7 France0123
8 Czech Republic0022
Totals (8 entries)595956174
  • 3 Bronze not awarded in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Baseball Europe Competitions Regulations 2023" (PDF).

External links

  • European Cup archive Archived 2015-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  • European Cup Official web site
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