2016 European Champions Cup (baseball)

International baseball tournament

2016 European Champions Cup (baseball)Tournament details

Countries| Italy
San Marino
Dates| May 31 – June 4
Teams| 8
Final positions
Champions|  L&D Amsterdam (1st title)
Runners-up|  A.S.D. Rimini
Tournament statistics
Games played| 19
Attendance| 4,900 (258 per game)

The 2016 European Champions Cup was a European baseball competition, held from May 31, to June 4, 2016. This was the fifty-forth iteration of the Cup since its inaugural tournament in 1963.[1] The champions were Dutch team L&D Amsterdam, winning the team's first title.

## List of competing teams

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A.S.D. Rimini (1st)  |  Fortitudo Bologna (2nd)

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Curaçao Neptunus (1st)  |  L&D Amsterdam (2nd)
Heidenheim Heideköpfe (1st)  |  Buchbinder Legionäre (2nd)
T&A San Marino |  Kotlarka Praha

## Venues

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Group B & Final Four  | Group A & Bottom Four

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Rimini, Italy  |  San Marino
Stadio dei Pirati  | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle

## First round

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| Qualified for Final Four

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| Qualified for Bottom Four

### Group A

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1  |  Fortitudo Bologna | 3  | 0  | 1.000  | 0
2  |  Curaçao Neptunus | 2  | 1  | .667  | 1
3  |  T&A San Marino | 1  | 2  | .333  | 2
4  |  Heidenheim Heideköpfe | 0  | 3  | .000  | 3
Date  | Local time  | Road team  | Score  | Home team  | Inn.  | Venue  | Game duration  | Attendance  | Boxscore

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May 31, 2016  | 14:30  | Curaçao Neptunus | 14-9 |  Heidenheim Heideköpfe |   | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle  | 3:05  | 305  | Boxscore
May 31, 2016  | 19:30  | T&A San Marino | 3-5 |  Fortitudo Bologna |   | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle  | 2:42  | 400  | Boxscore
Jun 1, 2016  | 15:30  | Fortitudo Bologna | 1-0 |  Curaçao Neptunus |   | Stadio dei Pirati  | 2:50  | 120  | Boxscore
Jun 1, 2016  | 19:30  | Heidenheim Heideköpfe | 3–4 |  T&A San Marino | 10  | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle  | 3:00  | 100  | Boxscore
Jun 2, 2016  | 14:30  | Heidenheim Heideköpfe | 1–2 |  Fortitudo Bologna | 6  | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle  | 1:51  | 250  | Boxscore
Jun 2, 2016  | 21:20  | T&A San Marino | 4-5 |  Curaçao Neptunus | 10  | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle  | 2:09  | 120  | Boxscore

### Group B

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1  |  L&D Amsterdam | 3  | 0  | 1.000  | 0
2  |  A.S.D. Rimini | 2  | 1  | .667  | 1
3  |  Buchbinder Legionäre | 1  | 2  | .333  | 2
4  |  Kotlarka Praha | 0  | 3  | .000  | 3
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May 31, 2016  | 15:30  | Buchbinder Legionäre | 7-4 |  Kotlarka Praha |   | Stadio dei Pirati  | 2:32  | 50  | Boxscore
May 31, 2016  | 20:30  | L&D Amsterdam | 6-2 |  A.S.D. Rimini |   | Stadio dei Pirati  | 3:21  | 800  | Boxscore
Jun 1, 2016  | 17:10  | Kotlarka Praha | 2-10 |  L&D Amsterdam |   | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle  | 3:00  | 300  | Boxscore
Jun 1, 2016  | 20:30  | A.S.D. Rimini | 5–3 |  Buchbinder Legionäre |   | Stadio dei Pirati  | 2:55  | 150  | Boxscore
Jun 2, 2016  | 15:30  | Buchbinder Legionäre | 0–1 |  L&D Amsterdam |   | Stadio dei Pirati  | 2:10  | 81  | Boxscore
Jun 2, 2016  | 19:30  | A.S.D. Rimini | 4-0 |  Kotlarka Praha |   | Stadio dei Pirati  | 2:47  | 300  | Boxscore

## Final four

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Semi-Final 1

June 3 14:30 at Stadio dei Pirati  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Curaçao Neptunus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2
L&D Amsterdam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | X | 11 | 16 | 1
WP: Kyle Ward (AMS)   LP: Bayron Cornelisse (NEP)   Sv: Tom de Blok (AMS)
Home runs:
NEP:  Janison Boekhoudt
AMS:  Linoy Croes
Attendance: 200
Umpires: HP −  Fabrizio Fabrizi, 1B −  Michele De Notta, 3B −  Oswald Tscharf
Boxscore

Semi-Final 2

June 3 20:30 at Stadio dei Pirati  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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A.S.D. Rimini | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0
Fortitudo Bologna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0
WP: Ricardo Hernandez (RIM)   LP: Brent Buffa (BOL)   Sv: Carlos Teran (RIM)
Attendance: 600
Umpires: HP −  Roy van de Wateringen, 1B −  Oswald Tscharf, 3B −  Jerónimo Moreno Saura
Boxscore

3rd Place

June 4 14:30 at Stadio dei Pirati  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Curaçao Neptunus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2
Fortitudo Bologna | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3
WP: Brent Buffa (NEP)   LP: Steven van Groningen (NEP)   Sv: None
Attendance: 25
Umpires: HP −  Oswald Tscharf, 1B −  Jerónimo Moreno Saura, 3B −  Tim Meyer
Boxscore

Grand Final

June 4 20:30 at Stadio dei Pirati  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E

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L&D Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1
A.S.D. Rimini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1
WP: Tom de Blok (AMS)   LP: Roberto Corradini (RIM)   Sv: None
Attendance: 900
Umpires: HP −  Mojmir Jankovic, 1B −  Jens Waider, 3B −  David Kulhánek
Boxscore

## Bottom Four

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Game 1

June 3 15:30 at Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Heidenheim Heideköpfe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0
Buchbinder Legionäre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0
WP: Wes Roemer (HEI)   LP: Niklas Rimmel (LEG)   Sv: None
Attendance: 60
Umpires: HP −  David Kulhánek, 1B −  Mojmir Jankovic, 3B −  Winfried Berkvens
Boxscore

Game 2

June 4 11:00 at Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Kotlarka Praha | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3
T&A San Marino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 10 | 12 | 1
WP: Carlos Quevedo (SMR)   LP: Matej Sucha (PRA)   Sv: None
Home runs:
PRA:  Mitch Nilsson,  Matej Sucha
SMR: None
Attendance: 50
Umpires: HP −  Jens Waider, 1B −  Roy van de Wateringen, 3B −  Winfried Berkvens
Boxscore

Relegation Game

June 4 15:30 at Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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Kotlarka Praha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3
Buchbinder Legionäre | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 14 | 2
WP: Mike Bolsenbroek (LEG)   LP: Marek Minarik (PRA)   Sv: None
Attendance: 70
Umpires: HP −  Michele De Notta, 1B −  Winfried Berkvens, 3B −  Fabrizio Fabrizi
Boxscore

## Final standings

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| Champion

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1  |  L&D Amsterdam
2  |  A.S.D. Rimini
3  |  Fortitudo Bologna
4  |  Curaçao Neptunus
5* |  T&A San Marino
5* |  Heidenheim Heideköpfe
7  |  Buchbinder Legionäre
8  |  Kotlarka Praha

* Both teams share 5th place.

## Statistics leaders

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### Batting

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Batting average |  Nick Urbanus (AMS) | .571
Hits |  Nick Urbanus (AMS) | 8
Runs |  Nick Urbanus (AMS) | 10
Home runs |  Janison Boekhoudt (NEP) | 2
RBI |  Janison Boekhoudt (NEP) | 8
Walks |  Jose Flores (RIM) | 6
Stolen bases |  Gilmer Lampe (AMS)
Mirco Caradonna (RIM) | 3
On-base percentage |  Nick Urbanus (AMS) | .647
Slugging percentage |  Nick Urbanus (AMS) | .929
OBPS |  Nick Urbanus (AMS) | 1.576

### Pitching

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Wins | 16 players | 1
Losses | 16 players | 2
Saves |  Tom de Blok (AMS)
Carlos Teran (RIM) | 2
Innings pitched |  Marek Červenka (PRA) | 12.1
Hits allowed |  Carlos Teran (RIM) | 0
Runs allowed |  Carlos Teran (RIM) | 0
Earned runs allowed | 9 players | 0
ERA | 9 players | 0.00
Walks |  Loek van Mil (NEP)
Roberto Corradini (RIM) | 0
Strikeouts/Game |  Yoimer Camacho (SMR) | 15.43

## See also

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* European Baseball Championship
* Asia Series
* Caribbean Series
* Baseball awards § Europe

## References

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1. ^ "Home". baseballeurope.com. Archived from the original on 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2022-08-07.

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