Euro League Baseball

This article is about the league. For the clubs tournament sanctioned by the Confederation of European Baseball, see European Cup (baseball).

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Euro League BaseballSport| Baseball

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Founded| 2015[1]
First season| 2016
Ceased| 2016
No. of teams| 3
Countries| Czech Republic (1 team)
Germany (2 teams)
Continent| Europe
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.

## Organization

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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

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Team  | City/Nation  | Stadium  | Capacity  | Founded  | Joined

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Draci Brno[5] |  Brno, Czech Republic | Městský Baseball Stadion | 500  | 1972  | 2015
Munich-Haar Disciples [6] |  Munich, Germany | Disciples Ballpark | 600  | 1990  | 2015
Buchbinder Legionäre[7] |  Regensburg, Germany | Armin-Wolf-Arena | 4,600  | 1987  | 2015
Announced but never active
L&D Amsterdam[8] |  Amsterdam, Netherlands | Sportpark Ookmeer | 400  | 1959  | —
Unipol Bologna[9] |  Bologna, Italy | Stadio Gianni Falchi | 2,500  | 1953  | —
Bonn Capitals [10] |  Bonn, Germany | Capitals Ballpark | 1,500  | 1989  | —
Curaçao Neptunus[11] |  Rotterdam, Netherlands | Neptunus Familiestadion | 2,760  | 1943  | —
Rouen Huskies [12] |  Rouen, France | Stade Saint-Exupéry | 500  | 1976  | —
T&A San Marino[13] |  Serravalle, San Marino | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle | 1,500  | 1985  | —
Templiers de Sénart[14] |  Sénart, France | Stade de Baseball | 1,000  | 1987  | —

Amsterdam

Munich

R'burg

Brno

Bologna

Bonn

Rotterdam

Rouen

Sénart

San Marino

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Euro League Baseball teams (: active in 2016, : never active)

## 2016 season

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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

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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

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Pos | Team  | Pld | HW | HL | AW | AL | GB | PCT

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1  | Draci Brno | 8  | 2  | 2  | 4  | 0  | -- | .750
2  | Regensburg Legionäre | 8  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 3  | .375
3  | Munich-Haar Disciples | 8  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 3  | .375

Source: [citation needed]

## See also

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* Baseball awards#Europe
* Australian Baseball League
* Division Élite
* Bundesliga
* Honkbal Hoofdklasse
* Italian Baseball League
* Major League Baseball

## References

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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. ^ a b "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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