Czech Republic national baseball team
The Czech Republic national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the bi-annual European Baseball Championship.
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Information | |
Country | ![]() |
Confederation | Confederation of European Baseball |
WBSC ranking | 14 ![]() |
International tournament results
World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||
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Year | Host(s) | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | Host | W | L | RS | RA | |
2006 | Did not enter | No qualifiers held | |||||||||||
2009 | Did not enter | No qualifiers held | |||||||||||
2013 | Did not qualify | Germany | 0 | 2 | 6 | 28 | |||||||
2017 | Did not qualify | Mexico | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | |||||||
Total | 0/4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 28 | 40 |
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.[2]
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.[3][4] There, it came in third, behind Israel and the Netherlands. Finished 3rd behind the Netherlands and Italy in 2003 for the Athens 2004 games.
References
- "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- https://www.baseball-em.de/statistiken-c89861
- Retired, shmired | Jewish Baseball News
- MLB Monday (August 26-September 1, 2019) | Jewish Baseball News