Russia national baseball team
The Russia national baseball team is the national baseball team of Russia. The team competes in the bi-annual European Baseball Championship.
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| Country |  Russia |
| Confederation | WBSC Europe |
| WBSC ranking | 28  3 (31 December 2021)[1] |
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the World Baseball Softball Confederation banned Russian athletes and officials.[2]
Summary
The Russian national baseball team has never won a championship. Their head coach is Vladimir Timakov. Assisting him has been Victor Cole. He was a Major League Baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1992 and has 16 years of professional baseball experience. The team was formed in 1987, chosen to represent Russia in the Olympic Committee.[3]
Placings
- 1991 : 9th
References
- "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-sports-soccer-hockey-tennis-695b6402e04296a0d18dd232268c0ba0
- Russia national baseball team
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