Thursday 26 July 2018

European Baseball in Ukraine!

For the first time ever Kropyvnytskyi city (the capital of Ukrainian baseball) hosts competition of the high European level - European baseball championship 2018. Qualifying tournament of the European championship in the "C" group was successfully launched last Monday on the Kropyvnytskyi baseball field. National teams from Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Estonia came to fight for a single ticket to the group "B" with the Ukrainian national team. In addition, this tournament will be the start of selection for the Olympic Games that will be held in Tokyo in 2020.

Baseball field that meets all requirements of the European Baseball Confederation was prepared and opened thanks to the active support of the regional leaderships, the head coach of the Ukrainian national team and member of the CEB Executive Committee Oleg Boyko, the president of the national baseball and softball federation Andriy Nikolaenko, as well as the significant assistance of the general sponsor of the national team of Ukraine, the “BioTexCom” company.  

During the championship opening Ukrainian baseball arena was chock blocked with baseball fans and everyone looked really happy. By the way, one of the visitors of the VIP- lounge became a pleasant surprise for Kropyvnytskyi residents. Their fellow countryman, the world super model Alina Baikova has also visited the championship. She likes baseball and actively supports the national team of Ukraine.

Wednesday 25 July 2018

European Championship 2018: first results

The European Baseball Championship 2018 was started in Kropyvnytskyi city (Ukraine) this Monday. Teams have already played matches in group "C". In addition to the national team of Ukraine, 4 teams take part in the championship: Estonia, Romania, Georgia and Hungary. Baseball teams will compete for the opportunity to reach group "B". The European Championship will take place in Ukraine until July 28.

Results of the first match day:

 Romania -   Hungary
7 - 3

  Ukraine -   Estonia
15 - 0

Results of the second match day:

  Estonia -   Romania
5 - 4

  Georgia -   Hungary
16 – 9



Monday 16 July 2018

Ukrainian baseball championship 2018, Division “B”: 6th round results

Western group

“ROC SDUSHOR “Kolos” – Zahidnyy Vohon-II”- “West Side”

1 - 12; 7 - 13;

Current standings after the latest games:

Team
G
W
L
WPCT 
GS
Pl
“West Side” (Rivne)
8
8
0
133-58
16
1
“East Side” (Donetsk)
6
1
5
71-100
7
2
“ROC SDUSHOR “Kolos” – Zahidnyy Vohon-II” (Rivne)
6
1
5
44-90
7
3

Last standings of the Ukrainian championship 2018, Division “A”

The 5th round of the Ukrainian baseball championship, Division “A” was held with a set of spectacular games. 

Thus, “Atma” (Kyiv) baseball team had lost three games to their opponents “BioTexCom-KNTU” (Kropyvnytskyi), with the scores 7 - 17; 2 - 15; 7 – 6.
At the same time, “Zahidnyy Vohon”(Rivne) baseball team took a leading position with three victories against “Sokoly” team (Chernivtsi) with the scores 4 - 20; 5 - 11; 3 – 28.

Current standings after the latest games:

Team
G
W
L
WPCT 
GS
Pl
“BioTexCom-KNTU” (Kropyvnytskyi)
12
11
1
147-25
23
1
“BioTexCom-SDUSHOR” (Kropyvnytskyi city)
12
8
4
141-68
20
2
“Atma” (Kiev)
12
7
5*
95-85
19
3
“Zahidnyy Vohon”(Rivne)
12
4
8
86-93
16
4
“Sokoly” (Chernivtsi)
12
0
12
19-217
12
5

Ukrainian championship 2018, Division “B”: 4th round results

Two Ukrainian teams from the North-Eastern group met at the baseball field to compete for the title of the Ukrainian baseball champion 2018.

"EastVikings"-"PoltavaWildHogs"

19 - 9; 16 - 6;

Current standings after the latest games:

Team
G
W
L
WPCT 
GS
PL
“Vorony” (Sumy)
6
6
0
71-21
12
1
 “East Vikings” (Kharkiv)
6
2
4
48-60
8
2
“Poltava Wild Hogs” (Poltava region)
4
0
4
23-61
4
3

The latest results of the Ukrainian Championship 2018, Division “B”

The 3rd round of the Ukrainian baseball championship 2018, Division “B”, was held between teams of the Southern and North-Eastern groups.

 “Desant”- ”Bombers”
17 - 4; 8 - 7; 

North-Eastern group

“Vorony” -"Eastvikings"
9 - 0; 11 – 7.

Current standings after the latest games:

Teams
G
W
L
WPCT 
GS
Pl
“Vorony” (Sumy)
6
6
0
71-21
12
1
 “East Vikings” (Kharkiv)
6
2
4
48-60
8
2
“Dolphins” (Chernomorsk)
6
5
1
85-39
11
1
“Desant” (Mykolaiv region)
6
3
3
40-51
9
2
”Bombers” (Dnipropetrovsk region)
4
0
4
35-70
4
3

Tuesday 10 July 2018

Achievements of Ukrainian baseball players in USA

Recently, the baseball National Team of Ukraine took part in “Roy Hobbs World Series” tournament.
The tournament was held among 38 teams in Fort Mayers Beach (Florida). The Ukrainian National Team participated in the tournament from 21 to 28 October. The National Team of Ukraine won the first game of the tournament with the score 13-10. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian players didn’t manage to win in further games. But the players are sure that they would have enough inspiration to become the winner at least in two more games. According to the results of the tournament, the Ukrainian National Team ranked 4th place in its group. Despite the results of the tournament, players are pleased with their participation, because they have gained invaluable experience during the “Roy Hobbs World Series” tournament.