Ukrainian national teams at the European championships 2019!

The 2019 European Softball and Baseball Federation Congress was held under the guidance of the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) and the European Softball Federation (ESF) in Athens recently. Among different important topics during the Athens Congress participants have also discussed the draws for the European tournaments 2019.

Ukrainian national teams will represent their country at the European Baseball Championships in summer 2019.

The European Championship among national teams of the “B” division will be held in Slovakia (Trnava) and Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad) on July 1-7. Ukraine will play in Trnava in the Group “A” together with teams from Switzerland, Poland, and Finland. The winner of this group will compete with the winner of the Group “B” for the ticket to the “A” division.

The U23 European Baseball Championship will be held in the Czech Republic (Prague) on August 7-11. The Ukrainian team will play in the “B” group with the Czech Republic, Belgium, and Croatia.

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WBSC Olympic Qualifier in Bologna and Parma

As the World Baseball Softball Federation (WBSC) announced this weekend in Rome, the WBSC Olympic Qualifier for Europe and Africa (Baseball) will be held in Parma and Bologna (ITA) this September.

Five teams from Europe, qualified through the results of the European Baseball Championship 2019 in Germany, and Africa’s best nation will compete for one spot for the historic return to the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020. The games will be played from September 18-22, 2019.

Alongside the two hosting cities of Parma and Bologna, WBSC and FIBS partnered up to host this last big battle for only one remaining ticket.

Also the Qualifier for Softball will be hosted in Europe. While Africa is sending their two best representatives to Utrecht (NED), Europe’s top 6 nations will join them to earn one spot at Tokyo 2020.

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