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European Champions Cup (baseball)

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European Champions Cup (baseball)
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 European Champions Cup
SportBaseball
Founded1963
No. of teams8 (in 2023)
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)
Netherlands HCAW (2023)
Most titlesItaly Parma (15 titles)

The Baseball European Champions Cup (BECC), formerly called the Champions Cup and European Cup, is an annual baseball tournament, sanctioned and created by WBSC Europe. The tournament features the top teams of the professional baseball leagues in Europe, and is the first tier of the four competitions organized by WBSC Europe, alongside the second-tier European Cup, third-tier Federation Cup, and fourth-tier Federation Cup Qualifiers, which operate with a promotion and relegation system for its federations.[1][2]

The first season of the tournament was held in 1963 and was won by the Picadero Jockey Club Barcelona.

Starting in 2008, the tournament is now held in two locations. The best two teams from each tournament then compete in the European Champion Cup "Final Four", with the winner receiving the European Champion Cup.

Between 2013 and 2015, the "Final Four" format was replaced with a best-of-three series between the winners of each tournament. In the 2015 tournament, six teams competed in the Paris group, while six other teams competed in Rotterdam. The best two teams then competed in the "Final Four" in Italy, in a best-of-three series, for the championship.

In early 2024, WBSC Europe announced a restructuring of its European club competitions, with the top tier Baseball European Champions Cup now being played in a full-season format at each team's venues, instead of a tournament hosted in one location. The inaugural tournament under the new format will feature only 4 teams from Germany and Czech Republic, with expansion planned for the future. The lower-tier competitions are keeping their tournament structure, with promotion and relegation for its federations.[2]


Results

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# Year Host Medalists
Winner Runner-up Third Place
1 1963 N/A Spain
Picadero Barcelona
Italy
Milan
West Germany
Mannheim
2 1964 N/A Spain
Piratas de Madrid
Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Sparta-Feyenoord
3 1965 N/A Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Sparta-Feyenoord
Spain
Picadero Barcelona
4 1966 N/A Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Italy
Milan
Italy
Nettuno
5 1967 N/A Spain
Piratas de Madrid
West Germany
Mannheim
Belgium
Antwerp
6 1968 N/A Spain
Picadero Barcelona
Spain
Piratas de Madrid
West Germany
Darmstadt
7 1969 N/A Italy
Milan
Spain
Madrid
Spain
Picadero Barcelona
8 1970 N/A Italy
Milan
Italy
Bologna
Belgium
Antwerp
9 1971 N/A Italy
Milan
Italy
Bologna
West Germany
Mannheim
10 1972 N/A Italy
Nettuno
Italy
Milan
Belgium
Antwerp
11 1973 N/A Italy
Bologna
Netherlands
Sparta-Feyenoord
Belgium
Antwerp
12 1974 N/A Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Italy
Bologna
13 1975 N/A Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Netherlands
Sparta-Feyenoord
Spain
Condepols Madrid
14 1976 N/A Italy
Rimini
Belgium
Antwerp
Spain
Condepols Madrid
15 1977 Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Italy
Rimini
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
16 1978 Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Italy
Rimini
Spain
Catalunya BC
17 1979 Italy
Italy
Spain
Barcelona
Italy
Rimini
Italy
Parma
Italy
Bologna
18 1980 Netherlands
Netherlands
Spain
Spain
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Amstel Tijgers
Italy
Rimini
19 1981 Belgium
Berchem
Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Italy
Rimini
20 1983 Netherlands
Netherlands
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Netherlands
Neptunus
21 1984 Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Italy
Rimini
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
22 1985 Italy
Italy
Italy
Bologna
Italy
Parma
Belgium
Antwerp
23 1986 Belgium
Antwerp
Italy
Parma
Italy
Bologna
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
24 1987 France
Paris
Italy
Parma
Italy
Grosseto
Netherlands
Amsterdam
25 1988 Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Italy
Rimini
Netherlands
Amsterdam Pirates
26 1989 Spain
Viladecans
Italy
Rimini
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Italy
Parma
27 1990 Belgium
Antwerp
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Italy
Rimini
Italy
Grosseto
28 1991 France
Paris
Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Haarlem Nicols
Netherlands
Amsterdam Pirates
29 1992 Netherlands
Rotterdam
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Nettuno
30 1993 Italy
Italy
Netherlands
SV ADO
Italy
Parma
France
Paris
31 1994 Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Neptunus
Netherlands
SV ADO
France
Montpellier
32 1995 Netherlands
Netherlands
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Neptunus
Netherlands
Kinheim
33 1996 San Marino
San Marino
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Parma
Italy
Nettuno
34 1997 Belgium
Brasschaat
Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Neptunus
Netherlands
HCAW
35 1998 Spain
Viladecans
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Hoofddorp
Czech Republic
Brno
36 1999 Italy
Italy
Italy
Parma
Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
HCAW
37 2000 San Marino
San Marino
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Rimini
Italy
Parma
38 2001 Netherlands
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Neptunus
San Marino
San Marino
Italy
Rimini
39 2002 Spain
Viladecans
Netherlands
Neptunus
Netherlands
HCAW
Italy
Nettuno
40 2003 Italy
Rimini
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Rimini
San Marino
San Marino
41 2004 San Marino
San Marino
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Bologna
Czech Republic
Brno
42 2005 Netherlands
Rotterdam
Italy
Grosseto
Netherlands
HCAW
Netherlands
Neptunus
43 2006 Italy
Grosseto
San Marino
San Marino
Italy
Grosseto
Italy
Bologna
44 2007
Details
San Marino
San Marino
Netherlands
Kinheim
France
Rouen
Italy
Rimini
45 2008
Details
Spain
Barcelona
Italy
Nettuno
San Marino
San Marino
Italy
Grosseto
46 2009
Details
Spain
Barcelona
Italy
Nettuno
Italy
Bologna
Netherlands
Kinheim
47 2010
Details
Spain
Barcelona
Italy
Bologna
Germany
Heidenheim
Italy
Rimini
48 2011
Details
Czech Republic
Brno
San Marino
San Marino
Italy
Parma
Italy
Bologna
49 2012
Details
Italy
Nettuno
Italy
Bologna
Italy
Nettuno
Netherlands
Amsterdam
50 2013
Details
Italy
Bologna/Rimini
Italy
Bologna
Italy
Rimini
 Netherlands and  San Marino
51 2014
Details
Czech Republic
Brno
Netherlands
Hoofddorp
San Marino
San Marino
Italy
Rimini
 Netherlands and  Netherlands
52 2015
Details
Netherlands
Rotterdam
France
Paris
Netherlands
Neptunus
Italy
Bologna
 Netherlands and  Czech Republic
53 2016
Details
Italy
Rimini
San Marino
San Marino
Netherlands
L&D Amsterdam
Italy
Rimini
Italy
Bologna
54 2017
Details
Germany
Regensburg
Netherlands
Curaçao Neptunus
Italy
CNF Unipolsai Bologna
San Marino
T&A San Marino
55 2018
Details
Netherlands
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Curaçao Neptunus
Italy
Rimini
Italy
UnipolSai Bologna
56 2019
Details
Italy
Bologna
Italy
UnipolSai Bologna
Netherlands
L&D Amsterdam
Netherlands
Curaçao Neptunus
57 2021
Details
Czech Republic
Ostrava
Italy
Parma
Germany
Bonn Capitals
Italy
Fortitudo
58 2022
Details
Germany
Bonn
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Amsterdam Pirates
Germany
Bonn Capitals
59 2023
Details
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Bussum
Netherlands
HCAW
Italy
Parma
Netherlands
Amsterdam Pirates
60 2024
Details
N/A Czech Republic
Brno
Germany
Regensburg
Germany
Heidenheim

Most Championships

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Team Number of championships Years
Italy Parma
15
1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2021, 2022
Netherlands Curaçao Neptunus
10
1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2018
Italy Nettuno
7
1965, 1972, 1974, 1991, 1997, 2008, 2009
Italy Unipolsai Bologna
6
1973, 1985, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2019
Italy Milan
3
1969, 1970, 1971
Italy Rimini
3
1976, 1979, 1989
Netherlands Haarlem Nicols (Defunct)
3
1966, 1975, 1990
San Marino T&A San Marino
3
2006, 2011, 2014
Spain Piratas de Madrid
2
1964, 1967
Spain Picadero Barcelona
2
1963, 1968
Netherlands ADO Den Haag
1
1993
Italy Grosseto
1
2005
Netherlands Kinheim
1
2007
Netherlands L&D Amsterdam
1
2016
Netherlands HCAW
1
2023
Czech Republic Draci Brno
1
2024

Medals (1963-2023)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy35322087
2 Netherlands17182055
3 Spain42511
4 San Marino3238
5 Czech Republic1034
6 Germany0459
7 Belgium0156
8 France0123
Totals (8 entries)606063183
  • 2 Bronze awarded in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Europe Competitions Regulations 2023" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "WBSC Europe announces the launch of the Baseball European Champions Cup, alongside the restructuring of European club competitions".
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