Confederation of European Baseball YEARBOOK 2018 Yearbook 2018 15 Yearbook 2018 Table of Contents CEB Information ......................................................................................................... 4 CEB Directory 2018 ................................................................................................ 5 Presidential Report 2018......................................................................................... 7 Marketing and Media Commission Report 2018 ..................................................... 8 Umpire Commission Report 2018 ......................................................................... 11 Scorers Commission Report 2018 ........................................................................ 13 CEB Competitions 2018 ........................................................................................... 15 Club Team Competitions 2018 .............................................................................. 16 National Team Competitions 2018 ........................................................................ 18 WBSC Competitions 2018 ........................................................................................ 21 CEB Historical Data 2018 ......................................................................................... 23 Overview Registered Members 2013-2018 ........................................................... 24 History Final Standings – European Championships Seniors ............................... 25 History Final Standings – European Championships Juniors ................................ 25 History Final Standings – European Championships Cadets ................................ 26 History Final Standings – European Championships Juveniles ............................ 27 CEB Member Countries 2018 ................................................................................... 28 Austria ................................................................................................................... 29 Belarus .................................................................................................................. 29 Belgium ................................................................................................................. 30 Bulgaria ................................................................................................................. 30 Croatia .................................................................................................................. 31 Cyprus................................................................................................................... 31 Czech Republic ..................................................................................................... 32 Denmark ............................................................................................................... 32 Estonia .................................................................................................................. 33 Finland .................................................................................................................. 33 France ................................................................................................................... 34 Georgia ................................................................................................................. 34 Germany ............................................................................................................... 35 Great Britain .......................................................................................................... 35 Greece .................................................................................................................. 36 Hungary ................................................................................................................ 36 Iceland (provisional) .............................................................................................. 37 Ireland ................................................................................................................... 37 2 Confederation of European Baseball Israel ..................................................................................................................... 38 Italy ....................................................................................................................... 38 Latvia .................................................................................................................... 39 Lithuania ............................................................................................................... 39 Malta ..................................................................................................................... 40 Moldova ................................................................................................................ 40 Netherlands ........................................................................................................... 41 Norway .................................................................................................................. 41 Poland ................................................................................................................... 42 Portugal ................................................................................................................. 42 Romania ................................................................................................................ 43 Russia ................................................................................................................... 43 San Marino ............................................................................................................ 44 Serbia.................................................................................................................... 44 Slovakia ................................................................................................................ 45 Slovenia ................................................................................................................ 45 Spain ..................................................................................................................... 46 Sweden ................................................................................................................. 46 Switzerland ........................................................................................................... 47 Turkey ................................................................................................................... 47 Ukraine.................................................................................................................. 48 3 Yearbook 2018 CEB Information 4 Confederation of European Baseball CEB Directory 2018 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Didier Seminet [email protected] 1st Vice President Petr Ditrich [email protected] 2nd Vice President Jürgen Elsishans [email protected] 3rd Vice President Rainer Husty [email protected] Secretary General Krunoslav Karin [email protected] Treasurer René Laforce [email protected] Member Roderick Balk [email protected] Member Marco Mannucci [email protected] Member Oleg Boyko [email protected] TECHNICAL COMMISSION Chairman Jürgen Elsishans [email protected] Member Frantisek Bunta [email protected] Member Rainer Krankl [email protected] Member Jan Kuipers [email protected] Member Stephen Lesfargues [email protected] Member Jaroslav Mika [email protected] Member Sergio Tardivo [email protected] Member Aleksandar Horvatić [email protected] MARKETING & MEDIA COMMISSION Chairman Rainer Husty [email protected] Member François Collet [email protected] Member Johannes Godler [email protected] Member Philipp Würfel [email protected] COMMUNICATION COMMISSION Chairman François Collet [email protected] ANTI-DOPING DELEGATE Chairman Peter Ström [email protected] 5 Yearbook 2018 LEGAL COMMISSION Chairman Lars Sundin [email protected] Member Kelly Laforce [email protected] Member Vladimír Richter [email protected] UMPIRE COMMISSION Chairman Fred van Groningen Schinkel [email protected] Member Ludo Peeters [email protected] Member Marco Screti [email protected] SCORER COMMISSION Chairwoman Linda Steijger [email protected] Member Stephanie Winkler [email protected] OFFICE Secretary Kristina Uroić [email protected] 6 Confederation of European Baseball Presidential Report 2018 Dear CEB member Federations, The year 2018 was one for the books. History was made twice, first with the birth of the World Baseball Softball Confederation Europe during an inaugural Congress organized in Val d’Europe, and second with the inaugural edition of the Super 6 Baseball Softball organized by Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond, CEB and the European Softball Federation in Hoofddorp. Two events that proved that baseball and softball can work together, that they indeed belong together. With a unanimous vote during the Congress held in February, all Baseball and Softball National Federations of Europe have affirmed their will to keep moving forward as one and only sport within one organization in the future. They were proved correct with the organization of a first ever