2023 European Champions Cup (baseball)

2023 European Champions Cup

Tournament details
Country	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam Bussum
Dates	6–10 June
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	HCAW Bussum
Runners-up	Parma Baseball
Third place	Amsterdam Pirates
Fourth place	Bonn Capitals
Awards
MVP	Victor Draijer

The 2023 European Champions Cup was a European baseball competition, held from 4 to 10 June 2023, in Amsterdam and Bussum, Netherlands.^[1] This is the sixtieth iteration of the Cup since its inaugural tournament in 1963.^[2]

It featured the top eight professional baseball teams on the continent, and it was the first tier of the four competitions organized by WBSC Europe, alongside the second-tier Confederation Cup, third-tier Federation Cup, and fourth-tier Federation Cup Qualifiers, all of which operate with a promotion and relegation system for its federations.^[3]

The defending champions were Italian club Parma. The last place at the end of the tournament was relegated to the 2024 second-tier Confederation Cup.

HCAW Bussum won the tournament after defeating Parma in the final, 11–4. Amsterdam Pirates claimed the bronze, defeating Bonn Capitals 12–6 in the third place game.^[4] HCAW outfielder Victor Draijer was honored with the Most Valuable Player award of the tournament.^[5]

List of competing teams

Parma Baseball Club (2022 champions)	Paderborn Untouchables
HCAW Bussum (host club)	Arrows Ostrava
Amsterdam Pirates (host club)	Draci Brno
Bonn Capitals	Rouen Huskies

Venues

Group A	Group B
Amsterdam	Bussum
Loek Loevendie Ballpark	Rob Hoffmann Vallei
Capacity: 400	Capacity: 1,000

First round

	Qualified for Final Four
	Qualified for Bottom Four

Group A

Rk	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
1	Parma Baseball Club	3	0	1.000	0
2	Amsterdam Pirates	1	2	0.333	2
3	Draci Brno	1	2	0.333	2
4	Paderborn Untouchables	1	2	0.333	2

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
June 6, 2023	15:00	Paderborn Untouchables	0–13	Parma Baseball Club	8	Loek Loevendie Ballpark	2:13	125	Boxscore
June 6, 2023	19:30	Amsterdam Pirates	3–4	Draci Brno	9	Loek Loevendie Ballpark	2:41	275	Boxscore
June 7, 2023	15:00	Paderborn Untouchables	4–2	Draci Brno	9	Loek Loevendie Ballpark	2:47	175	Boxscore
June 7, 2023	19:30	Parma Baseball Club	7–5	Amsterdam Pirates	10	Loek Loevendie Ballpark	3:19	550	Boxscore
June 8, 2023	14:00	Draci Brno	2–6	Parma Baseball Club	9	Loek Loevendie Ballpark	2:32	150	Boxscore
June 8, 2023	19:30	Amsterdam Pirates	15–0	Paderborn Untouchables	7	Loek Loevendie Ballpark	2:34	550	Boxscore

Group B

Rk	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
1	HCAW Bussum	2	1	0.667	0
2	Bonn Capitals	2	1	0.667	0
3	Arrows Ostrava	2	1	0.667	0
4	Rouen Huskies	0	3	0.000	2

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
June 6, 2023	15:00	Arrows Ostrava	3–1	Bonn Capitals	9	Rob Hoffmann Vallei	2:16	125	Boxscore
June 6, 2023	19:00	Rouen Huskies	5–18	HCAW Bussum	7	Rob Hoffmann Vallei	2:44	350	Boxscore
June 7, 2023	15:00	Rouen Huskies	2–7	Bonn Capitals	9	Rob Hoffmann Vallei	2:46	200	Boxscore
June 7, 2023	19:00	HCAW Bussum	12–0	Arrows Ostrava	7	Rob Hoffmann Vallei	2:11	450	Boxscore
June 8, 2023	15:00	Arrows Ostrava	5–1	Rouen Huskies	9	Rob Hoffmann Vallei	2:23	125	Boxscore
June 8, 2023	19:00	Bonn Capitals	5–2	HCAW Bussum	9	Rob Hoffmann Vallei	2:36	450	Boxscore

Final Four

Semifinals

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
June 9, 2023	19:00	Amsterdam Pirates	3–4	HCAW Bussum	10	Rob Hoffmann Vallei	3:01		Boxscore
June 9, 2023	19:30	Bonn Capitals	3–13	Parma Baseball Club	7	Loek Loevendie Ballpark	2:41	350	Boxscore

3rd place game

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
June 10, 2023	14:00	Bonn Capitals	6–12	Amsterdam Pirates	9	Loek Loevendie Ballpark	3:01	300	Boxscore

Final

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
June 10, 2023	18:00	Parma Baseball Club	4–11	HCAW Bussum	9	Rob Hoffmann Vallei	2:52	650	Boxscore

Bottom Four

First round

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
June 9, 2023	15:00	Rouen Huskies	1–6	Draci Brno	9	Loek Loevendie Ballpark	2:49	75	Boxscore
June 9, 2023	15:00	Paderborn Untouchables	5–7	Arrows Ostrava	9	Rob Hoffmann Vallei	2:24	150	Boxscore

5th place game

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
June 10, 2023	10:30	Draci Brno	14–10	Arrows Ostrava	9	Loek Loevendie Ballpark	3:13	65	Boxscore

Relegation game

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
June 10, 2023	10:30	Rouen Huskies	4–6	Paderborn Untouchables	9	Rob Hoffmann Vallei	3:05	100	Boxscore

Statistical leaders

Batting Stat[6] Name Team Total AVG Delano Selassa HCAW Bussum .550 H Delano Selassa HCAW Bussum 11 R Manuel Joseph Parma Baseball 8 HR 15 tied with 1 RBI Cesare Astorri Parma Baseball 11 SLG Terrell Joyce Bonn Capitals .895

Pitching Stat[6] Name Team Total W 20 tied with 1 L Pim Vijfvinkel Amsterdam Pirates 2 Thibault Mercadier Rouen Huskies SV Wilson Lee Bonn Capitals 2 Jan Kozel Arrows Ostrava IP Jelle van der Lelie Amsterdam Pirates 11.1 ERA Jhenderson Hurtado Draci Brno 0.00 Lars Huijer HCAW Bussum Ondřej Satoria Arrows Ostrava SO Quentin Moulin Rouen Huskies 16

Final standings

	Champion
	Relegated to Confederation Cup

Rk	Team
1	HCAW Bussum
2	Parma Baseball Club
3	Amsterdam Pirates
4	Bonn Capitals
5	Draci Brno
6	Arrows Ostrava
7	Paderborn Untouchables
8	Rouen Huskies

See also

• European Confederation Cup
• European Baseball Championship
• Asia Series
• Caribbean Series
• Baseball awards § Europe

References

1. "Baseball European Champions Cup event info". wbsceurope.org.
2. "Champions Cup editions". wbsceurope.org.
3. "Baseball Europe Competitions Regulations 2023" (PDF).
4. "HCAW wins the Baseball European Champions Cup 2023". WBSC Europe. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
5. "2023 EU-CHAMP-CUP-M-BB Baseball European Champions Cup 2023 Daily Report Final" (PDF). WBSC Europe. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
6. "Stats". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

External links

• Official site
• Baseball European Champions Cup 2023