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1956 European Baseball Championship

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Field	Value
country	Italy
dates	10–15 July
num_teams	5
defending_champion	Spain
champion	Netherlands
num_championships	1
second	Belgium
third	Italy
games	10
prevseason	1955
nextseason	1957
city	Rome

The 1956 European Baseball Championship was held in Rome, Italy and was won by the Netherlands, in its tournament debut. Belgium finished as runner-up. The games were played at the , the former home stadium of AS Roma.

By winning tournament, the Netherlands qualified for the 1956 Global World Series, held in Milwaukee in the United States.

Tournament summary

The Netherlands, in its first championship, won all its games, though most were close contests. The only blowout was its victory against Italy, previously the continent's baseball powerhouse. Dutch ace Han Urbanus squared off against Italy's ; Urbanus would later call the 1956 Netherlands-Italy game one of the best moments of his career. Urbanus and each won two games for the Dutch, with Smidt striking out 13 batters against Germany and 16 against Belgium.

France, which had debuted in the 1955 tournament, did not participate, reportedly since many of its players were drafted to fight in the ongoing Algerian War.

Results

References

(1956). "Second annual Global World Series baseball scorecard".
(24 June 2007). "A.S. Roma". AlbionRoad.com.
(1956-07-17). "Holland team worrying all for nothing". The Wichita Eagle.
Chetwynd. (2019). "Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History". McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers.
Chetwynd, pp. 250–51

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