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Czech Republic national baseball team
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| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Logo | [[File:Badge of the Czech Republic national baseball team.svg | 175px]] |
| Name | Czech Republic national baseball team | |
| Country | Czech Republic | |
| Confederation | WBSC Europe | |
| Manager | Pavel Chadim | |
| Captain | Martin Mužík | Team Colors=Dark Blue, Red, White |
| WBSC Rank = | ||
| WBSC max | 14 | |
| WBSC max date | 2 times; latest in December 2021 | |
| WBSC min | 25 | |
| WBSC min date | December 2012 | |
| WBC apps | 1 | |
| WBC first | 2023 | |
| WBC best | 14th (2023) | |
| WC apps | 2 | |
| WC first | 2005 | |
| WC best | 18th (2005) | |
| EC apps | 11 | |
| EC first | 1997 | |
| EC best | 3rd (2025) |
The Czech Republic national baseball team is the national baseball team of Czechia (Czech Republic). The team competes in the biennial European Baseball Championship, and debuted in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
The team will compete in the 2026 World Baseball Classic in March 2026.
History
Czech clubs began playing against teams of United States Army servicemen in the immediate aftermath of World War II, but the development of the sport was halted after the rise of the Iron Curtain and would not resume until Bill Arce's baseball clinics in Prague, starting in 1969. It would not be until the 1980s that an official national team (for what was then Czechoslovakia) was formed; the team took three out of four games from the Soviet national team in Tbilisi, Georgia in October 1987.
The country became a full member of the Confederation of European Baseball in 1989, around the time of the Velvet Revolution. At the point of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the national team was almost entirely composed of Czech players. The Czech national team first qualified for the European Baseball Championship in 1997, with a record of 4–4. The team narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, falling short of Italy and the Netherlands.
In 2009, Europe hosted the IBAF World Cup, the first time in history the Baseball World Cup was not hosted by a specific country. Prague hosted Group A of the pool round, and the Czech Republic team finished 20th, going 0–3 with losses to Australia, Mexico, and Chinese Taipei.
Because the Czech Republic finished in the top five in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, it moved on to the 2020 Olympics qualifiers in Italy in September 2019. There, it came in third, behind Israel and the Netherlands.
Roster
(Bench Coach) (Pitching Coach) (First Base Coach) (Third Base Coach) (Pitching Coach)
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
International tournament results
World Baseball Classic
| [](world-baseball-classic) | Qualification record | Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | W | L | RS | RA | Total | Round 1 | 2/6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 67 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | did not enter | No qualifiers held | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | did not qualify | 0 | 2 | 6 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Japan 2023 | Round 1 | 14th | 1 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 27 | |||||||||||||
| Japan 2026 | To be determined | Automatically Qualified |
European Baseball Championship
Team Czech Republic competed at the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and came in fifth, behind Team Israel. Among the players who competed for it were Martin Červenka and Marek Minařík.
- 1997 : 7th
- 1999 : 8th
- 2001 : 5th
- 2003 : 6th
- 2005 : 5th
- 2007 : 12th
- 2010 : 7th
- 2012 : 5th
- 2014 : 4th
- 2016 : 5th
- 2019 : 5th
- 2021 : 5th
- 2023 : 5th
- 2025 : [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] 3rd
Baseball World Cup
References
References
- (2019). "Baseball in Europe". McFarland.
- [http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/retired-shmired/ Retired, shmired. Jewish Baseball News]
- [http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/mlb-monday-august-26-september-1-2019/ MLB Monday (August 26-September 1, 2019). Jewish Baseball News]
- "Czech Republic in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". [[World Baseball Softball Confederation]].
- "Statistiken der Baseball-EM 2019".
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