The Baseball European Cup, formerly called the Confederation Cup and CEB Cup, is an annual baseball tournament, sanctioned and created by WBSC Europe. The tournament is the second-tier tournament for baseball leagues across Europe, alongside the first-tier European Champions Cup, third-tier Federation Cup, and fourth-tier Federation Cup Qualifiers, all of which operate with a promotion and relegation system for its federations.[1][2]

CEB Cup
SportBaseball
Founded1993
No. of teams7 (in 2023)
ContinentEurope

The inaugural season of the tournament was held in 2016 in Rouen, France, and Chartres, France. FC Barcelona won the last edition(2007) beating Heidenheim Heideköpfe 13-9. After that no tournament was held between 2008 and 2015 then in 2016 the tournament returned.

Current season

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Promoted to 2024 Champions Cup
Relegated to 2024 Federation Cup
Rk Team
1   Tenerife Marlins
2   Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
3   Astros Valencia
4   Hoboken Pioneers
5   BK Olimpija
6   Vienna Wanderers
7   Flyers BST

Results

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Year Host Medalists
Champions Runners-up 3rd place
2007  
Karlovac
  FC Barcelona   Heidenheim Heideköpfe  
Tigers de Toulouse
2016
Details

 
Rouen/Chartres

 
Huskies de Rouen
[3]
 
Barracudas de Montpellier
 
Olimpija Karlovac
2017
Details

 
Prague/Brno

 
Draci Brno
[4]
 
Eagles Praha
 
Templiers de Sénart
2018
Details

 
Ostrava/Frýdek-Místek

 
Borgerhout Squirrels
[5]
 
Bonn Capitals
 
Ostrava Arrows
2019
Details

 
Brno

 
Heidenheim Heideköpfe
[6]
 
Draci Brno
 
Cougars de Montigny
2021
Details

 
Lieusaint

 
Draci Brno
[7]
 
Sénart Templiers
 
Astros Valencia
2022
Details

 
Rouen

 
Huskies de Rouen
[8]
 
Hoboken Pioneers
 
Tenerife Marlins
2023
Details

 
Karlovac

 
Tenerife Marlins
[9]
 
Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
 
Astros Valencia
2024
Details

 
Valencia

 
Tenerife Marlins
[10]
 
Olimpija Karlovac
 
Astros Valencia

Titles by team

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Team Number of championships Years
  Draci Brno
2
2017, 2021
  Huskies de Rouen
2
2016, 2022
  Tenerife Marlins
2
2023, 2024
  Borgerhout Squirrels
1
2018
  Heidenheim Heideköpfe
1
2019

Medals (1993-2023)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy84012
2  Spain43815
3  Czech Republic4217
4  France25815
5  Germany2428
6  Croatia2114
7  Belgium1102
8  Netherlands0112
  Russia0112
10  Sweden0101
11  Hungary0011
Totals (11 entries)23232369

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Europe Competitions Regulations 2023" (PDF).
  2. ^ "WBSC Europe announces the launch of the Baseball European Champions Cup, alongside the restructuring of European club competitions".
  3. ^ Final Standing. C.E.B. Cup '16 webpage. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  4. ^ Final Standing. C.E.B. Cup '17 webpage. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  5. ^ Final Standing. C.E.B. Cup '18 webpage. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  6. ^ Final Standing. C.E.B. Cup '19 webpage. Retrieved 2019-06-9.
  7. ^ Final Standing. 2021 CEB Cup at wbsceurope.org. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  8. ^ Final Standing. 2022 CEB Cup at wbsceurope.org. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  9. ^ Final Standing. 2023 Confederation Cup at wbsceurope.org. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  10. ^ Schedule & Results. 2024 Confederation Cup at wbsceurope.org. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
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