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EIB Teams in top 50 rankings

Every year the popular website, mister-baseball, ranks the top 50 clubs in Europe according to a points system they’ve developed. The point system is based off of the strength of baseball in each club’s country and the club’s performance in each league and tournament they participate in.

This year, they have listed 6 clubs that compete in the Euro Interleague. This is an incredible accomplishment for those individual teams and an indication of just how strong the EIB is. We are thankful for the recognition and look forward to climbing higher in the rankings this upcoming season.

 

The teams and ranks are as follows:

 

25. BK Apollo Bratislava

26. BK Nada SM Split

35. Krajnski Lisjaki

37. Red Wolves Budapest

38. Olimpija Karlovac

50. Beograd 96′

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

source: mister-baseball.com

The king is dead, long live the king!

Another successful year is in the books and we are thrilled to announce a new champion! After six years of Croatian domination, the title goes to Slovakia, thanks to Baseball club Apollo Bratislava. The Slovak reign champion can celebrate the EIB championship for the first time in their history. On the way to the title Apollo defeated Vindija Varaždin 10:3 in the semifinals and reached the victory 4:2 over Nada Split in the finals.

 

The battle for a spot in the Euro Interleague A Pool for 2020 took place in Budapest as the host team, Budapest Reds gained a spot for next years A Pool. After taking a loss on Saturday, the Reds rallied back to win 2 in a row during a best of 3 series against BK Zagreb. Congratulations to the leagues only Hungarian team for a heroic effort in punching their ticket for next years A Pool.

Congratulation’s to all the teams and especially to BK Apollo Bratislava for the succesfull season.

EIB – Final 4

Regular Euro Interleague Baseball season is in the books and we can’t be more impatient looking for the EIB 2019 Final Four.

The 4 best teams in the EIB A-Pool will meet in Bratislava to decide who will take home the 1st place prize.

 

 Semifinal games are scheduled on Saturday 21st of September, with the #1 seeded team Olimpija Karlovac taking on the #4 seed Vindija Varaždinat 10:00. The second game of the semifinal round will take place at 14:00 and it will be a battle between Nada Splitand Apollo Bratislava.

 

 The third place matchup will take place at 10:00 the following day against the two losing teams of the semifinal round, afterwards, The winners of the two semifinal matches will play at 14:00 to determine who will take the title as 2019 Euro Interleague Champions.

Every game of F4 tournament will be streamed live via Apollo Bratislava Youtube channel  and Facebook page.

 

“Good luck in the playoffs!”

RELEGATIONS GAMES

One team battling for promotion from B-pool to A-pool,and hosting the matches, will be Reds Budapest. Team fighting to keep his spot in A-pool will be BK Zagreb and.

 

The format will be identical to last year. It will be a best of 3 series with one game on Saturday, September 21st at 14:00 and another game Sunday, September 22nd at 11:00. If the series is tied after 2 games, a 3rd game will take place immediately after game 2.

 

Kranjski Lisjaki, the winner of 2019 B-pool regular season, is promoted and has the right to take part of 2020 EIB A-pool. Congratulations!

 

Schedules 2019

EIB 2019 is right around the corner and we couldn’t be more excited! The schedules are uploaded on to our website. Stay up to date with the latest news here.

A-Pool Schedule                                B-Pool Schedule

We are looking forward to a very competitive 2019 season and wish luck to all teams.

Some important notes: In order to update the rosters for this upcoming season, we need you to send us filled documents.

 

Thank You

EIB TEAM