Euro League Baseball (ELB) was a professional baseball league in Europe founded by the European Association of Professional Baseball (EAPB) which played a single season in 2016.Bye Bye Euro League Baseball (ELB) (in German). The winner of the ELB was awarded the Gregory Halman Trophy. ELB played its inaugural season in 2016 with three teams: Draci Brno, Haar Disciples and Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg. The league's only championship was awarded to Draci Brno.
Organization EAPD held a 60% stake in Euro League Baseball Ltd. which is the operator of the EBL and holds all naming and media rights as well as all partnership and sponsor contracts regarding Euro League Baseball. EAPB President Wim van den Hurk was the CEO of Euro League Baseball Ltd.
Teams Team City/Nation Stadium Capacity Founded Joined Active in 2016 Draci Brno Brno, Czech Republic Městský Baseball Stadion 500 1972 2015 Munich-Haar Disciples Munich, Germany Disciples Ballpark 600 1990 2015 Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg, Germany Armin-Wolf-Arena 4,600 1987 2015 Announced but never active L&D Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Sportpark Ookmeer 400 1959 — Unipol Bologna Bologna, Italy Stadio Gianni Falchi 2,500 1953 — Bonn Capitals Bonn, Germany Capitals Ballpark 1,500 1989 — Curaçao Neptunus Rotterdam, Netherlands Neptunus Familiestadion 2,760 1943 — Rouen Huskies Rouen, France Stade Saint-Exupéry 500 1976 — T&A San Marino Serravalle, San Marino Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle 1,500 1985 — Templiers de Sénart Sénart, France Stade de Baseball 1,000 1987 —
2016 season The inaugural ELB season in 2016 was contested by three teams: Draci Brno, Haar Disciples, Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg. Each team played a total of 8 regular season games (4 at home and 4 away) between April and July.
Amsterdam Baseball A team called Amsterdam Baseball was founded with the purpose to compete in ELB, and to be run by the league. The backbone of the team was supposed to be players from Amsterdam Pirates, but also some previously retired players like Dirk van 't Klooster and Chris Mowday. However, when the season was already well underway, Amsterdam Baseball had to withdraw from the league due to pressure from the European and Dutch baseball federations. This left the league with only three teams for its inaugural season.
Standings
See also Baseball Champions League Europe Baseball awards#Europe
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