2016 European Champions Cup (baseball)

Tournament details
Countries	Italy San Marino
Dates	May 31 – June 4
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	L&D Amsterdam (1st title)
Runner-up	A.S.D. Rimini
Tournament statistics
Games played	19
Attendance	4,900 (258 per game)

The 2016 European Champions Cup was a European baseball competition, held from May 31, to June 4, 2016. This was the fifty-forth iteration of the Cup since its inaugural tournament in 1963.^[1] The champions were Dutch team L&D Amsterdam, winning the team's first title.

List of competing teams

A.S.D. Rimini (1st)	Fortitudo Bologna (2nd)
Curaçao Neptunus (1st)	L&D Amsterdam (2nd)
Heidenheim Heideköpfe (1st)	Buchbinder Legionäre (2nd)
T&A San Marino	Kotlarka Praha

Venues

Group B & Final Four	Group A & Bottom Four
Rimini, Italy	San Marino
Stadio dei Pirati	Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle

First round

Group A

Rk	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
1	Fortitudo Bologna	3	0	1.000	0
2	Curaçao Neptunus	2	1	.667	1
3	T&A San Marino	1	2	.333	2
4	Heidenheim Heideköpfe	0	3	.000	3

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
May 31, 2016	14:30	Curaçao Neptunus	14-9	Heidenheim Heideköpfe		Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle	3:05	305	Boxscore
May 31, 2016	19:30	T&A San Marino	3-5	Fortitudo Bologna		Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle	2:42	400	Boxscore
Jun 1, 2016	15:30	Fortitudo Bologna	1-0	Curaçao Neptunus		Stadio dei Pirati	2:50	120	Boxscore
Jun 1, 2016	19:30	Heidenheim Heideköpfe	3–4	T&A San Marino	10	Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle	3:00	100	Boxscore
Jun 2, 2016	14:30	Heidenheim Heideköpfe	1–2	Fortitudo Bologna	6	Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle	1:51	250	Boxscore
Jun 2, 2016	21:20	T&A San Marino	4-5	Curaçao Neptunus	10	Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle	2:09	120	Boxscore

Group B

Rk	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
1	L&D Amsterdam	3	0	1.000	0
2	A.S.D. Rimini	2	1	.667	1
3	Buchbinder Legionäre	1	2	.333	2
4	Kotlarka Praha	0	3	.000	3

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
May 31, 2016	15:30	Buchbinder Legionäre	7-4	Kotlarka Praha		Stadio dei Pirati	2:32	50	Boxscore
May 31, 2016	20:30	L&D Amsterdam	6-2	A.S.D. Rimini		Stadio dei Pirati	3:21	800	Boxscore
Jun 1, 2016	17:10	Kotlarka Praha	2-10	L&D Amsterdam		Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle	3:00	300	Boxscore
Jun 1, 2016	20:30	A.S.D. Rimini	5–3	Buchbinder Legionäre		Stadio dei Pirati	2:55	150	Boxscore
Jun 2, 2016	15:30	Buchbinder Legionäre	0–1	L&D Amsterdam		Stadio dei Pirati	2:10	81	Boxscore
Jun 2, 2016	19:30	A.S.D. Rimini	4-0	Kotlarka Praha		Stadio dei Pirati	2:47	300	Boxscore

Final four

Semi-Final 1

June 3 14:30 at Stadio dei Pirati

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Curaçao Neptunus	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	7	7	2
L&D Amsterdam	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	5	X	11	16	1
WP: Kyle Ward (AMS)   LP: Bayron Cornelisse (NEP)   Sv: Tom de Blok (AMS) Home runs: NEP: Janison Boekhoudt AMS: Linoy Croes Attendance: 200 Umpires: HP − Fabrizio Fabrizi, 1B − Michele De Notta, 3B − Oswald Tscharf Boxscore

Semi-Final 2

June 3 20:30 at Stadio dei Pirati

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
A.S.D. Rimini	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	11	0
Fortitudo Bologna	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	0
WP: Ricardo Hernandez (RIM)   LP: Brent Buffa (BOL)   Sv: Carlos Teran (RIM) Attendance: 600 Umpires: HP − Roy van de Wateringen, 1B − Oswald Tscharf, 3B − Jerónimo Moreno Saura Boxscore

3rd Place

June 4 14:30 at Stadio dei Pirati

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Curaçao Neptunus	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	6	9	2
Fortitudo Bologna	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	9	3
WP: Brent Buffa (NEP)   LP: Steven van Groningen (NEP)   Sv: None Attendance: 25 Umpires: HP − Oswald Tscharf, 1B − Jerónimo Moreno Saura, 3B − Tim Meyer Boxscore

Grand Final

June 4 20:30 at Stadio dei Pirati

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
L&D Amsterdam	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	9	1
A.S.D. Rimini	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	7	1
WP: Tom de Blok (AMS)   LP: Roberto Corradini (RIM)   Sv: None Attendance: 900 Umpires: HP − Mojmir Jankovic, 1B − Jens Waider, 3B − David Kulhánek Boxscore

Bottom Four

Game 1

June 3 15:30 at Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Heidenheim Heideköpfe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
Buchbinder Legionäre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
WP: Wes Roemer (HEI)   LP: Niklas Rimmel (LEG)   Sv: None Attendance: 60 Umpires: HP − David Kulhánek, 1B − Mojmir Jankovic, 3B − Winfried Berkvens Boxscore

Game 2

June 4 11:00 at Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kotlarka Praha	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	6	9	3
T&A San Marino	0	1	0	4	2	0	2	0	X	10	12	1
WP: Carlos Quevedo (SMR)   LP: Matej Sucha (PRA)   Sv: None Home runs: PRA: Mitch Nilsson, Matej Sucha SMR: None Attendance: 50 Umpires: HP − Jens Waider, 1B − Roy van de Wateringen, 3B − Winfried Berkvens Boxscore

Relegation Game

June 4 15:30 at Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kotlarka Praha	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	3
Buchbinder Legionäre	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	X	7	14	2
WP: Mike Bolsenbroek (LEG)   LP: Marek Minarik (PRA)   Sv: None Attendance: 70 Umpires: HP − Michele De Notta, 1B − Winfried Berkvens, 3B − Fabrizio Fabrizi Boxscore

Final standings

Rk	Team
1	L&D Amsterdam
2	A.S.D. Rimini
3	Fortitudo Bologna
4	Curaçao Neptunus
5*	T&A San Marino
5*	Heidenheim Heideköpfe
7	Buchbinder Legionäre
8	Kotlarka Praha

^* Both teams share 5th place.

Statistics leaders

Batting Statistic Name Total/Avg Batting average Nick Urbanus (AMS) .571 Hits Nick Urbanus (AMS) 8 Runs Nick Urbanus (AMS) 10 Home runs Janison Boekhoudt (NEP) 2 RBI Janison Boekhoudt (NEP) 8 Walks Jose Flores (RIM) 6 Stolen bases Gilmer Lampe (AMS) Mirco Caradonna (RIM) 3 On-base percentage Nick Urbanus (AMS) .647 Slugging percentage Nick Urbanus (AMS) .929 OBPS Nick Urbanus (AMS) 1.576

Pitching Statistic Name Total/Avg Wins 16 players 1 Losses 16 players 2 Saves Tom de Blok (AMS) Carlos Teran (RIM) 2 Innings pitched Marek Červenka (PRA) 12.1 Hits allowed Carlos Teran (RIM) 0 Runs allowed Carlos Teran (RIM) 0 Earned runs allowed 9 players 0 ERA 9 players 0.00 Walks Loek van Mil (NEP) Roberto Corradini (RIM) 0 Strikeouts/Game Yoimer Camacho (SMR) 15.43

See also

• European Baseball Championship
• Asia Series
• Caribbean Series
• Baseball awards § Europe

References