Mister Baseball

Here are some interesting facts that Philip J Lowry sent us. Since 1963 Philip gathers information on the longest games ever played by European teams. If anybody knows of a longer game please comment on this article. There are also some countries without any information yet.

GERMANY:
20 innings – Reiterstadion, Koln - 4/6/2005 – Bundesliga Nord – Bonn Capitals 9 Koln Cardinals 7 in 5:50 – 600 fans – finished at 6:50 PM.

ITALY AND SAN MARINO: 17 – San Marino Stadium, San Marino – 9/16/1986 – European Confederation Playoffs – Biemme Fortitudo Bologna 12 Chesterfield San Marino 10 in 5:45 – finished at 2:45 AM.

NETHERLANDS: 17 – Neptunus Family Stadion, Rotterdam - 7/6/2001 – World Port Tournament - Cuba 5 Netherlands 4 in 4:59, rhubarb delay 0:06 top 7th – 5000 fans, 4250 fans at end – finished at 12:35 AM.

BELGIUM: 16 – ?/??/1995 – Sportpark Brasschaaat, Antwerp - Brasschaat Braves 5 Royal Greys 4 in 4:50 – 200 fans – finished at 8:20 PM.

CZECH: 15 – Strawberry Fields, Blansko – 5/10/2003 – Arrows Ostrava 5 Olympia Blansko 4 in 4:40 – finished at 5:40 PM.

SWEDEN: 15 – Oskarshamn Arena, Oskarshamn - 5/22/2005 – Oskarshamn Lost Boys 11 Goteborg Sharks 10 in 5:45 – finished at 6:45 PM. SPAIN: 14 – Sant Boi Stadium, Barcelona - 6/21/2003 – European Cup Winners Cup - Minolta Pioniers (Netherlands) 8 Sant Boi 7.

AUSTRIA: 14 – Spenadelwiese, Vienna - 10/15/2005 and 10/16/2005 – National Championships – Vienna Wanderers 7 Vienna Metrostars 4 in 4:30, suspended after 4:00 and 13 ½ innings - 250 fans - suspended at 7:00 PM on 10/15; finished at 12:30 PM on 10/16.

ENGLAND: 13 – Coldham Common, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire - ?/??/2002 – Cambridge Monarchs 5 Croydon Pirates 4; 13 – Croydon, Surrey – 4/26/2003 – Rawlings National League – Croydon Pirates 14 Menwith Hill Patriots 13 in 5:02.

RUSSIA: 13 – Chocen, Czech – 7/10/2005 - European Championships - Sweden 3 Russia 2.

CROATIA AND UKRAINE: 13 – Estadio Viladecans, Viladecans, Spain – 9/13/2007 – European Olympic Qualifier – Croatia 2 Ukraine 1 in 3:00 – 250 fans – finished at 3:00 PM.

SCOTLAND: 12 – Jack Kane Sports Centre, Edinburgh - 8/4/1996 – Edinburgh Reivers (later Diamond Devils) 13 Glasgow Comets 12 in 5:45 – ended at 7:45 PM.

FRANCE: 11 – Estadio Guillermon Moncada, Santiago, Cuba – 10/13/2003 – World Cup - China 6 France 5 in 3:40 – finished at 11:40 PM.

LITHUANIA: 11 – Vilnius - 8/2/2001 – National Championships – Juodasis Vikingus Vilnius 7 Lituanica Kaunus 6.

IRELAND: 11 – Regensburg, Germany – 8/3/2004 – European B-Pool Championships – Ireland 8 Austria 2.

SLOVENIA: 11 – Varazdin Srednjoskolac, Varazdin, Croatia – 4/21/2007 – Croatia/Serbia/Slovenia Interliga Tournament - Ljubljana Jezica
(Slovenia) 9 Beograd 96 (Serbia) 8.

FINLAND: 10 – Helsinki - 9/1/2002 – National Championships – Icebreakers 12 Athletics 9.

UNKNOWN:
ALBANIA, ANDORRA, ARMENIA, AZORES, BELARUS, BOSNIA, BULGARIA, CANARY ISLANDS, CHANNEL ISLANDS, CORSICA, CYPRUS, DENMARK, ESTONIA, GEORGIA, GIBRALTER, HUNGARY, ICELAND, ISLE OF MAN, KALAALLIT NUNAAT, KOSOVO, LATVIA, LIECHTENSTEIN, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALTA, MONACO, MOLDOVA, MONTENEGRO, NORTHERN IRELAND, NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA, SWITZERLAND, WALES

Many thanks to Philip.