by Michal Hanus
For already the seventh time the annual senior baseball tournament PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL BASEBALL CUP will be held during the last weekend in June at the Tempo Praha baseball facility. Organizers started with small tournament for their Irish friends from Dublin Hurricanes. After the last three years had been difficult for the organizers in regards of the number of participants, the seventh edition is becoming the biggest and most competitive tournament in the history of the PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL BASEBALL CUP. Six teams from five countries will take part. Friends from USA will participate for the first time since five years. For the first time organizers will welcome the Hungarian U21 national team. The tournament takes advantage, that at the same time aproximatelly 5 km from tournament venue another great and more known tournament PRAGUE BASEBALL WEEK is playing, so participants if they are not playing their game, are used to visit Eagles Park and watch the PRAGUE BASEBALL WEEK games.
Six teams Tempo Titans Prague (CZE), Aligatori Znojmo (CZE), Foreign Devils (USA), Team Nicarao (GER), Fighting Flies Bratislava (SVK) and Hungarian U21 national team (HUN) will be divided into two groups. Games in groups will start already on Friday evening with an opening game and will continue through Saturday. Saturday evening is dedicated to the non baseball skill competition Beer Derby at The Pub restaurant in city center. Sunday games for are scheduled final standings only.
All necessary information about tournament as well as results from past editions is available at www.titans.cz/pibc