Autofficina Bignami Athletics Bologna is the new Italian Winter League champion. They defeated last year’s winner San Martino Junior 4-1 in the final. Junior Grosseto takes third place after beating Oltretorrente Parma in the bronze medal game. The eighth edition of the Italian indoor championship for youth teams as a conclusion of the regional tournaments took place in Bologna on Sunday.
The A’s and San Martino easily cruised through the preliminary round and had no problems to finish first in their respective pools. Federico MONTI (Athletics) received honors for best pitcher. Alberto TOMASIN (Cervignano) was awarded with the best batter trophy. And Samuel SILVESTRI (Athletics) was named Finals-MVP.
Results:
Group A
BC Cairese – Athletics Bologna 0-7
Junior Grosseto – Praissola 2-1
Athletics Bologna – Junior Grosseto 2-1
Praissola – BC Cairese 7-5
BC Cairese – Junior Grosseto 0-12
Athletics Bologna – Praissola 3-0
Group B
Oltretorrente – San Martino Junior 3-7
San Martino Junior – BSC Arezzo 9-0
BSC Arezzo – Cervignano Udine 5-9
Cervignano Udine – Oltretorrente 2-4
San Martino Junior – Cervignano Udine 6-0
BSC Arezzo – Oltretorrente 0-5
Bronze Medal Game: Oltretorrente – Junior Grosseto 1-2
Final: Athletics Bologna – San Martino Junior 4-1
Final Standings:
- 1 Autofficina Bignami Athletics Bologna
- 2 San Martino Junior
- 3 Perna Costruzioni Junior Grosseto
- 4 Tipografia AMC Oltretorrente BC Parma
- 5 Polisportiva QRE Praissola Verona
- 5 Sultan Cervignano Tigers Baseball Udine
- 7 BSC Arezzo
- 7 BC Cairese
Complete Results (pdf-file)
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