While league play continues throughout the weekend in several countries, other have scheduled a bye week, which makes room for two interesting tournaments in Europe.
Finkstonball XIII 2010 in Attnang-Puchheim, Austria (May 22-24)
Twelve teams from ten countries will travel to the Austrian Attnang-Puchheim this weekend for the 13th edition of the Finkstonball tournament. The games will be played from Saturday through Monday. The defending champion is the German second-division club Bad Homburg Hornets. Reigning national champions like the Therwil Flyers (Switzerland), Dinamo Bucharest (Romania), and Kranjski Lisjaki (Slovenia) will also travel to Austria. Additionally the baseball tournament is accompanied by a music festival.
Buchbinder Cup 2010 in Regensburg, Germany (May 22-24)
With numerous editions of the German Open, the 2008 European Cup, obviously the 2009 Baseball World Cup and most recently the 2010 MLB Academies Tournament the Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg have major experience in organizing Baseball tournaments. Their newest product is the invitational tourney “Buchbinder Cup”. Three teams from the German Baseball-Bundesliga will use the free weekend to travel to the Armin Wolf Arena to battle the hosting Buchbinder Legionaere, the Heidenheim Heidekoepfe, the Paderborn Untouchables and the HSV Stealers.