One of the biggest baseball tournaments in Europe and definitely the greatest in Austria takes place this upcoming weekend. The 11th edition of the Finkstonball is scheduled for May 9th to 12th in Attnang-Puchheim. The local Austrian Baseball League club MOSQUITO ATHLETICS is host to eleven teams from all over Europe to compete on three game days over the course of 30 matches. The event starts on Friday evening with first games of the preliminary round and lasts until Monday with the finals.
These are the twelve participating teams from eight different countries:
1. Attnang-Puchheim Athletics (AUT)
2. Oosterhout Twins (NED)
3. Hluboka Cardinals (CZE)
4. Baseball Club Zagreb (CRO)
5. Kranjski Lisjaki (SLO)
6. Dinamo Bucharest (ROM)
7. Domaclice Wolfs (CZE)
8. Dornbirn Indians (AUT)
9. Sissach Frogs (SUI)
10. Bad Homburg Hornets (GER)
11. Hellevoet Athletics (NED)
12. BSK Vindija Varazdin (CRO)
Schedule:
Friday May 9th:
18:00 Preliminary Round: Mosquito Athletics – Dinamo Bucharest
Saturday May 10th:
09:00 Preliminary Round Games
18:00 Official Opening Match: Finkstonball All Stars – Austrian National Team
Sunday May 11th:
09:00 Preliminary Round Games
15:00 Semi-Finals
Monday May 12th:
09:00 Classification Games
11:00 Bronze Medal Game
13:00 Home Run Derby
14:00 Final
At the same time a music festival takes place in the city of Attnang-Puchheim.