During the CEB Congress in Athens, Greece last weekend the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) also announced the winners of the 2018 awards. Hiro Sakanashi was named coach of the year for leading Austria back to the A-Pool. David Kulhanek from the Czech Republic was named umpire of the year, Huub Nelissen scorer of the year. As best federation of the year the Hungarian Baseball and Softball Federation got awarded. Little League got honored with the special Xavier Mateu Award.