Press Release Confederation of European Baseball (CEB)
The Confederation of European Baseball, in conjunction with the KNBSB, NOS and Eurosport 2/Eurosport Asia Pacific will be producing and broadcasting four games of the European Championship. The event took off on September 7th and the Championship Game will be played September 16th, with games being held in the cities of Rotterdam, Haarlem and Utrect.
12 teams (divided into two groups) are participating in the event, with Italy being the returning champion. The top six (Italy, Spain, Sweden from group ‘A’; The Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic from group ‘B’, will compete for the medals starting Thursday 13th.
The addition of the production will make available one of International Baseball’s great showcases to over 70 million baseball fans globally.
- On Thursday September 13th: Sweden-Netherlands live from 7.30 to 10.00 pm (CET) on the Pan European version
- On Friday September 14th: Netherlands-Spain live from 7.30 to 10.00 pm (CET) in Western and Southern Europe only
- On Saturday 15th: Italy-Netherlands live from 7.30 to 10 pm (CET) in Western and Southern Europe and from 8.30 to 10.00 pm (CET) on the Pan European Version
- Final on Sunday 16th: live from 1.00 pm (CET) on the Pan European version
About Eurosport
Eurosport 2 is one of the fastest-growing TV channels in Europe, reaching 60 million households in 18 languages across 47 countries.
SOUTHERN EUROPE AND MEDITERRANEAN: Cyprus, Grreece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Turkey
WESTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE AND OTHER COUNTRIES: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine
Eurosport 2 HD was launched in August 2009 and offers extensive coverage of premium properties such as Bundesliga football. Eurosport Asia-Pacific reaches 17 countries in the region.
Good to hear about 4 games on Eurosport.
We have to take baseball to a higher level. We need a pan european league of international teams or club teams. at an international level every interested country could have a team. Now enough for 3 divisions of six countries per division to allow the weaker countries progress and the strongest to get competitive baseball. One team relegated and promoted each season as I outlined before and with altering of this set up as the standards improve.
Baseball has got to seize the bull by the horns. If we have only one league of the top six, how do we encourage the others to improve?
Not as good as it seems. You se we in GB do not get proper Eurosport because our narrow minded football fans demand more and more football and won’t watch any foreign sports.So we get British Eurosport whatever that means . I know what it does mean there is no handball,volleyball, baseball, etc etc and more football,tennis and motor racing.
So no baseball yet again.