Day One of the Federation Cup Qualifier in Jánossomorja, Hungary, produced wins for Utenos Titani (Lithuania), Puumat Baseball (Finland), and Thunder Wolves Botoșani (Romania) in the two-group event. The Federation Cup Qualifier is the lowest-ranked of WBSC Europe’s four baseball cups, and fifth in the overall tiers of European club baseball. For more, consult our introduction here [link]. The top two teams from each group will meet for the semifinals, with first in one group playing the second-ranked in the other and vice versa.
Box scores can be found here [link]. All games played to seven innings, rather than nine.
Results
June 1
Utenos 7 – Kristiansand 0
Puumat 5 – Lions 2
June 2
Utenos – Lions
Kristiansand – Puumat
June 3
Lions– Kristiansand
June 4
Puumat – Utenos
Group A Standings
| Team | W-L | RF | RA |
| Puumat B.C. | 1-0 | 5 | 2 |
| Utenos Titanai | 1-0 | 7 | 0 |
| Lions NSA | 0-1 | 2 | 5 |
| Kristiansand Suns | 0-1 | 0 | 7 |
Results
June 1
Kyiv 3 – Botoșani 5
June 2
Jánossomorja – Tampere
June 3
Kyiv – Tampere
Botoșani – Jánossomorja
June 4
Tampere – Botoșani
Jánossomorja – Kyiv
Group B Standings
| Team | W-L | RF | RA |
| Thunder Wolves Botoșani | 1-0 | 5 | 3 |
| Jánossomorja Rascals | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampere Tigers | 0-0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyiv B.C. | 0-1 | 3 | 5 |