The organizers of the international baseball tournament Finkstonball in Attnang-Puchheim, Austria have announced the 12 teams which will participate in the 16th edition from May 18 to 20, 2013. The national teams from Switzerland, Austria and Poland will use the tournament as an opportunity to prepare for the B-Level European Championship this summer. Overall nine different countries will be represented. For the first time – thanks to The International Game – a team from the United States will participate.
Participating Teams at XVI Finkstonball
1. Attnang-Puchheim Athletics (AUT)
2. The International Game (USA)
3. Swiss Nationalteam (SUI)
4. Austrian Nationalteam (AUT)
5. Belfast Northstars (GBR)
6. Bad Homburg Hornets (GER)
7. Polish Nationalteam (POL)
8. Sissach Frogs (SUI)
9. Hluboka Cardinals(CZE)
10. Athletic Sofia (BUL)
11. BK Vindija (CRO)
12. Domazlice Wolfs (CZE)
if baseball and softball do not get back into the Olympics after the World Classic,then the Olympic Committee are biased and the wrong people to be running the games. A competition won by Dominincan Republic, 2nd= Puerto Rico 3rd(in olympic terms) Japan and Netherlands.
The finalists are relatively poor and small countries and all four do not appear the top ten medal winners at the Olympics. Japan were 11th, and Netherlands 13th.
Three continents are represented in the medal winners ,so much for this being a game seriously played, only by the USA(as you often hear some of the media tell us).