Here are some interesting facts that Philip J Lowry sent us. Since 1963 Philip gathers information on the longest games ever played by European teams. If anybody knows of a longer game please comment on this article. There are also some countries without any information yet.
GERMANY:
20 innings – Reiterstadion, Koln – 4/6/2005 – Bundesliga Nord – Bonn Capitals 9 Koln Cardinals 7 in 5:50 – 600 fans – finished at 6:50 PM.
ITALY AND SAN MARINO: 17 – San Marino Stadium, San Marino – 9/16/1986 – European Confederation Playoffs – Biemme Fortitudo Bologna 12 Chesterfield San Marino 10 in 5:45 – finished at 2:45 AM.
NETHERLANDS: 17 – Neptunus Family Stadion, Rotterdam – 7/6/2001 – World Port Tournament – Cuba 5 Netherlands 4 in 4:59, rhubarb delay 0:06 top 7th – 5000 fans, 4250 fans at end – finished at 12:35 AM.
BELGIUM: 16 – ?/??/1995 – Sportpark Brasschaaat, Antwerp – Brasschaat Braves 5 Royal Greys 4 in 4:50 – 200 fans – finished at 8:20 PM.
CZECH: 15 – Strawberry Fields, Blansko – 5/10/2003 – Arrows Ostrava 5 Olympia Blansko 4 in 4:40 – finished at 5:40 PM.
SWEDEN: 15 – Oskarshamn Arena, Oskarshamn – 5/22/2005 – Oskarshamn Lost Boys 11 Goteborg Sharks 10 in 5:45 – finished at 6:45 PM. SPAIN: 14 – Sant Boi Stadium, Barcelona – 6/21/2003 – European Cup Winners Cup – Minolta Pioniers (Netherlands) 8 Sant Boi 7.
AUSTRIA: 14 – Spenadelwiese, Vienna – 10/15/2005 and 10/16/2005 – National Championships – Vienna Wanderers 7 Vienna Metrostars 4 in 4:30, suspended after 4:00 and 13 ½ innings – 250 fans – suspended at 7:00 PM on 10/15; finished at 12:30 PM on 10/16.
ENGLAND: 13 – Coldham Common, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – ?/??/2002 – Cambridge Monarchs 5 Croydon Pirates 4; 13 – Croydon, Surrey – 4/26/2003 – Rawlings National League – Croydon Pirates 14 Menwith Hill Patriots 13 in 5:02.
RUSSIA: 13 – Chocen, Czech – 7/10/2005 – European Championships – Sweden 3 Russia 2.
CROATIA AND UKRAINE: 13 – Estadio Viladecans, Viladecans, Spain – 9/13/2007 – European Olympic Qualifier – Croatia 2 Ukraine 1 in 3:00 – 250 fans – finished at 3:00 PM.
SCOTLAND: 12 – Jack Kane Sports Centre, Edinburgh – 8/4/1996 – Edinburgh Reivers (later Diamond Devils) 13 Glasgow Comets 12 in 5:45 – ended at 7:45 PM.
FRANCE: 11 – Estadio Guillermon Moncada, Santiago, Cuba – 10/13/2003 – World Cup – China 6 France 5 in 3:40 – finished at 11:40 PM.
LITHUANIA: 11 – Vilnius – 8/2/2001 – National Championships – Juodasis Vikingus Vilnius 7 Lituanica Kaunus 6.
IRELAND: 11 – Regensburg, Germany – 8/3/2004 – European B-Pool Championships – Ireland 8 Austria 2.
SLOVENIA: 11 – Varazdin Srednjoskolac, Varazdin, Croatia – 4/21/2007 – Croatia/Serbia/Slovenia Interliga Tournament – Ljubljana Jezica
(Slovenia) 9 Beograd 96 (Serbia) 8.
FINLAND: 10 – Helsinki – 9/1/2002 – National Championships – Icebreakers 12 Athletics 9.
UNKNOWN:
ALBANIA, ANDORRA, ARMENIA, AZORES, BELARUS, BOSNIA, BULGARIA, CANARY ISLANDS, CHANNEL ISLANDS, CORSICA, CYPRUS, DENMARK, ESTONIA, GEORGIA, GIBRALTER, HUNGARY, ICELAND, ISLE OF MAN, KALAALLIT NUNAAT, KOSOVO, LATVIA, LIECHTENSTEIN, LUXEMBOURG, MACEDONIA, MALTA, MONACO, MOLDOVA, MONTENEGRO, NORTHERN IRELAND, NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SLOVAKIA, SWITZERLAND, WALES
Many thanks to Philip.
you do not mention greece in the uknown list .
maybe its an error maybe not .
anyway for your information greece has never played a regular baseball game up to 9 innings . from 2000 and on, that baseball exist in our country, all games end in 7 innings due to our low level and limited time during games considering the fact that all games of all our championships are played in the 2 olympic training fields in hellinikon.
However in a game during the greek cup in october of 2004 a game ended after 2 extra innings on the 9th, after 4 hours and 5 minutes . the teams participating were Marousi 2004 that lost and Aris Thessalonikis that won the game on a score of 20 – 7 (tied 7 -7 0n the 7th and 8th)
thank you for reading my comment
LATVIA: 10 – Riga – 8/11/2007 – National Championships – Riga Lions 8 Baldone Barons 11