by Alex Gorrin
Back in late July/ early August, when the Bulgarian national team participated in the European qualifier in Croatia, the baseball league in Bulgaria welcomed a short summer break with a few games from the lower part of the standings. A couple of weeks ago, the National Championship games resumed with some make-up matches and continued onto the September 5+6 weekend, when the playoffs got underway with the semifinal qualification battles.
Here are the latest results and standings:
July 21
Akademiks Sofia – Wolves AAS Sofia 9:0 (ff)
July 25
Lions NSA Sofia – Wolves AAS Sofia 7:8
Akademiks Sofia – Athletic Kozloduy 15:8
Athletic Kozloduy – Akademiks Sofia 12:8
August 30
Athletic Kozloduy – Wolves AAS Sofia 6:16
Standings after the regular phase of the National Championship
- Buffaloes Blagoevgrad
- Athletic Sofia
- Sofia Blues
- Devils Dupnitsa
- Akademiks Sofia
- Junak Sofia
- Athletic Kozloduy
- Wolves AAS Sofia
- Lions NSA Sofia
Playoffs, Semifinal Qualification:
September 5
Junak Sofia – Sofia Blues 4:21
Akademiks Sofia – Devils Dupnitsa 14:15
September 6
Sofia Blues – Junak Sofia 15:0 /Sofia Blues win series 2:0 to advance to the semifinals/
Devils Dupnitsa – Akadmeiks Sofia 9:0 (ff) /Devils Dupnitsa win series 2:0 to advance to the semis/
Playoffs, Semifinal Matchups
Buffaloes Blagoevgrad v Devils Dupnitsa (best of 3)
Athletic Sofia v Sofia Blues (best of 3)
The baseball season in Bulgaria is entering the most anticipated portion of the calendar and the upcoming weekends will bring a lot of emotion for all baseball fans from across the country. The playoff race will determine 2015’s champions, while the Bulgaria Cup will also provide a stage for all clubs/ teams from the country to enjoy fall baseball.