With the 2025 European Baseball Championship set to begin in Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Novara on Saturday, ten of the sixteen countries are scheduled to play at least one exhibition game in preparation for the Baseball Euros. At least some of the games were also streamed, with videos still available. These are linked where known, as are box scores from the Italian Baseball Week, which was contested by Czech Republic, Italy, and Baseball Jobs Overseas’ Globetrotters.
Results (Innings, if known)
12/9 (Codogno, Italy): Italy 3 – Baseball Jobs Overseas 3 (9) [Video][Box]
12/9 (Codogno, Italy): Baseball Jobs Overseas 2 – Czech Republic 8 (7) [Video][Box]
13/9 (Codogno, Italy): Czech Republic 2 – Italy 15 (7) [Video][Box]
14/9 (Codogno, Italy): Italy 8 – Czech Republic 9 (9) [Video][Box]
14/9 (Regensburg, Germany): Austria 18 – Switzerland 2
14/9 (Regensburg, Germany): Austria 4 – Switzerland 9
15/9 (Antwerp, Belgium): France 5 – Belgium 3 (6) [Video]
16/9 (Antwerp, Belgium): France 1 – Belgium 4 (5) [Video]
16/9 (Rotterdam, Netherlands): Spain W – Netherlands [Video]
16/9 (Hamburg, Germany): Sweden – Germany (Rain, postponed to 17/9)
17/9 (Merchtem, Belgium): France 1 – Belgium 5 (7) [Video]
17/9 (Hamburg, Germany): Sweden 2 – Germany 9 [Video]
17/9 (Hamburg, Germany): Sweden 2 – Germany 1 (9) [Score unconfirmed.]
17/9 (Paderborn, Germany): Austria – Paderborn Untouchables
18/9 (Hamburg, Germany): Sweden – Germany [Cancelled, rain]
18/9 (Paderborn, Germany): Austria – Paderborn Untouchables
Other Teams
The following teams do not have any friendlies scheduled, as far as we can ascertain: Croatia, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Israel, and Lithuania. Great Britain is training at the Hoofdorp Pioniers Stadium in central Netherlands.
By Gabriel Fidler, Managing Editor.