Bern Cardinals

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Bern Cardinals
  • Foundation: 1986
  • Member of the SBSF
Teams baseball
  • Baseball: National League A, National League B, 1st League, U15, U13
  • Softball: National League A
Ball park
Allmend, Bern
Swiss championship title
2001 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013
Cup wins
2001 • 2005
Qualifier European Cup winner
2008 • 2009 • 2012
official homepage
www.cardinalsbern.ch

The Bern Cardinals Baseball and Softball Club is a club from Bern that participates with various teams in the Swiss baseball and softball leagues of the Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation (SBSF). With eight championship titles in the last nine years, the Bernese are not only the most successful Swiss NLA team in the last decade, but also Swiss record champions with a total of nine titles. In addition, the Bern Cardinals were the first and so far only Swiss team to qualify for the CEB European Cup , i.e. the best twelve teams in Europe.

title

Swiss champions in baseball:

  • NLA: 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • NLB: 2011, 2012, 2013
  • 1st division: 2009

Swiss Cup winner:

  • 2001 and 2005 (Swiss Cup has not been held since 2008).

Qualifier European Cup winner:

  • 2008, 2009, 2012

Play-Offs European Cup Relegation Winner:

  • 2012

International

In 2008 the first team of the Bern Cardinals became the first baseball club in the history of Swiss baseball to win a European qualifying tournament of the Confederation of European Baseball (CEB for short). The Cardinals remained undefeated in the strong tournament in Brno . This success could be repeated in 2009 when the Bernese were able to win the qualification tournament in Attnang-Puchheim (Austria) again. Player-coach John Baum was named Best Pitcher and MVP of the tournament. In 2012 they did the same in Blagoevgrad (BUL), but this time without failing in the subsequent relegation round: The Bern Cardinals were also the first Swiss baseball team to win the 2012 Play-Offs European Cup relegation in Zurich, with Vitus Huber as best batter and John Baum as MVP were honored. With this success, the Bern Cardinals secured the SBSF a place in the CEB European Cup for 2013 , in which the top twelve teams in Europe take part. In this 'Champions League finals' in Regensburg (D) in 2013, the Bernese remained without a win and could not keep Switzerland's place in the top 12 in Europe in the relegation round in Zurich. Thanks to the title defense in the Swiss NLA 2013, the record champions Bern Cardinals were able to participate in the qualification tournament again in 2014 - this time in Stockholm (SVE).

The Bern Cardinals have so far participated in the following CEB Cups:

CEB European Cup:

  • 2013 Regensburg (D) - 6th place


CEB Play-Offs European Cup Relegation:

  • 2008 Antwerp (BEL) - 2nd place: two wins against Kaunas Lituanica (LIT), two losses against Antwerp Royal Grays (BEL)
  • 2009 Paris (FRA) - 2nd place: two defeats against Templiers de Senart (FRA)
  • 2012 Zurich (SUI) - 1st place : two wins and one loss against Montpellier Barracudas (FRA)
  • 2013 Zurich (SUI) - 2nd place: a win against Templiers de Senart (FRA) and a loss against KNTU Elizavetgrad (UKR)


CEB Qualifier European Cups:

  • 2002 Antwerp (BEL) - 4th place
  • 2003 Braaschat (BEL) - 5th place
  • 2004 Wiener Neustadt (Austria) - 4th place
  • 2005 Montpellier (FRA) - 3rd place
  • 2006 Antwerp (BEL) - 5th place
  • 2007 Abrantes (POR) - 2nd place
  • 2008 Brno (CZE) - 1st place
  • 2009 Attnang-Puchheim (Austria) - 1st place
  • 2011 Attnang-Puchheim (Austria) - 2nd place
  • 2012 Blagoevgrad (BUL) - 1st place
  • 2014 Stockholm (SVE) - 4th place


The Bern Cardinals softball team has so far participated in the following European Softball Federation (ESF) European Cup Winners Cup Women :

  • 2010 Edirne (TUR) - 3rd place

See also

Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 6th championship title in 7 years. Bern Cardinals in Swiss baseball the measure of all things. October 3, 2011, accessed October 21, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Bern Cardinals win in Puchheim. Bern Cardinals make Europe insecure. June 23, 2009, accessed September 6, 2012 .
  3. ↑ The Bern Cardinals have qualified for the Champions League. The Bern Cardinals make history. August 27, 2012, accessed September 6, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Qualifier European Cup '14. Qualifier European Cup 2014. 2014, accessed October 16, 2014 .
  5. ^ CEB Competition History. CEB Competition History. 2014, accessed October 16, 2014 .
  6. ↑ ESF ECWCW. ESF ECWCW Standings. 2014, accessed October 16, 2014 .