The CEB European Cup (also: European Champions Cup ) is the highest-ranking European club cup in baseball . The cup was held for the first time in 1963. Since 2008 the cup has been played in two pools (tournaments). From 2013 to 2015, the first and second of the two pools determined the CEB European Cup winner in the European Champion Cup Final Four . Since 2016, 8 teams have been playing in the European Champions Cup (A-Pool) and in the CEB Cup (B-Pool), with the winner of the CEB Cup moving up to the European Champions Cup and the loser moving up to the European Champions Cup in the CEB Cup descends.