Confederation of European Baseball

Logo of the CEB

The Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) is the European baseball association based in Lausanne , Switzerland .

The association was founded in 1953 by the five founding members Belgium , Germany , France , Italy and Spain .

Currently (2012) the association has 38 members. The newest member is Latvia and in 2011 Armenia left the European Baseball Association.

The CEB is responsible for organizing the European baseball championships and has around 150,000 active members. The CEB is also the host of the annual CEB European Cup , the European baseball cup , which has been played in two pools (tournaments) since 2008. The first and second of the pools then determine the CEB European Champions Cup in the European Champion Cup Final Four .

Members

Austria (1983–)  Belarus (1994–)  Belgium (1953–)  Bulgaria (1992–)  Croatia (1992–)  Cyprus (1999–)  Czech Republic (1993–)  Denmark (1979–)  Estonia (1992–)  Finland (1981–)

France (1953–)  Georgia (1992–)  Germany (1953–)  United Kingdom (1960–)  Greece (1999–)  Hungary (1993–)  Ireland (1994–)  Israel (1995–)  Italy (1953–1967, 1968–)  Latvia (2009–)

Lithuania (1992–)  Malta (1983–)  Moldova (1993–)  Netherlands (1956–1967, 1968–)  Norway (1993–)  Poland (1990–)  Portugal (1994–)  Romania (1991–)  Russia (1992–)  San Marino (1992-)

Serbia (1996–)  Slovakia (1993–)  Slovenia (1992–)  Spain (1953–)  Sweden (1957–)  Switzerland (1982–)  Turkey (2001–)  Ukraine (1992–)

former members

•  Czechoslovakia (1989–1993)
•  Soviet Union (1988–1992)
•  Yugoslavia (1983–1992)
•  Armenia (1994-2011)

Web links

• Official web presence of the CEB

Individual evidence

1. ^ CEB History 1953-2005. (No longer available online.) Confederation of European Baseball (CEB), archived from the original on September 27, 2011 ; accessed on November 23, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: IBAF baseball facts, Confederation of European Baseball )
3. ↑ Members 1953-2012. (No longer available online.) Confederation of European Baseball (CEB), archived from the original on October 3, 2009 ; accessed on November 23, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.