Confederation of European Baseball

Confederation of European Baseball
Abbreviation	CEB
Formation	1953
Type	International sport federation
Purpose/focus	Sport governing body
Headquarters	Lausanne, Switzerland
Region served	Europe
Membership	38
Official languages	English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch
President	Martin Miller
Parent organization	International Baseball Federation
Website	http://www.baseballeurope.com/

The Confederation of European Baseball (Confédération Européenne de Baseball, CEB), is the governing body of baseball within Europe. The CEB was founded in 1953 with 5 members, which were Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. As of today, there are 38 members, excluding Armenia. In 2010, there were 112,303 players in the CEB countries.

The confederation is responsible for operating the European Baseball Championship, a championship that has been running for over 50 years in Europe.

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–) Great Britain (1960–) Greece (1999–) Hungary (1993–) Ireland (1994–) Israel (1995–) Italy (1953–1967, 1969–) Latvia (2009–)

Lithuania (1992–) Malta (1983–) Moldova (1993–) Netherlands (1956–1967, 1969–) Norway (1993–) Poland (1990–) Portugal (1994–) Romania (1991–) Russia (1992–) San Marino (1971–)

Serbia (2006–) Slovakia (1993–) Slovenia (1992–) Spain (1953–) Sweden (1957–) Switzerland (1982–) Turkey (2001–) Ukraine (1992–)

Former members

Armenia (1994–2011) Czechoslovakia (1989–1993) Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006) Soviet Union (1988–1992) Tunisia (1957–1962) Yugoslavia (1983–1992)

Rankings

See also: IBAF World Rankings

When the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) first released their world rankings, the Netherlands were the highest ranked team listed. The only continental tournaments recognised at the time were the 2005 and 2007 European Baseball Championship, which were both won by the Netherlands.

The IBAF released their updated rankings list in August 2009, in addition to the most recently contested tournaments being added and their expired counterparts being removed, the results of the 2005 European Baseball Championship were removed. This resulted in the removal of Greece from the rankings list. The Netherlands maintained its position as first of the European teams and sixth of the world.

Rankings as of November 2011:

CEB Rank	IBAF Rank	Team	Points
1	5	Netherlands	483.51
2	13	Italy	177.94
3	17	Germany	51.24
4	18	Spain	49.01
5	20	Czech Republic	45.46
6	22	Great Britain	33.32
7	24	Croatia	29.07
8	26	Greece	21.50
9	28	Sweden	19.95
10	29	Belgium	19.75

CEB Rank	IBAF Rank	Team	Points
11	35	Russia	12.45
12	40	France	8.50
13	43	Ukraine	6.46
14	44	Austria	5.79
15	45	Lithuania	5.44
16	47	Israel	5.06
17	48	Switzerland	4.90
18	49	Bulgaria	4.89
19	50	Poland	4.86
20	51	Romania	4.80

CEB Rank	IBAF Rank	Team	Points
21	52	Slovakia	4.66
22	53	Slovenia	4.65
23	56	Ireland	2.79
24	57	Belarus	2.74
25	58	Hungary	2.39
26	61	Finland	1.44
27	62	Portugal	1.36
28	68	Serbia	0.87
29	69	Latvia	0.70
30	70	Malta	0.44

CEB Rank	IBAF Rank	Team	Points
Not ranked		Cyprus	0.00
		Denmark	0.00
		Estonia	0.00
		Georgia	0.00
		Moldova	0.00
		Norway	0.00
		San Marino	0.00
		Turkey	0.00

Further reading

• Chetwynd, Josh (2008). Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History. 344 pp. (77 photos). Print ISBN 978-0-7864-3724-5; EBook ISBN 978-0-7864-5175-3

External links

• Confederation of European Baseball website