Germany national baseball team

Germany national baseball team
Germany national baseball team
Information
Country	Germany
Federation	German Baseball and Softball Federation
Confederation	WBSC Europe
Manager	Jendrick Speer
WBSC ranking
Current	17 1 (26 March 2026)
Highest	17 (December 2012)
Lowest	22 (2 times; latest in December 2018)
European Championship
Best result	2nd (1957)

The Germany national baseball team is the national baseball team for Germany. They are a contender for the European Baseball Championship, and have competed in the Baseball World Cup. Jendrick Speer is the manager, since March 2023.^[2]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.^[3]

Legend

Win Lose Void or postponed Fixture

2025

World Baseball Classic Q	March 2	China	2–12 (F/7)	Germany	Kino Sports Complex, United States
	11:00 MST	LP: Yanlun Zhang (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Markus Solbach (1–0) HR: Donald Lutz (1)	Attendance: 1,549 Umpires: Tanner Moore (HP), Alan Izaguirre (1B), Harley Acosta (2B), Alessandro Spera (3B)

World Baseball Classic Q	March 3	Brazil	9–7	Germany	Kino Sports Complex, United States
	11:00 MST	WP: Enzo Sawayama (1–0) Sv: Eric Pardinho (1)	Boxscore	LP: Jaden Agassi (0–1)	Attendance: 2,193 Umpires: Casey James (HP), Tanner Moore (1B), Wilfredo Montoya (2B), Trevor Dannegger (3B)

World Baseball Classic Q	March 4	Germany	0–10 (F/7)	Colombia	Kino Sports Complex, United States
	18:00 MST	LP: Mark Harrison (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Adrian Almeida (1–0)	Attendance: 2,137 Umpires: Alessandro Spera (HP), Trevor Dannegger (1B), Alan Izaguirre (2B), Casey James (3B)

World Baseball Classic Q	March 6	Germany	4–6	Brazil	Kino Sports Complex, United States
	18:00 MST	LP: Niklas Rimmel (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Pedro Da Costa Lemos (1–0) Sv: Murilo Gouvea (1)	Attendance: 2,247 Umpires: Harley Acosta (HP), Tanner Moore (1B), Casey James (2B), Alessandro Spera (3B)

2022

World Baseball Classic Q	September 17	Great Britain	8–1	Germany	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
	19:00 CET	WP: Akeel Morris (1-0) HR: Justin Wylie (1), Harry Ford (2)	Boxscore	LP: Brian Flynn (0-1)	Attendance: 2,216 Umpires: Tyler Jones (HP), Jon Byrne (1B), Sam Burch (2B), Young Chou Kwon (3B)

World Baseball Classic Q	September 19	South Africa	5–11	Germany	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
	12:00 CET	LP: Kevin Townend (0-1) HR: Dayle Feldtman (1)	Boxscore	WP: Nick Wittgren (1-0) Sv: Sascha Koch (1) HR: William Germaine (1), Demetrius Moorer (1, 2)	Attendance: 920 Umpires: Sam Burch (HP), Tyler Jones (1B), Young Chou Kwon (2B), Kyohei Makita (3B)

World Baseball Classic Q	September 20	Czech Republic	8–4	Germany	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany
	13:00 CET	WP: Daniel Padysak (1-0) Sv: Michal Kovala (1) HR: Peter Zyma (1), Martin Cervenka (1, 2)	Boxscore	LP: Michael Bienlien (0-1) HR: William Germaine (1)	Attendance: 1,102 Umpires: Kyohei Makita (HP), Tyler Jones (1B), Mark Winters (2B), Darius Gahni (3B)

2021

Friendly	September 3	Germany	8–5	Austria	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
			Boxscore

Friendly	September 5	Germany	6–3	Czech Republic	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
			Boxscore

Friendly	September 6	Germany	5–4	Austria	Wiener Neustadt, Austria
			Boxscore

Euro Championship GS	September 12	Germany	2–8	Croatia	Turin, Italy
			Boxscore

Euro Championship GS	September 13	Spain	15–2 (F/7)	Germany	Settimo Torinese, Italy
			Boxscore

Euro Championship GS	September 14	Ukraine	5–15 (F/7)	Germany	Avigliana, Italy
			Boxscore

Euro Championship RR	September 15	Germany	3–2	France	Turin, Italy
			Boxscore

Euro Championship RR	September 16	Sweden	2–13 (F/7)	Germany	Turin, Italy
			Boxscore

Euro Championship 9th	September 18	Russia	1–4	Germany	Turin, Italy
			Boxscore

2019

Euro Championship GS	September 7	Sweden	1–9	Germany	Solingen, Germany
	21:30 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,900

Euro Championship GS	September 8	Germany	1–0	Great Britain	Bonn, Germany
	19:30 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,350

Euro Championship GS	September 9	Germany	2–4 (F/10)	Israel	Bonn, Germany
	19:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 500

Euro Championship GS	September 10	Netherlands	8–1	Germany	Bonn, Germany
	19:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,100

Euro Championship GS	September 11	Germany	6–10	Czech Republic	Bonn, Germany
	19:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 700

Euro Championship QF	September 13	Italy	7–5	Germany	Bonn, Germany
	19:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,000

Euro Championship CG	September 14	France	4–14 (F/7)	Germany	Bonn, Germany
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 800

Euro Championship 5th	September 15	Czech Republic	4–3	Germany	Bonn, Germany
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,900

2018

Friendly	July 4	Germany	3–12	Czech Republic	Prague, Czech Republic
			Boxscore

Friendly	July 5	Germany	5–15	Czech Republic	Prague, Czech Republic
			Boxscore

Friendly	July 6	Germany	2–4	Czech Republic	Prague, Czech Republic
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week GS	July 13	Germany	0–6	Netherlands	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week GS	July 14	Germany	5–4	Cuba	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week GS	July 16	Japan	6–1	Germany	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week GS	July 18	Germany	3–11	Chinese Taipei	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week GS	July 19	Italy	3–1	Germany	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Haarlem Baseball Week R1R	July 20	Germany	1–7	Cuba	Haarlem, Netherlands
			Boxscore

Super 6 GS	September 18	Germany	1–11 (F/7)	Italy	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 89

Super 6 GS	September 19	Netherlands	13–1 (F/7)	Germany	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	19:30 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 650

Super 6 GS	September 20	Spain	9–1	Germany	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	15:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 142

Super 6 GS	September 21	Germany	6–7	Belgium	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 73

Super 6 GS	September 22	Czech Republic	4–5	Germany	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
	11:00 CET		Boxscore		Attendance: 221

Current roster

Germany roster – 2026 World Baseball Classic Qualifier

Players

Coaches

Pitchers

Catchers

5 Vincent Ahrens
15 Yannic Walther

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

14 Jendrick Speer

Coaches

31 Maurice Wilhelm (bench)
39 Alex Baham (hitting)
1 Octavio Medina (infield)
32 Clemens Cichocki (pitching)
11 Mike Bolsenbroek (bullpen coach)
8 Maurice Bendrien (bullpen catcher)

2016 team

Roster for 2016 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers.^[4]

Manager: Garth Iorg
Coaches: Willie Upshaw, Dennis Cook, Martin Helmig, Troy Williams.

Pos.	Player	Club
P	Sven Schüller	Los Angeles Dodgers
P	Markus Solbach	Arizona Diamondbacks
P	Jan-Niclas Stöcklin	Mainz Athletics
P	Daniel Thieben	Paderborn Untouchables
P	Maurice Wilhelm	Bonn Capitals
P	Daniel Thieben	Paderborn Untouchables
P	Luke Sommer	Heidenheim Heideköpfe
P	Lukas Steinlein	München-Haar Disciples
P	Will Ohman	MLB Retiree
P	Enorbel Marquez	Retired
P	Sascha Koch	Bonn Capitals
P	Lucas Dickman	Mainz Athletics
P	Martin Diego Velad	Heidenheim Heideköpfe
C	Christopher Howard	Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg
C	Bruce Maxwell	Oakland Athletics
C	Simon Gühring	Heidenheim Heideköpfe
IF	Eric Brenk	Bonn Capitals
IF	Ludwig Glaser	Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg
IF	Daniel Hinz	Paderborn Untouchables
IF	Lukas Jahn	Buchbinder Legionäre Regensburg
IF	Nadir Ljatifi	Cincinnati Reds
IF	Donald Lutz	Cincinnati Reds
IF	Christoph Ziegler	München-Haar Disciples
IF	Kevin Trisl	München-Haar Disciples
OF	Max Boldt	Mainz Athletics
OF	Dominique Taylor	Kansas City Royals
OF	Kevin Kotowski	Mainz Athletics
OF	Sascha Lutz	Heidenheim Heideköpfe
OF	Kent Matthes	Lancaster Barnstormers

Previous team

Roster for 2012 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers.

Manager: Erich Kittlaus
Coaches: Terry Abbott, Justin Pope, Gene Roof, Troy Williams.

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
P	20	Mike Bolsenbroek	(1987-03-11)March 11, 1987	Buchbinder Legionäre
P	9	Alex Burgos	(1990-12-01)December 1, 1990	Lakeland Flying Tigers
P	5	Martin Dewald	(1986-03-05)March 5, 1986	Heidenheim Heideköpfe
P	15	Harry Glynne	(1990-06-03)June 3, 1990	Solingen Alligators
P	6	Eugen Heilmann	(1981-06-12)June 12, 1981	Paderborn Untouchables
P	29	Andre Hughes	(1985-01-01)January 1, 1985	Solingen Alligators
P	32	Adam Kudryk	(1987-12-31)December 31, 1987
P	46	Justin Kuehn	(1987-12-31)December 31, 1987	Buchbinder Legionäre
P	23	Enorbel Marquez	(1974-12-11)December 11, 1974	Telemarket Rimini
P	13	Will Ohman	(1977-08-13)August 13, 1977	Free agent
P	21	Markus Solbach	(1991-08-26)August 26, 1991	Windy City ThunderBolts
P	30	Luke Sommer	(1985-06-22)June 22, 1985	Heidenheim Heideköpfe
P	17	Daniel Thieben	(1993-09-18)September 18, 1993	Pulaski Mariners
C	19	Kai Gronauer	(1986-11-28)November 28, 1986	Las Vegas 51s
IF	11	Maximilian Boldt	(1988-09-01)September 1, 1988	Mainz Athletics
IF	33	Michael Franke	(1981-09-22)September 22, 1981	HSV Stealers
IF	31	Toby Gardenhire	(1982-09-11)September 11, 1982	Free agent
IF	28	Ludwig Glaser	(1987-12-19)December 19, 1987	Buchbinder Legionäre
IF	39	Donald Lutz	(1989-02-06)February 6, 1989	Cincinnati Reds
IF	14	Jendrick Speer	(1980-09-26)September 26, 1980	Paderborn Untouchables
IF	7	Matthew Vance	(1986-06-28)June 28, 1986	Buchbinder Legionäre
IF	3	Matt Weaver	(1990-01-27)January 27, 1990	Danville Braves
OF	22	Aaron Altherr	(1991-01-14)January 14, 1991	Philadelphia Phillies
OF	24	Max Kepler	(1993-08-27)August 27, 1993	Minnesota Twins
OF	26	Mike Larson	(1983-08-27)August 27, 1983	Mainz Athletics
OF	12	Eric Suttle	(1984-07-17)July 17, 1984	Lexington Legends
DH	16	Simon Gühring	(1983-07-14)July 14, 1983	Heidenheim Heideköpfe
DH	18	Jake Shaffer	(1987-08-16)August 16, 1987	Retired list

International tournament results

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record							Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA	W	L	RS	RA
2006	did not enter						No qualifiers held
2009	did not enter						No qualifiers held
2013	did not qualify						2	2	40	29
2017							0	2	7	20
2023							1	2	16	21
2026							1	3	23	27
Total	-	0/6	-	-	-	-	4	9	86	97

Baseball World Cup

1972 : 16th
1973 : 11th
2007 : 14th
2009 : 17th
2011 : 15th

European Baseball Championship

Team Germany competed in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and came in 6th. Among the players who competed for it were Donald Lutz and Markus Solbach.^[5]

1954 : 4th
1955 : 3rd
1956 : 5th
1957 : 2nd
1958 : 3rd
1960 : did not qualify
1962 : 5th
1964 : did not qualify
1965 : 3rd
1967 : 3rd

1969 : 4th
1971 : 3rd
1973 : did not qualify
1975 : 3rd
1977 : did not qualify
1979 : did not qualify
1981 : did not qualify
1983 : did not qualify
1985 : did not qualify
1987 : 7th

1989 : 8th
1991 : did not qualify
1993 : 7th
1995 : 6th
1997 : 10th
1999 : 10th
2001 : 7th
2003 : 12th
2005 : 4th
2007 : 4th

2010 : 3rd
2012 : 4th
2014 : 5th
2016 : 4th
2019 : 6th
2021 : 9th
2023 : 4th
2025 : 5th

References

^ "WBSC World Rankings". WBSC. 26 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
^ "Jendrick Speer to manage German Baseball National Team". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Germany in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Deutschlands Kader für World Baseball Classic Qualifier veröffentlicht - - DBV".
^ "Statistiken der Baseball-EM 2019 — Baseball EC 2019". Archived from the original on 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2019-09-14.

[WBSC_World_Rankings-1] "WBSC World Rankings". WBSC. 26 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.

[2] "Jendrick Speer to manage German Baseball National Team". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[3] "Germany in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[4] "Deutschlands Kader für World Baseball Classic Qualifier veröffentlicht - - DBV".

[5] "Statistiken der Baseball-EM 2019 — Baseball EC 2019". Archived from the original on 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2019-09-14.

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