European Champions Cup (baseball)

Template:Short description The Baseball European Champions Cup (BECC), formerly called the Champions Cup and European Cup, is an annual baseball tournament, sanctioned and created by WBSC Europe. The tournament features the top teams of the professional baseball leagues in Europe, and is the first tier of the four competitions organized by WBSC Europe, alongside the second-tier European Cup, third-tier Federation Cup, and fourth-tier Federation Cup Qualifiers, which operate with a promotion and relegation system for its federations.

The first season of the tournament was held in Template:Baseball year and was won by the Picadero Jockey Club Barcelona.

Starting in 2008, the tournament is now held in two locations. The best two teams from each tournament then compete in the European Champion Cup "Final Four", with the winner receiving the European Champion Cup.

Between 2013 and 2015, the "Final Four" format was replaced with a best-of-three series between the winners of each tournament. In the 2015 tournament, six teams competed in the Paris group, while six other teams competed in Rotterdam. The best two teams then competed in the "Final Four" in Italy, in a best-of-three series, for the championship.

In early 2024, WBSC Europe announced a restructuring of its European club competitions, with the top tier Baseball European Champions Cup now being played in a full-season format at each team's venues, instead of a tournament hosted in one location. The inaugural tournament under the new format featured only 4 teams, two each from Germany and Czech Republic, with expansion planned for the future. The lower-tier competitions are keeping their tournament structure, with promotion and relegation for its federations.

Results

#	Year	Host		Medalists
				Winner	Runner-up	Third Place
1	1963	N/A		Template:Flagicon Picadero Barcelona	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Mannheim
2	1964	N/A		Template:Flagicon Piratas de Madrid	Template:Flagicon Nettuno	Template:Flagicon Sparta-Feyenoord
3	1965	N/A		Template:Flagicon Nettuno	Template:Flagicon Sparta-Feyenoord	Template:Flagicon Picadero Barcelona
4	1966	N/A		Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Nettuno
5	1967	N/A		Template:Flagicon Piratas de Madrid	Template:Flagicon Mannheim	Template:Flagicon Antwerp
6	1968	N/A		Template:Flagicon Picadero Barcelona	Template:Flagicon Piratas de Madrid	Template:Flagicon Darmstadt
7	1969	N/A		Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Madrid	Template:Flagicon Picadero Barcelona
8	1970	N/A		Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Bologna	Template:Flagicon Antwerp
9	1971	N/A		Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Bologna	Template:Flagicon Mannheim
10	1972	N/A		Template:Flagicon Nettuno	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Antwerp
11	1973	N/A		Template:Flagicon Bologna	Template:Flagicon Sparta-Feyenoord	Template:Flagicon Antwerp
12	1974	N/A		Template:Flagicon Nettuno	Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols	Template:Flagicon Bologna
13	1975	N/A		Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols	Template:Flagicon Sparta-Feyenoord	Template:Flagicon Condepols Madrid
14	1976	N/A		Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon Antwerp	Template:Flagicon Condepols Madrid
15	1977	Template:Flagicon Italy		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols
16	1978	Template:Flagicon Italy		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon Catalunya BC
17	1979	Template:Flagicon Italy Template:Flagicon Barcelona		Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Bologna
18	1980	Template:Flagicon Netherlands Template:Flagicon Spain		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Amstel Tijgers	Template:Flagicon Rimini
19	1981	Template:Flagicon Berchem Template:Flagicon Italy		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols	Template:Flagicon Rimini
20	1983	Template:Flagicon Netherlands		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols	Template:Flagicon Neptunus
21	1984	Template:Flagicon Italy		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols
22	1985	Template:Flagicon Italy		Template:Flagicon Bologna	Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Antwerp
23	1986	Template:Flagicon Antwerp		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Bologna	Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols
24	1987	Template:Flagicon Paris		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Grosseto	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam
25	1988	Template:Flagicon Italy		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam Pirates
26	1989	Template:Flagicon Viladecans		Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols	Template:Flagicon Parma
27	1990	Template:Flagicon Antwerp		Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols	Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon Grosseto
28	1991	Template:Flagicon Paris		Template:Flagicon Nettuno	Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam Pirates
29	1992	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Neptunus	Template:Flagicon Nettuno
30	1993	Template:Flagicon Italy		Template:Flagicon SV ADO	Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Paris
31	1994	Template:Flagicon Netherlands		Template:Flagicon Neptunus	Template:Flagicon SV ADO	Template:Flagicon Montpellier
32	1995	Template:Flagicon Netherlands		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Neptunus	Template:Flagicon Kinheim
33	1996	Template:Flagicon San Marino		Template:Flagicon Neptunus	Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Nettuno
34	1997	Template:Flagicon Brasschaat		Template:Flagicon Nettuno	Template:Flagicon Neptunus	Template:Flagicon HCAW
35	1998	Template:Flagicon Viladecans		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Hoofddorp	Template:Flagicon Brno
36	1999	Template:Flagicon Italy		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Nettuno	Template:Flagicon HCAW
37	2000	Template:Flagicon San Marino		Template:Flagicon Neptunus	Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon Parma
38	2001	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam		Template:Flagicon Neptunus	Template:Flagicon San Marino	Template:Flagicon Rimini
39	2002	Template:Flagicon Viladecans		Template:Flagicon Neptunus	Template:Flagicon HCAW	Template:Flagicon Nettuno
40	2003	Template:Flagicon Rimini		Template:Flagicon Neptunus	Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon San Marino
41	2004	Template:Flagicon San Marino		Template:Flagicon Neptunus	Template:Flagicon Bologna	Template:Flagicon Brno
42	2005	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam		Template:Flagicon Grosseto	Template:Flagicon HCAW	Template:Flagicon Neptunus
43	2006	Template:Flagicon Grosseto		Template:Flagicon San Marino	Template:Flagicon Grosseto	Template:Flagicon Bologna
44	2007	Template:Flagicon San Marino		Template:Flagicon Kinheim	Template:Flagicon Rouen	Template:Flagicon Rimini
45	2008	Template:Flagicon Barcelona		Template:Flagicon Nettuno	Template:Flagicon San Marino	Template:Flagicon Grosseto
46	2009	Template:Flagicon Barcelona		Template:Flagicon Nettuno	Template:Flagicon Bologna	Template:Flagicon Kinheim
47	2010	Template:Flagicon Barcelona		Template:Flagicon Bologna	Template:Flagicon Heidenheim	Template:Flagicon Rimini
48	2011	Template:Flagicon Brno		Template:Flagicon San Marino	Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Bologna
49	2012	Template:Flagicon Nettuno		Template:Flagicon Bologna	Template:Flagicon Nettuno	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam
50	2013	Template:Flagicon Bologna/Rimini		Template:Flagicon Bologna	Template:Flagicon Rimini	and
51	2014	Template:Flagicon Brno Template:Flagicon Hoofddorp		Template:Flagicon San Marino	Template:Flagicon Rimini	and
52	2015	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam Template:Flagicon Paris		Template:Flagicon Neptunus	Template:Flagicon Bologna	and
53	2016	Template:Flagicon Rimini Template:Flagicon San Marino		Template:Flagicon L&D Amsterdam	Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon Bologna
54	2017	Template:Flagicon Regensburg		Template:Flagicon Curaçao Neptunus	Template:Flagicon CNF Unipolsai Bologna	Template:Flagicon T&A San Marino
55	2018	Template:Flagicon Rotterdam		Template:Flagicon Curaçao Neptunus	Template:Flagicon Rimini	Template:Flagicon UnipolSai Bologna
56	2019	Template:Flagicon Bologna		Template:Flagicon UnipolSai Bologna	Template:Flagicon L&D Amsterdam	Template:Flagicon Curaçao Neptunus
57	2021	Template:Flagicon Ostrava		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Bonn Capitals	Template:Flagicon Fortitudo
58	2022	Template:Flagicon Bonn		Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam Pirates	Template:Flagicon Bonn Capitals
59	2023	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam Template:Flagicon Bussum		Template:Flagicon HCAW	Template:Flagicon Parma	Template:Flagicon Amsterdam Pirates
60	2024	Template:Flagicon Regensburg		Template:Flagicon Brno	Template:Flagicon Regensburg	Template:Flagicon Heidenheim

Most Championships

Team	Number of championships	Years
Template:Flagicon Parma	15	1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2021, 2022
Template:Flagicon Curaçao Neptunus	10	1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2018
Template:Flagicon Nettuno	7	1965, 1972, 1974, 1991, 1997, 2008, 2009
Template:Flagicon Unipolsai Bologna	6	1973, 1985, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2019
Template:Flagicon Milan	3	1969, 1970, 1971
Template:Flagicon Rimini	3	1976, 1979, 1989
Template:Flagicon Haarlem Nicols (Defunct)	3	1966, 1975, 1990
Template:Flagicon T&A San Marino	3	2006, 2011, 2014
Template:Flagicon Piratas de Madrid	2	1964, 1967
Template:Flagicon Picadero Barcelona	2	1963, 1968
Template:Flagicon ADO Den Haag	1	1993
Template:Flagicon Grosseto	1	2005
Template:Flagicon Kinheim	1	2007
Template:Flagicon L&D Amsterdam	1	2016
Template:Flagicon HCAW	1	2023
Template:Flagicon Draci Brno	1	2024

Medals (1963-2024)

• 2 Bronze awarded in 2013, 2014 and 2015.

See also

• Confederation Cup
• European Baseball Championship
• Asia Series
• Latin American Series
• Caribbean Series
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External links

• European Cup archive Template:Webarchive
• European Cup Official web site