Croatia national baseball team

Croatia national baseball team
Information
Country  Croatia
Federation Croatian Baseball Association
Confederation Confederation of European Baseball
Manager Kristina Uroic

The Croatia national baseball team is the national baseball team of Croatia. As of the beginning of 2013 in the IBAF World Rankings, they were the 7th best team in Europe and the 31st men's baseball team overall.[1] The team is controlled by the Croatian Baseball Association, which is represented in the Confederation of European Baseball.[2] Croatia hosted one of the four pools during the first stage of play in the 2009 Baseball World Cup. The Official IBAF 2014 End-of-the-Year World Rankings put Croatia 43rd in the world.[3] Croatia joined the Confederation of European Baseball in 1992.

In 2015, Croatia won the B-Level European Championship in Karlovac. They were undefeated in their pool, winning all 5 games.[4] In the championship game, Croatia defeated Slovakia 6-4 to win the Qualifier for the 2016 European Baseball Championship. Croatia finished in 12th place in the 2014 Euros and were relegated to the B-Level.[5]

Osvaldo Vavra is the current President of the Croatian Baseball Association. Božidar Rožman is the Vice President, and Zdenko Ostović is the Secretary General. Kristina Uroić is the Executive Director of the CBA, which is headquartered in the capital city, Zagreb.[6]

Current roster

The following was the Croatian roster that participated in the European Championship Qualifier held in Karlovac, Croatia.[7]

Player No. Pos. DOB
Darko Kvaternik1P21/05/1996
Zvonimir Ivancan2IF16/09/1987
Franco Kovacic3P-OF04/10/1996
Andrija Tomic4C-OF12/02/1996
Matija Sertic5OF16/12/1995
Slobodan Gales6P-OF09/05/1988
Vidrac Fran Stancic7P20/10/1996
Pavao Karin8IF07/08/1990
Ross Vukovich9IF14/07/1989
Matko Dabo10P01/01/1990
Antonio Horvatic11P-IF10/04/1997
Nikola Sertic12OF07/09/1991
Robert Krevar13IF04/01/1995
Filip Furjan14P06/05/1993
Philip Smith15C26/01/1990
Mario Manojlov16IF-OF02/12/1984
Kruno Gojkovic17IF20/11/1995
Christian Sket18C-OF25/02/1993
James Summers19P13/09/1973
Ernesto Pereira20P-IF06/05/1982
Hrvoje Jerbic21OF22/11/1995

The manager of the team is James Summers, and the three assistant coaches are Branko Nenadic, Ross Vukovich and Kristijan Brezak.

Tournament results

Baseball World Cup

European Baseball Championship

References

  1. ↑ IBAF World Rankings
  2. ↑ Croatia at the Confederation of European Baseball
  3. ↑ http://www.ibaf.org/en/infopage-detail.aspx?id=149f4e9a-9427-4a7b-b8df-18ab77845d33
  4. ↑ http://www.baseballstats.eu/2015/karlovac2/schedule.php
  5. ↑ http://www.baseballeurope.com/post/croatia_wins_b_level_european_championship_in_karl
  6. ↑ http://www.ibaf.org/en/nation/7dc51055-0ee7-49f3-94a0-d9f53047a5ef
  7. ↑ http://www.baseballstats.eu/2015/karlovac2/rosters.php?roster=cro
  8. ↑ http://www.ibaf.org/en/infopage-detail.aspx?id=149f4e9a-9427-4a7b-b8df-18ab77845d33
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