Greece national baseball team

Greece national baseball team
Country  Greece
Federation Hellenic Amateur Baseball Federation (HABF)
Confederation Confederation of European Baseball
Manager Dimitrios Essian, Jr
Olympic Games
Appearances 1 (First in 2004)
Best result 7th
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2011)
Best result 16th
European Championship
Appearances 3 (2003: 2nd , 2005: 9th, 2010: 4th) (First in 2003)
Best result

2nd

IBAF Ranking= 26th

The Greek national baseball team is the baseball team that represents Greece in international play.

Current roster

Greece roster
Official roster Coaching staff
Pitchers
Catchers
  • 32 Dimitrios Gazis
  • 20 Stefanos Giannakopoulos
  •  8 Friderikos Daniil Pappas

Infielders

  • 38 Charilaos Asimakopoulos
  • 30 Panagiotis Cheilakis
  • 10 Dimitrios Christos Demetral
  •  5 Michail Koutsantonakis
  • 24 Christoforos Lemonis
  • 21 Nikolaos Theodorou

Outfielders

  •  4 Ioannis Apostolopoulos
  • 16 Konstantios Davlos
  • 81 Nikolaos Krithis
  • 33 Athanasios Markou
  •  7 Konstantios Panagiotakos
  • 22 Vasilios Petkidis
Manager
  • 19 Dimitrios Essian

Coaches

  • 93 Panaggelos Kanistras
  • 97 Georgios Michalopoulos
  •  1 Michail Riskas
  • 39 Iosif Vrionis
Updated 2 October 2011

2004 Olympics

The first time that Greece put together a national team that got any recognition in the baseball world was during the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Greece, as the host country, was faced with the dilemma that the actual baseball talent pool in the country was very small, and what players were available were amateur. However, as a result of lenient citizenship laws, various minor leaguers from the United States were able to play for the Greeks. Among the better known players were Baltimore Orioles prospect Nick Markakis, former Major Leaguer Clay Bellinger and various other players of Greek descent. The team's American coach, Dusty Rhodes[1] led them to a 7th-place finish in the tournament, with a single win against Italy.

Tournament results

Olympic Games

Year Position
Greece 20047th
Total1/5

European Baseball Championship

Year Position
Netherlands 2003 2nd
Czech Republic 20059th
Germany 20104th
Netherlands 20127th
Czech Republic, Germany 201410th
Total5/34

Baseball World Cup

Year Position
Panama 201116th
Total1/39

References

  1. http://www.unfospreys.com/coaches.aspx?rc=24&path=baseball

External links


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