Greece national baseball team
The Greek national baseball team is the baseball team that represents Greece in international play.
Current roster
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Pitchers
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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
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Manager
Coaches
- 93 Panaggelos Kanistras
- 97 Georgios Michalopoulos
- 1 Michail Riskas
- 39 Iosif Vrionis
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| 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 2004 | 7th |
| Total | 1/5 |
European Baseball Championship
| Year |
Position |
| Netherlands 2003 |  2nd |
| Czech Republic 2005 | 9th |
| Germany 2010 | 4th |
| Netherlands 2012 | 7th |
| Czech Republic, Germany 2014 | 10th |
| Total | 5/34 |
Baseball World Cup
| Year |
Position |
| Panama 2011 | 16th |
| Total | 1/39 |
References
- ↑ http://www.unfospreys.com/coaches.aspx?rc=24&path=baseball
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