Russia national baseball team

Russia national baseball team
Country	Russia
Confederation	Confederation of European Baseball

The Russia national baseball team is the national baseball team of Russia. The team competes in the bi-annual European Baseball Championship.

Placings

Baseball World Cup

1998 : 16th
2001 : 13th
2003 : 14th

Intercontinental Cup

1991 : 9th

European Baseball Championship

1991 : 6th
1993 : 8th
1995 : 8th
1997 : 4th
1999 : 4th
2001 : 2nd
2003 : 8th
2005 : 11th
2007 : 10th
2012 : 12th

National baseball teams of Europe

A-teams	Belgium Croatia Czech Republic France Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Slovenia Spain Sweden Ukraine

B-teams	Austria Belarus Bulgaria Great Britain Hungary Ireland Israel Lithuania Poland Russia Slovakia Switzerland

C-teams	Cyprus Denmark Finland Georgia Latvia Malta Moldova Portugal Norway Romania San Marino Serbia Turkey

Provisional members	Estonia Iceland

Former members	Armenia Czechoslovakia Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Tunisia Yugoslavia

Confederation of European Baseball

Summary of The Team

Their team is the color red but has no mascot due to the team only playing in the national league it is just representing Russia. The Russian national baseball team has never won a championship.Their highest placement is 2nd place.. Their MVP is Victor Cole. He is a major league baseball player, and hasn't been to any major international games due to him missing a passport. Some of the Russian national baseball teams players have been to the minor league but has never been in the majors. Victor Cole could have but he doesn’t have a passport. The team was formed in 1987 because they were chosen to represent Russian in the Olympic Committee.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Russia_national_baseball_team

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