| Czech Republic national baseball team |
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| Country |  Czech Republic |
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| Confederation | Confederation of European Baseball |
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| WBSC ranking |
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| Current | 15  (18 December 2023)[1] |
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| Highest | 14 (2 times; latest in December 2021) |
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| Lowest | 25 (December 2012) |
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| World Baseball Classic |
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| Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) |
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| Best result | 14th (2023) |
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| World Cup |
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| Appearances | 1 (first in 2009) |
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| Best result | 20th (2009) |
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| European Championship |
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| Appearances | 11 (first in 1997) |
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| Best result | 4th (2014) |
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The Czech Republic national baseball team is the national baseball team of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the biennial European Baseball Championship and debuted in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Roster
| Czech Republic roster - 2023 World Baseball Classic |
| Players | Coaches |
Pitchers
- 18 Jeff Barto
- 14 Filip Čapka
- 7 Tomáš Duffek
- 63 Lukáš Ercoli
- 60 Lukáš Hlouch
- 1 Michal Kovala
- 97 Marek Krejčiřík
- 43 David Mergans
- 15 Marek Minařík
- 34 Jan Novák
- 23 Daniel Padyšák
- 57 Jake Rabinowitz
- 35 Ondřej Satoria
- 13 Martin Schneider
- 8 Jan Tomek
| | Catchers
- 55 Martin Červenka
- 32 Daniel Vavruša
Infielders
- 2 Jakub Hajtmar
- 40 Jakub Kubica
- 77 Vojtěch Menšík
- 49 Martin Mužík
- 31 Milan Prokop
- 16 Filip Smola
- 9 Eric Sogard
- 99 Petr Zýma
Outfielders
- 5 William Escala
- 20 Arnošt Dubový
- 30 Jakub Grepl
- 73 Marek Chlup
- 33 Matěj Menšík
| | Manager
Coaches
- 41 Joe Truesdale (Bench Coach)
- 22 John Hussey (Pitching Coach)
- 47 Alex Derhak (First Base Coach)
- 17 David Winkler (Third Base Coach)
- 25 Dusan Randak (Pitching Coach)
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Results and fixtures
The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.[2]
- Legend
Win Lose Void or postponed Fixture
2019
2020
2021
2022
| World Baseball Classic Q | 17 September | Spain  | 21–7 (F/7) | Czech Republic | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany |
| 13:00 CET | WP: Rogelio Armenteros
HR: Jesus Ustariz (1), Edison Valerio (1, 2) | Boxscore | LP: Marek Minarik
HR: Vojtech Mensik (1), Marek Chlup (1), Matej Mensik (1), Martin Muzik (1) | Attendance: 1,725
Umpires: Darius Ghani (HP), Mark Winters (1B), Roberto LaMadrid (2B), John Byrne (3B) |
| World Baseball Classic Q | 20 September | Czech Republic | 8–4 |  Germany | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany |
| 13:00 CET | WP: Daniel Padysak (1-0)
Sv: Michal Kovala (1)
HR: Peter Zyma (1), Martin Cervenka (1, 2) | Boxscore | LP: Michael Bienlien (0-1)
HR: William Germaine (1) | Attendance: 1,102
Umpires: Kyohei Makita (HP), Tyler Jones (1B), Mark Winters (2B), Darius Gahni (3B) |
| World Baseball Classic Q | 21 September | Czech Republic | 3–1 | Spain | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Germany |
| 19:00 CET | WP: Martin Schneider
Sv: Marek Minarik (1)
HR: Martin Muzik (1), Marek Chlup (1) | Boxscore | LP: Ronald Medrano
| Attendance: 1,229
Umpires: HP: Roberto LaMadrid, 1B: Darius Ghani, 2B: Young Chou Kwon, 3B: Jon Byrne. |
2023
International tournament results
World Baseball Classic
| World Baseball Classic record | | Qualification record |
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | W | L | RS | RA |
| 2006 | did not enter | No qualifiers held |
| 2009 | did not enter | No qualifiers held |
| 2013 | did not qualify | 0 | 2 | 6 | 28 |
| 2017 | did not qualify | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 |
 2023 | Round 1 | 14th | 1 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 27 |
| Total | Round 1 | 1/5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 67 |
2009 IBAF World Cup
In 2009, Europe hosted the IBAF World Cup, the first time in history the Baseball World Cup was not hosted by a specific country. Prague hosted Group A of the pool round, and the Czech Republic team finished 20th, going 0–3 with losses to Australia, Mexico, and Chinese Taipei.[citation needed]
European Baseball Championship
Team Czech Republic competed at the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and came in fifth, behind Team Israel. Among the players who competed for it were Martin Červenka and Marek Minařík.[3]
Olympic qualifying tournament
Because Team Czech Republic finished in the top five in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, it moved on to the 2020 Olympics qualifiers in Italy in September 2019.[4][5] There, it came in third, behind Israel and the Netherlands. Finished 3rd behind the Netherlands and Italy in 2003 for the Athens 2004 games.
References
- ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Czech Republic in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Statistiken der Baseball-EM 2019". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ Retired, shmired | Jewish Baseball News
- ^ MLB Monday (August 26-September 1, 2019) | Jewish Baseball News
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