2015 European Champions Cup (baseball)

The 2015 European Champions Cup was a European baseball competition, held from June 2, to August 9, 2015. This was the fifty-third iteration of the Cup since its inaugural tournament in 1963. The champions were Dutch team Curaçao Neptunus, winning their eighth title.

2015 European Champions Cup (baseball)

Tournament details
Countries	France Italy Netherlands
Dates	June 2 – August 9
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Curaçao Neptunus (8th title)
Runner-up	Unipolsai Bologna
Tournament statistics
Games played	35
Attendance	10,520 (301 per game)

List of competing teams

Federation	Qualified Team(s)
/ FIBS	Rimini Baseball T&A San Marino Unipolsai Bologna
KNBSB	Amsterdam Pirates Curaçao Neptunus
DBV	Heidenheim Heideköpfe Solingen Alligators
FFBSC	Paris Université Club Templiers de Sénart
CBA	Draci Brno
FBSU	KNTU Elizavetgrad
BBA	Brest Zubrs

First round

	Qualified for Playoff
	Eliminated

Paris Group

Rk	Team	W	L	Pct.	RF	RA
1	Unipolsai Bologna	4	1	.800	55	15
2	Amsterdam Pirates	4	1	.800	40	13
3	T&A San Marino	4	1	.800	35	9
4	Solingen Alligators	2	3	.400	48	38
5	Paris Université Club	1	4	.200	22	55
6	Brest Zubrs	0	5	.000	2	72

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Jun 2, 2015	12:00	Unipolsai Bologna	2-5	T&A San Marino		Stade Pershing	2:31	80	Boxscore
Jun 2, 2015	15:00	Amsterdam Pirates	11-1	Solingen Alligators		Stade Chartres	2:56	37	Boxscore
Jun 2, 2015	17:00	Paris Université Club	14-1	Brest Zubrs	7	Stade Pershing	2:10	80	Boxscore
Jun 3, 2015	12:00	T&A San Marino	0–6	Amsterdam Pirates		Stade Pershing	2:57	100	Boxscore
Jun 3, 2015	15:00	Brest Zubrs	0–15	Unipolsai Bologna	6	Stade Chartres	1:43	20	Boxscore
Jun 3, 2015	17:00	Solingen Alligators	17-4	Paris Université Club	8	Stade Pershing	2:51	100	Boxscore
Jun 4, 2015	12:00	Brest Zubrs	0-8	Amsterdam Pirates		Stade Pershing	3:20	70	Boxscore
Jun 4, 2015	15:00	Solingen Alligators	0-4	T&A San Marino		Stade Chartres	2:21	26	Boxscore
Jun 4, 2015	17:00	Unipolsai Bologna	11-0	Paris Université Club	7	Stade Pershing	2:19	90	Boxscore
Jun 5, 2015	12:00	Unipolsai Bologna	18-10	Solingen Alligators		Stade Pershing	3:10	60	Boxscore
Jun 5, 2015	15:00	Brest Zubrs	0–15	T&A San Marino	5	Stade Chartres	1:24	20	Boxscore
Jun 5, 2015	17:00	Paris Université Club	3–15	Amsterdam Pirates	7	Stade Pershing	2:05	100	Boxscore
Jun 6, 2015	12:00	Amsterdam Pirates	0–9	Unipolsai Bologna		Stade Pershing	2:29	130	Boxscore
Jun 6, 2015	15:00	Solingen Alligators	20–1	Brest Zubrs	8	Stade Chartres	2:46	30	Boxscore
Jun 6, 2015	17:00	T&A San Marino	11-1	Paris Université Club	7	Stade Pershing	2:07	160	Boxscore

Unipolsai Bologna and T&A San Marino advance to playoff with best HTH.

Playoff

June 7 15:00 at Stade Pershing

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Amsterdam Pirates	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
Unipolsai Bologna	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	6	3
WP: Marquis Fleming (BOL)   LP: Kevin Heijstek (AMS)   Sv: Nick Pugliese (BOL) Attendance: 230 Umpires: HP − Beszczynski, 1B − Waider, 2B − Ulloa Diaz Boxscore

Rotterdam Group

Rk	Team	W	L	Pct.	RF	RA
1	Curaçao Neptunus	5	0	1.000	42	6
2	Draci Brno	3	2	.600	23	18
3	Rimini Baseball	3	2	.600	32	17
4	Heidenheim Heideköpfe	2	3	.400	17	34
5	Templiers de Sénart	2	3	.400	13	23
6	KNTU Elizavetgrad	0	5	.000	15	45

Draci Brno advances to playoff with better HTH.

Date	Local time	Road team	Score	Home team	Inn.	Venue	Game duration	Attendance	Boxscore
Jun 2, 2015	10:30	Draci Brno	0-2	Templiers de Sénart		Familiestadion	2:52	50	Boxscore
Jun 2, 2015	15:00	Heidenheim Heideköpfe	3-8	Rimini Baseball		Familiestadion	2:27	50	Boxscore
Jun 2, 2015	19:30	KNTU Elizavetgrad	0-12	Curaçao Neptunus	7	Familiestadion	1:41	160	Boxscore
Jun 3, 2015	10:30	Rimini Baseball	8–1	KNTU Elizavetgrad		Familiestadion	2:15	55	Boxscore
Jun 3, 2015	15:00	Templiers de Sénart	1–5	Heidenheim Heideköpfe		Familiestadion	2:38	101	Boxscore
Jun 3, 2015	19:30	Curaçao Neptunus	6-1	Draci Brno		Familiestadion	2:41	340	Boxscore
Jun 4, 2015	10:30	Rimini Baseball	11-2	Templiers de Sénart		Familiestadion	2:16	66	Boxscore
Jun 4, 2015	15:00	Draci Brno	11-6	KNTU Elizavetgrad		Familiestadion	2:42	67	Boxscore
Jun 4, 2015	19:30	Curaçao Neptunus	15-1	Heidenheim Heideköpfe	7	Familiestadion	2:24	523	Boxscore
Jun 5, 2015	10:30	KNTU Elizavetgrad	5-7	Heidenheim Heideköpfe		Familiestadion	2:16	105	Boxscore
Jun 5, 2015	15:00	Draci Brno	6-2	Rimini Baseball		Familiestadion	2:52	178	Boxscore
Jun 5, 2015	20:15	Curaçao Neptunus	4-1	Templiers de Sénart		Familiestadion	2:46	298	Boxscore
Jun 6, 2015	10:30	Heidenheim Heideköpfe	1–5	Draci Brno		Familiestadion	2:25	123	Boxscore
Jun 6, 2015	15:00	Rimini Baseball	3–5	Curaçao Neptunus		Familiestadion	2:42	925	Boxscore
Jun 6, 2015	19:30	Templiers de Sénart	7-3	KNTU Elizavetgrad		Familiestadion	2:34	91	Boxscore

Playoff

June 7 13:00 at Familiestadion

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Draci Brno	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	4
Curaçao Neptunus	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	2	X	8	15	0
WP: Kenny van den Branden (NEP)   LP: Radim Chroust (DRA)   Sv: none Attendance: 955 Umpires: HP − Fabrizi, 1B − Ramanauskas, 3B − Jankovic Boxscore

Championship

Game 1

August 6 21:00 at Gianni Falchi

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Curaçao Neptunus	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	11	2
Unipolsai Bologna	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	X	5	8	0
WP: Marquis Fleming (BOL)   LP: Orlando Yntema (NEP)   Sv: Nick Pugliese (BOL) Attendance: 2,500 Umpires: HP − Waider, 1B − Fabrizi, 2B − Pribyl, 3B − De Notta Boxscore

Game 2

August 8 19:30 at Familiestadion

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Unipolsai Bologna	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	1
Curaçao Neptunus	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	X	3	4	1
WP: Loek van Mil (NEP)   LP: Raul Rivero (BOL)   Sv: none Attendance: 1,600 Umpires: HP − Jankovic, 1B − Posny, 2B − Berkvens, 3B − van Heijningen Boxscore

Game 3

August 9 12:00 at Familiestadion

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Unipolsai Bologna	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	7	1
Curaçao Neptunus	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	X	7	10	0
WP: Kenny van den Branden (NEP)   LP: Riccardo De Santis (BOL)   Sv: none Attendance: 1,000 Umpires: HP − Posny, 1B − Jankovic, 2B − van Heijningen, 3B − Berkvens Boxscore

Statistics leaders

Batting

Statistic	Name	Total/Avg
Batting average	Guillermo Rodriguez (BOL)	.632
Hits	Stijn van der Meer (NEP)	16
Runs	Alessandro Vaglio (BOL)	12
Home runs	Tanner Leighton (SOL)	2
RBI	Tanner Leighton (SOL) Alessandro Vaglio (BOL)	11
Walks	Raily Legito (NEP)	8
Stolen bases	3 players	4
On-base percentage	Edgar Mundarain (RIM)	.563
Slugging percentage	Tanner Leighton (SOL)	.800
OBPS	Guillermo Rodriguez (BOL)	1.456

Pitching

Statistic	Name	Total/Avg
Wins	3 players	3
Losses	Aliaksei Lukashevich (BRE) Luke Sommer (HEI)	2
Saves	Nick Pugliese (BOL)	1
Innings pitched	Paul Rivero (BOL)	19.0
Hits allowed	Radim Chroust	18
Runs allowed	Aliaksei Lukashevich (BRE)	11
Earned runs allowed	Radim Chroust	10
ERA	4 players	0.00
Walks	Kiryl Kaslouski (BRE) Aliaksei Lukashevich (BRE)	8
Strikeouts	Leonel Cespedes (SEN)	16
WHIP	Andrea Pizziconi (SMR)	0.50

See also

• European Baseball Championship
• Asia Series
• Caribbean Series
• Baseball awards § Europe