2015 European Champions Cup (baseball)

2015 European Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	France  Italy  Netherlands
Dates	June 2 – August 9
Teams	12
Defending champions	T&A San Marino (2014)
Final positions
Champions	Curaçao Neptunus (8th title)
Runner-up	Unipolsai Bologna
Tournament statistics
Games played	35
Attendance	10,520 (301 per game)
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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.^[1] The champions were Dutch team Curaçao Neptunus, winning their eighth title.

List of competing teams[]

Federation	Qualified Team(s)
/	Rimini Baseball T&A San Marino Unipolsai Bologna
KNBSB	Amsterdam Pirates Curaçao Neptunus
	Heidenheim Heideköpfe Solingen Alligators
	Paris Université Club Templiers de Sénart
	Draci Brno

First round[]

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		0	5	.000	2	72

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	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		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		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		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		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		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: (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		0	5	.000	15	45

Draci Brno advances to playoff with better HTH.

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	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		0-12	Curaçao Neptunus	7	Familiestadion	1:41	160	Boxscore
Jun 3, 2015	10:30	Rimini Baseball	8–1			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			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		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			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: (NEP)   LP: (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: (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: (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: (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 (SOL) 2 RBI (SOL) Alessandro Vaglio (BOL) 11 Walks Raily Legito (NEP) 8 Stolen bases 3 players 4 On-base percentage (RIM) .563 Slugging percentage (SOL) .800 OBPS Guillermo Rodriguez (BOL) 1.456

Pitching[] Statistic Name Total/Avg Wins 3 players 3 Losses (BRE) (HEI) 2 Saves Nick Pugliese (BOL) 1 Innings pitched (BOL) 19.0 Hits allowed 18 Runs allowed (BRE) 11 Earned runs allowed 10 ERA 4 players 0.00 Walks (BRE) (BRE) 8 Strikeouts (SEN) 16 WHIP (SMR) 0.50

See also[]

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

References[]