Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Québec

Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Québec
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2002
No. of teams	10
Country	Canada
Most recent; champion(s)	Victoriaville Cactus
Official website	Official website;

The Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Québec (LBMQ) is a senior (over 21) amateur baseball league in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the highest level of non-professional baseball in the province of Quebec.

History[]

The league is the result of the 2002 amalgamation of several men's senior elite level baseball teams in the province of Quebec. The league from Montreal, the Ligue de Baseball Senior de Montréal, merged with those of the Quebec City and Trois-Rivières areas. There were originally ten teams, five from the Montreal area, four from Quebec City and one from Trois-Rivières. A year later, the senior-level league teams from the Estrie and Bas-Saint-Laurent leagues joined bringing the total up to 15. In 2009, the league became the sole senior elite baseball league in Quebec when the Ligue de Baseball Senior Majeur du Québec folded, and its four teams joined the LBEQ.^[1]

In 2004, the LBSEQ became the first in Quebec to use wooden baseball bats exclusively. Other competitive levels of play in Quebec have since followed suit (senior, junior and midget).^[1]

In its seven years of existence, the LBSEQ has represented Quebec in the each year and has earned four medals. These were a bronze in 2002, a gold in 2003, a bronze in 2004 and a silver in 2008.^[1]

The LBSEQ a well traveled league has also participated in various tournaments outside of Quebec. In 2008, they played in the in Liège against professional teams from Belgium and England. In 2009, the LBSEQ participated in a tournament in Rouen, France hosted by the local team the Huskies, along with teams from Germany, the USA and the French national team. In 2008, the league participated in and won the Vintage Base Ball World Series in Massachusetts.^[1] It competed against the Intercounty Baseball League of Ontario in the .

In 2013, with the league's growing caliber and reputation, the league's leaders made the decision to rename it the Ligue de baseball majeur du Québec (LBMQ).^[2]

Teams[]

Active teams in the Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Québec
Team	City	Venue
	Acton Vale
	Coaticook	Julien Morin Stadium
	Drummondville
	Montreal
	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
	Shawinigan
	Sherbrooke	Amedée Roy Stadium
	Ste-Thérèse
	Thetford Mines
	Victoriaville

Champions[]

2020: Victoriaville Cactus
2019: Thetford Mines Blue Sox
2018: Thetford Mines Blue Sox
2017: Acton Vale Castors
2016: Thetford Mines Blue Sox
2015: Thetford Mines Blue Sox
2014: Thetford Mines Blue Sox
2013: Thetford Mines Blue Sox
2012: Thetford Mines Blue Sox
2011: Acton Vale Castors
2010: St-Jérôme TPX
2009: Sherbrooke Expos
2008: Trois-Rivières Vertdure
2007: Victoriaville 4*44
2006: Rivière-du-Loup Ciel
2005: Rivière-du-Loup Ciel
2004: Sherbrooke Indiens
2003: Montreal
2002: Laval

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d [2003: Montreal "Historique"] Check |url= value (help) (in French). Ligue de baseball senior élite du Québec. 2008–2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
^ "Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Québec". www.lbmq.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-25.

External links[]

LBMQ.ca

[hist-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d [2003: Montreal "Historique"] Check |url= value (help) (in French). Ligue de baseball senior élite du Québec. 2008–2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

[2] "Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Québec". www.lbmq.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-25.

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