Croatia national baseball team
The Croatia national baseball team is the national baseball team of Croatia. As of the beginning of 2013 in the IBAF World Rankings, they were the seventh-best team in Europe and the 31st men's baseball team overall.[1] The team is controlled by the Croatian Baseball Association, which is represented in the Confederation of European Baseball.[2] Croatia hosted one of the four pools during the first stage of play in the 2009 Baseball World Cup. The official IBAF 2014 end-of-year World Rankings put Croatia 43rd in the world.[3] Croatia joined the Confederation of European Baseball in 1992.
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| Country |  Croatia |
| Federation | Croatian Baseball Association |
| Confederation | Confederation of European Baseball |
| Manager | Kristina Uroic |
In 2015, Croatia won the B-Level European Championship in Karlovac. They were undefeated in their pool, winning all five games.[4] In the championship game, Croatia defeated Slovakia 6–4 to win the Qualifier for the 2016 European Baseball Championship. Croatia finished in 12th place in the 2014 Euros and were relegated to the B-Level.[5] Croatia competed in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, came in 11th out of 12 teams (beating only Team Sweden), and was relegated to the B Level.
Osvaldo Vavra is the President of the Croatian Baseball Association. Božidar Rožman is the Vice President, and Zdenko Ostović is the Secretary General. Kristina Uroić is the Executive Director of the CBA, which is headquartered in the capital city, Zagreb.[6]
2015 roster
The following was the Croatian roster that participated in the 2015 European Championship Qualifier held in Karlovac, Croatia.[7]
| Player | No. | Pos. | DOB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darko Kvaternik | 1 | P | 21/05/1996 |
| Zvonimir Ivancan | 2 | IF | 16/09/1987 |
| Franco Kovacic | 3 | P-OF | 04/10/1996 |
| Andrija Tomic | 4 | C-OF | 12/02/1996 |
| Matija Sertic | 5 | OF | 16/12/1995 |
| Slobodan Gales | 6 | P-OF | 09/05/1988 |
| Vidrac Fran Stancic | 7 | P | 20/10/1996 |
| Pavao Karin | 8 | IF | 07/08/1990 |
| Ross Vukovich | 9 | IF | 14/07/1989 |
| Matko Dabo | 10 | P | 01/01/1990 |
| Antonio Horvatic | 11 | P-IF | 10/04/1997 |
| Nikola Sertic | 12 | OF | 07/09/1991 |
| Robert Krevar | 13 | IF | 04/01/1995 |
| Filip Furjan | 14 | P | 06/05/1993 |
| Philip Smith | 15 | C | 26/01/1990 |
| Mario Manojlov | 16 | IF-OF | 02/12/1984 |
| Kruno Gojkovic | 17 | IF | 20/11/1995 |
| Christian Sket | 18 | C-OF | 25/02/1993 |
| James Summers | 19 | P | 13/09/1973 |
| Ernesto Pereira | 20 | P-IF | 06/05/1982 |
| Hrvoje Jerbic | 21 | OF | 22/11/1995 |
The manager of the team was James Summers, and the three assistant coaches were Branko Nenadic, Ross Vukovich, and Kristijan Brezak.
References
- IBAF World Rankings
- "Croatia at the Confederation of European Baseball". Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
- http://www.ibaf.org/en/infopage-detail.aspx?id=149f4e9a-9427-4a7b-b8df-18ab77845d33
- schedule
- Croatia wins B-Level European Championship in Karlovac | CEB
- http://www.ibaf.org/en/nation/7dc51055-0ee7-49f3-94a0-d9f53047a5ef
- rosters