Team Italy U17 Baseball5 squad makes Euro debut against Germany on November 16, 2022

Team Italy U17 Baseball5 squad makes Euro debut against Germany on November 16, 2022
09/11/2022
The U17 Baseball5 European Championship takes place in Sofia Bulgaria from November 16-19, 2022. The Team Italy U17 Baseball5 squad Team Italy makes its international competition debut with a battle against Germany on opening day at 11 am (local time).

Under the leadership of manager Maurizio Balla, the Team Italy U17 Baseball5 squad plays three games per day in U17 Baseball5 European Championship Group B in Sofia, Bulgaria. After facing Germany on November 16, 2022 at 11 am, the Italians have games against Romania at 12:30 pm and Israel at 4:30 pm. On the following day, Team Italy competes against Greece at 10:30 am, the Netherlands at 1 pm and Lithuania at 3 pm.

Group A features host Bulgaria, France, Turkey, Moldova, Latvia, Belgium and Czech Republic. The top four teams from each group will advance to the playoffs on Friday, November 18, 2022. The remaining teams will enter the 9th-14th placement round. The final will take place Saturday, November 19, 2022 at 2 pm. All games will be played for five innings.

Team Italy U17 Baseball5 manager Maurizio Balla admitted, "There are at least three or four teams stronger than us, but we will try to get as far as possible." The Netherlands and Germany are clearly the favorites in Group B.  

The following players will represent Team Italy in the U17 Baseball5 European Championship: Iacopo Cavedon (Rimini 86 Bc), Beatrice Deregibus (Aosta Bugs), Alessandro Micheli (Bc Pesaro), Giulia Moretto (White Tigers Afb & S. /Nuove Pantere Lucca), Chiara Pecorelli (Acli Rivello), Arianna Ponzi (Giovanile Collecchio), Filippo Sabatini (Lion's Nettuno) and Riccardo Sana (Aosta Bugs).

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Forza #Italia!

by Roberto Angotti

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