Parma Clima defends European Champions Cup title in Bonn from June 7-11, 2022

Parma Clima defends European Champions Cup title in Bonn from June 7-11, 2022
05/06/2022
With 14 European Champions Cup to its credit, Parma Clima holds the record of all Euro club teams for the most amount of Euro titles to date. Defending Euro champion Parma Clima vies for back-to-back titles in Bonn, Germany from June 7-11, 2022.

Parma Clima won its 14th European Baseball Champions Cup title in club history after a long 22-year wait by beating the Bonn Capitals 6-4 in the final game of the international competition in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Saturday, July 17, 2021. The defending Euro champion now attempts to score back-tot-back titles in Bonn, Germany from June 7-11, 2022.

Parma Clima is in Group A with Draci Brno (Czech Republic), VOITH Heidenheim Heidekoepfe (Germany)) and L&D Amsterdam (Netherlands), while runner up and host Bonn Capitals is in Group B with Curacao Neptunus Rotterdam (Netherlands), Arrows Ostrava (Czech Republic) and San Marino (Republic of San Marino).

After the preliminary round-robin round ends on Thursday. June 9, 2022, the top two teams from Groups A and B will compete in the semifinals on Friday, June 10, 2022. The Euro Champions Cup final is scheduled the following night at 7 pm (local time), while the battle for the bronze will take place earliest in the day.

All 20 games of the European Champions Cup will be streamed live on the WBSC Europe and Bonn Capitals YouTube channels. Live play-by-play stats are also available by clicking HERE. The round-robin games are scheduled Tuesday through Thursday at 10:30 am, 12.30 pm, 3 pm and 7 pm at the two Bonn ballparks. Forza #Italia!

by Roberto Angotti

(Photo of Parma Clima slugger and 2021 European Champions Cup MVP Alex Sambucci by Manguera Prensa)