| Russia national baseball team | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Confederation | WBSC Europe |
| WBSC ranking | |
| Current | 37  1 (18 December 2023)[1] |
The Russia national baseball team is the national baseball team of Russia. The team competed in the bi-annual European Baseball Championship.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the World Baseball Softball Confederation banned Russian athletes and officials.[2] In addition, WBSC Europe relocated competitions that had been scheduled to be held in Russia during 2022, and excluded Russian teams from all its competitions for both national and club teams to be held in Europe in 2022.[3]
History[edit]
The Russian national baseball team has never won a championship. Their head coach is Vladimir Timakov. The team was formed in 1987.[citation needed]
Placings[edit]
- 1991 : 9th
European Baseball Championship
- 1991 : 6th
- 1993 : 8th
- 1995 : 8th
- 1997 : 4th
- 1999 : 4th
- 2001 :
2nd - 2003 : 8th
- 2005 : 11th
- 2007 : 10th
- 2012 : 12th
- 2014 : 8th
- 2016 : 12th
- 2019 : Did not qualify
References[edit]
- ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "A glance at reaction of sports to Russian invasion". Associated Press. 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Russian and Belarusian teams excluded from all the WBSC Europe 2022 competitions". WBSC Europe.
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