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The '''Serbian national baseball team''' is the national [[baseball]] team of [[Serbia]]. The team represents Serbia in international competitions.
The '''Serbian national baseball team''' is the national [[baseball]] team of [[Serbia]]. The team represents Serbia in international competitions.

The first recorded baseball game in Serbia was played in 1935, during the halftime of a football match BSK–Hajduk Split. The first baseball club was formed in 1974 as part of the [[JSD Partizan]] society, and they played in the second tier of Yugoslavian baseball league. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, five clubs from [[Serbia and Montenegro]] continued the national league, and its national team was formed in 1994. Baseball Union of FR Yugoslavia was admitted to the [[Confederation of European Baseball]] in 1996, when the national team participated in the B-group [[European Baseball Championship]] in Great Britain, recording five defeats. It recorded its first victory against [[Lithuania national baseball team|Lithuania]] in 1998 on the B-group European Championships in [[Stockerau]], Austria.<ref name=woo>{{cite web|url=http://woo-clothing.com/blog/kako-se-rodio-bejzbol-u-srbiji/ |title=Kako se rodio bejzbol u srbiji |language=Serbian |accessdate=23 May 2017}}</ref>

The first dedicated baseball court in Serbia was built in 2001 on the [[Ada Ciganlija]] recreational ground in Belgrade, which helped the development of the sport. The best performance of the national team took place in the B-group championship in Germany, taking the fourth place. In the next two B-group championships, the team did not fare well.<ref name=woo/>

Serbia has won the 2016 C-group [[European Baseball Championship]] in Slovenia and thus qualified for the B group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballsrbija.com/srbiji-zlato-u-sloveniji-sledece-sezone-u-b-grupi/ |title=Srbiji zlato u Sloveniji – sledeće sezone u B grupi! |publisher=Baseball Union of Serbia |date=31 July 2016}}</ref> Along with Poland, it will host the B group European Championship in Belgrade, 24–29 July 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.blic.rs/ostali-sportovi/evropsko-prvenstvo-b-grupe-u-bejzbolu-na-leto-u-beogradu/d2f52x0 |title=Evropsko prvenstvo B grupe u bejzbolu na leto u Beogradu |publisher=[[Blic]] |date=9 February 2017}}</ref>


==Tournament results==
==Tournament results==
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* [[2006 European Under-21 Baseball Championship|2006]] : 8th
* [[2006 European Under-21 Baseball Championship|2006]] : 8th
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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.baseballsrbija.com/ Serbian baseball Federation]
*[http://www.baseballsrbija.com/ Serbian Baseball Federation]
*[http://www.softball.rs/ Serbian Softball Federation]


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{{Europe baseball teams}}

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Serbian national baseball team
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Country Serbia
ConfederationConfederation of European Baseball

The Serbian national baseball team is the national baseball team of Serbia. The team represents Serbia in international competitions.

The first recorded baseball game in Serbia was played in 1935, during the halftime of a football match BSK–Hajduk Split. The first baseball club was formed in 1974 as part of the JSD Partizan society, and they played in the second tier of Yugoslavian baseball league. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, five clubs from Serbia and Montenegro continued the national league, and its national team was formed in 1994. Baseball Union of FR Yugoslavia was admitted to the Confederation of European Baseball in 1996, when the national team participated in the B-group European Baseball Championship in Great Britain, recording five defeats. It recorded its first victory against Lithuania in 1998 on the B-group European Championships in Stockerau, Austria.[1]

The first dedicated baseball court in Serbia was built in 2001 on the Ada Ciganlija recreational ground in Belgrade, which helped the development of the sport. The best performance of the national team took place in the B-group championship in Germany, taking the fourth place. In the next two B-group championships, the team did not fare well.[1]

Serbia has won the 2016 C-group European Baseball Championship in Slovenia and thus qualified for the B group.[2] Along with Poland, it will host the B group European Championship in Belgrade, 24–29 July 2018.[3]

Tournament results

European Under-21 Baseball Championship

References

  1. ^ a b "Kako se rodio bejzbol u srbiji" (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Srbiji zlato u Sloveniji – sledeće sezone u B grupi!". Baseball Union of Serbia. 31 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Evropsko prvenstvo B grupe u bejzbolu na leto u Beogradu". Blic. 9 February 2017.

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