San Marino national baseball team

San Marino national baseball team
Information
Country San Marino
FederationFederazione Sammarinese Baseball-Softball
ConfederationWBSC Europe
WBSC ranking
CurrentNR (11 November 2025)[1]
European Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1971)
Best result5th (1971)

The San Marino national baseball team is the national baseball team of San Marino. The team has competed in twice in the European Baseball Championship.[2] The team has not earned points in the WBSC World Rankings since at least 2012.[3]

The team is organized by the Federazione Sammarinese Baseball-Softball and is part of WBSC Europe. Baseball was introduced to the country in the 1960s, in part by Luciano Capicchioni, an English teacher, who also promoted basketball.[4] The sport is also modestly popular in surrounding Italy, and San Marino has a team, San Marino Baseball Club, in Italy's top league, Series A.[5][6]

San Marino had 196 baseball players in 2006, according to the Confederation of European Baseball, the predecessor of WBSC Europe.[7]

Results

European Baseball Championship

Sources[2][8]

References

  1. ^ "WBSC World Rankings". WBSC. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b Chetwynd, Josh (2008). Baseball in Europe : a country by country history. McFarland & Co. pp. 242, 247. ISBN 978-0-7864-3724-5.
  3. ^ "WBSC World Rankings". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  4. ^ "Members - Federazione Sammarinese Baseball Softball". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  5. ^ "Chi siamo". San Marino Baseball Club (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  6. ^ "Rotterdam, Bologna and San Marino join Amsterdam in Euro baseball Champions Cup semi finals". World Baseball Softball Confederation. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  7. ^ Chetwynd, p. 262.
  8. ^ "Archief Europees kampioenschap". honkbalsite archief (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-12-09.