Championships Timeline Updated
Based on the WBSC calendar, the ESF EC approved the updated 2020 - 2022 calendar. One of the main goals of the ESF was to make sure that the teams for the European spots at World Cups are selected on the field. Based on this, two additional events have been added into the Calendar. U18 and U16 MECh will also be played in 2021 and the European Qualifier for U18 MWC 2022. A Men's Championship will be played also in 2022 to prevent a long gap between the top men’s events in Europe.
Women's European Championships and World Cups timeline:
year | Women | U22 Women | U18 Women | U15 Women |
2019 | ECh + OQ | U19 WC | U16 ECh | |
2020 | OG + ECh | U18 WC | U15 ECh | |
2021 | World Cup | U22 ECh | U18 ECh | U15 WC |
2022 | ECh | U18 WC | U15 ECh | |
2023 | World Cup | U22 ECh | U18 ECh | U15 WC |
2024 | ECh | U18 WC | U15 ECh | |
2025 | World Cup | U22 ECh | U18 ECh | U15 WC |
Men's European Championships and World Cups timeline:
year | Men | U23 Men | U18 + U16 Men |
2019 | World Cup | U18 EQ | |
2020 | ECh | U18 WC, U18 + U16 ECh | |
2021 | World Cup | U23 WC | U18 + U16 ECh |
2022 | ECh | U18 WC | |
2023 | ECh | U23 WC | U18 + U16 ECh |
2024 | World Cup | U18 WC | |
2025 | ECh | U23 WC | U18 + U16 ECh |
A new event has been added to the ESF Competitions. The ESF Masters for Men and Women 35+ will be yet another special tournament starting in 2019. This event will be hosted in co-operation with the Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation in Barcelona on October 30 – November 2. Deadline for entries is August 1 and the Entry Form is already on the ESF website here. Also dates of known European Championships – MECh, U18+U16 MECh and U15 WECh – were approved. Those dates are mentioned here.