The Rimini Baseball Club , nicknamed the Pirates ( i Pirati ), was a team that played in Serie A1 Italian Baseball League . The team was based in the city of Rimini and plays its home games at the Stadio dei Pirati since 1973.
6-557: Rimini has won 13 national championships and three European Cups during its entire history. The club participated in the first and highest-tier level of the Italian league pyramid until 2018, then did not participate to the following 2019 Serie A. The club was formed in 1949, inspired by Eugenio Pagnini , a modern pentathlete at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics , who taught in Rimini's classical lyceum and had recently returned from
12-650: A visit to the United States . The club initially played on a field by Rimini railway station and at the Stadio Romeo Neri . In 1973, the club moved to a purpose-built stadium. Under the leadership of Rino Zangheri, the club reached its biggest years of notability, with players including Mike Romano , who left the club for Novara United in 2012. In 1979, the club changed its uniform from white and red (the same colours of Rimini FC 1912 ) to black and orange. This article about an Italian sports club
18-514: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a baseball team in Europe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . European Cup (baseball) The Baseball European Champions Cup (BECC), formerly called the Champions Cup and European Cup , is an annual baseball tournament , sanctioned and created by WBSC Europe . The tournament features
24-660: The Picadero Jockey Club Barcelona . Starting in 2008, the tournament is now held in two locations. The best two teams from each tournament then compete in the European Champion Cup "Final Four" , with the winner receiving the European Champion Cup. Between 2013 and 2015, the "Final Four" format was replaced with a best-of-three series between the winners of each tournament. In the 2015 tournament , six teams competed in
30-619: The Paris group, while six other teams competed in Rotterdam. The best two teams then competed in the "Final Four" in Italy, in a best-of-three series, for the championship. In early 2024, WBSC Europe announced a restructuring of its European club competitions, with the top tier Baseball European Champions Cup now being played in a full-season format at each team's venues, instead of a tournament hosted in one location. The inaugural tournament under
36-405: The top teams of the professional baseball leagues in Europe, and is the first tier of the four competitions organized by WBSC Europe , alongside the second-tier European Cup , third-tier Federation Cup , and fourth-tier Federation Cup Qualifiers , which operate with a promotion and relegation system for its federations. The first season of the tournament was held in 1963 and was won by
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