# 2016 European Champions Cup (baseball)

The 2016 European Champions Cup was a European baseball competition, held from May 31, to June 4, 2016. This was the fifty-forth iteration of the Cup since its inaugural tournament in 1963. The champions were Dutch team L&D Amsterdam, winning the team's first title.

## List of competing teams

| A.S.D. Rimini (1st) | Fortitudo Bologna (2nd) |
| Curaçao Neptunus (1st) | L&D Amsterdam (2nd) |
| Heidenheim Heideköpfe (1st) | Buchbinder Legionäre (2nd) |
| T&A San Marino | Kotlarka Praha |

## Venues

| Group B & Final Four | Group A & Bottom Four |
| Rimini, Italy | San Marino |
| Stadio dei Pirati | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle |

## First round

* Qualified for Final Four
* Qualified for Bottom Four

### Group A

| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| 1 | Fortitudo Bologna | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| 2 | Curaçao Neptunus | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 |
| 3 | T&A San Marino | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 |
| 4 | Heidenheim Heideköpfe | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| May 31, 2016 | 14:30 | Curaçao Neptunus | 14-9 | Heidenheim Heideköpfe | | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle | 3:05 | 305 | Boxscore |
| May 31, 2016 | 19:30 | T&A San Marino | 3-5 | Fortitudo Bologna | | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle | 2:42 | 400 | Boxscore |
| Jun 1, 2016 | 15:30 | Fortitudo Bologna | 1-0 | Curaçao Neptunus | | Stadio dei Pirati | 2:50 | 120 | Boxscore |
| Jun 1, 2016 | 19:30 | Heidenheim Heideköpfe | 3–4 | T&A San Marino | 10 | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle | 3:00 | 100 | Boxscore |
| Jun 2, 2016 | 14:30 | Heidenheim Heideköpfe | 1–2 | Fortitudo Bologna | 6 | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle | 1:51 | 250 | Boxscore |
| Jun 2, 2016 | 21:20 | T&A San Marino | 4-5 | Curaçao Neptunus | 10 | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle | 2:09 | 120 | Boxscore |

### Group B

| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| 1 | L&D Amsterdam | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| 2 | A.S.D. Rimini | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 |
| 3 | Buchbinder Legionäre | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 |
| 4 | Kotlarka Praha | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 |
| Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
| May 31, 2016 | 15:30 | Buchbinder Legionäre | 7-4 | Kotlarka Praha | Stadio dei Pirati | 2:32 | 50 | Boxscore |
| May 31, 2016 | 20:30 | L&D Amsterdam | 6-2 | A.S.D. Rimini | Stadio dei Pirati | 3:21 | 800 | Boxscore |
| Jun 1, 2016 | 17:10 | Kotlarka Praha | 2-10 | L&D Amsterdam | Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle | 3:00 | 300 | Boxscore |
| Jun 1, 2016 | 20:30 | A.S.D. Rimini | 5–3 | Buchbinder Legionäre | Stadio dei Pirati | 2:55 | 150 | Boxscore |
| Jun 2, 2016 | 15:30 | Buchbinder Legionäre | 0–1 | L&D Amsterdam | Stadio dei Pirati | 2:10 | 81 | Boxscore |
| Jun 2, 2016 | 19:30 | A.S.D. Rimini | 4-0 | Kotlarka Praha | Stadio dei Pirati | 2:47 | 300 | Boxscore |

## Final four

Semi-Final 1
June 3 14:30 at Stadio dei Pirati :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Curaçao Neptunus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| L&D Amsterdam | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | X | 11 | 16 | 1 |
| WP: Kyle Ward (AMS) LP: Bayron Cornelisse (NEP) Sv: Tom de Blok (AMS) Home runs: NEP: Janison Boekhoudt AMS: Linoy Croes Attendance: 200 Umpires: HP − Fabrizio Fabrizi, 1B − Michele De Notta, 3B − Oswald Tscharf Boxscore |||||||||||||
Semi-Final 2
June 3 20:30 at Stadio dei Pirati :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| A.S.D. Rimini | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Fortitudo Bologna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| WP: Ricardo Hernandez (RIM) LP: Brent Buffa (BOL) Sv: Carlos Teran (RIM) Attendance: 600 Umpires: HP − Roy van de Wateringen, 1B − Oswald Tscharf, 3B − Jerónimo Moreno Saura Boxscore |||||||||||||
3rd Place
June 4 14:30 at Stadio dei Pirati :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Curaçao Neptunus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Fortitudo Bologna | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
| WP: Brent Buffa (NEP) LP: Steven van Groningen (NEP) Sv: None Attendance: 25 Umpires: HP − Oswald Tscharf, 1B − Jerónimo Moreno Saura, 3B − Tim Meyer Boxscore |||||||||||||
Grand Final
June 4 20:30 at Stadio dei Pirati :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| L&D Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| A.S.D. Rimini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| WP: Tom de Blok (AMS) LP: Roberto Corradini (RIM) Sv: None Attendance: 900 Umpires: HP − Mojmir Jankovic, 1B − Jens Waider, 3B − David Kulhánek Boxscore ||||||||||||||

## Bottom Four

Game 1
June 3 15:30 at Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Heidenheim Heideköpfe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Buchbinder Legionäre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Wes Roemer (HEI) LP: Niklas Rimmel (LEG) Sv: None Attendance: 60 Umpires: HP − David Kulhánek, 1B − Mojmir Jankovic, 3B − Winfried Berkvens Boxscore |||||||||||||
Game 2
June 4 11:00 at Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kotlarka Praha | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| T&A San Marino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 10 | 12 | 1 |
| WP: Carlos Quevedo (SMR) LP: Matej Sucha (PRA) Sv: None Home runs: PRA: Mitch Nilsson, Matej Sucha SMR: None Attendance: 50 Umpires: HP − Jens Waider, 1B − Roy van de Wateringen, 3B − Winfried Berkvens Boxscore |||||||||||||
Relegation Game
June 4 15:30 at Stadio di Baseball di Serravalle :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kotlarka Praha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Buchbinder Legionäre | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 14 | 2 |
| WP: Mike Bolsenbroek (LEG) LP: Marek Minarik (PRA) Sv: None Attendance: 70 Umpires: HP − Michele De Notta, 1B − Winfried Berkvens, 3B − Fabrizio Fabrizi Boxscore |||||||||||||

## Final standings

* Champion
* Relegated to CEB Cup
| Rk | Team |
| 1 | L&D Amsterdam |
| 2 | A.S.D. Rimini |
| 3 | Fortitudo Bologna |
| 4 | Curaçao Neptunus |
| 5$^*$ | T&A San Marino |
| 5$^*$ | Heidenheim Heideköpfe |
| 7 | Buchbinder Legionäre |
| 8 | Kotlarka Praha |
    $^*$ Both teams share 5th place.