The Israel Senior National Team will begin their bid to win the B Pool of the European Baseball Championships in Vienna, Austria on July 27. The team will face competition from teams from Austria, Sweden, Belarus, Poland and Lithuania during the six-day tournament. The tournament runs to August 2.

The winner of this year's B-Pool will advance to next summer's A-Pool joining the top European teams including Holland, Italy, and Germany. Last year, Israel won the European Championships’ C-Pool in Slovenia. Israel is currently ranked 6th in Europe, and 19th in the world in baseball after an appearance in the 2012 World Baseball Classic Qualifier and their C-Pool win. Visit http://www.baseballem2015.at/news/ for tournament details and http://baseballem2015.at/tournament/videochannel/ for coverage of the tournament.

Meet Team Israel  

Click on each picture to learn more about each player

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