Greece national baseball team

Greece national baseball team

Country	Greece
Federation	Hellenic Amateur Baseball Federation (HABF)
Confederation	Confederation of European Baseball
Manager	Dimitrios Essian, Jr
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (First in 2004)
Best result	7th
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2011)
Best result	16th
European Championship
Appearances	3 (2003: 2nd , 2005: 9th, 2010: 4th) (First in 2003)
Best result	2nd IBAF Ranking= 26th

The Greek national baseball team is the baseball team that represents Greece in international play.

Current roster

Greece roster
Official roster				Coaching staff
Pitchers 28 Theodoros Bourdaniotis  9 Andreas Dimitrios Brak 11 Maximos Iason Gouoren  6 Konstantinos Kanellopoulos 25 Efthymios Karkatselos 54 Stamatios Mazarakis 13 Meletios Roussos Meleches 26 Christoforos Robinson 41 Pete Sykaras 27 Iason Alexandros Zachos 14 Konstantios Christos Kapothanasis		Catchers 32 Dimitrios Gazis 20 Stefanos Giannakopoulos  8 Friderikos Daniil Pappas Infielders 38 Charilaos Asimakopoulos 30 Panagiotis Cheilakis 10 Dimitrios Christos Demetral  5 Michail Koutsantonakis 24 Christoforos Lemonis 21 Nikolaos Theodorou Outfielders  4 Ioannis Apostolopoulos 16 Konstantios Davlos 81 Nikolaos Krithis 33 Athanasios Markou  7 Konstantios Panagiotakos 22 Vasilios Petkidis		Manager 19 Dimitrios Essian Coaches 93 Panaggelos Kanistras 97 Georgios Michalopoulos  1 Michail Riskas 39 Iosif Vrionis
Updated 2 October 2011

2004 Olympics

The first time that Greece put together a national team that got any recognition in the baseball world was during the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Greece, as the host country, was faced with the dilemma that the actual baseball talent pool in the country was very small, and what players were available were amateur. However, as a result of lenient citizenship laws, various minor leaguers from the United States were able to play for the Greeks. Among the better known players were Baltimore Orioles prospect Nick Markakis, former Major Leaguer Clay Bellinger and various other players of Greek descent. The team's American coach, Dusty Rhodes led them to a 7th place finish in the tournament, with a single win against Italy.

Tournament results

Olympic Games

Year	Position
Greece 2004	7th
Total	1/5

European Baseball Championship

Year	Position
Netherlands 2003	2nd
Czech Republic 2005	9th
Germany 2010	4th
Netherlands 2012	7th
Czech Republic, Germany 2014	10th
Total	5/34

Baseball World Cup

Year	Position
Panama 2011	16th
Total	1/39

External links

• English Language website on Greek Baseball
• CS Monitor Article on Greek Team