Baseball has been played in Sweden since at least 1904, but it wasn't until 1952 that the first game was played by a national team. In that year Sweden played against Finland and lost, 4–9.
Ten years later Sweden's national federation became members of the Confederation of European Baseball, and the national team took part in its first European Baseball Championship, where Sweden lost all four games by a combined score of 16–55. In the next tournament two years later Sweden managed to win its first ever game in the European Championship, 5–0 over France.
Sweden played its first official game on home soil in 1974, a 9–1 win over Great Britain in the qualifications for the European Championship that were held the following year.
In 1981 Sweden took home bronze at the European Championships in the Netherlands (only four teams took part). This achievement was duplicated in 1993, when Sweden hosted the tournament for the first time.
Sweden played in the World Cup for the first time in 1994 and also participated in 2005 and 2009, but always finished near the bottom. In 2009 Sweden was one of eight host countries.[3]
Sweden played host to the first ever international exhibition baseball match to be held at the Olympic Games. The players of the Västerås Baseball Club represented their home nation in the game against a team composed of members of the United States Olympic delegation. In addition, three pitchers and a catcher were recruited from the American delegation to help fill the Swedish roster.
Sweden has not succeeded in qualifying during any of the years the sport has been officially included in the Olympics, nor has it participated in any further baseball exhibitions at the Olympics since 1912.
World Cup
Sweden participated in the World Cup on three occasions.
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^"The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^Pälviä, Kristian (7 June 2016). "Basebollens historia i Sverige - sedan 1912" (in Swedish). Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation (SBSF). Retrieved 29 August 2017.
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sweden, national, baseball, team, national, baseball, team, sweden, team, competes, annual, european, baseball, championship, where, sweden, occasions, claimed, bronze, medal, informationcountry, swedenfederationswedish, baseball, softball, federation, sbsf, c. The Sweden national baseball team is the national baseball team of Sweden The team competes in the bi annual European Baseball Championship where Sweden on two occasions has claimed the bronze medal Sweden national baseball teamInformationCountry SwedenFederationSwedish Baseball and Softball Federation SBSF ConfederationConfederation of European BaseballManagerJim Sasko 1 WBSC rankingCurrent37 3 31 December 2022 2 World Baseball ClassicAppearances0Olympic GamesAppearances0WBSC Premier12Appearances0World CupAppearances3 first in 1994 Best result15thIntercontinental CupAppearances0European ChampionshipAppearances28 first in 1962 Best result3rd 2 times most recent in 1993 Women s World CupAppearances0The team s manager is Jim Sasko 1 Contents 1 History 2 International tournament results 2 1 Olympic games 2 2 World Cup 2 3 European Baseball Championship 3 ReferencesHistory EditBaseball has been played in Sweden since at least 1904 but it wasn t until 1952 that the first game was played by a national team In that year Sweden played against Finland and lost 4 9 Ten years later Sweden s national federation became members of the Confederation of European Baseball and the national team took part in its first European Baseball Championship where Sweden lost all four games by a combined score of 16 55 In the next tournament two years later Sweden managed to win its first ever game in the European Championship 5 0 over France Sweden played its first official game on home soil in 1974 a 9 1 win over Great Britain in the qualifications for the European Championship that were held the following year In 1981 Sweden took home bronze at the European Championships in the Netherlands only four teams took part This achievement was duplicated in 1993 when Sweden hosted the tournament for the first time Sweden played in the World Cup for the first time in 1994 and also participated in 2005 and 2009 but always finished near the bottom In 2009 Sweden was one of eight host countries 3 International tournament results EditOlympic games Edit Summer Olympics record QualificationYear Host Round Position W L RS RA1912 Sweden Exhibition only 0 1 3 13Sweden played host to the first ever international exhibition baseball match to be held at the Olympic Games The players of the Vasteras Baseball Club represented their home nation in the game against a team composed of members of the United States Olympic delegation In addition three pitchers and a catcher were recruited from the American delegation to help fill the Swedish roster Sweden has not succeeded in qualifying during any of the years the sport has been officially included in the Olympics nor has it participated in any further baseball exhibitions at the Olympics since 1912 World Cup Edit Sweden participated in the World Cup on three occasions 1994 15th of 16 2005 16th of 18 2009 19th of 22 European Baseball Championship Edit Sweden has participated in the European Baseball Championship on 29 occasions every time since 1962 1962 7th of 7 1964 4th of 5 1965 5th of 5 1967 5th of 5 1969 6th of 7 1971 8th of 9 1973 5th of 6 1975 5th of 6 1977 4th of 5 1979 4th of 4 1981 3rd of 4 1983 5th of 6 1985 4th of 6 1987 5th of 7 1989 4th of 8 1991 7th of 8 1993 3rd of 8 1995 7th of 10 1997 8th of 12 1999 7th of 12 2001 12th of 12 2003 4th of 12 2005 8th of 12 2007 6th of 12 2010 5th of 12 2012 6th of 12 2014 11th of 12 2016 8th of 12 2019 12th of 12 References Edit a b Jim Sasko new manager of Swedish National Team Mister baseball com 22 March 2017 Retrieved 29 August 2017 The WBSC World Ranking WBSC 31 December 2022 Retrieved 31 December 2022 Palvia Kristian 7 June 2016 Basebollens historia i Sverige sedan 1912 in Swedish Swedish Baseball and Softball Federation SBSF Retrieved 29 August 2017 This article about a baseball team in Europe is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a Swedish sports club is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sweden national baseball team amp oldid 1030417543, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
