U15 NT Baseball goes all out in E.C. Qualifier 18 – 23 July in Valencia

The Belgian U15 National Team Baseball will enter the U15 European Baseball Championship Qualifiers, which will be played from July 18 to 23 in Budapest, Hungary and Valencia, Spain. Split into two groups eleven Baseball Cadets National Teams will compete to earn two spots in next year’s U15 European Baseball Championship.

U15 managers Chris Schoonheydt and Tom Lorrentop have taken on a tremendous last-minute task of getting our U15 players – 15 boys and a girl (Yana) – ready for the Qualifiers during the past months.

Belgium will play in Group 1 – Valencia: Spain, Belgium, Great Britain, Israel, Switzerland and Türkiye.

Three games each day are scheduled at 10.30am, 2.30pm and 6.30pm during the preliminary round from Monday to Friday. The top two teams will meet in the final on Saturday at 12pm. The group in Budapest will be played with host Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Lithuania and Ukraine.

Belgium will play its first game against Israel, Monday 18 July at 10:30 in Valencia.

Official link to Live Games, schedule, results and stats:
https://www.wbsceurope.org/en/events/2022-u-15-european-baseball-championship-qualifier/home

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Selection 2022

FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	CLUB	CITY	POSITION
Aaron	Sluys	BRUSSELS KANGAROOS	Grimbergen	P/C/IF
Axl	Weyn	ANTWERP EAGLES	Oudsbergen Opglabbeek	C/IF
Brieuc	Schoenaers	MONT-SAINT GUIBERT PHOENIX	Grez-Doiceau	P/IF
Cazimir	Vandervelden	GENT KNIGHTS	Gentbrugge	IF/OF
Daan	Ruelle	BRASSCHAAT BRAVES	Brecht	P/IF
Giënco	Pacheco Alvarez	BORGERHOUT SQUIRRELS	Mortsel	P/IF/OF
Joe	Spurgeon Mizunoya	BRUSSELS KANGAROOS	Brussels	P/C/IF
Kyen	Van Strijdonck	ANTWERP EAGLES	Schoten	P/IF
Lucas	Lorrentop	HOBOKEN PIONEERS	Aartselaar	P/IF
Merijn	Overmeire	WBA FOXES	Sint-Niklaas	P/IF
Natan	Casie	BORGERHOUT SQUIRRELS	Deurne	P/C/IF/OF
Nils	Verbeken	MERCHTEM CATS	Asse	P/C/IF/OF
Nouamane	Fatihi	BORGERHOUT SQUIRRELS	Mortsel	P/IF/OF
Oscar	Seynaeve Vroman	MONT-SAINT GUIBERT PHOENIX	Ottignies	IF/OF
Owen	Van Droogenbroeck	MERCHTEM CATS	Merchtem	P/IF/OF
Yana	Schoonheydt	BRASSCHAAT BRAVES	Kapellen	C/IF
Coaches:
Chris	Schoonheydt	Program Coördinator
Tom	Lorrentop	Field Manager
Kristof	Van Droogenbroeck	3rd Base Coach
Martin	Nicolay	1st Base Coach