The Croatia national baseball team is the national baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 team of Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. They are currently the 10th best team in Europe

Europe

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 and the 40th ranked men's baseball team in the IBAF World Rankings

IBAF World Rankings

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. The team is controlled by the Croatian Baseball Association, which is represented in the Confederation of European Baseball.

The Croatia hosted one of the four pools during the first stage of play in the 2009 Baseball World Cup

2009 Baseball World Cup

The 2009 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament that started on 9 September 2009. The final was held in Nettuno, Italy on 27 September 2009. It was the 38th time the World Cup took place, and the first time that it was hosted by a continent rather than a single country...

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Tournament results

Baseball World Cup

2009 2009 Baseball World Cup The 2009 Baseball World Cup was an international baseball tournament that started on 9 September 2009. The final was held in Nettuno, Italy on 27 September 2009. It was the 38th time the World Cup took place, and the first time that it was hosted by a continent rather than a single country...  : 18th

European Baseball Championship

European Baseball Championship

The European Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Europe, governed by the Confederation of European Baseball . Italy won the inaugural European Baseball Championship in , and the competition has since been dominated by the Italian team and the...

1999 1999 European Baseball Championship The 1999 European Baseball Championship was won by the Netherlands. It was held in Italy.-Standings:...  : 11th 2001 2001 European Baseball Championship The 2001 European Baseball Championship was held in Germany and won by the Netherlands. Twelve teams competed in 2001.-Standings:...  : 8th 2003 2003 European Baseball Championship The 2003 European Baseball Championship was won and hosted by the Netherlands.-Standings:...  : 10th 2005 2005 European Baseball Championship The 2005 European Baseball Championship was won by the Netherlands. It was held in the Czech Republic.-Standings:...  : 12th 2007 2007 European Baseball Championship The 2007 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held from September 7 to 16, between national baseball teams of the Confederation of European Baseball. The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain and served as the qualifying competition for the 2008 Summer Olympic... : 8th