Current season, competition or edition: 2025 European Champions Cup | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1963 |
| No. of teams | 8 (in 2023) |
| Continent | Europe |
| Most recent champion |  Heidenheim (2025) |
| Most titles |  Parma (15 titles) |
TheBaseball European Champions Cup (BECC), formerly called theChampions Cup andEuropean Cup, is an annualbaseballtournament, sanctioned and created byWBSC Europe. The tournament features the top teams of theprofessional baseballleagues in Europe, and is the first tier of the four competitions organized byWBSC Europe, alongside the second-tierEuropean Cup, third-tierFederation Cup, and fourth-tierFederation Cup Qualifiers, which operate with apromotion and relegation system for its federations.[1][2]
The first season of the tournament was held in1963 and was won by thePicadero Jockey Club Barcelona.
Starting in 2008, the tournament is now held in two locations. The best two teams from each tournament then compete in theEuropean Champion Cup "Final Four", with the winner receiving the European Champion Cup.
Between 2013 and 2015, the "Final Four" format was replaced with a best-of-three series between the winners of each tournament. In the2015 tournament, six teams competed in the Paris group, while six other teams competed in Rotterdam. The best two teams then competed in the "Final Four" in Italy, in a best-of-three series, for the championship.
In early 2024,WBSC Europe announced a restructuring of its European club competitions, with the top tier Baseball European Champions Cup now being played in a full-season format at each team's venues, instead of a tournament hosted in one location. The inaugural tournament under the new format featured only 4 teams, two each from Germany and Czech Republic, with expansion planned for the future. The lower-tier competitions are keeping their tournament structure, with promotion and relegation for its federations.[2]
| Team | Number of championships | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Parma | 15 | 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2021, 2022 |
 Curaçao Neptunus | 10 | 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2018 |
| Nettuno | 7 | 1965, 1972, 1974, 1991, 1997, 2008, 2009 |
| Unipolsai Bologna | 6 | 1973, 1985, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2019 |
| Milan | 3 | 1969, 1970, 1971 |
| Rimini | 3 | 1976, 1979, 1989 |
| Haarlem Nicols (Defunct) | 3 | 1966, 1975, 1990 |
 T&A San Marino | 3 | 2006, 2011, 2014 |
 Piratas de Madrid | 2 | 1964, 1967 |
| Picadero Barcelona | 2 | 1963, 1968 |
| ADO Den Haag | 1 | 1993 |
| Grosseto | 1 | 2005 |
| Kinheim | 1 | 2007 |
| L&D Amsterdam | 1 | 2016 |
| HCAW | 1 | 2023 |
 Draci Brno | 1 | 2024 |
| Heidenheim | 1 | 2025 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 35 | 32 | 20 | 87 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 17 | 18 | 20 | 55 |
| 3 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | San Marino | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Germany | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 |  France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 61 | 61 | 63 | 185 | |
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