The Czech Republic national baseball team is the national baseball team of Czechia (Czech Republic). The team competes in the biennial European Baseball Championship, and debuted in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Czech Republic national baseball team
Information
Country
Czech Republic
Confederation
WBSC Europe
Manager
Pavel Chadim
Captain
Martin Mužík
Team Colors
Dark Blue, Red, White
WBSC ranking
Current
15 (31 December 2025)
Highest
14 (2 times; latest in December 2021)
Lowest
25 (December 2012)
World Baseball Classic
Appearances
1 (first in 2023)
Best result
14th (2023)
World Cup
Appearances
2 (first in 2005)
Best result
18th (2005)
European Championship
Appearances
11 (first in 1997)
Best result
3rd (2025)
The team will compete in the 2026 World Baseball Classic in March 2026.
History
Czech clubs began playing against teams of United States Army servicemen in the immediate aftermath of World War II, but the development of the sport was halted after the rise of the Iron Curtain and would not resume until Bill Arce's baseball clinics in Prague, starting in 1969. It would not be until the 1980s that an official national team (for what was then Czechoslovakia) was formed; the team took three out of four games from the Soviet national team in Tbilisi, Georgia in October 1987.
The country became a full member of the Confederation of European Baseball in 1989, around the time of the Velvet Revolution. At the point of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the national team was almost entirely composed of Czech players. The Czech national team first qualified for the European Baseball Championship in 1997, with a record of 4–4. The team narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, falling short of Italy and the Netherlands.
In 2009, Europe hosted the IBAF World Cup, the first time in history the Baseball World Cup was not hosted by a specific country. Prague hosted Group A of the pool round, and the Czech Republic team finished 20th, going 0–3 with losses to Australia, Mexico, and Chinese Taipei.[citation needed]
Because the Czech Republic finished in the top five in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, it moved on to the 2020 Olympics qualifiers in Italy in September 2019. There, it came in third, behind Israel and the Netherlands.
Roster
Czech Republic roster – 2023 World Baseball Classic
Players
Coaches
Pitchers
18 Jeff Barto
14 Filip Čapka
7 Tomáš Duffek
63 Lukáš Ercoli
60 Lukáš Hlouch
1 Michal Kovala
97 Marek Krejčiřík
43 David Mergans
15 Marek Minařík
34 Jan Novák
23 Daniel Padyšák
57 Jake Rabinowitz
35 Ondřej Satoria
13 Martin Schneider
8 Jan Tomek
Catchers
55 Martin Červenka
32 Daniel Vavruša
Infielders
2 Jakub Hajtmar
40 Jakub Kubica
77 Vojtěch Menšík
49 Martin Mužík
31 Milan Prokop
16 Filip Smola
9 Eric Sogard
99 Petr Zýma
Outfielders
5 William Escala
20 Arnošt Dubový
30 Jakub Grepl
73 Marek Chlup
33 Matěj Menšík
Manager
13 Pavel Chadim
Coaches
41 Joe Truesdale (Bench Coach)
22 John Hussey (Pitching Coach)
47 Alex Derhak (First Base Coach)
17 David Winkler (Third Base Coach)
25 Dusan Randak (Pitching Coach)
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Umpires: HP: Ramon De Jesus. 1B: Delfin Colon. 2B: Laz Díaz. 3B: Fabrizio Fabrizzi.
International tournament results
World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic record
Qualification record
Year
Round
Position
W
L
RS
RA
W
L
RS
RA
2006
did not enter
No qualifiers held
2009
2013
did not qualify
0
2
6
28
2017
1
2
22
12
2023
Round 1
14th
1
3
16
25
3
1
25
27
2026
To be determined
Automatically Qualified
Total
Round 1
2/6
1
3
16
25
4
5
60
67
European Baseball Championship
Team Czech Republic competed at the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and came in fifth, behind Team Israel. Among the players who competed for it were Martin Červenka and Marek Minařík.
1997 : 7th
1999 : 8th
2001 : 5th
2003 : 6th
2005 : 5th
2007 : 12th
2010 : 7th
2012 : 5th
2014 : 4th
2016 : 5th
2019 : 5th
2021 : 5th
2023 : 5th
2025 : 3rd
Baseball World Cup
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