Lithuania wins the <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2024/07/italy-secures-spot-in-european-under-18-baseball-championships-final/" title="Italy Secures Spot in European Under 18 Baseball Championships Final”>European Under 18 Baseball Championship, but three Italians are included in the All Star Team
Lithuania respects the predictions of the day before, winning the under 18 European baseball championship5 in Clermont Ferrand, beating Turkey 2-1, after losing the first set of the entire event. Bronze went to France, which instead prevailed against Spain 2-0 in the final for 3rd-4th place. Italy finished in fifth place, one step away from qualifying for the 2025 World Cup (the top four promoted), but the press and experts paid tribute to the excellent behavior of our boys and girls, inserting Pierfrancesco Bernardi e Chiara Pecorelli in the All Star Team, together with their manager Maurizio Balla. A great reward for the work that the eight blue bearers did during the event, closing the regular season with 4 victories and four defeats, and then closing the Super Round in the black, with two successes (against France and Holland) and a full knockout of regret against Spain, for two sets lost with only one point behind, one even in overtime.
«Having two representatives in the European All Star Team – comments manager Maurizio Balla – shows that we played a great event. There is even some small regret for not being able to reach the final for the bronze, having been eliminated from the scene due to Team Qualitty Balance, who favored Spain and France, against whom we played on equal terms, even winning with the Transalpines. Like I said, my boys and girls did what needed to be done. The proof is that we closed the super round with two victories and one defeat. It was a beautiful experience, with a beautiful group, who followed my teachings, with concentration and balance. A European youth championship that will be a springboard for the future.”
