Baseball United’s first full season will run from October 23 to November 23, 2025. The league will have five franchises: Mumbai Cobras, Karachi Monarchs, Arabia Wolves, Mid-East Falcons, and a new Riyadh-based franchise to be announced early next year.
Each team will play 12 matches regular season, culminating in a United Series best of three matches between the two best teams. In total, there will be three 33 matches in 32 days, providing fans with exciting baseball competition.
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Kash Shaikh, President, CEO and Co-Founder of Baseball United, expressed his excitement: “After nearly three years of relentless work and a lifetime of dreams, we are grateful and proud to announce the dates for the BU Cup and BU’s first season. Our small but determined team has built the entire ecosystem of professional baseball in this incredible part of the world, overcoming daily challenges with commitment, passion and determination. We look forward to having our players and franchises in Dubai for the BU Cup in February and our first full season next October.”
Baseball United Cup y BU Arab Classic
The Baseball United Cup will take place from February 22 to March 1, 2025. This tournament will include the Cobras, Monarchs, Wolves and Falconss in an eight-day competition.
Teams will compete in a round-robin format, followed by semi-finals and finals. This tournament will represent the first franchise professional baseball games in the history of the Middle East and South Asia.
In November 2024, the BU Arab Classic will be held from the 7th to the 10th, where national teams from India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, among others, will compete. This tournament will follow the rules of the World Baseball Classic with some regional modifications.
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John Miedreich, vice president and co-founder of Baseball United, highlighted the importance of the tournament: “From day one, we have believed in both a top-down and bottom-up approach to growing the game in this region.
We have been working with the national teams in the region for the past two years, and now our Arab Classic event “It will provide a broader base and a bigger stage to continue our development work. We strongly believe in the potential and talent of young athletes in this part of the world.”
2024-08-01 18:21:35
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