The 2024 European Youth Baseball Championship 2024 began this Tuesday, October 29 and will be held until Saturday, November 2 in Ceyrat (Puy-de-Dôme).
Since Tuesday, October 29, 13 nations, each representing a mixed team, are ready to win the title of European youth champion at the Arténium sports complex in Clermont Auvergne Métropole in Ceyrat (Puy-de-Dôme).
The D2 team in the playoffs, Euro baseball5 18U at the Arténium: the good batting of the Arvernes of Clermont-Ferrand
Among them, the French U18 team which, on the second day of the competition and having won all its matches, has already qualified for the second round.
Organized by the Arverni
This event, organized by the Clermont Auvergne Baseball Softball club, aka the Arvernes, is a great opportunity to (re)discover this fast and dynamic discipline which is played with five players and uses the same fundamentals as baseball and softball.
This international competition, bringing together 130 players, 50 staff members, 28 officials and around fifty volunteers, will end this Saturday with the grand final at 4:30 p.m. Entrance is free.
Text Stéphanie Merzet
Photos by Francis Campagnoni