The former player succeeds Andrea Marcon who held the top position at federal level since 2016
Italian baseball changes president and relies on a national coach and former historic blue center fielder. Marco Mazzieri with 56.04% of the votes beat the outgoing president Andrea Marcon (42.70%, blank ballots 1.26%) and will lead the Fibs until 2028. He is the ninth President in the history of the federation. “If they had told me 50 years ago that I would be President of this movement that has given me so much, I wouldn’t have believed it. We really want to be everyone’s Federation, we don’t want to leave anyone behind and we want to put the whole movement in a position to work on the better. Thank you all so much” declared the new president. Mazzieri will be able to count on the support of the Federal Council as follows: Pierluigi Bissa, Stefano Sbardolini, Federica Morri, Marina Centrone, Sabrina Olivero, Marco Mannucci, Sergio Piccinini as affiliates. Andrea Sgnaolin, Emanuela Giovinazzo in athletes’ quota. Ettore Finetti at technical level. The President of the Board of Auditors is Dr. Federico Loda.
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Born in Grosseto, 62 year old Mazzieri took his first steps as a player in Roselle. In 1980 he had his first appearance with BBC Grosseto, with whom he will play continuously until 2000, with a stint in Bologna, between Calze Verdi Casalecchio first (1 year) and Fortitudo Bologna then between 1991 and 1993. He played over 1000 matches of the top baseball championship, wearing the number 5, retired in 2011 by the Maremma club. In the national team, as a player, he was part of the Italian selection from the 1985 European Championship to the 1990 World Cup, for a total of 73 appearances. Having moved on to lead the bench of the Junior National Team, he won the European title in 2007, a success which earned him the “promotion” to manager of the senior National Team, with which he climbed to the top step of the continental podium in 2010 and 2012 and, in 2010, wins bronze at the last Taiwan Intercontinental Cup in the 3rd place final against the hosts. In 2009, 2013 and 2017 he led the Azzurri to the World Baseball Classic, reaching the second phase in 2013. Twice leading the European selection against Samurai Japan in the Global Baseball Series of 2015 and 2024. In 2017 he was awarded by the European Baseball Coaches Association with the Career Achievement Award. He is Chairman of the Coach Commission of the World Baseball Softball Confederation.
