2025 European Champions Cup

The 2025 European Champions Cup was won by Heidenheim Heideköpfe.

Competing Teams[edit]

(country represented in parentheses, followed by manager)

Brno 4, Valencia 0. Luis Moncada and Filip Čapka combine on a four-hitter; SS Michel Rodríguez has half the hits. Yosvany Torres blanks the defending champs for six to keep up his end of the pitching duel before he fades.
Třebíč 5, Karlovac 4. Both Czech teams open with wins but the Nuclears need a dramatic comeback. Down 4-3 against Carlos García entering the bottom of the 9th, they rally for two, 3B Russell Strilchuk singling in SS Vojtěch Šabacký with the winner with one away. CF/SS Kruno Gojković has three hits, two runs and a RBI in a losing cause. Filip Kollmann is the second Filip to win today, thanks to four innings of fine relief, yielding only one unearned run.

Brno 7, Valencia 0. Jan Vašourek, Tomáš Hrbek and Wladimir Pinto combine on the second straight Brno shutout. RF Martin Kalábek scores a pair. Veteran Jorge Balboa takes the loss.
Třebíč 5, Karlovac 2. Lukáš Hlouch allows one unearned run in six for the victory over Jose Diaz. C Russell Strilchuk homers and produces 3 runs.

Bonn 11, Valencia 3. Markus Solbach and two relievers strike out 13, SS Eric Brenk and 1B Terrell Joyce both drive in 3 and 3B Chris Beyers scores 3. 1B Tanner Donnels plays a role in all 3 Astros runs, while Yosvany Torres falls to 0-2.
Heidenheim 15, Karlovac 4. The other German team also rolls in its opener, C Billy Germaine leading the way with 3 hits, 3 runs and 3 RBI. 3B Phildrick Llewelleyn drives in 3 more and CF Gary Owens scores three. Logan Hofmann is the beneficiary of all that offense, beating Jose Diaz.

Bonn 10, Valencia 5. C Maurice Bendrien (3 H, 3 RBI) and DH Sascha Koch (4 RBI) give plenty of support for Niklas Rimmel; Rimmel, Noah Lindt and Marcel Giraud strike out 17. 46-year-old SS Michel Rodríguez has a double, a homer, two runs and two RBI for the Astros and Jorge Balboa gets the loss.
Heidenheim 13, Karlovac 6. The two German teams join the two Czech teams at 2-0. 41-year-old 1B Simon Gühring has three hits and three runs, SS Simon Liedtke added three hits and Sven Schüller throws five shutout innings for the win. Carlos García is the losing hurler and SS/P Jose Pereira raps four hits for Karlovac.

Bonn 15, Brno 0. Two unbeaten teams squared off and it was a one-sided affair. 1B Terrell Joyce drove in five and Markus Solbach threw a four-hitter to defeat Jan Vašourek.
Heidenheim 11, Třebíč 6. In the other matchup between two unbeaten teams, the Germans again beat the Czechs, but this one is closer. LF Maurice Montgomery homers twice and dries in six and Sven Schüller throws three shutout innings to save Logan Hofmann's win. Lukáš Pacal gets the loss, while 2B Marek Krejčiřík gets three hits in a losing cause.

Bonn-Brno game cancelled in the third inning due to rain; Bonn wins their pool to move to the finals.
Heidenheim 11, Třebíč 9. It will be an all-German finals as Heidenheim squeaks out a win in a slugfest. C Phildrick Llewellyn scores four times and Simon Liedtke saves the win for Tommy Sommer. DH Ryan Johnson goes 4-for-4 with two homers and five RBI for the Czechs, while the decision goes to Wuilder Rodríguez.

Heidenheim 8, Bonn 4. Heidenheim wins the title game as MVP Billy Germaine homers and drives in three while 3B Phildrick Llewellyn has 2 runs and 2 RBI. Logan Hofmann goes the distance to beat Markus Solbach. CF Danny Lankhorst hits a 3-run homer for Bonn.

European Champions Cup (formerly European Cup)