The International Baseball Centre (IBC) is the home field of the Ashbourne Baseball Club and the Irish National Baseball Team . It opened in 2015. It is Ireland's only international standard baseball diamond.
15-594: The IBC is the host field for the International Baseball Festival, an annual international baseball tournament held in Ashbourne. The IBC has been the host field for two European Baseball Championship Qualifier tournaments. The first tournament was the 2019 European Baseball Championship - Qualification held in Ireland in 2018. In 2023, it hosted a U18 European Baseball Championship Qualifier . In 2024,
30-569: A narrow gauge railway line , connecting Panevėžys -Utena- Švenčionys , was constructed. At the end of the 19th century two big fires devastated the town. Germany occupied Utena from 1915 to 1918, until the Soviet Bolsheviks took over. Following the defeat of Soviets , in June 1919, Utena became a district center in independent Lithuania. Utena, known as the shtetl Utyan in Yiddish, historically had
45-584: A Jewish population. In 1941, approximately 2,000 Jews were rounded up in the town, which was then under the Nazi occupation , and shot in the Rašė Forest about 2 km (1.2 mi) to the north. According to the 2021 census, the city population was 25,343 people, of which: Utena is located in northeastern Lithuania . The city covers 15.1 km and is the eighth-largest city by area in Lithuania . Four rivers cross
60-493: Is one of the oldest settlements of Lithuania . The name of the city is most probably derived from a hydronym . The name of the settlement has been known since 1261. Utena is an industrial city. It is known for its clothing, food and beverage factories. In recent years, however, streets, public squares and large areas of the parks in the city were reconstructed and Utena is now more attractive for recreation and tourism. The anniversary of Utena City had been held each year on
75-478: The 2019 European Baseball Championship started on July 25, 2016, in Ljubljana , Slovenia and Miejska Górka , Poland . The tournament was originally planned for 2018, but was moved back a year to 2019 to serve as a qualification for the 2020 Olympiad . Top team from each group qualified for the playoff, winner of which (Austria) qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship , bottom team from each group
90-786: The Vilna Governorate until 1843 when it became a part of the Kovno Governorate . The town grew rapidly after the St.Petersburg-Warsaw road was constructed between 1830 and 1835. In 1835–1836, the Utena Postage Station for horse post with lodging houses and stables was constructed, which was used or passed by the Russian tsars , French writer Honoré de Balzac , Russian painter Ilya Repin , Lithuanian poet Antanas Baranauskas , Lithuanian national movement figure Jonas Basanavičius , etc. In 1899
105-498: The B Pool as a wild card. The final was a rematch of Ireland vs. Greece; Ireland won the group round game 10–0 in eight innings and the final 12–2. Ireland advanced to Pool B as the winner. Greece, as the runner-up, also advanced as the wild card after Ukraine beat Romania in the Kropyvnytskyi group. Greece's 3–1 record in group play was better than Romania's 2–2 record. The three-way tie between Romania, Georgia, and Estonia at 2–2
120-699: The Netherlands, Spain, Venezuela and the USA. The International Baseball Centre was the host field for a C-Pool qualification tournament for the 2019 European Baseball Championships. Tournament dates were July 23rd - 29th, 2018. National teams competing included Greece, Slovenia, Finland and Norway. The Irish National Team won the gold medal and advanced to the next round of Olympic qualifying. 53°30′10″N 6°23′11″W / 53.50279°N 6.38634°W / 53.50279; -6.38634 2019 European Baseball Championship - Qualification The qualification for
135-414: The best-of-three playoff series qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship . Playoff host was Utena , Lithuania . [REDACTED] Israel qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship . Utena Utena ( pronunciation , German : Utenen ) is a city in north-east Lithuania . It is the administrative center of Utena district and Utena County . Utena
150-728: The city territory: Vyžuona, Krašuona, Vieša and Utenėlė. There are also two lakes in Utena, Dauniškis and Vyžuonaitis . The city is divided into 10 districts: Under the Köppen climate classification , Utena has a humid continental climate ( Dfb ). The lowest temperature ever recorded in Lithuania occurred in Utena: −42.9 °C (−45.2 °F) on 1 February 1956. FK Utenis Utena plays in A Lyga and BC Juventus plays in LKL . Hometown of Jonas Valančiūnas of
165-474: The field will host another European Baseball Championship Qualifier . The International Baseball Festival is an annual baseball tournament held at the International Baseball Centre. The first tournament was held in 2015. The Irish National Baseball Team has competed in every tournament since inception in preparation for International Play. Past competing teams have come from Belgium, Mexico,
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#1732855089187180-511: The last weekend of September. Since 2013 the anniversary has been held on the first weekend of September to take advantage of better weather conditions. Utena was first mentioned in historical documents dating back to 1261. The settlement was a major center of Nalšia . It was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania until 1795, when it fell under the Russian Empire rule. From 1802 it belonged to
195-540: Was relegated to C-Pool. Winner of the best-of-three playoff series qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship . Playoffs were hosted by Wiener Neustadt . [REDACTED] Austria qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship . Two groups of 5 nations competed, with the winner of each group advancing to the B-Pool. The better of the two second-place teams (based on record, with first tie-breaker based on runs per inning differential) also advanced to
210-462: Was won by Romania with a Team Quality Balance within games played between those three teams of 0.5125 against Georgia's -.0625 and Estonia's −0.4183. The final was a rematch between Ukraine and Romania; Ukraine won the group round game 13–0 in seven innings and the final 3–2 (again in seven innings, due to weather). Ukraine, as the winner, advanced to Pool B. The better runner-up between the two groups also advanced, but Romania's 2–2 record in group play
225-478: Was worse than that of 3–1 Greece (the Ashbourne group runner-up). Pool B featured 14 teams competing in two groups of 6 and 8 teams. The two group winners faced off in the playoff for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Championship, which was won by Team Israel. Nine teams remain from the 2017 Pool B competition: Five additional teams advanced from 2018 Pool C. Semifinals order will be switched, because home team advanced to this round. The winner of
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