XII Taça Cidade de Almada [English version]
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This year, the Taça Cidade de Almada (Almada City Cup) brings a novelty, it will be in an international format! In this sense, we have invited the teams: Bournemouth Bears (England), Club de Béisebol y Softbol de Sevilla (Spain) and Royal Antwerp Eagles (Belgium).
The competition will take place on March 25th and 26th, 2023, at the Almada Municipal Track.
Admission is free and we will have food on site.
Come to the track, eat and socialize!
Games
Saturday – March 25th
| Time | Away Team | Home Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 – 11:30 | Eagles | x | Bears |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | Bears | x | Sevilha |
| 14:30 – 16:30 | Sevilha | x | White Sharks |
| 17:00 – 19:00 | White Sharks | x | Eagles |
Sunday- March 26th
| Time | Away Team | Home Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 – 11:30 | Eagles | x | Sevilha |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | Bears | x | White Sharks |
| 14:30 – 16:30 | Award Ceremony |
Invited Teams
Bournemouth Bears was founded in 2017 by Venezuelan Jose Lopez former Houston Astros minor league player who wanted to bring his passion for baseball to local town in the south of England.The Bears went all the way to the playoff on their first season ever. In 2019 the Bears won the AA national championship Unbeaten. The club continued to grow in 2020 regarless of an unprecedent world pandemic. 2021 the bears joined the league with one team on the single A and one on the AAA league; The AAA team ended the season being the south west champions and 3rd in the country; as well as started their first youth team, having players as young as 4 years of age.In 2022 as previous years the club continued to developed and grow and once again the AAA team ended the season as 3rd in the country. Fun fact about the Bournemouth Bears is that the club has got members from over 10 different nationalities
Club de Béisbol y Sóftbol de Sevilla
The Club de Béisbol y Sóftbol de Sevilla was founded in 1995 and, since then, has grown both in terms of registered players and game level. So much so that the senior team “Sevilla Red Sox” was the champion of the 1st Division of the Spanish National League in two consecutive seasons: 2009 and 2010, achieving direct promotion to the top division of baseball in Spain: the Honor Division.
Royal Antwerp Eagles is the oldest club in Belgian, founded in 1923 as Antwerp Black Cats, shortly after baseball was introduced by Japanese sailors berthing in the port of Antwerp.
RAE fields teams in the Belgian competitions for senior baseball, youth baseball and ladies softball , as well as a U21 team in the Southern region of the Dutch competition.
