(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Neptunus organizes first edition of Youth Rotterdam Baseball Week
Nederlands
 ROTTERDAM (Neth.) -
Next month, the first edition of the Youth Rotterdam Baseball Week will be organized at the Neptunus Familiestadion, the home of Curaçao Neptunus in Rotterdam.
Last year, the first edition of the Rotterdam Baseball Weekend was played, which was organized instead of the Rotterdam Baseball World Port Tournament.
That event was first organized in 1985, the last edition was in 2019.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tounament was cancelled in 2021, but there were plans to return in 2023.
Instead, the Rotterdam Baseball Weekend was organized, which was a 3-day, 3-game series between the National Teams of the Netherlands and Czechia.
Since 1985, the World Port Tournament was organized in odd years, while the Haarlem Baseball Week was organized in even years.
The 31st edition of the Baseball Week will be held July 12-19.
In a press release, Neptunus announced the upcoming new, international tournament:
,,After the success of the 1st Rotterdam Baseball Weekend in September 2023, the first youth edition of the event will be organized this year.
The national under-15 selections from the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic will play against each other at the Youth Rotterdam Baseball Week in the Neptunus Family Stadium from July 9 to 13.
The under-16 team of Team Kingdom of The Netherlands will also participate in the series of games to provide extra competition.
Youth Rotterdam Baseball Week is organized by Rotterdam United Baseball and Sportclub Neptunus.
This is done in close collaboration with Rotterdam Topsport and Sportbedrijf Rotterdam.
The event is financially supported by Nirint Shipping.
With the organization of this new youth tournament, the sport of baseball will get a great international stage in the city.
The aim of the parties involved is to organize a Rotterdam Baseball Week every year from now on, inviting the A-teams in odd years and the under-15 youth selections in even years.
In collaboration with Sportbedrijf Rotterdam and Rotterdam Topsport, an extensive program is being built around the games.
For example, children from Rotterdam schools are invited to watch the games and they receive clinics from top players from Curaçao Neptunus.
In addition, FUN-activities will be set up, including an obstacle course and visitors can play e-sports in the stadium.
There is free entry to the games.
Entrance is free and it is not necessary to purchase a ticket in advance.''
The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, July 9: Germany vs. Netherlands U16 (2 PM), Czechia vs. Italy (3:30 PM), Germany vs. Netherlands U15 (7 PM)
Wednesday, July 10: Germany vs. Czechia (2 PM), Netherlands U15 vs. Italy (3:30 PM), Czechia vs. Netherlands U16 (7 PM)
Thursday, July 11: Netherlands U16 vs. Italy (2 PM), Netherlands U15 vs Czechia (3:30 PM), Italy vs. Germany (7 PM)
Friday, July 12: Semi-Final (2 PM), Semi-Final (3:30 PM), Netherlands U16 vs. Netherlands U15 (7 PM)
Saturday, July 13: Bronze Medal Game (1 PM), Final (5 PM)
(June 7)
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