Launched by the WBSC in 2018 worldwide and in France, baseball5 is starting to find its footing.
Easy to play indoors, it can also be played outdoors by marking out a temporary field on concrete or asphalt. However, a few French municipalities, at the initiative of volunteer members of baseball clubs, have managed to get new fields built.
The black and yellow, colors chosen from the start, also seem to be establishing themselves as the standard, even if the field at the Montpellier hub is white and blue. In this article’s cover photo, the creation of two baseball5 fields in Béziers.
The Île-de-France Open just wrapped up last weekend with no fewer than 10 teams competing, representing at least 50 players.
The upcoming French Open will be held in Montpellier on January 22nd and 23rd, with two separate competitions for under-16s and over-16s.
FRANCE is not lagging behind, we’ll see if they can defend their European championship title in 2022 and qualify for the first-ever world championships.
