Organized every year by the Czech Baseball Federation, this tournament is an opportunity for the Czech Republic to field an All-Star team made up of its natural players and another All-Star team made up of its young players, in order to gain international baseball experience. The tournament usually features France, Spain, the Czech Republic, a « traveling » American team, and an All-Star team born in the United States and composed of players playing abroad in various European leagues.
The tournament will take place from Wednesday, June 22nd to Saturday, June 25th with two groups of four. The semifinals and finals will be held on Saturday, and the top two teams from each group will advance. Greece will face the Czech Republic on Wednesday, then Spain on Thursday, and the Old Continent on Friday.
Group A: Czech Republic, Old World Baseball, Greece, Spain
Group B: Czech Prospects, Hakusoh Globetrotters, The North, France
This is a European preparatory tournament.
Take the example of Greece. The Greeks will present a team full of new faces and young prospects. Manager Chris Demetral wanted to use this tournament as a « scouting » event, which will give young players a chance to showcase their talents and gain experience as the federation prepares for the 2023 European Championship and the 2024 World Baseball Classic qualifiers.
For France, Keino Perez, manager of the French Baseball Team, revealed the list of players selected for the Prague Baseball Week from June 22nd to 25th, 2022.
The French team is heading to the PBW as part of their preparation for the European Baseball Championship qualifiers, which will be held in Bulgaria in July.
France’s participation has been cancelled due to several COVID cases.
