Confédération Européenne de Baseball

Confederation of European Baseball

Abbreviation	CEB
Formation	1953
Type	International sport federation
Purpose	Sport governing body
Headquarters	Lausanne, Switzerland
Region served	Europe
Membership	38
Official language	English, French
President	Didier Seminet
Parent organization	World Baseball Softball Confederation
Website	http://www.baseballeurope.com/

The Confederation of European Baseball (French: Confédération Européenne de Baseball, CEB), is the governing body of baseball within Europe. The CEB was founded in 1953 with 5 members, which were Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy and Spain. As of today, there are 38 members, excluding Armenia. In 2010, there were 112,303 players in the CEB countries.

The confederation is responsible for operating the European Baseball Championship, a championship that has been running since 1954 in Europe.

In April 1953 in Paris, France, 5 countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) gave birth to the European Baseball Federation, originally named in French Féderation Européenne de Baseball (FEB). The first Executive Committee was formed by President Steno Borghese of Italy, Secretary General Roger Panaye of Belgium and Vice President and head of the Technical Commission Luis Barrio of Spain.

In 1954 the first European Championship was played in Belgium and Italy claimed the victory.

The sixth member country, the Netherlands, was accepted at the 1956 Congress in Milan.

In 1957 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sweden became the seventh member, and FEB became an eight-country federation in London in 1960 when Great Britain was accepted.