Baseball in Greece

Baseball in Greece is regulated by the Hellenic Baseball Softball Federation, founded in 2015. The HBSF succeeded the Hellenic Amateur Baseball Federation (HABF), which was founded in 1997. The HABF supported a domestic league, the Greek Baseball League, from 2000 to 2014. Greece is represented in international play by the Greece national baseball team.

History

HABF was founded in 1997 preparation for the hosting of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The goal was "creating and eventually fielding a Greek Olympic Baseball Team for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games."(registration required) The leagues' inaugural season was in 2000, with Marousi 2004 from Athens winning the Greek Baseball league title that year. The inaugural Greek Cup was also held in 2000 and was won by another Athenian team, Spartakos Glyfadas.

Peter Angelos, the Greek-American owner of the Baltimore Orioles, helped finance the Greece team for the 2004 Olympics.

By 2008, HABF realized there would be no more government funding for baseball. The Federation was able to continue but with fewer teams. Through the work of the HABF and personal funds from its President, they sent a team to the 2008 European Qualifier's Championship in Portugal. They won all their games.

International Competitions

Current roster

Greece roster
Official rosterCoaching staff
Pitchers
  • 1 Evan Dean Christidis
  • 21 Daniel Peter Gosselin
  • 57 Alex Gounaris
  • 3 Yanni Orfanidis
  • 15 Panagiotis Sykaras
  • 28 Noah Hoadly Day Zavolas
 Catchers
  • 6 George Pavlos Athanasiadis

Infielders

  • 17 Andre Christopher Demetral

Outfielders

  • 29 Kasey Caras
  • 26 Louka Soukeras
  • 2 Hondro Torres
  • 19 Andrew Nicholas Varon


 Manager
  • 4 James Christopher Demetral

Coaches

  • 18 Scott Demetral
  • 32 Demetre Kokoris
  • 31 Tom Mazarakis
  • 8 Erik Pappas
  • 20 Stavros Spyrou
Updated 13 October 2026

Current league structure

(Larissa)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hellenic Baseball Softball Federation". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  2. ↑ "Greece out to put itself on baseball map". Kyodo World News Service.
  3. ↑ Greece Hellenic Amateur Baseball Federation[dead link]
  4. ↑ Manuel, John (July 30, 2004). "Host Greece Sports Unlikely American Roster". Baseball America. Retrieved 2010-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ Bruce, Robert. "Greek-American Backs National Baseball Team". Athens News (Hellenic Communication Service, L.L.C.). Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  6. ↑ Greece Hellenic Amateur Baseball Federation (registration required)
  7. ↑ "Europebaseball 2025 Rosters". WBSC Europe.