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Baseball in Switzerland
Country	Switzerland
Governing body	Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation
National team(s)	Men's national team; Women's national team
First played	1981
Clubs	Championnat de Suisse de baseball
International competitions
European Baseball Championship World Baseball Classic

Baseball is a minor sport in Switzerland.

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The sport has its foundation in the early 1980s.

The governing body for baseball in the country is the Swiss Baseball and Softball Federation. Championnat de Suisse de baseball is the national professional baseball league (NLB & NLA).

Bibliography

Peter C. Bjarkman, Diamonds Around The Globe: The Encyclopedia Of International Baseball, Greenwood Press, 2004
Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History, McFarland & Co Inc, 2008

References

^ Letzing, John (October 4, 2016). "Out of Baseball Options? There's Always Zurich". The Wall Street Journal.
Chetwynd, Josh (October 4, 2019). Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9781476679129 – via Google Books.
Williams, Joe. "SWISS CLUB HONES ITS BASEBALL IN MT. DORA". Orlando Sentinel.
Eggenberger, Peter. "Die Wiler Baseballer wollen in die Playoffs". St. Galler Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-17.

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