European Baseball League

[Craig Costello]

1993 Stats and Awards

October 18th 1993

                             AVG                                     ERA
Stefan Fingerlos (BAR)      .361    Philander Paraskevopoulos (ATH) 2.51
Orlando Ventura (GLA)       .355    Bohdan Leibovic (LIS)           2.74
Ota Hospodar (PAR)          .340    Alexander Schimpf (LON)         2.85

                             OPS                                       W
Stefan Fingerlos (BAR)     1.110    Bohdan Leibovic (LIS)             24
Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU) 1.022    Pasqualino Terragni (LIS)         20
Orlando Ventura (GLA)       .994    3 players                         19

                              HR                                      SV
Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU)    41    Zarek Radziwila (BRU)             49
Stefan Fingerlos (BAR)        40    Niko Andric (LIS)                 44
Raul Marroquin (BAR)          36    Mojslaw Szasz (PAR)               44

                             RBI                                      IP
Orlando Ventura (GLA)        133    Pasqualino Terragni (LIS)      279.2
Stefan Fingerlos (BAR)       131    Malcolm Kennedy (DUB)          264.2
Stefan Kowelski (GLA)        131    Shurik Chanyshev (BER)         259.0

                               R                                       K
Julio Espinoza (GLA)         137    Bohdan Leibovic (LIS)            243
Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU)   132    Cosmo Popotas (PAR)              241
Vojislav Davidovic (BAR)     119    Collins Gallagher (BAR)          237

                              SB                                    WHIP
Ewan Smith (COP)             113    Philander Paraskevopoulos (ATH) 1.00
Ferdi Leers (LIS)             79    Tahvo Ahonen (PRA)              1.10
Marcal Assis (SOF)            74    Jalmari Makkonen (LON)          1.10

WL Hitter of the Year

Stefan Fingerlos (BAR): .361 AVG, 40 HR, 131 RBI, 1.110 OPS, 117 R

EL Hitter of the Year

Rudolf Tuhina (COP): .339 AVG, 31 HR, 103 RBI, .989 OPS, 114 R

WL Pitcher of the Year

Bohdan Leibovic (LIS): 24-3, 2.74 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 233.0 IP, 76 BB, 243 K

EL Pitcher of the Year

Arnold Wert (BER): 19-4, 3.44 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 186.0 IP, 65 BB, 107 K

WL Rookie of the Year

Cosmo Popotas (PAR): 15-7, 3.25 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 246.1 IP, 104 BB, 241 K

EL Rookie of the Year

Helmuth Rainmayr (SOF): .307 AVG, 25 HR, 94 RBI, .892 OPS, 97 R

WL Homegrown Player of the Year

Fabien Lefebvre (PAR): .299 AVG, 33 HR, 109 RBI, .909 OPS, 91 R
2nd time

EL Homegrown Player of the Year

Thomas Meinert (COP): .289 AVG, 31 HR, 103 RBI, .883 OPS, 113 R
8th time

Glove of the Year Award

                           WL    EL
          Sippo Lahti (PAR)   -P-   Shurik Chanyshev (BER)
    Christer Laundsen (BAR)   -C-   Tommy Woestenberg (SOF)
        Stian Aaslund (PAR)  -1B-   Foppe Valckenburgh (BUD)
   William Coatsworth (LON)  -2B-   Gustaf Bashe (HEL)
      Manuel Helfrich (BRU)  -3B-   Jay Kerr (BER)
         Harlan McRea (LIS)  -SS-   Adrian Henge (BUD)
        Richard Fabre (VIE)  -LF-   Cyril Dufour (STO)
           Gerard Roy (BRU)  -CF-   Walter Baune (STO)
      Stefan Kowelski (GLA)  -RF-   Flip van den Bosch (SOF)

[Hageneezz]

I really think this is a great dynasty, i enjoy reading it

[Craig Costello]

Thank you. I enjoy playing it and writing it.

[Craig Costello]

1994 Preview

March 31st 1994 - Reigning champs Sofia have not made any changes to their successful formula for the new season. They have a number of outstanding young players and were able to keep hold of all of them for the 1994 campaign.

The biggest free-agent names were probably Salmund Jaerbyn and Yoann Bernard. Jaerbyn has moved to Brussels from Vienna and Bernard has joined last years WL champions, the Barcelona Iguanas.

The Iguanas signed Bernard as a replacement for Giacomo Grapasonni, who joined Stockholm as a free agent.

As well as losing Bernard, the Paris Cyclones also lost Ota Hospodar (to London). The Cyclones might be due for a down year, considering that they also lost Alexander Schimpf last season.

Last year's EL Hitter of the Year, Rudolf Tuhina, was also a free agent and he joined Oslo for $15.6M over 3 years. The Metros also picked up another big named veteran in Harlan McRea, who isn't the player he once was, but should still contribute.

There were also a couple of big trades in the off-season. Former European League Series MVP, Gunnar Rippner, has been moved to Moscow, with Berlin getting 38 year-old Steve 'The Wolf' Moynan in return. In the other big trade Brussels made room in their outfield for Jaerbyn by sending Cheung 'The China Pole' Ying to Paris in return for starter Sippo Lahti.

Another intriguing season of baseball awaits.

[jayharvill]

Originally Posted by Hageneezz

I really think this is a great dynasty, i enjoy reading it

agreed

I stole some of your uniforms and created a solo league---Trans-Atlantic Baseball League...16 North American teams and 16 European teams in different leagues...I'm in season 4 and I'm enjoying it(I'm debating about having a nation competition like your EC...but with 15 teams of players to choose from the USA would probably dominate it)

[woody2goody]

This is a good league you have set up.

Do you think you could post a list of the winners and runners up of all your seasons so far so people can look at a glance at who's doing well and who isn't?

I started an English league on 2007 and you've inspired me to do an improved OOTP 9 Great Britain version! I might even post some of the results.

Keep up the league and the good work mate

[Craig Costello]

Ask and you shall receive -

[Craig Costello]

Norwegian Drafted Top By Hawks

June 15th 1994

1. Madrid: SP Sondre Skjelvik (NOR)
2. Warsaw: SP Bernd Hoglund (SWE)
3. Zurich: C Leo Monnet (BEL)
4. Oslo: SP Nees Janzen (NED)
5. Milan: LF Husnu Cobanoglu (GER)
6. Amsterdam: 2B Keijo Tiilikainen (FIN)
7. Dublin: 2b Pauli Loehr (AUT)
8. Hamburg: 3B Godfried Vollner (GER)
9. Vienna: 2B Hilarius Hollar (AUT)
10. Stockholm: LF Fabrice Carpentier (BEL)

[Craig Costello]

1994 All-Star Break

June 22nd 1994 - Lisbon look like the class of the league this year. That is they can avoid injuries which seem to be happening a lot this season.

WL North Sea                 EL Baltic
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Brussels   43  32   -        Copenhagen  37  38   -
Paris      43  32   -        Helsinki    36  39   1
London     37  38   6        Hamburg     35  40   2
Dublin     32  43  11        Stockholm   34  41   3
Amsterdam  29  46  14        Oslo        32  43   5
Glasgow    29  46  14        Berlin      30  45   7

WL Meditteranean             EL Black Sea
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Lisbon     50  25   -        Prague      45  30   -
Zurich     46  29   4        Sofia       45  30   -
Madrid     38  37  12        Moscow      41  34   4
Milan      35  40  15        Warsaw      39  36   6
Barcelona  34  41  16        Athens      38  37   7
Vienna     34  41  16        Budapest    38  37   7

Notes -

Madrid scored 6 in the top of the 1st against Lisbon on April 10th, but they lost the game 11-6.
Amsterdam beat Barcelona 10-8 in 20 innings on May 11th in the longest game of the season so far. Last year's WL champs have had lots of other losses to go along with it. They have suffered a few injuries and their pitching is dismal this year.
Paris scored 12 runs in the 7th of a 12-11 win over Brussels on May 4th.
The whole of the Black Sea division has a winning record, whereas the whole of the Baltic division has a losing record. Berlin fired their GM in May after a 13-26 start, but they are still actually in the title race.

Player Notes -

Some great veteran players have reached important milestones. A.J. Meresmaa (Hamburg) and Vilfred Krak (Warsaw) both passed 2000 hits. Jesus Ruiz (Warsaw) became the third man to reach 200 EBL wins. Philippe Martin (Athens) clobbered his 300th homer on May 1st, the same day that he was named as April EL Hitter of the Month.
Stockholm's Alexander Parnevik was 3/4 with 2 HR and 7 RBI in his team's 14-5 win over Budapest in the second week of the season. This RBI output has been topped by Josef Schmollinger (Vienna) who drove in 8 after a 3/3 day with a double, a homer and 4 runs scored in a 17-7 win over Barcelona.
There have been three one-hitters in the first half of the season. The successful pitchers were Bernhard Grondgrens (Zurich), Francis Maze (Berlin) and Hubert Sittler (Prague).
Nicodemus Theothanou (Brussels) had an injury early in the season (see below). In one of his comeback games, he scored 5 of his teams 18 runs in a win over Madrid. He followed this game up with a second consecutive two-homer contest.
April's WL Hitter of the Month was Bartolomej Burik (Zurich). The Pitching Award winners were Egbert 'El Kapitan' Kapitan (Brussels) and Brad Mardment (Budapest).
May's award winners were -

WL Hitter - Romochka Wider (Lisbon) - .378/6/26
EL Hitter - Thomas Meinert (Copenhagen) - .407/6/19
WL Pitcher - Cosmo Popotas (Paris) - 4-1/2.35
EL Pitcher - Jesus Ruiz (Warsaw) - 4-0/1.53

The two EL winners have now taken home 14 monthly awards between them, with Ruiz picking up 8 of them.

Significant Injuries -

Gage McMahan (Athens) missed the first month of the season with a groin problem.
A knee injury kept Nicodemus Theothanou (Brussels) out for 4 weeks early on.
Klement Thunmark (Dublin) injured his shoulder in April and will be out for all of the 1994 season.
1993's WL Hitter of the Year, Stefan Fingerlos (Barcelona), missed 5 weeks because of a bad back. The Iguanas also had injuries to Raul Marroquin and Vojislav Davidovic to cope with.
Hamburg's young closer Lars Shanahan is out for the season with a back injury. His ERA was 1.74 in the month that he was able to play.
Lisbon's Pantalian Lobeiro is also out for the season with an elbow injury.
Ianos Cukar (Warsaw) will miss 8 weeks after the break with a bad back.

[woody2goody]

Originally Posted by Craig Costello

Ask and you shall receive -

Thank you very much Interesting to see that the West dominated in the first few years and the balance of power seems to have now shifted to the East.

[Craig Costello]

1994 Final Standings

26th September 1994

WL North Sea                 EL Baltic
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Brussels   92  70   -        Copenhagen  85  77   -
London     86  76   6        Hamburg     84  78   1
Paris      84  78   8        Helsinki    78  84   7
Glasgow    75  87  17        Stockholm   76  86   9
Dublin     72  90  20        Oslo        73  89  12
Amsterdam  63  99  29        Berlin      72  90  13

WL Meditteranean             EL Black Sea
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Lisbon    102  60   -        Sofia       94  68   -
Zurich     89  73  13        Prague      92  70   2
Vienna     80  82  22        Athens      85  77   9
Madrid     78  84  24        Warsaw      82  80  12
Barcelona  76  86  26        Moscow      79  83  15
Milan      75  87  27        Budapest    72  90  22

Notes -

No really tight races this season. Zurich won 21 games in July to move into pole position for the first WL wildcard spot. Glasgow won 14 games in a row in August, but were too far out to make any real noise. Athens won on the last day to keep Hamburg out of the post-season.
Amsterdam had one of the most exciting wins of the season as they scored 4 in the 8th and 5 in the 9th to beat London 10-9. Bemus Korais homered in both the 8th and 9th innings.
Lisbon scored 10 runs in an inning as they beat London 16-1 on August 6th.

Player Notes -

Samuel Polach (Budapest) got the second half of the season going with a 6 RBI performance against Stockholm. This was topped later in the season by a 7 RBI day from Jimmy O'Brien (Copenhagen), which was itself beaten by Lewis MacHutchin's 8 RBI day for Dublin against London in a 20-6 win. Paulus Penning (Lisbon) and Mang Vogel (Brussels) also had 7 RBI games later in the season.
Zurich's Joakim Tronstad was 6-for-6 in his team's 8-7 win against Brussels in late June.
There were 12 different award winners again. The hitters were - Nicodemus Theothanou (Brussels), Teemu Tiilikainen (Amsterdam), Paulus Penning (Lisbon), Vilfred Krak (Warsaw), Czieslaw Lubelsky (Budapest) and Daniel Keurost (Athens). The winning pitchers were - Raynaud Mori (Lisbon), Laurent Bois (Zurich), Alexander Schimpf (London), Anibal Escamila (Hamburg), Shurik Chanyshev (Berlin) and Rory Begley (Hamburg). Begley passed 200 wins during the season. A landmark also achieved by James McIlwraith (Brussels)
Thomas Meinert (Copenhagen) became the first EBL player to pass 2500 hits. He finished the year with 2586. Vilfred Krak (Warsaw) was himself the first man to pass 400 Home Runs on his career.
Artemis Vlakhou (Stockholm) topped off a 5/5 day by hitting the game winning 3-run homer in a 5-3 win over Athens on July 14th.
Bernhard Grondgrens (Zurich) threw an 11 inning shutout against Paris on July 23rd as the Jesters won 1-0.
A couple of mid-level stars were traded for each other in July. Sander Klaeboe left Olso to join Stockholm, with Alberik Landgre going the other way.
Clodio Picano (Helsinki) was the only man to hit a cycle in 1994. The only man to hit 3 homers in a game was Philippe Martin (Athens).
There were quite a few one-hitters late in the season, but they were all topped by Helmuth Seipel's no-hiter for Budapest against Berlin on September 14th.

Significant Injuries -

Ex-EL Pitcher of the Year, Jouni Hernesniemi (Helsinki), missed 5 weeks spanning all of July with a tricep problem.
Vienna's Alois Freindametz missed 5 weeks with a back injury.
Samuel Polach (Budapest) missed the last 4 weeks of the season.
It was a similar story for Philander Paraskevopoulos (Athens), who should be back for the start of the playoffs for the Avalanche.

[Craig Costello]

1994 Playoffs

October 20th 1994

Wildcard Round:

Zurich 0 Brussels 2 - James McIlwraith ptiched a 5-hit shutout for the Hitmen.
Zurich 3 Brussels 4 (11) - Brussels scored twice in the 9th to tie it, then went on to win.
Brussels 4 Zurich 1 - Brussels got 3 runs in the 9th. Helped by back-to-back homers by Nicodemus Theothanou and Salmund Jaerbyn.

London 8 Lisbon 2
London 2 Lisbon 3 - Bodhan Leibovic struck out 11 Crocs on the way to the win.
Lisbon 0 London 3 - Adrik Selifanov allowed only 5 hits through eight and a third.
Lisbon 3 London 2 (13) - Bengt Paulsen went 10 innings giving up only 3 hits, but the Crocs still lost.
London 3 Lisbon 5 - Bohdan Leibovic had another quality start and early runs were enough for the Renegades.

Prague 10 Copenhagen 3 - Bohuslav Pletka was 4/5 with a double, a homer and 4 RBI. Helmuth Prock hit 2 HR as well.
Prague 4 Copenhagen 3
Copenhagen 1 Prague 2 - Prague sweep into the ELCS.

Athens 3 Sofia 6 - Tommy 'Fish' Woestenberg's 3 run shot in the 7th were the final runs of the game.
Athens 1 Sofia 4 - Vladimir Karakash kept the Avalanche pretty well under wraps.
Sofia 5 Athens 3


League Championship Series:

Brussels 4 Lisbon 3 - It was tied a 1 after 8 and Brussels 3 runs in the 9th were barely enough for them to hold on to the win.
Brussels 5 Lisbon 4
Lisbon 4 Brussels 1 - Bohdan Leibovic allowed only 2 hits and 2 walks over 8 innings.
Lisbon 4 Brussels 3 (13) - Paulus Penning scored 3 of Lisbon's runs, including the winner. Pedro Ledesma allowed only 2 hits over 4 relief innings and got the win.
Lisbon 2 Brussels 5 - Didier Lelievre was sharp through 7 innings and the 3 runs Brussels scored in the 1st were enough.
Brussels 10 Lisbon 4 - Salmund Jaerbyn was 3/3 with 2 HR, 5 RBI and 4 runs scored.

Prague 8 Sofia 6 - Bohuslav Pletka was 3/5 with a HR and 4 RBI. Sergio Lousa also homered.
Prague 3 Sofia 12 - 'Fish' Woestenberg and Flip van den Bosch both doubled and homered.
Sofia 8 Prague 4 (10) - Jacquy Gilbert hit a bases clearing double with two outs in the 10th.
Sofia 4 Prague 0 - Vaino Saraste pitched a shutout for the Sting to move to the brink of a return to the Series.
Sofia 2 Prague 9 - Prague win despite being outhit 9 to 7.
Prague 3 Sofia 7 - Other than the second inning Prague never really threatened to score.


European League Series:

Game 1 starters - Brussels: Egbert Kapitan (20-9, 4.18 ERA, 1.38 WHIP), Sofia: Vaino Saraste (12-6, 3.30 ERA, 1.36 WHIP)

            1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Brussels    0  0  0   0  0  0   4  0  2    6  9  0
Sofia       0  0  0   0  1  2   2  0  0    5  8  0

Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU) - 1/4, 2B, 3 RBI
Tommy Woestenberg (SOF) - 2/4, RBI, 2 R

Brussels seemed to be wasting all of their chances until they batted around
in the 7th. Sofia responded immediately, but closer Dom Templeman walked two
hitters and Theothanou doubled them both home.

Game 2 starters - Brussels: Didier Lelievre (16-11, 4.23 ERA, 1.29 WHIP), Sofia: Nate Laverty (18-10, 3.72 ERA, 1.44 WHIP)

            1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Brussels    4  0  0   0  0  0   0  1  3    8  8  2
Sofia       0  0  0   0  3  0   0  0  0    3 11  1

Eldwin Richter (BRU) - 1/4, HR, 3 RBI
Salmund Jaerbyn (BRU) - 1/4, HR, 3 RBI

The Hitmen started the game double, single, single, homer and even though they
didn't get another hit until the 8th, they won comfortably.

Game 3 starters - Sofia: Vladimir Karakash (14-10, 3.83 ERA, 1.38 WHIP), Brussels: James McIlwraith (14-12, 3.81 ERA, 1.32 WHIP)

            1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Sofia       1  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    1  7  1
Brussels    0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  5  0

Vladimir Karakash (SOF) - 9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
James McIlwraith (BRU) - 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Tommy Woestenberg (SOF) - 2/4, 2 2B, R
Flip van den Bosch (SOF) - 2/4, 2B, RBI

Back-to-back 2-out doubles in the 1st were all the Sofia needed to get back
in the series.

Game 4 starters - Sofia: Saraste, Brussels: Kapitan

            1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Sofia       0  0  0   0  0  2   2  0  2    6 11  0
Brussels    0  3  0   3  0  2   0  0  X    8  8  1

Kristian Sebrle (BRU) - 3/3, 2 2B, 3 RBI, R, 2 BB
Marcal Assis (SOF) - 3/5, HR, 2 RBI
Manuel Helfrich (BRU) - 2/4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R

Sofia threatened to pull back into it late on, but they had left themselves too
much to do.

Game 5 starters - Sofia: Laverty, Brussels: Sippo Lahti (15-13, 4.39 ERA, 1.43 WHIP)

            1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Sofia       2  0  1   0  0  0   0  2  0    5 11  0
Brussels    2  0  0   0  4  0   1  0  X    7 10  0

Eldwin Richter (BRU) - 1/3, HR, 4 RBI
Javier Rodriguez (BRU) - 3/5, 2B, HR, RBI, 2 R
Salmund Jaerbyn (BRU) - 3/4, HR, RBI, 2 R

Sofia thought they had made a perfect start but Brussels responded with 2 solo
homers. Then Richter's Grand Slam in the 5th turned all of the momentum
to the home team.

Brussels Hitmen win the series 4-1
Series MVP - Salmund Jaerbyn (BRU) - 8/21, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R

Brussels break the EL's stranglehold and take their 3rd EBL title, their first since 1984. These two young teams could be battling it out for EBL supremacy for years to come.

[Craig Costello]

1994 Stats and Awards

October 21st 1994

                             AVG                                     ERA
Paulus Penning (LIS)        .338    Alexander Schimpf (LON)         1.97
Stefan Fingerlos (BAR)      .334    Bohdan Leibovic (LIS)           2.08
Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU)  .329    Raynaud Mori (LIS)              2.33

                             OPS                                       W
Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU) 1.117    Pasqualino Terragni (LIS)         24
Paulus Penning (LIS)       1.050    Egbert Kapitan (BRU)              20
Stefan Fingerlos (BAR)     1.037    3 players                         19

                              HR                                      SV
Vilfred Krak (WAR)            51    Dom Templemn (SOF)                46
Cziesalw Lublelsky (BUD)      48    Lars Tommeras (MAD)               45
Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU)    43    Leopold Wulker (MIL)              43

                             RBI                                      IP
Paulus Penning (LIS)         133    Adrik Selifanov (LON)          267.2
Salmund Jaerbyn (BRU)        129    Anibal Escamilla (HAM)         267.1
Czieslaw Lubelsky (BUD)      129    Cosmo Popotas (PAR)            265.0

                               R                                       K
Daniel Keurost (ATH)         132    Cosmo Popotas (PAR)              263
Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU)   132    Bohdan Leibovic (LIS)            239
Thomas Meinert (COP)         129    Adrik Selifanov (LON)            230

                              SB                                    WHIP
Marcal Assis (SOF)            88    Raynaud Mori (LIS)              1.01
Evan van de Vlugt (AMS)       88    Jesus Ruiz (WAR)                1.01
Roland Briatori (DUB)         65    Cosmo Popotas (PAR)             1.04

WL Hitter of the Year

Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU): .329 AVG, 43 HR, 114 RBI, 1.117 OPS, 132 R, 27 SB
2nd time

EL Hitter of the Year

Czieslaw Lubelsky (BUD): .300 AVG, 48 HR, 129 RBI, .930 OPS, 125 R

WL Pitcher of the Year

Pasqualino Terragni (LIS): 24-4, 2.64 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 255.2 IP, 51 BB, 163 K

EL Pitcher of the Year

Anibal Escamilla (HAM): 19-10, 2.52 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 267.1 IP, 66 BB, 200 K

WL Rookie of the Year

Gregor Gerbeck (MAD): .300 AVG, 10 HR, 55 RBI, .824 OPS, 61 R

EL Rookie of the Year

Czieslaw Lubelsky (BUD)

WL Homegrown Player of the Year

Raul Marroquin (BAR): .299 AVG, 30 HR, 93 RBI, .869 OPS, 104 R, 26 SB

EL Homegrown Player of the Year

Thomas Meinert (COP): .313 AVG, 28 HR, 101 RBI, .919 OPS, 129 R, 33 SB
9th time, 2nd straight

Glove of the Year Awards

                           WL    EL
       Stuart Seaward (DUB)   -P-   Liam Bosanquet (HAM)
    Christer Laundsen (BAR)   -C-   Teodor Zahradnicek (MOS)
Borisav Anastasijevic (DUB)  -1B-   Miko Rasanen (HEL)
     Julian Grosskopf (MAD)  -2B-   Cameron Crehan (BUD)
    Vladimir Pantelic (LIS)  -3B-   Jay Kerr (BER)
           Anier Cana (MIL)  -SS-   Adrian Henge (BUD)
      Axel Lazzaretti (PAR)  -LF-   Cyril Dufour (STO)
    Evan van de Vlugt (AMS)  -CF-   Marcal Assis (SOF)
           Jason Dyer (AMS)  -RF-   Wallace Zobel (HAM)

[Craig Costello]

1995 Preview

March 31st 1995 - The major news of the off-season is that Thomas Meinert's 9th EL Homegrown Player of the year award will probably be his last. The 37 year-old Meinert has signed a 2-year contract with the Stockholm Lumberjacks. He will be ineligible for the award whilst playing for any team other than Copenhagen.

Sofia signed a veteran to add to their youngsters. Bernard Wulker joined from Prague for in excess of $10M over 2 seasons. It will be interesting to see if he can push Sofia to more titles.

With a lack of star starters on the market a couple of third tier names got paid. Adrik Selifanov signed with Moscow for $9.7M over 2 seasons and Kristian Karlsson (third tier is probably a bit of a stretch for him) will earn $8.5M over 2 years with Dublin.

No trades really worth mentioning, so expect Lisbon, Sofia and reigning champs Brussels to be the top teams again.

[Craig Costello]

Champ Goes First

June 15th 1995

1. Amsterdam: SP Patrick 'Champ' Fremont (FRA)
2. Dublin: SS Ralf Soerensen (DEN)
3. Budapest: RF Ostoja Udovicki (BUL)
4. Berlin: CF Necati Bayar (BUL)
5. Oslo: SP Raymond Weisensteiner (GER)
6. Glasgow: SS Alamen Kasprowicz (POL)
7. Milan: CF Konrad Nagy (HUN)
8. Barcelona: SP Alexander MacCarlich (SCO)
9. Stockholm: SP Valfrid Sonderby (SWE)
10. Madrid: 3B Javier Lopez (ESP)

[Craig Costello]

1995 All-Star Break

June 22nd 1995 - A reasonably understated start to the new season in the EBL. Here's hoping for a build up to an incredible climax in the play-offs.

WL North Sea                 EL Baltic
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Paris      45  30   -        Helsinki    44  31   -
Amsterdam  43  32   2        Hamburg     40  35   4
Brussels   42  33   3        Berlin      38  37   6
Glasgow    41  34   4        Oslo        38  37   6
Dublin     39  36   6        Stockholm   34  41  10
London     36  39   9        Copenhagen  27  48  17

WL Meditteranean             EL Black Sea
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Lisbon     42  33   -        Warsaw      45  30   -
Milan      42  33   -        Budapest    40  35   5
Zurich     32  43  10        Sofia       39  36   6
Vienna     31  44  11        Prague      38  37   7
Barcelona  30  45  12        Athens      37  38   8
Madrid     27  48  15        Moscow      30  45  15

Notes -

Madrid and Copenhagen started as they meant to go on with only single figure wins (8 and 9 respectively) in the first month of the season. The Armada fired their GM in early June.
Budapest won 20 games in May, which means they have won only 20 games in April and June combined. Paris also won 20 in May, whilst Helsinki were winning 21 in the month.
Hamburg gave climbed back into the Baltic division race with a fantastic June. They have only lost 5 times so far this month.
The wildest game of the season so far saw Brussels beat neighbours Amsterdam 14-12 in 18 innings.
There was also a game in which Madrid scored 4 times in the top of the 13th inning only to see the Glasgow Stallions respond with 5 runs in their half of the 13th to win 7-6.

Player Notes -

Phil Cockx (Lisbon) hit 3 HR and picked up 7 RBI in his team's 16-12 victory over Dublin on April 5th. Paris' Fabien 'Sawmill' Lefebvre also had a 3 HR game in the first half. He led his team to a 7-4 win against Zurich by driving in 5 runs.
Gunnar Rippner (Moscow) hit a walk-off 3-run homer against Warsaw on April 17th.
The best pitching performance of the season so far is a one-hitter by Rafael Ferrugento (Zurich) against Milan, in which he struck out 8 Mud Cats.
Brussels have picked up both WL Hitter of the Month awards so far. Salmund Jaerbyn won in April and Nicodemus Theothanou added to his personal silverware in May. Their EL couterparts were Clodio Picano (Helsinki) and Thomas Meinert (Stockholm), who had a stellar second month for his new club, going .389 with 10 homers.
Malcolm Kennedy (Dublin) won the WL Pitcher of the Month in April with Philippe Da Silva (Berlin) taking the EL award. A reliever won the WL award in May - Thomas Espeland of Paris picked up 11 saves and 2 victories in the month. The EL's winner was Hubert Sittler (Prague).
Lars Tommeras (Madrid) saw his consecutive save streak end at 48 in the first few weeks of the season. It is the second longest streak in EBL history.
Bernard Wulker (Sofia) became the second man to pass the 2500 hit mark on June 13th.
Ilija Kovacevic (Amsterdam) had a 6/6 day in his team's 15-6 win against London.
Normally light-hitting Shortstop Joakim Tronstad (Zurich) hit 2 home runs and picked up 7 RBIs as the Jesters won 10-6 against Vienna on June 10th.

Significant Injuries -

Paulus Penning (Lisbon) missed a month early on.
Raul Marroquin (Barcelona) wasn't having all that good a season, but he was threat to break out at any time. He will miss around three months in total with a elbow injury. He was hitting .273 with 3 homers in the middle of May when he picked up the injury.
Richard Fabre (Vienna) will miss the whole season with an elbow complaint. He hit .325 through the first two months of the season.

[Craig Costello]

1995 Final Standings

September 26th 1995 - A couple of tight-"ish" division races and the reigning champs miss out on a playoff spot.

WL North Sea                 EL Baltic
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Dublin     94  68   -        Helsinki    87  75   -
Glasgow    93  69   1        Oslo        79  83   8
Amsterdam  90  72   4        Stockholm   77  85  10
Brussels   89  73   5        Hamburg     73  89  14
Paris      88  74   6        Berlin      71  91  16
London     77  85  17        Copenhagen  60 102  27

WL Meditteranean             EL Black Sea
            W   L  GB                     W   L  GB
Lisbon     87  75   -        Budapest    98  64   -
Milan      85  77   2        Warsaw      96  66   2
Zurich     77  85  10        Sofia       94  68   4
Vienna     74  88  13        Athens      84  78  14
Barcelona  60 102  27        Prague      80  82  18
Madrid     58 104  29        Moscow      73  89  25

Notes -

The only real intrigue in the EL was which team would win the Black Sea division. Budapest came good in the last few weeks to clinch it. All three teams involved in the race were always going to be in the playoffs anyway.
Zurich fired their manager just after the break and had a decent finish to the season, but were never a threat to make the post-season. Milan only finished 2 games back of Lisbon, but that was the closes they have been over the last 2 months.
Brussels lost to London in 13 innings on the last day to confirm their elimination from the post-season.
Vienna and London played a 20 inning game in July that was probably the highlight of both teams' season.
Glasgow won 10 in a row in July and 21 total in the month to move to the top of their division. A position which they held onto fairly comfortably. They won a game against Brussels on August 5th by scoring 10 times in the 7th to win 11-6.
Barcelona had possibly the worst month ever going 6-23 in July. They were also 4-19 in September.

Player Notes -

Teodor Zahradnicek (Moscow) hit a cycle in the first week after the All-Star break.
There was another occurance of 12 different award winners in the second half. Most of the names were familiar. The hitters were - Romochka Wider (Lisbon), Fabien 'Sawmill' Lefebvre (Paris), Nicodemus Theothanou (Brussels), Samuel Polach (Budapest), Clodio Picano (Helsinki) and Flip van den Bosch (Sofia). The pitchers were - Max Schlotterbeck (Milan), Alexander Schimpf (London), Didier Lelievre (Brussels), Mirko Bukvajova (Stockholm), Brad Mardment (Budapest) and Vaino Saraste (Sofia).
Veteran pitchers Yoan Lelievre (Budapest) and Stuart Seaward (Dublin) both reached the 200 win plateau.
The best hitting performance of the second half belonged to Oslo's Kevn Trouve, who was 4/4 with a double and 2 home runs against Berlin. He drove in 7 runs in the Metros 11-6 win on July 11th. Philippe Gautier (Madrid) also had a 7 RBI day late in the season.
Lukas Happ (Milan) became the 3rd man to reach 2500 hits in his EBL career.
Phoenix Pappas (Athens) threw a two-hitter on September 18th against Berlin, in which he struck out 15 Dragon hitters.

Significant Injuries -

Malcolm Kennedy (Dublin) missed the last 2 months of the season with a herniated disc. The 36 year-old was in the middle of another superb season with a 13-5 record and a 2.97 ERA. He will be ready for the playoffs.
Unfortunately Yoann Bernard (Barcelona) has had to retire with vision problems. The 29 year-old Frenchman was a career .292 hitter with 121 HR and 517 RBI to go along 280 SB. His career highlight was probably being named to the 1988 Euro Championship All Tournament Team.

[Craig Costello]

1995 Playoffs

October 23rd 1995 -

Wildcard Round:

Glasgow 8 Lisbon 5
Glasgow 2 Lisbon 5 - Pasqualino Terragni pitched Lisbon to the win.
Lisbon 1 Glasgow 4 - Augustin Braun pitched 8 strong innings for the Stallions.
Lisbon 2 Glasgow 7 - Konrad Asztalos was 4/4 for the winners.

Amsterdam 2 Dublin 4 - Dublin led 4-0 and held on behind a good pitching performance from Kristian Karlsson.
Amsterdam 6 Dublin 4
Dublin 5 Amsterdam 9 - Amsterdam came back from an early 5-0 deficit behind Jason Dyer's 2 doubles and a homer.
Dublin 6 Amsterdam 7 - Two runs in the bottom of the 8th see the Selects into the WLCS.

Warsaw 6 Helsinki 1 - The Wild scored 5 runs in the 8th to break a tie.
Warsaw 5 Helsinki 0 - Johann Reinertsen pitched 7 shut-out innings.
Helsinki 2 Warsaw 3 - Warsaw sweep into the ELCS with another stong defensive performance.

Sofia 6 Budapest 10 - Czieslaw Lubelsky was 4/4 with 3 RBI to win Game 1.
Sofia 4 Budapest 3 - Lubelsky was 2/3 with 2 home runs, but Sofia got 4 runs in the 7th to win it.
Budapest 4 Sofia 6
Budapest 2 Sofia 1 - Sofia tied it at 1 in the bottom of the 8th, but Budapest responded immediately.
Sofia 6 Budapest 7 (11) - Sofia forced extra innings with two runs in the 9th. Foppe Valckenburgh hit the game-winning two-out RBI single in the 11th.


League Championship Series:

Amsterdam 8 Glasgow 6 - The Selects got 4 homers amongst their 10 hits to take Game 1.
Amsterdam 2 Glasgow 7 - Glasgow scored 7 runs in the first and Augustin Braun pitched a complete game.
Glasgow 1 Amsterdam 8 - Vilfred Langvardt pitches a complete game for the Selects.
Glasgow 5 Amsterdam 3 - Jake Malloch pitched 8 inings for the win.
Glasgow 3 Amsterdam 1 - Ferdynand Jaruzelski allowed only 5 hits over 8 innings.
Amsterdam 4 Glasgow 5 (13) - Sippo Pietarinen's solo homer with two outs in the 13th took Glasgow to the ELS.

Warsaw 7 Budapest 8 - Zhenya Avrutin had 4 RBI. The Smoke got the final run of the game in the bottom of the 8th.
Warsaw 1 Budapest 3 - Yoan Lelievre was strong through 7 innings for the Smoke.
Budapest 8 Warsaw 10 (18) - Foppe Valckenburg hit 2 home runs for the losers. Vilfred Krak hit the game-winner at 1:06am local time.
Budapest 5 Warsaw 10 - Yefim 'Marian' Maidanovich drove home 5 runs and scored 3 himself.
Budapest 2 Warsaw 7 - Jesus Ruiz pitched a complete game.
Warsaw 5 Budapest 8 - Foppe Valckenburgh drove in 4 runs to force Game 7.
Warsaw 8 Budapest 3 - Radomir Navara held Budapest to 5 hits over 8 innings.


European League Series:

Game 1 starters - Warsaw: Jesus Ruiz (20-6, 3.64 ERA, 1.19 WHIP), Glasgow: Ferdynand Jaruzelski (19-8, 3.42 ERA, 1.23 WHIP)

            1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Warsaw      0  3  1   0  0  0   0  0  0    4  9  0
Glasgow     0  0  0   4  0  1   0  0  X    5  7  0

Tomislaw Eudzerski (WAR) - 3/4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, R
Torgeir Randen (GLA) - 2/3, 2B, 2 RBI
Lucas Ricardsson (GLA) - 1/4, HR, RBI

Homers from Eudzerski and Yafim Maidanovich had put Warsaw up 4-0, but a barrage
of singles in the 4th and Ricardsson's solo shot in the 6th took Glasgow to
the win.

Game 2 starters - Warsaw: Johann Reinertsen (18-10, 3.13 ERA, 1.45 WHIP), Glasgow: Augustin Braun (18-9, 3.56 ERA, 1.31 WHIP)

            1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Warsaw      0  0  2   0  0  0   0  0  3    5  7  0
Glasgow     0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  5  1

Johann Reinertsen (WAR) - 7.1 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 7 K
Yefim Maidanovich (WAR) - 1/4, 2 RBI
Tomislaw Eudzerski (WAR) - 1/1, RBI, R, 3 BB

Reinertsen was fantastic, keeping the Stallions off balance all day. Glasgow
loaded the bases in the second with just 1 out, but failed to score and
didn't really threaten the rest of the way.

Game 3 starters - Glasgow: Arnaud Bret (16-10, 4.28 ERA, 1.38 WHIP), Warsaw: Radomir Navara (14-11, 4.39 ERA, 1.37 WHIP)

            1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Glasgow     0  0  0   2  0  0   0  0  0    2  5  0
Warsaw      0  2  0   0  0  0   1  0  X    3  9  0

Radomir Navara (WAR) - 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 K
Lennart Ketola (WAR) - 2/4, 2B, 2 RBI
Tomislaw Eudzerski (WAR) - 2/3, 2B, RBI, R, BB

Warsaw took the lead on 4 consecutive singles in the second by hitters 5 through
8. Glasgow responded with an RBI groundout by Sippo Pietarinen and an RBI single
by Lucas Ricardsson. The winning run came when Yefim Maidanovich walked and
Eudzerski doubled him home.

Game 4 starters - Glasgow: Jake Malloch (13-12, 4.33 ERA, 1.30 WHIP), Warsaw: Branislav Cvijic (16-16, 3.97 ERA, 1.32 WHIP)

            1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Glasgow     0  0  0   0  1  1   0  0  2    4  6  0
Warsaw      0  1  0   0  0  0   2  0  0    3  8  0

Gilbert Wamelink (GLA) - 1/1, HR, RBI
James Bardon (GLA) - 1/1, HR, RBI
Jake Malloch (GLA) - 8.0 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 10 K
Branislav Cvijic (WAR) - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 1/2, RBI, R

A fantastic game came down to a fantastic finish. After Tomislaw Eudzerski
had homered Warsaw into the lead Julio Espinoza levelled it with Glasgow's
first hit of the game. They took the lead on three consecutive two out
singles in the 6th. Cvijic topped off his great day on the mound with an RBI
single in the 7th to tie it up again and he was driven home by an Aren
Rohrmann triple. The Stallions seemed to be running out of chances, then
Wamelink and Bardon hit back-to-back pinch-hit home runs to put Glasgow
back in front for good.

Game 5 starters - Glasgow: Jaruzelski, Warsaw: Ruiz

            1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Glasgow     0  0  0   0  0  0   2  0  0    2  7  0
Warsaw      0  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    1  7  0

Ferdynand Jaruzelski (GLA) - 8.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

Julio Espinoza's RBI triple tied it in the 7th, then he was singled home by
Torgeir Randen for the game winner.

Game 6 starters - Warsaw: Reinertsen, Glasgow: Braun

            1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
Warsaw      0  0  0   0  0  0   1  0  0    1  7  0
Glasgow     0  0  0   0  0  0   2  0  X    2  6  0

Aren Rohrmann (WAR) - 4/5, HR, RBI
Augustin Braun (GLA) - 8.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K

Rohrmann had the first three hits of the ballgame, so it was only
appropriate that he got the first run of the game with a solo shot in the
7th. Glasgow responded immediately, getting their runs on a Gilbert
Wamelink sac-fly and a James Bardon pinch-hit RBI single to win the series.

Glasgow Stallions win the series 4-2
Series MVP - Hudayi Karpat (GLA) - 4.0 IP, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 SV, 1 H, 2 BB, 1 K


Glasgow add to their first WL title with their first ever EBL title. An excellent starting rotation and timely hits led the way.

[Craig Costello]

1995 Stats and Awards

October 24th 1985

                             AVG                                     ERA
Adrian Henge (BUD)          .352    Marquise Briatore (MIL)         2.62
Romochka Wider (LIS)        .348    Didier Lelievre (BRU)           2.74
Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU)  .339    Vaino Saraste (SOF)             2.88

                             OPS                                       W
Paulus Penning (LIS)       1.063    Vaino Saraste (SOF)               21
Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU)  .995    Jesus Ruiz (WAR)                  20
Salmund Jaerbyn (BRU)       .981    6 players                         19

                              HR                                      SV
Salmund Jaerbyn (BRU)         44    Christian Michel (ATH)            48
Russell Gilmartin (PAR)       42    Niclas Haegmann (AMS)             46
Fabien Lefebvre (PAR)         41    Hudayi Karpat (GLA)               43

                             RBI                                      IP
Giustino Spoletiani (BRU)    122    Max Schlotterbeck (MIL)        263.2
Romochka Wider (LIS)         118    Branislav Cvijic (WAR)         261.0
Tommy Woestenberg (SOF)      117    Anibal Escamilla (HAM)         260.0

                               R                                       K
Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU)   137    Philippe Da Silva (BER)          231
Marcal Assis (SOF)           131    Cosmo Popotas (PAR)              227
Gustaf Bashe (HEL)           123    Adrik Selifanov (LON)            223

                              SB                                    WHIP
Marcal Assis (SOF)           118    Didier Lelievre (BRU)           1.06
Ewan Smith (COP)              93    Tahvo Ahonen (PRA)              1.10
Bernard Wulker (SOF)          80    Largo Chechi (MIL)              1.12

WL Hitter of the Year

Nicodemus Theothanou (BRU): .339 AVG, 34 HR, 109 RBI, .995 OPS, 137 R, 34 SB
3rd time, 2nd straight

EL Hitter of the Year

Bernard Wulker (SOF): .311 AVG, 26 HR, 105 RBI, .902 OPS, 118 R, 80 SB

WL Pitcher of the Year

Marquise Briatore (MIL): 19-3, 2.62 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 251.0 IP, 84 BB, 142 K

EL Pitcher of the Year

Vaino Saraste (SOF): 21-7, 2.88 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 250.1 IP, 126 BB, 220 K, 9 HR

WL Rookie of the Year

Giustino Spoletiani (BRU): .281 AVG, 28 HR, 122 RBI, .833 OPS, 103 R

EL Rookie of the Year

Yefim Maidanovich (WAR): .273 AVG, 28 HR, 87 RBI, .840 OPS, 86 R

WL Homegrown Player of the Year

Marquise Briatore (MIL)

EL Homegrown Player of the Year

Wallace Zobel (HAM): .316 AVG, 17 HR, 80 RBI, .899 OPS, 83 R

Glove of the Year Awards

                           WL    EL
          Arnaud Bret (GLA)   -P-   Nenad Jevtic (SOF)
            John Odhe (DUB)   -C-   Teodor Zahradnicek (MOS)
Borisav Anastasijevic (DUB)  -1B-   Artemis Vlakhou (BER)
   William Coatsworth (LON)  -2B-   Augustin Sonnino (BUD)
       Torgeir Randen (GLA)  -3B-   Enok Frandsen (HAM)
      Joakim Tronstad (ZUR)  -SS-   Adrian Henge (BUD)
   Christiansen Zinck (MIL)  -LF-   Cyril Dufour (STO)
           Gerard Roy (BRU)  -CF-   Walter Baune (STO)
            Max Sabin (PAR)  -RF-   Giacomo Grappasonni (STO)

[Craig Costello]

Career Leaderboards

October 25th 1995 - We have now had 15 seasons of EBL play, so looking at the career leaderboard makes more sense and makes for interesting reading.

# - Active player

Hitting Leaders: 2009 PA required for AVG and OPS

                       AVG                         OPS                         GP                         R                        Hits                        HR                       RBI                        SB 
Philippe Martin#      .340  Stefan Fingerlos#     .994  Vladimir Pantelic#   2332  Thomas Meinert#     1585  Thomas Meinert#       2750  Vilfred Krak#        444  Thomas Meinert#     1457  Ewan Smith#         1120
Nicodemus Theothanou# .336  Nicodemus Theothanou# .993  Thomas Meinert#      2307  Lukas Happ#         1567  Bernard Wulker#       2617  Augusto Rith         362  Vilfred Krak#       1369  Lukas Happ#          960
Callum Maxwell        .331  Paulus Penning#       .989  Lukas Happ#          2286  Bernard Wulker#     1475  Lukas Happ#           2515  Thomas Meinert#      358  Vladimir Pantelic#  1312  Vladimir Erantsev#   881
Romochka Wider#       .330  Philippe Martin#      .967  Giacomo Grappasonni# 2265  Vladimir Pantelic#  1420  Ony Proskurnya        2413  Philippe Martin#     337  Fedya Makin#        1271  Patrick Lacroix      864
Paulus Penning#       .329  Foppe Valckenburgh#   .943  Gregers Meindl       2249  Patrick Lacroix     1386  Agatone Dimas#        2393  Theo Brittain        318  Gilbert Wamelink#   1250  Bernard Wulker#      817
Stefan Fingerlos#     .327  Lukas Stoger#         .938  Vilfred Krak#        2244  Max Sabin#          1328  Harlan McRea          2352  Fabien Lefebvre#     306  Bernard Wulker#     1219  Manuel Helfrich#     664
Ota Hospodar#         .327  Stefan Kowelski#      .936  Patrick Lacroix      2194  Agatone Dimas#      1320  Giacomo Grappasonni#  2347  Vladimir Pantelic#   305  Rudolf Tuhina#      1180  Daniel Keurost#      576
Francis Gautier       .326  Theo Brittain         .933  Ricardo Wening#      2192  Ewan Smith#         1300  Vilfred Krak#         2270  Jacquy Gilbert#      292  Philippe Martin#    1165  Claudio DalMaistro#  572
Nino Batistuta#       .320  Eskil Junge           .922  Bernard Wulker#      2190  Vilfred Krak#       1286  Rudolf Tuhina#        2199  Eduardo Aguilar#     291  Theo Brittain       1129  Strom Wehe#          547
Rudolf Tuhina#        .319  Callum Maxwell        .910  Fedya Makin#         2185  Jacquy Gilbert#     1271  Antti-Jussi Meresmaa# 2183  Gilbert Wamelink#    283  Max Sabin#          1114  Vojislav Davidovic#  538

Pitching Leaders: 648 IP required for ERA and WHIP

                     ERA                          W                       SV                       CG                       SHO                            IP                          K                      WHIP
Kostya Yablockov#   2.27  Malcolm Kennedy#      242  Mojslaw Szasz       516  Klement Follerup#    70  Malcolm Kennedy#      18  Rory Begley           3586.2  Malcolm Kennedy#     3129  Kostya Yablockhov#  1.07
Edmund Beyen#       2.38  Jesus Ruiz#           234  Zarek Radziwila#    391  Rory Begley          65  Pasqualino Terragni#  15  Malcolm Kennedy#      3584.0  Jesus Ruiz#          2711  Jesus Ruiz#         1.08 
Mojslaw Szasz       2.45  Kaspar Ahlmann#       233  Edmund Beyen#       380  Pasqualino Terragni# 63  Rory Begley           14  Kaspar Ahlmann#       3499.2  Helmuth Seipel       2710  Juan Sandoval       1.09
Zarek Radziwila#    2.50  James McIlwraith#     219  Lars-Erik Tommeras# 345  Mirko Bukvajova#     56  Mirko Bukvajova#      11  Panos Karabatsos#     3445.1  Panos Karabatsos#    2603  Steve Moynan        1.11
Juan Sandoval       2.54  Rory Begley           217  Clement Mounier#    334  Francis Heeffer#     56  Roth Fruehwirt        11  James McIlwraith#     3437.2  Stuart Seaward#      2481  Edmund Beyen#       1.11
Alexander Schimpf#  2.55  Yoan Lelievre#        208  Jim Boogermans      327  Stuart Seaward#      52  Pierangelo Magherini# 11  Jesus Ruiz#           3355.0  Panos Metrofanis#    2333  Cosmo Popotas#      1.12
Malcolm Kennedy#    2.61  Stuart Seaward#       200  Marco Baan          309  Malcolm Kennedy#     51  Alexis Martin         10  Pierangelo Magherini# 3284.2  Bialy Basinski       2238  Zarek Radziwila#    1.13
Lars-Erik Tommeras# 2.64  Pierangelo Magherini# 199  Ebbe de Bie         307  Roth Fruehwirt       48  Kaspar Ahlmann#        9  Stuart Seaward#       3262.2  James McIlwraith#    2175  Bart Taft           1.14
Jim Boogermans      2.65  Guy Brady#            198  Kostya Yablockhov#  293  Alexis Martin        47  Francis Heeffer#       9  Yoan Lelievre#        3260.2  Kaspar Ahlmann#      2157  Rory Begley         1.15
Clement Mounier#    2.70  Panos Karabatsos#     195  Carlos Oregel       288  James McIlwraith#    42  Panos Karabatsos#      9  Mirko Bukvajova#      3232.0  Steve Moynan         2105  Raynaud Mori#       1.15