| Current season or competition: 2010 Greek Baseball League season |
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| Sport | Baseball |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| No. of teams | A Division (7) |
| Country(ies) | Greece |
| Most recent champion(s) | Panthers Patras (2010), |
Baseball in Greece is regulated by the Hellenic Amateur Baseball Federation (HABF), which was founded in 1997.[1] HABF overseas is represented by one league known as the A Division. Greece is represented in international play by the Greek National Baseball Team.
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HABF was founded in 1997 preparation for the hosting of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The leagues' inaugural season was in 2000, with Marousi 2004 from Athens winning the A Division title that year. The inaugural Greek Cup was also held in 2000 and was won by the winner of the B Division and another Athenian team, Spartakos Glyfadas. HABF currently has about 20 men's amateur teams playing in two stadiums and a number of practice fields. U.S. and Greek players compete in the league.
Peter Angelos, the Greek-American owner of the Baltimore Orioles, helped finance a Greek national team for the 2004 Olympics.[2][3]