Bonn Capitals
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Information
LeagueBaseball-Bundesliga (Bundesliga Nord)
LocationBonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
BallparkBaseballstadion Rheinaue
Founded1989
League championships2 (2018, 2022)
Division championships9 (1997, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
ColoursGreen, gold and white
     
ManagerWilson Lee
PresidentUdo Schmitz
Websitewww.capitals.de
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The Bonn Capitals (full name: 1. Baseball- und Softballclub Bonn Capitals e.V.) are a German baseball and softball club from Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, founded on November 8, 1989. Its first men's team has been competing in the Baseball Bundesliga since 1994 and currently plays in its northern division, the Bundesliga Nord, after initially playing in the southern division until 1996. The women's softball team was promoted to the northern division of the Softball Bundesliga in 2018.[1][2][3]

The Capitals have won the northern division championship nine times, most recently in 2023,[4] and advanced to the finals of the Bundesliga play-offs seven times, winning twice (in 2018 and 2022).[2][5][6][7] They were runners-up in the European Cup in 2021, the third German team ever to do so and the first in over a decade.[8][9] In the 2022 European Cup, the team advanced to the semi-finals before being narrowly defeated by Parma Baseball Club[10] and subsequently secured the third place after defeating San Marino.[11][12] In 2023, they again lost to Parma in the semi-finals and finished fourth after co-host Amsterdam Pirates won the bronze medal game.[13][14]

Club structure

The club consists of 16 teams total,[15] including:

  • 1st Men's Baseball Team, 1. Bundesliga (1st Division)[2]
  • 2nd Men's Baseball Team, 2. Bundesliga (2nd Division)[16]
  • 1st Women's Softball Team, Bundesliga[3]
  • 2nd Women's Softball Team, Landesliga (State League)[17]

as well as baseball teams playing in the NRW-Liga (State League)[18] and Bezirksliga (District League)[19] and a number of junior teams.

Women's softball teams

The first women's softball team was established in 1992 and played its first season the following year. In 1994, it was disbanded following an accident and would not be reestablished until 2005. In 2018, the reformed team ascended to the Softball Bundesliga. A second team is playing in the Landesliga (State League).[20] Bonn first reached the play-off finale for the German softball championship in 2021, losing to the Wesseling Vermins,[21] but won the Deutschlandpokal Softball in the same year.[22] In 2022, the team again faced Wesseling in the Bundesliga finale and went on to win their first league championship.[23]

Due to winning the Deutschlandpokal in 2021, the Capitals represented Germany in Group A of the 30th Women's European Cup Winners Cup, which was held in Viladecans, Spain between August 15 and 20 in 2022.[24] The 1st Women's Softball Team finished their first participation in an international competition ranked third.[25][26]

Ballpark

This image shows an aerial view of the Baseball Stadium Rheinaue.
Baseballstadion Rheinaue, home of the Bonn Capitals

The Bonn Capital's ballpark is located in the Rheinaue park in the district of Hochkreuz in northern Bad Godesberg. The facilities consist of two baseball fields and one softball field for professional play as well as a smaller baseball field for students.[15][27] The fields are arranged in a clover formation.[27]

The Rheinaue Stadium hosted the European Baseball Championship in 2001[27] and 2019, co-hosting with Solingen on the latter occasion.[28] The 2009 European Junior Baseball Championship also took place here.[29]

It also hosted the 2022 European Champions Cup from 7 to 11 June, wherein the Bonn Capitals competed in Group B and finished third.[30][31]

Roster

Bonn Capitals roster
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
  •  3 United States Zack Dodson
  • 34 Germany Finn Keuper
  •  9 Germany Sascha Koch
  • 14 Germany Noah Lindt
  • 28 Japan Toru Murata
  • 16 Greece Yanni Orfanidis
  • 27 Germany Paul Schmitz
  • 40 Germany Matthias Schneider
  •  4 Germany Jakob Schoch
  • 29 Austria Christian Tomsich
  •  6 Germany Titus von Kapff
 Catchers
  •  5 Germany Vincent Ahrens
  • 39 Germany Nathan Kaschl
  • 56 Germany Eric Kunze

Infielders

  • 76 Germany Jonathan Bolz
  • 30 Germany Eric Brenk
  • 15 New Zealand Daniel Lamb-Hunt
  • 19 Germany Luis Martín
  •  8 Spain Daniel Sánchez
  • 31 Germany Lennart Weller

Outfielders

  • 33 United States Terrell Joyce
  • 37 Germany Danny Lankhorst
  • 23 Netherlands Phildrick Llewellyn
  • 77 Germany Riccardo Migliore
  •  1 Germany Anthony Rodríguez
  • 50 Germany Collin Uzoewulu
 Manager
  • 21 Australia Wilson Lee

Coaches

  • 32 Germany Clemens Cichocki (coach)
  • 18 Germany Florian Nehring (coach)
  • 25 Germany Markus Solbach (pitching coach)
  • 12 Germany Rene Wolf (coach)

Roster updated on 11 January 2024


European Champions Cup record

Year Venue Finish Wins Losses Win% Manager
2019Italy Bologna6th13.250United States Alex Derhak
2021Czech Republic Ostrava2nd32.600Germany Max Schmitz
2022Germany Bonn3rd32.600Germany Max Schmitz
2023Netherlands Bussum4th23.400Australia Wilson Lee
Total910.474

References

  1. ↑ "Über uns". Bonn Capitals (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bonn Capitals › 1. Baseball-Bundesliga" (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  3. 1 2 "Bonn Capitals". Softball-Deutschland.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  4. ↑ "Bonn holt sich Nordmeisterschaft / Berlin bleibt weiter im Rennen". 1. Baseball-Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  5. ↑ "All-Time-Club-Rangliste 1. Bundesliga › 1. Baseball-Bundesliga" (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  6. ↑ Bonn, General-Anzeiger (2018-10-15). "German National Baseball League: Bonn Capitals win championship". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  7. ↑ "Bonn Capitals sind Deutscher Baseballmeister 2022". 1. Baseball-Bundesliga (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  8. ↑ "European Baseball Champions Cup 2021". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  9. ↑ Bonn, General-Anzeiger (2021-07-18). "Europäischer Baseball: Bonn Capitals erreichen beim Champions Cup den zweiten Platz". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  10. ↑ "L&D Amsterdam and ASD Parma reach Final at European Champions Cup in Bonn". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  11. ↑ "Parma wins European Champions Cup 2022 in Bonn, Germany". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  12. ↑ "European Baseball Champions Cup 2022". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  13. ↑ "Baseball European Champions Cup 2023". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  14. ↑ "HCAW wins the Baseball European Champions Cup 2023". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  15. 1 2 "Ballpark". Bonn Capitals (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  16. ↑ "Teams 2. Baseball Bundesliga". Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband e.V. (DBV). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  17. ↑ "Softball Landesliga". Bonn Capitals (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  18. ↑ "NRW-Liga". Bonn Capitals (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  19. ↑ "Bezirksliga". Bonn Capitals (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  20. ↑ "Softball". Bonn Capitals (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  21. ↑ "The Wesseling Vermins win the 2021 German Bundesliga | European Softball Federation". www.europeansoftball.org. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  22. ↑ Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband eV (October 3, 2021). "Bonn Capitals gewinnen Deutschlandpokal Softball 2021". baseball-softball.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  23. ↑ Daniela (2022-09-26). "Bonn Capitals feiern ihre erste Meisterschaft". Softball-Deutschland.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  24. ↑ "European Softball Federation". europeansoftball.org. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  25. ↑ Weller, Laura (2022-08-20). "Bronze im ersten internationalen Turnier". Bonn Capitals (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  26. ↑ "Women's Softball European Cup Winners Cup "A" 2022". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  27. 1 2 3 "Sportstätten". Bundesstadt Bonn (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  28. ↑ "Baseball-EM in Bonn und Solingen findet 2019 statt / Teil der Qualifikation für Olympia in Tokio 2020". Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband e.V. (DBV). 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  29. ↑ "Junioren-Baseball-EM 2009 in Deutschland". Deutscher Baseball und Softball Verband e.V. (DBV). 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  30. ↑ "Baseball Europe announces the 2022 calendar". WBSC Europe. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  31. ↑ "Champions Cup 2022". Bonn Capitals (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
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