Herts Falcons ranked among top 50 clubs in Europe

The annual ranking of European teams has just been published and, for the first time in its history, the Herts Falcons have been ranked among the top 50 clubs in Europe.

They have taken 38th place in the ranking. The Harlow Nationals, who beat the Falcons in the National Final, are the other British team to make the top 50. They are ahead of the Falcons in 28th place.

Today’s announcement of the rankings is a deserved recognition of the tremendous strides made by the club from Hertfordshire, which in 2004 had only one team playing in the third tier of the British leagues and today has 8 teams in the senior and youth leagues of Great Britain.

12 months ago the club managed to secure some of the best players in the country and this turned the Falcons into a serious contender for the NBL tile. At the end they just missed out on winning the championship, losing to the Nationals in game 6 of the National Final.

For a second consecutive year the top team in Europe is the Italian league champion, T&A San Marino. In second place is Unipol Bologna from Italy. In third place is the Dutch league champion, Corendon Kinheim.

The ranking is compiled by baseball broadcaster, Josh Chetwynd. Click to view full announcement.

Pos. Club Country Points
1 T&A San Marino San Marino 33.25
2 Unipol Bologna Italy 32.50
3 Corendon Kinheim Netherlands 31.58
4 Danesi Caffe’ Nettuno Italy 31.00
5 DOOR Neptunus Netherlands 30.33
5 L&D Amsterdam Netherlands 30.33
7 Rouen Baseball 76 France 29.67
8 Buchbinder Legionäre Germany 29.33
9 Telemarket Rimini Italy 28.00
10 Paderborn Untouchables Germany 26.33
11 Vaessen Pioniers Netherlands 24.33
12 CB Barcelona Spain 24.00
13 Draci Brno Czech Republic 22.50
14 Solingen Alligators Germany 22.33
15 Astros Spain 22.00
16 Heidenheim Heideköpfe Germany 21.33
16 UVV Netherlands 21.33
18 Cariparma Parma Italy 21.00
19 Les Templiers de Senart France 20.17
20 Eagles Praha Czech Republic 18.00
21 Karlskoga Bats BBK Sweden 17.08
22 Tenerife Marlins P.C. Spain 17.00
23 Hoboken Pioneers Belgium 16.17
23 Paris Université Club France 16.17
25 C.B. Viladecans Spain 16.00
26 Savigny sur Orge Lions France 15.67
27 Technika Brno Czech Republic 15.50
28 KNTU-OSVSM Kirovograd Ukraine 15.00
28 Southern Nationals United Kingdom 15.00
30 Kotlářka Praha Czech Republic 14.50
31 Bern Cardinals Switzerland 13.75
31 TJ STU Angels Trnava Slovakia 13.75
33 Baseball Klub Nada SSM Split Croatia 13.58
33 Tornado Balashikha Russia 13.58
35 K. Borgerhout Squirrels Belgium 13.57
36 MGPU S.Y.O.S. Moscow Russia 13.08
37 Stockholms BSK Sweden 12.08
38 Herts Falcons United Kingdom 12.00
39 Olimpija Karlovac Croatia 10.83
40 Vienna Wanderers Austria 9.92
41 Brest Zubrs Belarus 9.50
42 Atletico Alexandria Romania 8.75
42 Espoo Expos Finland 8.75
42 Lituanica Kaunas Lithuania 8.75
42 Scythians Ukraine 8.75
46 Gepardy Zory Poland 8.25
47 Beograd 96 Serbia 6.75
47 Dublin Spartans Ireland 6.75
47 Zajčki Rabbits Slovenia 6.75
50 Riga Lions Latvia 6.50

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