The 6th Congress of Exercise and Sport Sciences

Israel Baseball Olympic Team – The Road to Tokyo 2020

Peter Kurz
Israel Association of Baseball, Tel Aviv, Israel

This presentation discusses the success of the Israel Olympic Baseball Team, one of only six teams to qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Baseball. It will present how Team Israel rose in ten weeks from the European B Pool to become the European/African representative to the Olympic Games. I will show how a country that has only one true baseball field is able to field an Olympic team. In order to succeed, the American Jewish baseball community bought into the plan, and American Jewish baseball players immigrated to Israel and proudly play for their adopted country. These players have become Israeli Baseball Ambassadors, telling their story to the world and teaching baseball in Israel. This is a true Cinderella success story.

Tokyo here we come

Peter Kurz
Peter Kurz
Israel Association of Baseball
GM of Olympic Team Israel








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