Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond

The Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond (Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation)^[1] is the national governing body of baseball in the Netherlands. Baseball is played in all the provinces, but it struggles for popularity due to the popularity of many other sports, including the sport of soccer, in which the Netherlands has always been one of the leading nations. School-aged children are generally guided toward a future in soccer, rather than baseball.

Since 1922, the national major league in the Netherlands has been the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.

Most notable Dutch baseball players include Hensley Meulens, Robert Eenhoorn and Andruw Jones, Didi Gregorious.

See also

• Baseball in the Netherlands
• Netherlands national baseball team
• Netherlands women's national softball team

References

International baseball
WBSC (former governing body: IBAF) World Rankings Teams
WBSC Events	World Baseball Classic WBSC Premier12 U23 World Cup U18 World Cup U15 World Cup U12 World Cup Women's Baseball World Cup
Minor World Events	Grand Forks International Haarlem Baseball Week Summer Universiade World Baseball Challenge World Port Tournament World University
Defunct World Events	Baseball at the Summer Olympics World Games Baseball World Cup Intercontinental Cup Women's Baseball World Series
Africa	African Baseball & Softball Association – All-Africa Games
Americas	Pan American Baseball Confederation – Pan American Games America Cup Caribbean Series Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games
Asia	Baseball Federation of Asia – Asian Championship Asian Games Junior (under 18) Southeast Asian Games SAARC Baseball Championship Asia Series
Europe	Confederation of European Baseball – European Championship European Cup "Final Four" Under-21 Junior (under 18) Youth (under 16) Juveniles (under 12)
Oceania	Baseball Confederation of Oceania – Oceania Championship Pacific Games