{"id":425,"date":"2026-07-18T12:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejzbal.sk\/eurounicorns\/?p=425"},"modified":"2026-07-18T12:16:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:16:02","slug":"2026-season-in-a-nutshell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejzbal.sk\/eurounicorns\/2026-season-in-a-nutshell\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 season in a nutshell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u2b25 Season Review \u00b7 2025\u20132026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EuroUnicorns 2026:
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The pilot season of Europe’s first international U10 girls baseball team \u2014 from idea to reality, one city at a time<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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The pilot season of EuroUnicorns is complete. Our girls competed at the SuperCup 2026 and finished 22nd out of 24 teams. And I am proud of every single one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project was never just about winning. It was about motivation, courage, friendship, teamwork, and opportunity \u2014 for girls from across Europe. And we achieved all of that. In fact, we achieved far more than I ever dared imagine at the start.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u2b25 SuperCup 2025 \u00b7 Where It All Started<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Idea That Changed Everything<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The idea was born at SuperCup 2025, where I was in Hlubok\u00e1 with the Slovakia Panthers. Watching the competition, one question kept growing in my mind: why should the SuperCup only be for the best girls from a single country?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not someone who is afraid of big dreams. By the time the tournament ended, the concept of a pan-European girls’ team was fully formed in my head. SuperCup is a remarkably motivating environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udccd Bratislava, December 2025 \u2014 First meetings, first friendships<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u2b25 December 2025 \u00b7 Bratislava<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 Girls. One Team.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We selected 15 girls through the Baseball is for Girls Too tournament. In Germany, Ulli Wermuth identified three more, completing the roster. The first camp took place in December in Bratislava, with players arriving from Orli Choce\u0148, Waynes Pardubice, Apollo Bratislava, Angels Trnava, and Vienna Panthers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They trained together for the first time. And more importantly \u2014 they met each other. The first friendships were formed before the first pitch was thrown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u2b25 February 2026 \u00b7 Schwechat, Austria<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five Games. Zero Wins. One Lesson.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The second camp moved to Schwechat under coach Lukas Schuetz of Blue Bats. Three German clubs joined for the first time \u2014 Hamburg Stealers, Freising Grizzlies, and Friedberg Braves. The training was intense. The games that followed \u2014 five matches against Wanderers, Blue Bats, and the Austrian SuperCup selection \u2014 were all losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No surprise there. These girls had never played together before, and we coaches barely knew them yet. The parents were perhaps a little more anxious than the rest of us \u2014 but we all made it through with smiles on our faces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udccd Schwechat, February 2026 \u2014 Learning together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udccd Ro\u017enov pod Radho\u0161t\u011bm, March 2026 \u2014 The first real momentum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u2b25 March 2026 \u00b7 Ro\u017enov pod Radho\u0161t\u011bm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Real Team Taking Shape<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Iva Kretkov\u00e1 of Camels Ro\u017enov, the international Euro Kids Tournament came together in March. Playing against Arrows Ostrava, Klasik Fr\u00fddek-M\u00edstek, and Hurricanes, this was already the third time the squad had shared a field \u2014 and the difference was visible. Terezka from Je\u017eci Jihlava and Neli from Camels Ro\u017enov joined the roster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coaches now knew their players. And the players were beginning to play like they knew each other too. The results of months of joint work were starting to show on the field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u2b25 April 2026 \u00b7 Mainz, Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5th Place at the Silver Cup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Invited to the Silver Cup in Mainz by Ulli Wermuth, EuroUnicorns faced nine German teams including Future Stars, Mainz Athletics, K\u00f6ln Cardinals, and Hamburg Stealers. It was their toughest test yet \u2014 and they rose to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game after game, the team grew sharper, bolder, more cohesive. The match against multiple SuperCup winners Future Stars \u2014 lost in overtime 11:12 \u2014 drew crowds from across the venue. The coaching staff had one word for what they witnessed: goddesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final result: 5th place overall. A landmark moment for the project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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Silver Cup Mainz \u2014 growing with every game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The overtime thriller against Future Stars \u2014 11:12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u2b25 May 2026 \u00b7 Bratislava<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tournament Champions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Baseball is for Girls Too tournament in Bratislava brought together Phoenix Bratislava, Queens Wroc\u0142aw, Trnava Panthers, Vienna Panthers \u2014 and EuroUnicorns. The U10 category title went to exactly who had earned it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EuroUnicorns won the tournament. Their first title of the season \u2014 and a beautiful reward for everything the girls had put in since December.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watching individuals become a team that truly believes in each other \u2014 that was something special to witness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udccd Bratislava, May 2026 \u2014 Tournament winners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u2b25 May 29\u201331 \u00b7 Hlubok\u00e1 nad Vltavou<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SuperCup 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We arrived in Hlubok\u00e1 on Monday \u2014 four days before the tournament. With players from four countries, that time together mattered. We trained with Sokol Hlubok\u00e1, beat German side Rising Stars on Thursday, and arrived at the first game fully prepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SuperCup itself brought losses against Draci Brno, Catalunya, Patriots Liberec, and Arrows Ostrava \u2014 but also a memorable first win against the Slovak national team. Games against Mainz Athletics and Sabat Praha followed. Final standing: 22nd of 24 teams (20th excluding Masters teams).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could we have played better? In places, yes. The defensive quality from our pre-season tournaments was stronger at times, and some games could have gone differently. But sport is unpredictable \u2014 that’s part of its beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SuperCup 2026 \u2014 on the diamond in Hlubok\u00e1
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The whole family \u2014 coaches, players, and the Vltava behind them Photo@Marek Jobek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u2b25 Beyond the Scoreboard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What We Actually Built<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Step back from the final standings, and what you find is something no table can measure. EuroUnicorns became the first international U10 girls’ baseball team in European history. A team that met in five cities across four countries over six months. A team whose players were separated by hundreds of kilometers \u2014 and united by one sport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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“A team whose players became friends. A team that showed baseball can bring people together \u2014 regardless of language, country, or distance. For me personally, that is the greatest victory of the entire project.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Zuzana Zambojov\u00e1, Founder of EuroUnicorns<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2b25 The People Behind EuroUnicorns<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It Takes a Village<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EuroUnicorns was created by Zuzana Zambojov\u00e1<\/strong>, who launched Baseball is for Girls Too in 2024 to show girls across the continent that this sport belongs to them. The idea for an international team was born at SuperCup 2025 \u2014 and twelve months later, that idea stood on a diamond in Hlubok\u00e1. None of it would have been possible without the coaches, parents, clubs, and volunteers who believed in it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Head Coach<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mario Horn\u00edk<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trnava Angels<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lukas Sch\u00fctz<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Bats Schwechat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Phoenix Bratislava<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sofia Zambojov\u00e1<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phoenix Bratislava<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Founder & General Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zuzana Zambojov\u00e1<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phoenix Bratislava \u00b7 Baseball is for Girls Too<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\u2b25 Once a Unicorn, Always a Unicorn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Story Continues<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EuroUnicorns isn’t finished. We will keep connecting girls across Europe, finding new players, and creating opportunities for the next generation. The current squad will continue to develop \u2014 and alongside them, we will build a new U10 team for the girls who come next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All girls born in 2017 or later are invited to the next Baseball is for Girls Too tournament \u2014 November 14st and November 15st in Bratislava<\/strong>. That’s where the next EuroUnicorns selection begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Go Unicorns. \ud83e\udd84\u26be<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Follow EuroUnicorns at bejzbal.sk\/eurounicorns<\/a> and on Instagram<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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