SKSB Arrows Ostrava, z.s., or simply Arrows Ostrava, is a baseball team from

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

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. The team plays in the

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and have won the league title three times in 2018, 2019 and 2021.

History

The roots of Arrows Ostrava go back to 1971, when a group of young people led by Zdeněk Ploskonka started playing softball. Later, in 1973, the club was established as Permon Ostrava, with a baseball and softball section. In 1976 the team changed its name to Permon Sokol Pustkovec and in 1985 to TJ VOKD Poruba. In 1996, the baseball section split from VOKD Poruba and changed its name to SK Arrows Ostrava. Arrows Ostrava has played in the Extraliga since 1995 and have never been relegated. The club finished as runner-ups in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2017 and 2020. In 2018, Arrows won its first Czech championship, an achievement they would repeat in 2019 and 2021, all under player-manager Boris Bokaj. Arrows Ostrava has participated four times in the European Champions Cup, Europe's top baseball club competition. The team made its debut in the 2019 edition, where they finished 7th with a 2–3 record. Arrows hosted the 2021 tournament, finishing 6th with a 2–2 record. The club has had its best performance so far in the 2022 tournament, held in

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, where they finished 5th. In their last appearance, in the 2023 cup, Arrows finished 7th with a 3–2 record. Four Arrows Ostrava players represented

at the

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: pitchers Michal Kovala and Ondřej Satoria, infielder Jakub Kubica and outfielder Jakub Grepl.

Ballpark

Arrows Ostrava plays their home games at the Arrows Park, located in the

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district in Ostrava. The complex has two softball fields, a secondary baseball field and the main baseball field, that has a capacity of 600 seated spectators. There is also a restaurant, a conference room, VIP are and a press room. Arrows Park hosted the 2021 European Champions Cup, the top European competition for baseball clubs, won by

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, with the local team finishing sixth.

Roster

Achievements

* Extraliga : 3 (2018, 2019, 2021)

European Champions Cup record

References

External links

Official club webpage
1973 establishments in Czechoslovakia Baseball in the Czech Republic Baseball teams established in 1973 Czech Baseball Extraliga teams Sport in Ostrava {{Czech Baseball Extraliga