The manager of the All Euro Team, Steve Janssen (manager of the Dutch National Team, 2014 European Champions) has made note of the 28 ball players that he will be brining with him to Tokyo, Japan to take on the Japanese National Team on the 10th and 11th of March at the world famous Tokyo Dome. The European roster of 28 will be lead by Andrew Jones (Dutch heritage) and Alessandro Maestri (Italian born).
List of Players:
Pitchers (14) Sommer, Stoecklin (Germany); Escalona, Maestri (Italy); Nacar (Spain); Ozanich (France); Markwell, Cordemans, Tom Stuifbergen, Martis, van Mil, Van den Hurk, Yintema, Heijstek (Holland)
Catchers (3) Ochoa (Spain); Dashenko, Boekhoudt (Holland)
Infielders (5) Curt Smith, Duursma (Holland); Vaglio, Infante (Italy); Angulo (Spain)
Outfielders (4) Desimoni, Chiarini (Italy); Fernando Martinez (Spain); Sams (Holland)
UTILITY (1) De Caster (Holland)
DH (1) Andruw Jones (Holland)
Manager: Steve Janssen
Bench Coach: Marco Mazzieri
Assistant Coach: Wim Martinus
Pitching Coach: Martin Brunner
Hitting Coach: Sidney De Jong
3rd Base Coach: Ben Thijssen
1st Base Coach: Augusto Medina
S&C: Gianni Natale
Manual Therapist: Rob Tamminga
Trainer: Massimo Baldi
Chef D’Equipe: Gijs Seldenrijk
Business Manager: Peter Meijers
The Japanese 26 man Roster:
Manager: Hiroki Kokubo
Pitchers (10) Shintaro Fujinami (Hanshin Tigers), Shoichi Ino (Yokohama Bay Stars), Kazuhisa Makita (Seibu Lions), Katsuki Matayoshi (Chunichi Dragons), Takahiro Matsuba (Orix Buffaloes), Yuki Matsui (Rakuten Eagles), Yuji Nishino (Chiba Lotte Mariners), Daichi Osera (Hiroshima Carp), Hirokazu Sawamura (Yomiuri Giants), Shota Takeda (Softbank Hawks)
Catchers (4) Tsubasa Aizawa (Hiroshima Carp), Hikaru Ito (Orix Buffaloes), Seiji Kobayashi (Yomiuri Giants), Motohiro Shima (Rakuten Eagles)
Infielders (7) Ginji Akaminai (Rakuten Eagles), Kenta Imamiya (Softbank Hawks), Ryosuke Kikuchi (Hiroshima Carp), Nobuhiro Matsuda (Softbank Hawks), Sho Nakata (Nippon Ham Fighters), Hayato Sakamoto (Yomiuri Giants),Tetsuto Yamada (Yakult Swallows)
Outfielders (5) Yoshihiro Maru (Hiroshima Carp), Yohei Oshima (Chunichi Dragons), Yuhei Takai (Yakult Swallows), Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (Yokohama Bay Stars), Yuki Yanagita (Softbank Hawks)
The World Baseball Softball Confederation also announced that the Japanese company, Ascia, will be the main sponsor of Team Europe.