German Baseball playoffs to begin on 26 September

German Baseball playoffs to begin on 26 September
22/09/2020
Semifinal match-ups will be Regensburg vs. Heidenheim and Bonn vs. Paderborn.

The Ben's Baseball Bundesliga, the top baseball league in Germany, will start with two best-of-five semifinals on Saturday, 26 September. The Regensburg Buchbinder Legionare will face the Heidenheim Heideköpfe, while the Bonn Capitals will play the Paderborn Untouchables.

Game five, if necessary, of the semifinals is set for Sunday, 4 October. The best-of-five German Championship Series is scheduled to begin on Saturday, 10 October. The final day, featuring a possible game four and five doubleheader, will be Sunday, 18 October.

The 2020 regular season was played by 16 teams. The delayed Bundesliga season started in mid-August due to COVID-19, so the season was shortened from 14 to seven weeks with the quarterfinals having been cancelled by the German Baseball and Softball Association (DBV).

The Official Website of the German Baseball Bundesliga (in German)