1979 European Baseball Championship
The 1979 European [Baseball Championship] was held in Trieste and Ronchi [dei Legionari|Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy]. Italy [national baseball team|Italy] won their third consecutive championship in a row, defeating The Netherlands in a best-of-five games final. Four teams competed, the fewest number of teams since the 1960 championship. The same four teams would return in 1981.
Dave DeMarco, an Italian-American who played college baseball at Dartmouth [Big Green baseball|Dartmouth], was the tournament MVP for Italy, batting.385 with 12 runs batted in.