FIBS
Italian Baseball and Softball Federation

President:Andrea Marcon

Secretary:Giampiero Curti

Indirizzo:Viale Tiziano, 74, 00196 Roma RM, Italia

Phone:06 32297201

Url:www.fibs.it

Email:

History of FIBS

Costitution

This discipline was first introduced in Rome in 1931 with a game played at the Accademia della Farnesina. However, the Federation made its first moves after the war. On 7 February 1947, Guido Graziani founded the Lega Italiana Softball (LIS or Italian Softball League) and a year later, on 12 March 1948, Max Ott founded the Lega Italiana Baseball (LIB or Italian Baseball League) in Milan. On 3 December 1948 the Associazione Italiana Baseball (AIB or Italian Baseball Association) which two days later, also in Rome, joined forces with LIS, founded the Federazione Italiana Baseball e Softball (FIBS or Italian Baseball and Softball Federation). FIBS’ subsequent merger with the Lega Italiana Baseball (LIB) led to the foundation in Bologna, on 29 January 1950, of the Federazione Italiana Palla Base (FIPB). Recognized as “affiliated” with CONI in November 1953, the Federation became effective as of 23 November 1957.

Denomination

From 1950 Federazione Italiana Palla Base (FIPB), then in 1970 it became Federazione Italiana Baseball and Softball (FIBS or Italian Baseball and Softball Federation).

Federal Office

Rome.

First National Championships

1950 (baseball), 1969 (softball).

First time the Olympic Games

1984 Los Angeles (demo), 1992 Barcelona. 

Presidents

1950 - 1961 Principe Steno Borghese

1961 - 1969 Giuseppe Ghillini

1969 - 1984 Bruno Beneck

1984 - 1985 Mario Pescante (commissioner)

1985 - 2001 Aldo Notari

2001 – 2001 Everardo Dalla Noce

2001 - 2016 Riccardo Fraccari

2016 Andrea Marcon

Secretaries

1950 - 1961 Franco De Vitis

1961 - 1978 Sergio Baroni

1978 - 1983 Massimo F. Ceccotti

1983 - 1985 Giampiero Paolini

1985 - 1990 Dino Rossi (acting)

1991 - 1999 Dino Rossi

1999 - 2002 Alessandro Pica

2002 - 2012 Marcello Standoli

2013 - Giampiero Curti

National Sports Federations

National Sports Federations