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The 1999 season was the 50^th for the European Baseball Federation. It was also the final one for the EBF in its original form. 2000 would bring about both expansion teams and a number of additions from the EPB exodus. Below are the results of EBF’s first 50 years.



The Northern Conference had pretty good parity overall. 14 of 15 teams have a conference pennant to their name. Berlin (21) had the most playoff appearances and Paris had the best average win total at 87.9. However, Amsterdam and Rotterdam were the most successful in the postseason, both with five EBF titles. The Anacondas have eight finals berths and have been to the conference final 31 times. The Barons had the most division titles at 17. Oslo had the lowest average win total at 73.4. Belfast was the most unsuccessful generally with only one playoff appearance. They’re the only Northern Conference team to not make it to either the EBF final or the conference final.

Zurich had the most playoff appearances of any team at 32, the most division titles at 30, and the best average win total at 90.4. The Mountaineers are the only team in either conference to make the playoffs more than half of EBF’s first 50 seasons. They had the most conference finals berths at 17 and were tied with Amsterdam for the most total finals appearances. However, the Southern Conference teams with the most EBF titles were Madrid and Barcelona with four each. 10 of 15 SC teams had a EBF title and 13 of 15 had a conference pennant. The worst team in EBF by far was Malta with an average win total of 66.5. They were the only team with no playoff berths. Milan was the other SC team without a pennant.

The competition between the conferences was fairly even. The Northern Conference had the edge over the Southern Conference in the finals but at a competitive 27-23 mark.