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Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond

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Abbreviation
  
KNBSB

Purpose
  
Sport governing body

Formation
  
1912

Region served
  
Netherlands

Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond

Type
  
International sport federation

Headquarters
  
Nieuwegein, Netherlands

The Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond (Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Federation) is the national governing body of baseball in the Netherlands. Baseball is played in all the provinces, but it struggles for popularity due to the popularity of many other sports, including the sport of soccer, in which the Netherlands has always been one of the leading nations. School-aged children are generally guided toward a future in soccer, rather than baseball.

Since 1922, the national major league in the Netherlands has been the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.

Most notable Dutch baseball players include Hensley Meulens, Robert Eenhoorn and Andruw Jones, Didi Gregorious.

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