Baseball competitions among Moscow universities were held at the final of the CASE-IN

Teams from six universities took part in the first student Baseball Games-5 in Moscow. The games were held as part of the final of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" at the University of Science and Technology MISIS.

The Reliable Change Foundation and the organizing committee of the International Engineering Championship have been developing the sports field since 2022. Every year, the foundation organizes the Olympia All-Star Cup children's baseball tournament, a competition featuring the best players from Russia and other countries, which is also supported by the Russian Baseball Federation.

"This year we decided to introduce baseball to future engineers participating in the finals of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN", - says Artem Korolev, Director of the Reliable Change Foundation, - For the first games, we chose baseball, a 5-city version of the classic baseball and softball games. This is a dynamic game that retains the basic rules and logic of baseball, and requires only a small rubber ball from the inventory."

Teams from six universities took part in the student games as part of the final of the CASE-IN championship: MISIS University of Science and Technology, National Research University "MEI", Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Russian University of Biotechnology, University of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.

Alexander Chumakov, Commissioner of the Russian Baseball Federation for the Development of sports discipline, told the students about the history of baseball-5 and held a master class.

"Baseball-5 is included in the program of the Summer Youth Olympic Games, which will be held in 2026, and in 2020 the Russian national baseball team-5 became the European champion.- said Alexander Chumakov, - I am sure that it is possible to create baseball-5 teams at universities, and the first step may be to include this discipline in Moscow student Sports Games."

After the games of the student teams, a demonstration match was held between the three-time winner of the All-Russian Baseball competitions–5 among students, the Rosbiotech team, and the national team of students of the capital.

"12 years ago, we helped universities introduce the case study method into engineering training, which is how the International Engineering Championship appeared. CASE-IN as a tool for evaluating and developing future and young professionals, - Artem Korolev comments, - sport is our new direction. We want to involve students in baseball-5 and hope that soon this dynamic youth game will be played in all universities where CASE-IN takes place."

Baseball-5, given its democratic format, can become a large-scale movement and become a real passion for students," says Artem Korolev, founder of the CASE-IN championship.: "Our scompetitions have shown that one day is enough to master the rules of baseball – 5, and then you can play, improving your skills and to organize competitions for young people."

The next sports page that the Reliable Change Foundation will open for young people will be the next Olympia Cup All-Star baseball tournament, which will be held in August at the Sports Center. (in military-applied sports) CSKA in the city of Balashikha, Moscow region.