Serie A — Italian Baseball League (FIBS)

⚡ When to Watch Serie A from the US

Italy is UTC+2 (CEST in spring/summer) — 6 hours ahead of US Eastern. Serie A games typically kick off at 20:00 CEST = 2:00 PM ET. That's prime afternoon viewing — no alarm clock, no late-night sacrifice. Saturday afternoons are peak baseball.

2:00 PM ET

20:00 CEST

11:00 AM PT

West Coast

FREE

FIBSchannel3 YT

Apr–Oct

Regular season

Sept

Italian Series · Scudetto

Sept

European Champ.

Where to Watch Serie A

Verified Apr 2026

Free · Every Game

FIBSchannel3 (YouTube)

FREE · No account

Search "FIBSchannel3" on YouTube. Live Serie A baseball, free, on any device. Real-time statistics overlay built on WBSC Cloud GFX — pitch count, base runners, batting averages baked into the broadcast. Italian commentary. This is the easiest league to watch in Europe.

youtube.com/@FIBSchannel3 →

Official · Free

FIBS.it

FREE

Federation site with stats, standings, schedule, and embedded streams for every Serie A, Serie B, Serie C, and softball championship match. Multilingual — English, Italian, Spanish.

fibs.it →

International Events

GameTime (WBSC)

Per-tournament pass

For Team Italy's European Championship and Olympic qualifier games. International tournaments streamed via WBSC's platform. Some free by territory.

gametime.sport →

Domestic Italy

RAI

Free in Italy

Italian national broadcaster carries Serie A and Softball championship finals. Geoblocked outside Italy.

WBC US Coverage

FOX / FS1

Cable / FOX One

Team Italy's WBC 2026 games — including the Cinderella run to the semifinals — were carried on FOX in the US. Francisco Cervelli's Azzurri went 5-0 in pool play before falling to Venezuela.

2026 Season Key Dates

Apr 18

Serie A Opens

Italian top-flight begins · ~30 teams across 5 gironi.

May 9–10

Streaming Tests

FIBS Cloud GFX streaming upgrades · enhanced stats overlays.

Jun 27–30

U23 European Championship

Italy vs. Czech Republic, Germany, Austria · FIBSchannel3.

July

Poule Scudetto

Top 10 teams advance to championship round.

Sept

Italian Baseball Series

Scudetto final · RAI national broadcast.

Sept

European Championship

Team Italy · Francisco Cervelli manages · GameTime WBSC stream.

Leading Serie A Clubs

Serie A · Top flight · 30 teams in 5 gironi

Perennial Scudetto Contenders

San Marino Baseball Club — San Marino · Stadio di Serravalle · Historic power

Parma Clima — Parma · Stadio Quadrifoglio · 2025 finalist

Bologna Baseball 1953 — Bologna · Emilia-Romagna hotbed · Most historic

BBC Grosseto — Grosseto · Stadio Jannella · Tuscan fixture

UnipolSai Bologna — Bologna · Rival of Bologna Baseball 1953

Macerata Angels — Macerata · Le Marche region

Nettuno Baseball — Nettuno · Home of Italian baseball heritage

Hotsand Macerata — Macerata · Top-4 contender

Collecchio Baseball — Parma province · Rising program

Godo Knights — Godo · Ravenna region

The Fact

Italy's 2026 WBC Run Rewrote the European Baseball Story

At WBC 2026, Team Italy went 5-0 in pool play in Houston, beat the Dominican Republic, and advanced to the semifinals before being eliminated by eventual champion Venezuela. It was the deepest Italian run in WBC history. Manager Francisco Cervelli — the ex-Yankee catcher — built a roster mixing MLB-affiliated prospects of Italian descent with genuine Serie A talent, proving European baseball isn't a novelty. The tournament star was Sam Aldegheri, who threw a complete-game shutout against Brazil. Meanwhile, Serie A winger Renzo Martini was the tournament's best hitter in the European Championship run-up. The combination of a professional league streaming free on YouTube, real-time WBSC-grade statistics on broadcast, and legit MLB-caliber talent has Italy positioned to be Europe's top baseball nation for the rest of this decade. Olympic baseball returns at LA28 — and Italy will be in the mix.

⚡ Serie A This Week

See every Serie A game this week — times in NYC/ET, FIBSchannel3 links — in the Official Viewer's Guide.

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