The Confederation of European Baseball (French: Confédération Européenne de Baseball, CEB), is the governing body of baseball within Europe. The CEB was founded in 1953 with 5 members, which were Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy and Spain. As of today, there are 38 members, excluding Armenia. In 2010, there were 112,303 players in the CEB countries.The confederation is responsible for operating the European Baseball Championship, a championship that has been running since 1954 in Europe.