International Baseball Centre

The International Baseball Centre (IBC) is the home field of the Ashbourne Baseball Club and the Irish National Baseball Team. It opened in 2015. It is Ireland's only international standard baseball diamond.

The IBC is the host field for the International Baseball Festival, an annual international baseball tournament held in Ashbourne.

The IBC has been the host field for two European Baseball Championship Qualifier tournaments.

The first tournament was the 2019 European Baseball Championship - Qualification held in Ireland in 2018. In 2023, it hosted a U18 European Baseball Championship Qualifier.

In 2024, the field will host another European Baseball Championship Qualifier.

International Baseball Festival
The International Baseball Festival is an annual baseball tournament held at the International Baseball Centre. The first tournament was held in 2015. The Irish National Baseball Team has competed in every tournament since inception in preparation for International Play. Past competing teams have come from Belgium, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Venezuela and the USA.

2019 European Baseball Championship Qualifications
The International Baseball Centre was the host field for a C-Pool qualification tournament for the 2019 European Baseball Championships. Tournament dates were July 23rd - 29th, 2018. National teams competing included Greece, Slovenia, Finland and Norway. The Irish National Team won the gold medal and advanced to the next round of Olympic qualifying.