After missing out on the Summer Olympics itself he rejoined the national squad in 2005 for the European Championships in the Czech Republic, where they won the title.

After the European title win Bergman and the Dutch team wrote history when they reached the semi-finals for the 2005 World Championships held in their own country.

Bergman played 11⁄3 inning against Puerto Rico in which he was hit four times and gave one RBI away.

Kinheim became Honkbal Hoofdklasse regular league champions and in the Holland Series they won the national title when they defeated Pioniers.

2011 IBAF World Champion 2012 Kinheim finished 4th in the Honkbal Hoofdklasse regular season and made it to the Holland Series where they won the national title when they defeated DOOR Neptunus with a 4-0 sweep.