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2019 European Baseball Championship

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2019 European Baseball Championship
Tournament details
CountryGermany
Dates7–15 September 2019
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (23rd title)
Runner-up Italy
Third place Spain
Fourth place Israel
Tournament statistics
Games played47
Attendance21,653 (461 per game)
MVPNetherlands Ademar Rifaela
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The 2019 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. The 2019 Championship was held September 7–15, 2019, in Bonn and Solingen, Germany.

The tournament contributed towards qualification to the 2020 Summer Olympics, with the top five teams and Team South Africa competing at the European-African qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which was played in September 2019 in Bologna and Parma, Italy.[1]

Qualification

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Main article: 2019 European Baseball Championship – Qualification
Main article: 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool

The top 10 teams of the 2016 European Championship qualified automatically for the tournament. Two additional teams, Austria and Israel, qualified from the 14-team B-Pool tournament.

Pool Bonn Pool Solingen

Belgium		 6th, 2016 European Baseball Championship
Italy		 2016 European Baseball Championship

Croatia		 10th, 2016 European Baseball Championship
Netherlands		 2016 European Baseball Championship

Czech Republic		 5th, 2016 European Baseball Championship
Spain		 2016 European Baseball Championship

France		 7th, 2016 European Baseball Championship
Sweden		 8th, 2016 European Baseball Championship

Germany		 4th, 2016 European Baseball Championship
Austria		 Winner of Belgrade group and 2018 playoff series against  Lithuania

Great Britain		 9th, 2016 European Baseball Championship
Israel		 Winner of Blagoevgrad Group and 2019 playoff series against  Lithuania

Round 1

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Pool A

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Standings

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Qualified for Quarterfinals
Qualified for Relegation Round
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Netherlands 4 1 .800 – 46 15
 Israel 4 1 .800 – 25 23
 Czech Republic 3 2 .600 1.0 32 25
 Germany 2 3 .400 2.0 19 23
 Great Britain 2 3 .400 2.0 23 28
 Sweden 0 5 .000 4.0 14 45
September 7, 2019 Czech Republic  1 – 6  Israel Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
September 7, 2019 Sweden  1 – 9  Germany Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 1,900
Boxscore
September 8, 2019 Israel  4 – 3  Sweden Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
September 8, 2019 Netherlands  6 – 8  Czech Republic Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 1,200
Boxscore
September 8, 2019 Germany  1 – 0  Great Britain Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 1,350
Boxscore
September 9, 2019 Czech Republic  3 – 4
(10) 		 Great Britain Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
September 9, 2019 Netherlands  9 – 0  Sweden Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
September 9, 2019 Germany  2 – 4
(10) 		 Israel Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 500
Boxscore
September 10, 2019 Great Britain  4 – 7  Israel Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
September 10, 2019 Czech Republic  10 – 30  Sweden Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
September 10, 2019 Netherlands  8 – 1  Germany Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 1,100
Boxscore
September 11, 2019 Sweden  07 – 13  Great Britain Bonn 2, Bonn
Attendance: 50
Boxscore
September 11, 2019 Israel  04 – 13  Netherlands Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
September 11, 2019 Great Britain  02 – 101  Netherlands Bonn 2, Bonn
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
September 11, 2019 Germany  06 – 10  Czech Republic Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 700
Boxscore

1 game suspended on September 7, 2019, in the 9th due to darkness (Ned led 10 – 2).

Pool B

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Standings

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Qualified for Quarterfinals
Qualified for Relegation Round
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Italy 5 0 1.000 – 52 11
 Spain 4 1 .800 1.0 44 24
 France 3 2 .600 2.0 52 30
 Belgium 2 3 .400 3.0 25 43
 Austria 1 4 .200 4.0 21 47
 Croatia 0 5 .000 5.0 10 49
September 7, 2019 Croatia  2 – 3  Spain Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 425
Boxscore
September 7, 2019 Belgium  5 – 1  Austria Bonn 2, Bonn
Attendance: 198
Boxscore
September 7, 2019 France  02 – 16  Italy Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 850
Boxscore
September 8, 2019 Spain  13 – 50  Belgium Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 300
Boxscore
September 8, 2019 Austria  06 – 12  France Bonn 2, Bonn
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
September 8, 2019 Italy  2 – 1
(10) 		 Croatia Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
September 9, 2019 Italy  10 – 10  Austria Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
September 9, 2019 Belgium  9 – 6  Croatia Bonn 2, Bonn
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
September 9, 2019 Spain  6 – 3  France Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
September 10, 2019 Belgium  02 – 12
(8) 		 France Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 80
Boxscore
September 10, 2019 Croatia  01 – 12
(7) 		 Austria Bonn 2, Bonn
Attendance: 60
Boxscore
September 10, 2019 Spain  03 – 13  Italy Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
September 11, 2019 Italy  11 – 40  Belgium Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 80
Boxscore
September 11, 2019 Austria  01 – 19
(6) 		 Spain Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
September 11, 2019 France  23 – 00
(5) 		 Croatia Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore

Play-offs

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 September 13 11:00 - Bonn 1
 
 
 Israel8
 
 September 14 19:00 - Bonn 1
 
 France2
 
 Israel6
 
 September 13 19:00 - Bonn 1
 
 Italy7
 
 Italy7
 
 September 15 19:00 - Bonn 1
 
 Germany5
 
 Italy1
 
 September 13 15:00 - Bonn 1
 
 Netherlands5
 
 Netherlands17
 
 September 14 15:00 - Bonn 1
 
 Belgium2
 
 Netherlands1
 
 September 13 16:00 - Solingen
 
 Spain0 3rd Place
 
 Spain5
 
 September 15 15:00 - Bonn 1
 
 Czech Republic4
 
 Spain16
 
 
 Israel11
 

Quarterfinals

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Order of games can change after round robin

September 13, 2019 11:00 Israel  8 – 2  France Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
September 13, 2019 15:00 Netherlands  17 – 20
(5) 		 Belgium Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 350
Boxscore
September 13, 2019 16:00 Spain  5 – 4
(10) 		 Czech Republic Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore
September 13, 2019 19:00 Italy  7 – 5  Germany Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore

Semifinals

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September 14, 2019 15:00 Netherlands  1 – 0  Spain Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 900
Boxscore
September 14, 2019 19:00 Israel  6 – 7  Italy Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 1,000
Boxscore

Bronze

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September 15, 2019 15:00 Spain  16 – 11  Israel Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 1,200
Boxscore

Final

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September 15, 2019 19:00 Italy  1 – 5  Netherlands Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 2,000
Boxscore

Placement Round 5th–8th place

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Placement round5th Place
 
      
 
 September 14 11:00 - Bonn 2
 
 
 Czech Republic5
 
 September 15 11:00 - Bonn 1
 
 Belgium4
 
 Czech Republic4
 
 September 14 11:00 - Bonn 1
 
 Germany3
 
 France4
 
 
 Germany14
 

Classification Games

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September 14, 2019 11:00 Czech Republic  5 – 4  Belgium Bonn 2, Bonn
Attendance: 80
Boxscore
September 14, 2019 11:00 France  04 – 14
(7) 		 Germany Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 800
Boxscore

5th place

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September 15, 2019 11:00 Czech Republic  4 – 3  Germany Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 1,900
Boxscore

Note: There was no game for 7th place.

Placement Round 9th–12th Place / Relegation Round

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There was a scheduling mistake in this placement/relegation round: the first two games, it should have been A5-B6 and B5-A6, instead it was A5-B5 and A6-B6.

Quarterfinals Semifinals 9th place
         
B5  Austria 6
A5  Great Britain 1
W1  Austria 10
Winner's bracket
W2  Croatia 0
A6  Sweden 2
B6  Croatia 17
W3  Austria 9
W5  Great Britain 11
L1  Great Britain 12
L2  Sweden 2
L3  Croatia 1
Loser's bracket
W4  Great Britain 5

Relegation round

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September 12, 2019 11:00 Austria  6 – 1  Great Britain Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
September 12, 2019 15:00 Croatia  17 – 20
(6) 		 Sweden Bonn 1, Bonn
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
September 13, 2019 12:30 Great Britain  12 – 20
(8) 		 Sweden Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 80
Boxscore

The loser of the above game is in 12th place and is relegated.

September 13, 2019 13:00 Austria  10 – 00
(7) 		 Croatia Bonn 2, Bonn
Attendance: 100
Boxscore
September 14, 2019 12:30 Croatia  1 – 5  Great Britain Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore

The loser of the above game is in 11th place and is relegated.

9th place

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September 15, 2019 12:30 Austria  09 – 11  Great Britain Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Boxscore

Final standings

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Rk Team W L Pct. R RA Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands 7 1 .875 69 18 Qualified for
Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy 7 1 .875 67 27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain 6 2 .750 65 40
4  Israel 5 3 .625 50 48
5  Czech Republic 5 3 .625 45 37
6  Germany 3 5 .375 41 38
7  France 3 4 .429 58 52
7  Belgium 2 5 .286 31 65
9  Great Britain 5 4 .556 52 46
10  Austria 3 5 .375 46 59
11  Croatia 1 7 .125 28 66 Relegated
12  Sweden 0 7 .000 18 74

Statistics leaders

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References

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  1. ^ "Tournament — Baseball EC 2019". Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
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