2017 European Under-23 Baseball Championship

The 2017 European Under-23 Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held by the Confederation of European Baseball for players 23-year-old and younger. The 2017 edition was be held in Austria (Wels), Czech Republic (Blansko and Brno) and Slovakia (Trnava). The Dutch team won the first ever edition.

2017 European Under-23 Baseball Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Austria  Czech Republic  Slovakia
Dates	August 7-13
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Belgium
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Games played	48
Most Valuable Player	Colin Van Laar

Group stage

Standings

	Qualified for the-quarter finals
	Did not qualify for the-quarter finals

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses
1	Netherlands	3	3	0
2	Croatia	3	2	1
3	Russia	3	1	2
4	Belarus	3	0	3

Game Results

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 7, 2017	16:00	Russia	1-2	Croatia		Brno Hrosi	2:12	50	Boxscore
Aug 7, 2017	18:00	Belarus	0-9	Netherlands		Blansko	2:25	80	Boxscore
Aug 8, 2017	14:00	Netherlands	9-1	Russia		Brno MBS	2:38	50	Boxscore
Aug 8, 2017	18:00	Croatia	18-7	Belarus	F/7	Brno Hrosi	2:50	30	Boxscore
Aug 9, 2017	14:00	Belarus	1-2	Russia	F/10	Brno MBS	2:30	20	Boxscore
Aug 9, 2017	16:00	Croatia	3-18	Netherlands	F/6	Brno Hrosi	2:20	60	Boxscore

Standings

	Qualified for the-quarter finals
	Did not qualify for the-quarter finals

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses
1	Spain	3	3	0
2	Great Britain	3	2	1
3	Poland	3	1	2
4	Austria	3	0	3

Game Results

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 7, 2017	13:00	Poland	1-5	Spain		Wels	2:31	50	Boxscore
Aug 7, 2017	17:30	Austria	0-10	Great Britain	F/7	Wels	1:54	200	Boxscore
Aug 8, 2017	13:00	Great Britain	13-12	Poland	F/11	Wels	3:29	150	Boxscore
Aug 8, 2017	17:30	Spain	3-0	Austria		Wels	2:19	250	Boxscore
Aug 9, 2017	13:00	Great Britain	1-4	Spain		Wels	2:42	85	Boxscore
Aug 9, 2017	17:30	Austria	11-12	Poland		Wels	3:16	200	Boxscore

Standings

	Qualified for the quarter-finals
	Did not qualify for the quarter-finals

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses
1	Germany	3	3	0
2	France	3	2	1
3	Slovakia	3	1	2
4	Georgia	3	0	3

Game Results

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 7, 2017	11:00	Georgia	0-24	Germany	F/5	Trnava	1:30	40	Boxscore
Aug 7, 2017	16:00	Slovakia	0-11	France	F/7	Trnava	2:13	320	Boxscore
Aug 8, 2017	11:00	France	24-2	Georgia	F/5	Trnava	2:22	80	Boxscore
Aug 8, 2017	16:00	Germany	21-0	Slovakia	F/5	Trnava	1:55	240	Boxscore
Aug 9, 2017	11:00	France	8-9	Germany		Trnava	3:27	120	Boxscore
Aug 9, 2017	16:00	Georgia	4-15	Slovakia	F/7	Trnava	2:24	180	Boxscore

Standings

	Qualified for the-quarter finals
	Did not qualify for the-quarter finals

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0
2	Belgium	3	2	1
3	Ukraine	3	1	2
4	Lithuania	3	0	3

Game Results

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 7, 2017	14:00	Ukraine	3-8	Belgium		Brno MBS	2:50	60	Boxscore
Aug 7, 2017	19:00	Lithuania	0-15	Czech Republic	F/7	Brno MBS	2:24	280	Boxscore
Aug 8, 2017	18:00	Belgium	8-0	Lithuania		Blansko	2:55	90	Boxscore
Aug 8, 2017	19:00	Czech Republic	12-1	Ukraine	F/7	Brno MBS	2:30	300	Boxscore
Aug 9, 2017	18:00	Lithuania	5-15	Ukraine	F/7	Blansko	3:10	50	Boxscore
Aug 9, 2017	19:00	Belgium	0-17	Czech Republic	F/5	Brno MBS	1:50	300	Boxscore

Second stage

Standings

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses
1	Ukraine	3	3	0
2	Poland	3	1	2
3	Russia	3	1	2
4	Slovakia	3	1	2

Game Results

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 10, 2017	15:00	Ukraine	10-7	Russia		Brno MBS	3:00	20	Boxscore
Aug 11, 2017	11:00	Slovakia	4-17	Poland	F/8	Brno MBS	2:42	50	Boxscore
Aug 12, 2017	11:00	Poland	2-10	Ukraine		Brno Technika	2:32	20	Boxscore
Aug 12, 2017	18:00	Russia	1-3	Slovakia		Blansko	2:31	50	Boxscore
Aug 13, 2017	11:00	Poland	8-1	Russia		Brno Hrosi	2:23	30	Boxscore
Aug 13, 2017	11:00	Ukraine	10-6	Slovakia	F/10	Brno Technika	3:17	30	Boxscore

Standings

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses
1	Austria	3	3	0
2	Belarus	3	2	1
3	Lithuania	3	1	2
4	Georgia	3	0	3

Game Results

Date	Local Time	Road Team	Score	Home Team	Inn.	Venue	Game Time	Attendance	Boxscore
Aug 10, 2017	15:00	Lithuania	0-14	Belarus	F/7	Brno Hrosi	2:40	50	Boxscore
Aug 11, 2017	13:20	Georgia	4-17	Austria	F/5	Brno Hrosi	1:25	50	Boxscore
Aug 12, 2017	13:00	Belarus	13-3	Georgia	F/7	Brno Hrosi	2:25	25	Boxscore
Aug 12, 2017	17:00	Austria	8-3	Lithuania		Brno Technika	3:00	45	Boxscore
Aug 13, 2017	15:00	Austria	4-3	Belarus		Blansko	1:51	50	Boxscore
Aug 13, 2017	15:30	Lithuania	8-0	Georgia		Brno Technika	2:34	30	Boxscore

Quarter-finals

August 11 15:00 at Brno MBS (F/7)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	2	0	0	0	2	7	X	X	11	10	0
Great Britain	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	1	6	2
WP: Kaj Timmermans (2−0)   LP: Conrad Cornell (0−1) Home runs: NED: None GBR: Hayden Platt (1) Attendance: 160 Notes: Mercy rule was used in 7th Boxscore

August 11 17:00 at Brno Hrosi (F/8)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	0	1	3
Spain	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	X	10	16	1
WP: Eric Páez (2−0)   LP: Kruno Gojkovic (0−1) Attendance: 85 Notes: Mercy rule was used in 8th Boxscore

August 11 18:00 at Blansko

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Belgium	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	1
Germany	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
WP: Drew Janssen (2−0)   LP: Mark Harrison (0−1) Attendance: 103 Boxscore

August 11 19:00 at Brno MBS

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	2
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	X	5	8	1
WP: Ondrej Satoria (1−0)   LP: Jonathan Mottay (0−1) Home runs: FRA: None CZE: Marek Chlup (2), Martin Muzik (3) Attendance: 400 Boxscore

5th-8th Places

August 12 11:00 at Brno MBS

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Great Britain	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	1	3	5	0
Germany	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	X	5	7	1
WP: Sascha Koch (1−0)   LP: Nolan Bond (1−1)   Sv: Luis Santa Cruz (1) Home runs: GBR: None GER: Maik Ehmcke (1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore

August 12 17:00 at Brno Hrosi

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
France	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	9	12	3
Croatia	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	2
WP: Maxence Esteban (1−0)   LP: Vidrac Fran Stancic (0−1) Attendance: 22 Boxscore

August 13 10:00 at Brno MBS

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	4
Germany	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	X	5	5	0
WP: Niklas Rimmel (1−0)   LP: Gedeon Coste (0−1)   Sv: Florian Seidel (1) Attendance: 75 Boxscore

August 13 19:00 at Brno Technika

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Croatia	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4	11	4
Great Britain	2	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	X	5	8	1
WP: Elijah Hackney-Rose (1−0)   LP: Hrvoje Jerbic (0−2) Attendance: 100 Boxscore

Semi-Finals

August 12 15:00 at Brno MBS

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	10	16	2
Belgium	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	12	1
WP: Maickel Rietel (1−0)   LP: Kyran Weemaels (0−1) Attendance: 150 Boxscore

August 12 19:00 at Brno MBS

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Czech Republic	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	7	7	2
Spain	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	7	2
WP: Jan Novak (1−0)   LP: Francisco González (1−1) Attendance: 450 Boxscore

3rd Place Game

August 13 14:00 at Brno MBS (F/10)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Belgium	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	4
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	4	0
WP: Lucas Rizzi (1−0)   LP: Starlyn Yoel Taveras (0−1) Attendance: 120 Notes: Extra inning rule was used in 10th Boxscore

Final

August 13 19:00 at Brno MBS (F/10)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Netherlands	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	2	10	10	0
Czech Republic	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	9	9	2
WP: Colin Van Laar (1−0)   LP: Ondrej Satoria (1−1) Attendance: 1,000 Notes: Extra inning rule was used in 10th Boxscore

Final standings

Rk Team W L Pct.  Netherlands 6 0 1.000 Lost in Gold medal game  Czech Republic 5 1 .833 Failed to qualify for Gold medal game  Belgium 4 2 .667 4  Spain 4 2 .667 Failed to qualify for the semi-finals 5  Germany 5 1 .800 6  France 3 3 .500 7  Great Britain 2 4 .333 8  Croatia 2 4 .333 Failed to qualify for the quarter-finals 9  Ukraine 4 2 .667 10  Poland 2 4 .333 11  Russia 2 4 .333 12  Slovakia 2 4 .333 Failed to qualify for the Pool E 13  Austria 3 3 .500 14  Belarus 2 4 .333 15  Lithuania 1 5 .167 16  Georgia 0 6 .000 Statistics leaders Batting Statistic Name Total/Avg Batting average* Max Clarijs .833 Hits Denzel Richardson 13 Runs Vojtech Mensik Denzel Richardson 12 Home runs Martin Muzik 4 RBI Martin Muzik 13 Walks Vojtech Mensik 11 Strikeouts Bastian Dagneau 9 Stolen bases Daniil Khomyakov 4 On-base percentage* Martin Muzik .704 Slugging percentage* Martin Muzik 1.263 OPS* Martin Muzik 1.967 * Minimum 1.0 AB per team game Pitching Statistic Name Total/Avg Wins Drew Janssen Eric Páez Luis Santa Cruz Kaj Timmermans 2 Losses 6 players 2 Saves 7 players 1 Innings pitched Robin Roevens 18.0 Hits allowed Giorgi Jalabadze 23 Runs allowed Jumberi Beinashvili 19 Earned runs allowed Hrvoje Herbic Jumberi Beinashvili 15 ERA* Robin Roevens 0.00 Walks Jumberi Beinashvili 16 Strikeouts Maksin Makarkin 23 * Minimum 1.5 inning pitched per team game External links CEB Website