2019 European Baseball Championship

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.

2019 European Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Dates 7–15 September 2019
Teams12 (from 1 continent)
Defending champions Netherlands (2016)
Final positions
Champions
 Netherlands (23rd title)
Runner-up
 Italy
Third place
 Spain
Fourth place Israel
Tournament statistics
Games played47
Attendance21,653 (461 per game)
Most Valuable Player Ademar Rifaela
← 2016
2021 →

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
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

Standings
Qualified for Quarterfinals
Qualified for Relegation Round
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Netherlands41.800–4615
 Israel41.800–2523
 Czech Republic32.6001.03225
 Germany23.4002.01923
 Great Britain23.4002.02328
 Sweden05.0004.01445
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).

Standings
Qualified for Quarterfinals
Qualified for Relegation Round
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Italy501.000–5211
 Spain41.8001.04424
 France32.6002.05230
 Belgium23.4003.02543
 Austria14.2004.02147
 Croatia05.0005.01049
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
 
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

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

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

Placement Round 5th - 8th Place
 
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
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
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

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.

9th place
                   
 Austria 6  
 Great Britain 1  
   Austria 10  
   Croatia 0  
 Sweden 2
 Croatia 17  
   Austria 9
   Great Britain 11
 Great Britain 12  
 Sweden 2  
   Croatia 1
   Great Britain 5  

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

Final standings
Rk Team W L Pct. R RA Note
 Netherlands71.8756918Qualified for
Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification
 Italy71.8756727
 Spain62.7506540
4  Israel53.6255048
5  Czech Republic53.6254537
6  Germany35.3754138
7  France34.4295852
7  Belgium25.2863165
9  Great Britain54.5565246
10  Austria35.3754659
11  Croatia17.1252866Relegated
12  Sweden07.0001874

Statistics leaders

References
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