2019 European Baseball Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Dates | 7–15 September 2019 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Netherlands (23rd title) |
| Runner-up | Italy |
| Third place | Spain |
| Fourth place | Israel |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 47 |
| Attendance | 21,653 (461 per game) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Netherlands Ademar Rifaela |
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
[edit ]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.
Round 1
[edit ]Pool A
[edit ]Standings
[edit ]| 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 |
(10) Great Britain Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
1 game suspended on September 7, 2019, in the 9th due to darkness (Ned led 10 – 2).
Pool B
[edit ]Standings
[edit ]| 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 |
Play-offs
[edit ]Quarterfinals
[edit ]Order of games can change after round robin
(10) Czech Republic Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 150
Semifinals
[edit ]Bronze
[edit ]Final
[edit ]Placement Round 5th–8th place
[edit ]Classification Games
[edit ]5th place
[edit ]Note: There was no game for 7th place.
Placement Round 9th–12th Place / Relegation Round
[edit ]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.
Relegation round
[edit ](8) Sweden Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen
Attendance: 80
The loser of the above game is in 12th place and is relegated.
Attendance: 150
The loser of the above game is in 11th place and is relegated.
9th place
[edit ]Attendance: 150
Final standings
[edit ]| 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
[edit ]
Batting[edit ]
* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game
|
Pitching[edit ]
* Minimum 1.0 inning pitched per game
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References
[edit ]- ^ "Tournament — Baseball EC 2019". Archived from the original on 2020年08月11日. Retrieved 2019年09月13日.
External links
[edit ]- Official website Archived 2020年04月12日 at the Wayback Machine
- Official schedule website Archived 2023年10月16日 at the Wayback Machine