2008 European Youth Baseball Championship

2008 European Youth Baseball Championship

Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	15 July - 19 July
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Italy

The 2008 European Youth Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Rome, Italy from July 15 to 19, 2008. It featured teams from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Russia and Slovakia.

In the end the team from the Netherlands won the tournament. ^[1]

Group stage

Pool A

Standings

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

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Tiebreaker
1	Italy	3	2	1	1-1 (5.40 RA/9)
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	1-1 (13.91 RA/9)
3	Germany	3	2	1	1-1 (14.54 RA/9)
4	Austria	3	0	3	-

Game results

July 15, 2008	Austria	4 – 5	Germany	Rome, Italy
		Boxscore

July 15, 2008	Italy	11 – 3	Czech Republic	Rome, Italy
		Boxscore

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July 16, 2008	Czech Republic	9 – 6	Austria	Rome, Italy
		Boxscore

July 16, 2008	Germany	6 – 5 (F/8)	Italy	Rome, Italy
		Boxscore

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July 17, 2008	Czech Republic	16 – 6 (F/5)	Germany	Rome, Italy
		Boxscore

July 17, 2008	Austria	5 – 16 (F/6)	Italy	Rome, Italy
		Boxscore

Pool B

Standings

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

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Tiebreaker
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	-
2	Russia	3	1	2	1-1 (6.00 RA/9)
3	Lithuania	3	1	2	1-1 (7.62 RA/9)
4	Slovakia	3	1	2	1-1 (11.25 RA/9)

Game results

July 15, 2008	Lithuania	8 – 7	Russia	Viterbo, Italy
		Boxscore

July 15, 2008	Netherlands	14 – 0 (F/5)	Slovakia	Viterbo, Italy
		Boxscore

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July 16, 2008	Slovakia	4 – 3	Lithuania	Viterbo, Italy
		Boxscore

July 16, 2008	Russia	7 – 8 (F/8)	Netherlands	Viterbo, Italy
		Boxscore

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July 17, 2008	Slovakia	0 – 12 (F/5)	Russia	Viterbo, Italy
		Boxscore

July 17, 2008	Lithuania	6 – 10	Netherlands	Viterbo, Italy
		Boxscore

Final round

Pool C

Standings

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

#	Team	Games	Wins	Losses
1	Germany	3	3	0
2	Austria	3	2	1
3	Slovakia	3	1	2
4	Lithuania	3	0	3

Game results

July 18, 2008	Germany	8 – 1	Slovakia	Rome, Italy
		Boxscore

July 18, 2008	Lithuania	2 – 3	Austria	Viterbo, Italy
		Boxscore

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July 19, 2008	Austria	6 – 5 (F/8)	Slovakia	Montefiascone, Italy
		Boxscore

July 19, 2008	Germany	8 – 7	Lithuania	Viterbo, Italy
		Boxscore

Semi-finals

July 18, 2008	Netherlands	6 – 5	Czech Republic	Viterbo, Italy
		Boxscore

July 18, 2008	Italy	2 – 4	Russia	Rome, Italy
		Boxscore

3rd place

July 19, 2008	Czech Republic	4 – 2	Italy	Rome, Italy
		Boxscore

Final

July 19, 2008	Netherlands	7 – 6 (F/8)	Russia	Rome, Italy
		Boxscore

Final standings

Rk Team 1   Netherlands Lost in Final 2   Russia Failed to qualify for the Final 3   Czech Republic 4   Italy Failed to qualify for the semi-finals 5   Germany 6   Austria 7   Slovakia 8   Lithuania

2008 European Youth Baseball Championship  Netherlands

External links

• Game Results ^[usurped]

References

1. "Final Standing". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2009-08-08.