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Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Czech Republic Germany |
Dates | 12 – 21 September 2014 |
Teams | 12 |
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Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 45 |
Attendance | 20,234 (450 per game) |
The 2014 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held in the Czech Republic and Germany. [1]
The defending champion Italy lost in the final to the Netherlands, who became champion for the 21st time. [2] [3]
The top ten teams of the 2012 European Championship were qualified automatically for the tournament.
12 teams played a B-Level Qualifier from July 22 to 27, 2013. Great Britain (11th in 2012) and Russia (12th in 2012) qualified for the tournament.
Qualified for Pool C | |
Qualified for 7th-8th place game | |
Did not qualify for Pool C |
Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
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![]() | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 54 | 14 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 27 | 26 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 30 | 17 |
![]() | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | 29 | 22 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 13 | 37 |
![]() | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 | 15 | 50 |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu [4]
September 12, 2014 | Sweden ![]() | postponed | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 0 |
September 12, 2014 | Belgium ![]() | 7 – 12 | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 307 |
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September 12, 2014 | France ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1121 |
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September 13, 2014 | Sweden ![]() | 1 – 7 | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 335 |
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September 13, 2014 | Italy ![]() | 12 – 3 | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 837 |
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September 13, 2014 | Great Britain ![]() | 5 – 9 (F/10) | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1077 |
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September 13, 2014 | Germany ![]() | 6 – 2 | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1937 |
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September 14, 2014 | Sweden ![]() | 0 – 11 (F/6) | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 397 |
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September 14, 2014 | Germany ![]() | 9 – 0 | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1511 |
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September 14, 2014 | Italy ![]() | 12 – 2 (F/8) | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 353 |
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September 15, 2014 | Belgium ![]() | 5 – 0 | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 174 |
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September 15, 2014 | Sweden ![]() | 3 – 8 | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 367 |
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September 15, 2014 | Italy ![]() | 5 – 1 | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1711 |
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September 16, 2014 | France ![]() | 5 – 4 | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 165 |
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September 16, 2014 | Great Britain ![]() | 1 – 13 (F/7) | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 281 |
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September 16, 2014 | Germany ![]() | 12 – 8 | ![]() | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1192 |
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Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]
Qualified for Pool C | |
Qualified for 7th-8th place game | |
Did not qualify for Pool C |
Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
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![]() | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 68 | 10 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 61 | 28 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 37 | 20 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 18 | 40 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 16 | 63 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 16 | 57 |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu [4]
September 12, 2014 | Greece ![]() | 3 – 15 | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 210 |
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September 12, 2014 | Croatia ![]() | 2 – 19 (F/5) | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 115 |
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September 12, 2014 | Czech Republic ![]() | 5 – 0 | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 315 |
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September 13, 2014 | Spain ![]() | 18 – 2 (F/6) | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 75 |
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September 13, 2014 | Russia ![]() | 14 – 1 (F/7) | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 250 |
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September 13, 2014 | Netherlands ![]() | 7 – 0 (Suspended F/5) | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 580 |
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September 14, 2014 | Spain ![]() | 12 – 0 (F/7) | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 85 |
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September 14, 2014 | Netherlands ![]() | 11 – 0 (F/7) | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 92 |
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September 14, 2014 | Czech Republic ![]() | 13 – 2 | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 195 |
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September 15, 2014 | Croatia ![]() | 10 – 3 | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 98 |
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September 15, 2014 | Czech Republic ![]() | 17 – 2 (F/6) | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 250 |
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September 15, 2014 | Netherlands ![]() | 19 – 7 (F/7) | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 123 |
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September 16, 2014 | Greece ![]() | 10 – 0 (F/7) | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 96 |
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September 16, 2014 | Spain ![]() | 9 – 2 | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 350 |
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September 16, 2014 | Russia ![]() | 1 – 12 (F/8) | ![]() | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 290 |
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Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]
Qualified for the Final | |
Did not qualify for the Final |
Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
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![]() | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 55 | 16 |
![]() | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 32 | 13 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 34 | 35 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 19 | 33 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
![]() | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 18 | 52 |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu [4]
September 18, 2014 | Italy ![]() | 6 – 4 | ![]() | MBS, Brno Attendance: 250 |
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September 18, 2014 | France ![]() | 3 – 14 (F/7) | ![]() | MBS, Brno Attendance: 340 |
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September 18, 2014 | Germany ![]() | 4 – 10 | ![]() | MBS, Brno Attendance: 280 |
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September 19, 2014 | Netherlands ![]() | 14 – 5 | ![]() | MBS, Brno Attendance: 200 |
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September 19, 2014 | Spain ![]() | 4 – 3 | ![]() | MBS, Brno Attendance: 170 |
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September 19, 2014 | Czech Republic ![]() | 1 – 9 | ![]() | MBS, Brno Attendance: 687 |
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September 20, 2014 | Spain ![]() | 10 – 5 | ![]() | MBS, Brno Attendance: 89 |
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September 20, 2014 | Germany ![]() | 5 – 2 | ![]() | MBS, Brno Attendance: 620 |
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September 20, 2014 | Italy ![]() | 0 – 5 | ![]() | MBS, Brno Attendance: 410 |
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Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]
September 18, 2014 | Belgium ![]() | 12 – 2 (F/8) | ![]() | Strawberry Field, Blansko Attendance: 162 |
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Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]
relegated to Division B |
Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
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![]() | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 26 | 5 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 14 | 12 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 13 | 18 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 11 | 29 |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu [4]
September 18, 2014 | Croatia ![]() | 11 – 10 | ![]() | Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 85 |
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September 18, 2014 | Great Britain ![]() | 10 – 4 | ![]() | Na Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 92 |
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September 19, 2014 | Sweden ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 165 |
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September 19, 2014 | Great Britain ![]() | 9 – 0 | ![]() | Na Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 180 |
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Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]
September 21, 2014 | Netherlands ![]() | 6 – 3 | ![]() | MBS, Brno Attendance: 840 |
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Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]
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