2014 European Baseball Championship

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2014 European Baseball Championship
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Tournament details
Host countriesCzech Republic
Germany
Dates12 – 21 September 2014
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (21st title)
Runners-upFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Third placeFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Fourth placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played45
Attendance20,234 (450 per game)

The 2014 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held in the Czech Republic and Germany. [1]

Contents

The defending champion Italy lost in the final to the Netherlands, who became champion for the 21st time. [2] [3]

Qualification

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.

Pool Czech RepublicPool Regensburg
Flag of Croatia.svg
Croatia
10th, 2012 European Baseball Championship Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
9th, 2012 European Baseball Championship
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic
5th, 2012 European Baseball Championship Flag of France.svg
France
8th, 2012 European Baseball Championship
Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
7th, 2012 European Baseball Championship Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
4th, 2012 European Baseball Championship
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Silver medal europe.svg 2012 European Baseball Championship Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain
Winner of Zurich Pool
Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
Winner of Vienna Pool Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Gold medal europe.svg 2012 European Baseball Championship
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Bronze medal europe.svg 2012 European Baseball Championship Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
6th, 2012 European Baseball Championship

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

Qualified for Pool C
Qualified for 7th-8th place game
Did not qualify for Pool C
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 501.0005414
Flag of France.svg  France 41.80012726
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 32.60023017
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23.40032922
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14.20041337
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 05.00051550

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [4]

Schedule

September 12, 2014 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svgpostponed Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 0
September 12, 2014 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg7 12 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 307
Boxscore
September 12, 2014 France  Flag of France.svg3 2 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 1121
Boxscore

September 13, 2014 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1 7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 335
Boxscore
September 13, 2014 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg12 3 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 837
Boxscore
September 13, 2014 Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg5 9 (F/10) Flag of France.svg  France Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 1077
Boxscore
September 13, 2014 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg6 2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 1937
Boxscore

September 14, 2014 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0 11 (F/6) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 397
Boxscore
September 14, 2014 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg9 0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 1511
Boxscore
September 14, 2014 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg12 2 (F/8) Flag of France.svg  France Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 353
Boxscore

September 15, 2014 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg5 0 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 174
Boxscore
September 15, 2014 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3 8 Flag of France.svg  France Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 367
Boxscore
September 15, 2014 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg5 1 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 1711
Boxscore

September 16, 2014 France  Flag of France.svg5 4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 165
Boxscore
September 16, 2014 Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg1 13 (F/7) Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 281
Boxscore
September 16, 2014 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg12 8 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 1192
Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]

Pool B

Standings

Qualified for Pool C
Qualified for 7th-8th place game
Did not qualify for Pool C
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 501.0006810
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 41.80016128
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 32.60023720
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14.20041840
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 14.20041663
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 14.20041657

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [4]

Schedule

September 12, 2014 Greece  Flag of Greece.svg3 15 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 210
Boxscore
September 12, 2014 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg2 19 (F/5) Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 115
Boxscore
September 12, 2014 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg5 0 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 315
Boxscore

September 13, 2014 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg18 2 (F/6) Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 75
Boxscore
September 13, 2014 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg14 1 (F/7) Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
September 13, 2014 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg7 0 (Suspended F/5) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 580
Boxscore

September 14, 2014 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg12 0 (F/7) Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 85
Boxscore
September 14, 2014 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg11 0 (F/7) Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 92
Boxscore
September 14, 2014 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg13 2 Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 195
Boxscore

September 15, 2014 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg10 3 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 98
Boxscore
September 15, 2014 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg17 2 (F/6) Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
September 15, 2014 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg19 7 (F/7) Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 123
Boxscore

September 16, 2014 Greece  Flag of Greece.svg10 0 (F/7) Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 96
Boxscore
September 16, 2014 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg9 2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 350
Boxscore
September 16, 2014 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg1 12 (F/8) Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 290
Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]

Round 2

Pool C

Standings

Qualified for the Final
Did not qualify for the Final
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 501.0005516
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 41.80013213
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 32.60023435
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 14.20041933
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14.20041524
Flag of France.svg  France 14.20041852

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [4]

Schedule

September 18, 2014 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg6 4 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain MBS, Brno
Attendance: 250
Boxscore
September 18, 2014 France  Flag of France.svg3 14 (F/7) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic MBS, Brno
Attendance: 340
Boxscore
September 18, 2014 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4 10 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands MBS, Brno
Attendance: 280
Boxscore

September 19, 2014 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg14 5 Flag of France.svg  France MBS, Brno
Attendance: 200
Boxscore
September 19, 2014 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg4 3 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MBS, Brno
Attendance: 170
Boxscore
September 19, 2014 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1 9 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy MBS, Brno
Attendance: 687
Boxscore

September 20, 2014 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg10 5 Flag of France.svg  France MBS, Brno
Attendance: 89
Boxscore
September 20, 2014 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg5 2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic MBS, Brno
Attendance: 620
Boxscore
September 20, 2014 Italy  Flag of Italy.svg0 5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands MBS, Brno
Attendance: 410
Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]

Classification game

7th/8th place game

September 18, 2014 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg12 2 (F/8) Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Strawberry Field, Blansko
Attendance: 162
Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]

Pool D

Standings

relegated to Division B
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 301.000265
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 12.33321412
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 12.33321318
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 12.33321129

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [4]

Schedule

September 18, 2014 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg11 10 Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Hvezda, Třebíč
Attendance: 85
Boxscore
September 18, 2014 Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg10 4 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Na Hvezda, Třebíč
Attendance: 92
Boxscore

September 19, 2014 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg2 0 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Hvezda, Třebíč
Attendance: 165
Boxscore
September 19, 2014 Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg9 0 Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Na Hvezda, Třebíč
Attendance: 180
Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]

Final

September 21, 2014 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg6 3 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy MBS, Brno
Attendance: 840
Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu [5]

Final standings

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