Tournament details | |
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Countries | Austria Czech Republic Slovakia |
Dates | August 7–13 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Netherlands (1st title) |
Runner-up | Czech Republic |
Third place | Belgium |
Fourth place | Spain |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 48 |
MVP | Colin Van Laar |
The 2017 European Under-23 Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held by the Confederation of European Baseball for players 23-year-old and younger. The 2017 edition was held in Austria (Wels), Czech Republic (Blansko and Brno) and Slovakia (Trnava). The Dutch team won the first ever edition.
Qualified for the-quarter finals | |
Did not qualify for the-quarter finals |
# | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 |
3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 7, 2017 | 16:00 | Russia | 1-2 | Croatia | Brno Hrosi | 2:12 | 50 | Boxscore | |
Aug 7, 2017 | 18:00 | Belarus | 0-9 | Netherlands | Blansko | 2:25 | 80 | Boxscore | |
Aug 8, 2017 | 14:00 | Netherlands | 9-1 | Russia | Brno MBS | 2:38 | 50 | Boxscore | |
Aug 8, 2017 | 18:00 | Croatia | 18-7 | Belarus | F/7 | Brno Hrosi | 2:50 | 30 | Boxscore |
Aug 9, 2017 | 14:00 | Belarus | 1-2 | Russia | F/10 | Brno MBS | 2:30 | 20 | Boxscore |
Aug 9, 2017 | 16:00 | Croatia | 3-18 | Netherlands | F/6 | Brno Hrosi | 2:20 | 60 | Boxscore |
Qualified for the-quarter finals | |
Did not qualify for the-quarter finals |
# | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 1 |
3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Aug 7, 2017 | 13:00 | Poland | 1-5 | Spain | Wels | 2:31 | 50 | Boxscore | |
Aug 7, 2017 | 17:30 | Austria | 0-10 | Great Britain | F/7 | Wels | 1:54 | 200 | Boxscore |
Aug 8, 2017 | 13:00 | Great Britain | 13-12 | Poland | F/11 | Wels | 3:29 | 150 | Boxscore |
Aug 8, 2017 | 17:30 | Spain | 3-0 | Austria | Wels | 2:19 | 250 | Boxscore | |
Aug 9, 2017 | 13:00 | Great Britain | 1-4 | Spain | Wels | 2:42 | 85 | Boxscore | |
Aug 9, 2017 | 17:30 | Austria | 11-12 | Poland | Wels | 3:16 | 200 | Boxscore |
Qualified for the quarter-finals | |
Did not qualify for the quarter-finals |
# | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 |
3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Aug 7, 2017 | 11:00 | Georgia | 0-24 | Germany | F/5 | Trnava | 1:30 | 40 | Boxscore |
Aug 7, 2017 | 16:00 | Slovakia | 0-11 | France | F/7 | Trnava | 2:13 | 320 | Boxscore |
Aug 8, 2017 | 11:00 | France | 24-2 | Georgia | F/5 | Trnava | 2:22 | 80 | Boxscore |
Aug 8, 2017 | 16:00 | Germany | 21-0 | Slovakia | F/5 | Trnava | 1:55 | 240 | Boxscore |
Aug 9, 2017 | 11:00 | France | 8-9 | Germany | Trnava | 3:27 | 120 | Boxscore | |
Aug 9, 2017 | 16:00 | Georgia | 4-15 | Slovakia | F/7 | Trnava | 2:24 | 180 | Boxscore |
Qualified for the-quarter finals | |
Did not qualify for the-quarter finals |
# | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 |
3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Aug 7, 2017 | 14:00 | Ukraine | 3-8 | Belgium | Brno MBS | 2:50 | 60 | Boxscore | |
Aug 7, 2017 | 19:00 | Lithuania | 0-15 | Czech Republic | F/7 | Brno MBS | 2:24 | 280 | Boxscore |
Aug 8, 2017 | 18:00 | Belgium | 8-0 | Lithuania | Blansko | 2:55 | 90 | Boxscore | |
Aug 8, 2017 | 19:00 | Czech Republic | 12-1 | Ukraine | F/7 | Brno MBS | 2:30 | 300 | Boxscore |
Aug 9, 2017 | 18:00 | Lithuania | 5-15 | Ukraine | F/7 | Blansko | 3:10 | 50 | Boxscore |
Aug 9, 2017 | 19:00 | Belgium | 0-17 | Czech Republic | F/5 | Brno MBS | 1:50 | 300 | Boxscore |
# | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Aug 10, 2017 | 15:00 | Ukraine | 10-7 | Russia | Brno MBS | 3:00 | 20 | Boxscore | |
Aug 11, 2017 | 11:00 | Slovakia | 4-17 | Poland | F/8 | Brno MBS | 2:42 | 50 | Boxscore |
Aug 12, 2017 | 11:00 | Poland | 2-10 | Ukraine | Brno Technika | 2:32 | 20 | Boxscore | |
Aug 12, 2017 | 18:00 | Russia | 1-3 | Slovakia | Blansko | 2:31 | 50 | Boxscore | |
Aug 13, 2017 | 11:00 | Russia | 8-1 | Poland | Brno Hrosi | 2:23 | 30 | Boxscore | |
Aug 13, 2017 | 11:00 | Ukraine | 10-6 | Slovakia | F/10 | Brno Technika | 3:17 | 30 | Boxscore |
# | Team | Games | Wins | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2 | Belarus | 3 | 2 | 1 |
3 | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Date | Local time | Road team | Score | Home team | Inn. | Venue | Game duration | Attendance | Boxscore |
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Aug 10, 2017 | 15:00 | Lithuania | 0-14 | Belarus | F/7 | Brno Hrosi | 2:40 | 50 | Boxscore |
Aug 11, 2017 | 13:20 | Georgia | 4-17 | Austria | F/5 | Brno Hrosi | 1:25 | 50 | Boxscore |
Aug 12, 2017 | 13:00 | Belarus | 13-3 | Georgia | F/7 | Brno Hrosi | 2:25 | 25 | Boxscore |
Aug 12, 2017 | 17:00 | Austria | 8-3 | Lithuania | Brno Technika | 3:00 | 45 | Boxscore | |
Aug 13, 2017 | 15:00 | Austria | 4-3 | Belarus | Blansko | 1:51 | 50 | Boxscore | |
Aug 13, 2017 | 15:30 | Lithuania | 8-0 | Georgia | Brno Technika | 2:34 | 30 | Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | X | X | 11 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kaj Timmermans (2−0) LP: Conrad Cornell (0−1) Home runs: NED: None GBR: Hayden Platt (1) Attendance: 160 Notes: Mercy rule was used in 7th Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | X | 10 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Eric Páez (2−0) LP: Kruno Gojkovic (0−1) Attendance: 85 Notes: Mercy rule was used in 8th Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Drew Janssen (2−0) LP: Mark Harrison (0−1) Attendance: 103 Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Ondřej Satoria (1−0) LP: Jonathan Mottay (0−1) Home runs: FRA: None CZE: Marek Chlup (2), Martin Muzik (3) Attendance: 400 Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Sascha Koch (1−0) LP: Nolan Bond (1−1) Sv: Luis Santa Cruz (1) Home runs: GBR: None GER: Maik Ehmcke (1) Attendance: 120 Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Maxence Esteban (1−0) LP: Vidrac Fran Stancic (0−1) Attendance: 22 Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Niklas Rimmel (1−0) LP: Gedeon Coste (0−1) Sv: Florian Seidel (1) Attendance: 75 Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Great Britain | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Elijah Hackney-Rose (1−0) LP: Hrvoje Jerbic (0−2) Attendance: 100 Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Maickel Rietel (1−0) LP: Kyran Weemaels (0−1) Attendance: 150 Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Jan Novak (1−0) LP: Francisco González (1−1) Attendance: 450 Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Lucas Rizzi (1−0) LP: Starlyn Yoel Taveras (0−1) Attendance: 120 Notes: Extra inning rule was used in 10th Boxscore |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Colin Van Laar (1−0) LP: Ondřej Satoria (1−1) Attendance: 1,000 Notes: Extra inning rule was used in 10th Boxscore |
Rk | Team | W | L | Pct. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | |||
Lost in gold medal game | ||||||
Czech Republic | 5 | 1 | .833 | |||
Failed to qualify for gold medal game | ||||||
Belgium | 4 | 2 | .667 | |||
4 | Spain | 4 | 2 | .667 | ||
Failed to qualify for the semi-finals | ||||||
5 | Germany | 5 | 1 | .800 | ||
6 | France | 3 | 3 | .500 | ||
7 | Great Britain | 2 | 4 | .333 | ||
8 | Croatia | 2 | 4 | .333 | ||
Failed to qualify for the quarter-finals | ||||||
9 | Ukraine | 4 | 2 | .667 | ||
10 | Poland | 2 | 4 | .333 | ||
11 | Russia | 2 | 4 | .333 | ||
12 | Slovakia | 2 | 4 | .333 | ||
Failed to qualify for the Pool E | ||||||
13 | Austria | 3 | 3 | .500 | ||
14 | Belarus | 2 | 4 | .333 | ||
15 | Lithuania | 1 | 5 | .167 | ||
16 | Georgia | 0 | 6 | .000 |
Batting
* Minimum 1.0 AB per team game | Pitching
* Minimum 1.5 inning pitched per team game |
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