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Host country | Lithuania |
Dates | 28 February–1 March |
Teams | 14 |
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The 2020 Baseball5 European Championship was an international baseball5 tournament organized by the WBSC Europe. The championship was held from 28 February to 1 March 2020, in Vilnius, Lithuania and was contested between 14 national teams. [1]
France won the tournament, beating Lithuania in the final 2 matches to 0. Russia finished third defeating Italy 2 matches to 0 in the Bronze medal game. [2]
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Qualified for Quarterfinals | |
Qualified for Relegation Round |
Teams | W | L | R | RA |
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![]() | 6 | 0 | 71 | 10 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 46 | 19 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 28 | 26 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 26 | 33 |
![]() | 2 | 4 | 41 | 48 |
![]() | 1 | 5 | 13 | 50 |
![]() | 1 | 5 | 13 | 43 |
Qualified for Quarterfinals | |
Qualified for Relegation Round |
Teams | W | L | R | RA |
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![]() | 6 | 0 | 48 | 9 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 68 | 17 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 56 | 36 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 29 | 29 |
![]() | 2 | 4 | 38 | 43 |
![]() | 1 | 5 | 26 | 71 |
![]() | 0 | 6 | 15 | 75 |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 9 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
B4 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 20 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 10 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3rd Place | ||||||||||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | A1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 10 | 6 | B1 | ![]() | 13 | 5 |
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![]() | ![]() | Qualified for 2022 Baseball5 World Cup [3] |
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