2019 European Baseball Championship
2019 international baseball tournament
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The 2019 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. The championship was held September 7–15, 2019 in Bonn and Solingen, Germany. The Netherlands defended its European title, winning its 23rd continental championship. The Dutch defeated Italy in the championship game, while Spain defeated Israel in the third-place game. Ademar Rifaela of the Netherlands was the tournament most valuable player.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Dates | 7–15 September 2019 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Defending champions |  Netherlands |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Netherlands (23rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Italy |
| Third place |  Spain |
| Fourth place |  Israel |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 47 |
| Attendance | 21,653 (461 per game) |
| Best BA | Sebastiano Poma (.533) |
| Most HRs | Ademar Rifaela (6) |
| Most SBs |  Nateshon Thomas (5) |
| Best ERA | Joey Wagman (0.00) |
| Most Ks (as pitcher) | Alex Webb José Díaz (16) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Ademar Rifaela |
The tournament was part of qualifications for the 2020 Summer Olympics, with the top five teams and Team South Africa competing at the European-African qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which was played in September 2019 in Bologna and Parma, Italy.[1]
Qualification
The top 10 teams from the 2016 European championship qualified automatically for the tournament. Two additional teams, Austria and Israel, qualified from the 14-team B-Pool tournament.
Round 1
Pool A
Standings
| Qualified for Quarterfinals | |
| Qualified for Relegation Round |
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 46 | 15 |
| Israel | 4 | 1 | .800 | – | 25 | 23 |
 Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.0 | 32 | 25 |
 Germany | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 19 | 23 |
| Great Britain | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.0 | 23 | 28 |
 Sweden | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.0 | 14 | 45 |
| September 7, 2019 | Czech Republic |
1 – 6 | Israel |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
| September 7, 2019 | Sweden |
1 – 9 | Germany |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 1,900 |
| Boxscore |
| September 8, 2019 | Israel |
4 – 3 | Sweden |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
| September 8, 2019 | Netherlands |
6 – 8 | Czech Republic |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 1,200 |
| Boxscore |
| September 8, 2019 | Germany |
1 – 0 | Great Britain |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 1,350 |
| Boxscore |
| September 9, 2019 | Czech Republic |
3 – 4 (10) |
Great Britain |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
| September 9, 2019 | Netherlands |
9 – 0 | Sweden |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 300 |
| Boxscore |
| September 9, 2019 | Germany |
2 – 4 (10) |
Israel |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 500 |
| Boxscore |
| September 10, 2019 | Great Britain |
4 – 7 | Israel |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
| September 10, 2019 | Czech Republic |
10 – 3 | Sweden |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
| September 10, 2019 | Netherlands |
8 – 1 | Germany |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 1,100 |
| Boxscore |
| September 11, 2019 | Sweden |
7 – 13 | Great Britain |
Bonn 2, Bonn Attendance: 50 |
| Boxscore |
| September 11, 2019 | Israel |
4 – 13 | Netherlands |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 250 |
| Boxscore |
| September 11, 2019 | Great Britain |
2 – 101 | Netherlands |
Bonn 2, Bonn Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
| September 11, 2019 | Germany |
6 – 10 | Czech Republic |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 700 |
| Boxscore |
1 game suspended on September 7, 2019, in the 9th due to darkness (Ned led 10 – 2).
Pool B
Standings
| Qualified for Quarterfinals | |
| Qualified for Relegation Round |
| September 7, 2019 | Croatia |
2 – 3 | Spain |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 425 |
| Boxscore |
| September 7, 2019 | Belgium  |
5 – 1 |  Austria |
Bonn 2, Bonn Attendance: 198 |
| Boxscore |
| September 7, 2019 | France  |
2 – 16 | Italy |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 850 |
| Boxscore |
| September 8, 2019 | Spain |
13 – 5 | Belgium |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 300 |
| Boxscore |
| September 8, 2019 | Austria |
6 – 12 | France |
Bonn 2, Bonn Attendance: 100 |
| Boxscore |
| September 8, 2019 | Italy |
2 – 1 (10) |
Croatia |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
| September 9, 2019 | Italy |
10 – 1 | Austria |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 100 |
| Boxscore |
| September 9, 2019 | Belgium |
9 – 6 | Croatia |
Bonn 2, Bonn Attendance: 100 |
| Boxscore |
| September 9, 2019 | Spain |
6 – 3 | France |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
| September 10, 2019 | Belgium |
2 – 12 (8) |
France |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 80 |
| Boxscore |
| September 10, 2019 | Croatia |
1 – 12 (7) |
Austria |
Bonn 2, Bonn Attendance: 60 |
| Boxscore |
| September 10, 2019 | Spain |
3 – 13 | Italy |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 250 |
| Boxscore |
| September 11, 2019 | Italy |
11 – 4 | Belgium |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 80 |
| Boxscore |
| September 11, 2019 | Austria |
1 – 19 (6) |
Spain |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
| September 11, 2019 | France |
23 – 0 (5) |
Croatia |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
Play-offs
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| September 13 11:00 - Bonn 1 | ||||||||||
| Israel | 8 | |||||||||
| September 14 19:00 - Bonn 1 | ||||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||
| Israel | 6 | |||||||||
| September 13 19:00 - Bonn 1 | ||||||||||
| Italy | 7 | |||||||||
| Italy | 7 | |||||||||
| September 15 19:00 - Bonn 1 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 5 | |||||||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||||||
| September 13 15:00 - Bonn 1 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 5 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 17 | |||||||||
| September 14 15:00 - Bonn 1 | ||||||||||
| Belgium | 2 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||
| September 13 16:00 - Solingen | ||||||||||
| Spain | 0 | 3rd Place | ||||||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||||||
| September 15 15:00 - Bonn 1 | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 4 | |||||||||
| Spain | 16 | |||||||||
| Israel | 11 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
Order of games can change after round robin
| September 13, 2019 11:00 | Israel |
8 – 2 | France |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 200 |
| Boxscore |
| September 13, 2019 15:00 | Netherlands |
17 – 2 (5) |
Belgium |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 350 |
| Boxscore |
| September 13, 2019 16:00 | Spain |
5 – 4 (10) |
Czech Republic |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
| September 13, 2019 19:00 | Italy |
7 – 5 | Germany |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 1,000 |
| Boxscore |
Semifinals
| September 14, 2019 15:00 | Netherlands |
1 – 0 | Spain |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 900 |
| Boxscore |
| September 14, 2019 19:00 | Israel |
6 – 7 | Italy |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 1,000 |
| Boxscore |
Bronze
| September 15, 2019 15:00 | Spain |
16 – 11 | Israel |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 1,200 |
| Boxscore |
Final
| September 15, 2019 19:00 | Italy |
1 – 5 | Netherlands |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 2,000 |
| Boxscore |
Placement Round 5th–8th place
| Placement round | 5th Place | |||||
| September 14 11:00 - Bonn 2 | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 5 | |||||
| September 15 11:00 - Bonn 1 | ||||||
| Belgium | 4 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 4 | |||||
| September 14 11:00 - Bonn 1 | ||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||
| France | 4 | |||||
| Germany | 14 | |||||
Classification Games
| September 14, 2019 11:00 | Czech Republic |
5 – 4 | Belgium |
Bonn 2, Bonn Attendance: 80 |
| Boxscore |
| September 14, 2019 11:00 | France |
4 – 14 (7) |
Germany |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 800 |
| Boxscore |
5th place
| September 15, 2019 11:00 | Czech Republic |
4 – 3 | Germany |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 1,900 |
| Boxscore |
Note: There was no game for 7th place.
Placement Round 9th–12th Place / Relegation Round
There was a scheduling mistake in this placement/relegation round: the first two games, it should have been A5-B6 and B5-A6, instead it was A5-B5 and A6-B6.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 9th place | ||||||||||||
| B5 | Austria
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| A5 | Great Britain
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| W1 | Austria
| 10 | ||||||||||||
| Winner's bracket | ||||||||||||||
| W2 | Croatia
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| A6 | Sweden
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| B6 | Croatia
| 17 | ||||||||||||
| W3 | Austria
| 9 | ||||||||||||
| W5 | Great Britain
| 11 | ||||||||||||
| L1 | Great Britain
| 12 | ||||||||||||
| L2 | Sweden
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| L3 | Croatia
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Loser's bracket | ||||||||||||||
| W4 | Great Britain
| 5 | ||||||||||||
Relegation round
| September 12, 2019 11:00 | Austria |
6 – 1 | Great Britain |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 100 |
| Boxscore |
| September 12, 2019 15:00 | Croatia |
17 – 2 (6) |
Sweden |
Bonn 1, Bonn Attendance: 100 |
| Boxscore |
| September 13, 2019 12:30 | Great Britain |
12 – 2 (8) |
Sweden |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 80 |
| Boxscore |
The loser of the above game is in 12th place and is relegated.
| September 13, 2019 13:00 | Austria |
10 – 0 (7) |
Croatia |
Bonn 2, Bonn Attendance: 100 |
| Boxscore |
| September 14, 2019 12:30 | Croatia |
1 – 5 | Great Britain |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
The loser of the above game is in 11th place and is relegated.
9th place
| September 15, 2019 12:30 | Austria |
9 – 11 | Great Britain |
Baseballpark Weyersberg, Solingen Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
Final standings
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct. | R | RA | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Netherlands | 7 | 1 | .875 | 69 | 18 | Qualified for Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification |
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Italy | 7 | 1 | .875 | 67 | 27 | |
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Spain | 6 | 2 | .750 | 65 | 40 | |
| 4 | Israel | 5 | 3 | .625 | 50 | 48 | |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | .625 | 45 | 37 | |
| 6 | Germany | 3 | 5 | .375 | 41 | 38 | |
| 7 | France | 3 | 4 | .429 | 58 | 52 | |
| 7 | Belgium | 2 | 5 | .286 | 31 | 65 | |
| 9 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | .556 | 52 | 46 | |
| 10 | Austria | 3 | 5 | .375 | 46 | 59 | |
| 11 | Croatia | 1 | 7 | .125 | 28 | 66 | Relegated |
| 12 | Sweden | 0 | 7 | .000 | 18 | 74 |
Awards
- MVP:
Ademar Rifaela[2][3] - Outstanding defensive player:
Alexander Schmidt[4]
Statistics leaders
Batting
* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game |
Pitching
* Minimum 1.0 inning pitched per game
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Source[4]