2008 European Youth Baseball Championship

2008 European Youth Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Italy
Dates 15 July - 19 July
Teams 8
Defending champions  Czech Republic (2007)
Final positions
Champions
 Netherlands
Runner-up
 Russia
Third place
 Czech Republic
Fourth place  Italy

The 2008 European Youth Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Rome, Italy from July 15 to 19, 2008. It featured teams from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Russia and Slovakia.

In the end the team from the Netherlands won the tournament.[1]

Group stage

Pool A

Standings

Qualified for the semi finals
Did not qualify for the semi finals
# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1 Italy 3211-1 (5.40 RA/9)
2 Czech Republic 3211-1 (13.91 RA/9)
3 Germany 3211-1 (14.54 RA/9)
4 Austria 303-

Game Results

July 15, 2008 Austria  4 5  Germany Rome, Italy
Boxscore
July 15, 2008 Italy  11 3  Czech Republic Rome, Italy
Boxscore

July 16, 2008 Czech Republic  9 6  Austria Rome, Italy
Boxscore
July 16, 2008 Germany  6 5 (F/8)  Italy Rome, Italy
Boxscore

July 17, 2008 Czech Republic  16 6 (F/5)  Germany Rome, Italy
Boxscore
July 17, 2008 Austria  5 16 (F/6)  Italy Rome, Italy
Boxscore

Pool B

Standings

Qualified for the semi finals
Did not qualify for the semi finals
# Team Games Wins Losses Tiebreaker
1 Netherlands 330-
2 Russia 3121-1 (6.00 RA/9)
3 Lithuania 3121-1 (7.62 RA/9)
4 Slovakia 3121-1 (11.25 RA/9)

Game Results

July 15, 2008 Lithuania  8 7  Russia Viterbo, Italy
Boxscore
July 15, 2008 Netherlands  14 0 (F/5)  Slovakia Viterbo, Italy
Boxscore

July 16, 2008 Slovakia  4 3  Lithuania Viterbo, Italy
Boxscore
July 16, 2008 Russia  7 8 (F/8)  Netherlands Viterbo, Italy
Boxscore

July 17, 2008 Slovakia  0 12 (F/5)  Russia Viterbo, Italy
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July 17, 2008 Lithuania  6 10  Netherlands Viterbo, Italy
Boxscore

Final round

Pool C

Standings

Qualified for the semi finals
Did not qualify for the semi finals
# Team Games Wins Losses
1 Germany 330
2 Austria 321
3 Slovakia 312
4 Lithuania 303

Game Results

July 18, 2008 Germany  8 1  Slovakia Rome, Italy
Boxscore
July 18, 2008 Lithuania  2 3  Austria Viterbo, Italy
Boxscore

July 19, 2008 Austria  6 5 (F/8)  Slovakia Montefiascone, Italy
Boxscore
July 19, 2008 Germany  8 7  Lithuania Viterbo, Italy
Boxscore

Semi finals

July 18, 2008 Netherlands  6 5  Czech Republic Viterbo, Italy
Boxscore
July 18, 2008 Italy  2 4  Russia Rome, Italy
Boxscore

3rd place

July 19, 2008 Czech Republic  4 2  Italy Rome, Italy
Boxscore

Final

July 19, 2008 Netherlands  7 6 (F/8)  Russia Rome, Italy
Boxscore

Final standings

Rk Team
1  Netherlands
Lost in Final
2  Russia
Failed to qualify for the Final
3  Czech Republic
4  Italy
Failed to qualify for the Semi Finals
5  Germany
6  Austria
7  Slovakia
8  Lithuania

 2008 European Youth Baseball Championship 

Netherlands

External links

References

  1. "Final Standing". Archived from the original on 2009-08-11. Retrieved 2009-08-08.
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