2014 European Baseball Championship

2014 European Baseball Championship
Tournament details

Host countries	Czech Republic Germany
Dates	12 – 21 September 2014
Teams	12 (from 1 continent)
Defending champions	Italy (2012)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (21st title)
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	45
Attendance	20,234 (450 per game)
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The 2014 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held in the Czech Republic and Germany.^[1]

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

Qualification

Main article: 2014 European Baseball Championship – 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 Republic		Pool Regensburg
Croatia	10th, 2012 European Baseball Championship	Belgium	9th, 2012 European Baseball Championship
Czech Republic	5th, 2012 European Baseball Championship	France	8th, 2012 European Baseball Championship
Greece	7th, 2012 European Baseball Championship	Germany	4th, 2012 European Baseball Championship
Netherlands	2012 European Baseball Championship	Great Britain	Winner of Zurich Pool
Russia	Winner of Vienna Pool	Italy	2012 European Baseball Championship
Spain	2012 European Baseball Championship	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
Italy	5	0	1.000	–	54	14
France	4	1	.800	1	27	26
Germany	3	2	.600	2	30	17
Belgium	2	3	.400	3	29	22
Great Britain	1	4	.200	4	13	37
Sweden	0	5	.000	5	15	50

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[4]

Schedule

September 12, 2014	Sweden	postponed	Great Britain	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 0

September 12, 2014	Belgium	7 – 12	Italy	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 307
		Boxscore

September 12, 2014	France	3 – 2	Germany	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1121
		Boxscore

September 13, 2014	Sweden	1 – 7	Great Britain	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 335
		Boxscore

September 13, 2014	Italy	12 – 3	Sweden	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 837
		Boxscore

September 13, 2014	Great Britain	5 – 9 (F/10)	France	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1077
		Boxscore

September 13, 2014	Germany	6 – 2	Belgium	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1937
		Boxscore

September 14, 2014	Sweden	0 – 11 (F/6)	Belgium	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 397
		Boxscore

September 14, 2014	Germany	9 – 0	Great Britain	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1511
		Boxscore

September 14, 2014	Italy	12 – 2 (F/8)	France	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 353
		Boxscore

September 15, 2014	Belgium	5 – 0	Great Britain	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 174
		Boxscore

September 15, 2014	Sweden	3 – 8	France	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 367
		Boxscore

September 15, 2014	Italy	5 – 1	Germany	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1711
		Boxscore

September 16, 2014	France	5 – 4	Belgium	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 165
		Boxscore

September 16, 2014	Great Britain	1 – 13 (F/7)	Italy	Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 281
		Boxscore

September 16, 2014	Germany	12 – 8	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
Netherlands	5	0	1.000	–	68	10
Spain	4	1	.800	1	61	28
Czech Republic	3	2	.600	2	37	20
Russia	1	4	.200	4	18	40
Croatia	1	4	.200	4	16	63
Greece	1	4	.200	4	16	57

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[4]

Schedule

September 12, 2014	Greece	3 – 15	Spain	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 210
		Boxscore

September 12, 2014	Croatia	2 – 19 (F/5)	Netherlands	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 115
		Boxscore

September 12, 2014	Czech Republic	5 – 0	Russia	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 315
		Boxscore

September 13, 2014	Spain	18 – 2 (F/6)	Croatia	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 75
		Boxscore

September 13, 2014	Russia	14 – 1 (F/7)	Greece	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 250
		Boxscore

September 13, 2014	Netherlands	7 – 0 (Suspended F/5)	Czech Republic	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 580
		Boxscore

September 14, 2014	Spain	12 – 0 (F/7)	Russia	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 85
		Boxscore

September 14, 2014	Netherlands	11 – 0 (F/7)	Greece	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 92
		Boxscore

September 14, 2014	Czech Republic	13 – 2	Croatia	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 195
		Boxscore

September 15, 2014	Croatia	10 – 3	Russia	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 98
		Boxscore

September 15, 2014	Czech Republic	17 – 2 (F/6)	Greece	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 250
		Boxscore

September 15, 2014	Netherlands	19 – 7 (F/7)	Spain	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 123
		Boxscore

September 16, 2014	Greece	10 – 0 (F/7)	Croatia	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 96
		Boxscore

September 16, 2014	Spain	9 – 2	Czech Republic	Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 350
		Boxscore

September 16, 2014	Russia	1 – 12 (F/8)	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
Netherlands	5	0	1.000	–	55	16
Italy	4	1	.800	1	32	13
Spain	3	2	.600	2	34	35
Czech Republic	1	4	.200	4	19	33
Germany	1	4	.200	4	15	24
France	1	4	.200	4	18	52

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[4]

Schedule

September 18, 2014	Italy	6 – 4	Spain	MBS, Brno Attendance: 250
		Boxscore

September 18, 2014	France	3 – 14 (F/7)	Czech Republic	MBS, Brno Attendance: 340
		Boxscore

September 18, 2014	Germany	4 – 10	Netherlands	MBS, Brno Attendance: 280
		Boxscore

September 19, 2014	Netherlands	14 – 5	France	MBS, Brno Attendance: 200
		Boxscore

September 19, 2014	Spain	4 – 3	Germany	MBS, Brno Attendance: 170
		Boxscore

September 19, 2014	Czech Republic	1 – 9	Italy	MBS, Brno Attendance: 687
		Boxscore

September 20, 2014	Spain	10 – 5	France	MBS, Brno Attendance: 89
		Boxscore

September 20, 2014	Germany	5 – 2	Czech Republic	MBS, Brno Attendance: 620
		Boxscore

September 20, 2014	Italy	0 – 5	Netherlands	MBS, Brno Attendance: 410
		Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[5]

Classification game

7th/8th place game

September 18, 2014	Belgium	12 – 2 (F/8)	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
Great Britain	3	0	1.000	–	26	5
Greece	1	2	.333	2	14	12
Sweden	1	2	.333	2	13	18
Croatia	1	2	.333	2	11	29

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[4]

Schedule

September 18, 2014	Croatia	11 – 10	Sweden	Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 85
		Boxscore

September 18, 2014	Great Britain	10 – 4	Greece	Na Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 92
		Boxscore

September 19, 2014	Sweden	2 – 0	Greece	Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 165
		Boxscore

September 19, 2014	Great Britain	9 – 0	Croatia	Na Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 180
		Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[5]

Final

September 21, 2014	Netherlands	6 – 3	Italy	MBS, Brno Attendance: 840
		Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu^[5]

Final standings

Rk	Team	W	L
01 !	Netherlands	9	0
Lost in Gold medal game
02 !	Italy	7	2
Failed to qualify for Gold medal game
03 !	Spain	6	2
4	Czech Republic	4	4
5	Germany	4	4
6	France	4	4
Failed to qualify for Pool C
7	Belgium	3	3
8	Russia	1	5
Failed to qualify for the 7th/8th place game & Pool C
9	Great Britain	3	4
10	Greece	1	6
11	Sweden	1	6
12	Croatia	2	5

2014 European Baseball Championship
Netherlands 21st title

References

↑ "2014 European Championship awarded to Czech Republic". http://www.ibaf.org. IBAF. October 7, 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ Maxime Zech (September 22, 2014). "Netherlands beats Italy for ’14 European Championship". http://www.nltimes.nl. Retrieved 22 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Home Run happy Netherlands 2014 European Baseball Champion". http://www.mister-baseball.com. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
1 2 3 4 "European Championships Seniors '14: Standings". http://www.baseballstats.eu. baseballstats.eu. Retrieved 13 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 6 "European Championships Seniors '14: Schedule". http://www.baseballstats.eu. baseballstats.eu. Retrieved 13 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)

External links

European cup 2014 Germany official site (German)
European cup 2014 Czech official site (Czech)

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