2014 European Baseball Championship

Summary

The 2014 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held in the Czech Republic and Germany.[1]

2014 European Baseball Championship
Tournament details
CountriesCzech Republic
Germany
Dates12 – 21 September 2014
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (21st title)
Runner-up Italy
Third place Spain
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played45
Attendance20,234 (450 per game)
← 2012
2016 →

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

Qualification edit

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 edit

Pool A edit

Standings edit

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 edit

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
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September 13, 2014 Italy   12 – 3   Sweden Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 837
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September 13, 2014 Great Britain   5 – 9 (F/10)   France Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 1077
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September 13, 2014 Germany   6 – 2   Belgium Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 1937
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September 14, 2014 Sweden   0 – 11 (F/6)   Belgium Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 397
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September 14, 2014 Germany   9 – 0   Great Britain Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 1511
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September 14, 2014 Italy   12 – 2 (F/8)   France Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 353
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September 15, 2014 Belgium   5 – 0   Great Britain Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 174
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September 15, 2014 Sweden   3 – 8   France Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 367
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September 15, 2014 Italy   5 – 1   Germany Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 1711
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September 16, 2014 France   5 – 4   Belgium Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 165
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September 16, 2014 Great Britain   1 – 13 (F/7)   Italy Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 281
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September 16, 2014 Germany   12 – 8   Sweden Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg
Attendance: 1192
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Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Pool B edit

Standings edit

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 edit

September 12, 2014 Greece   3 – 15   Spain Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 210
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September 12, 2014 Croatia   2 – 19 (F/5)   Netherlands Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 115
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September 12, 2014 Czech Republic   5 – 0   Russia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 315
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September 13, 2014 Spain   18 – 2 (F/6)   Croatia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 75
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September 13, 2014 Russia   14 – 1 (F/7)   Greece Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 250
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September 13, 2014 Netherlands   7 – 0 (Suspended F/5)   Czech Republic Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 580
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September 14, 2014 Spain   12 – 0 (F/7)   Russia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 85
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September 14, 2014 Netherlands   11 – 0 (F/7)   Greece Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 92
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September 14, 2014 Czech Republic   13 – 2   Croatia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 195
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September 15, 2014 Croatia   10 – 3   Russia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 98
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September 15, 2014 Czech Republic   17 – 2 (F/6)   Greece Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 250
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September 15, 2014 Netherlands   19 – 7 (F/7)   Spain Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 123
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September 16, 2014 Greece   10 – 0 (F/7)   Croatia Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 96
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September 16, 2014 Spain   9 – 2   Czech Republic Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 350
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September 16, 2014 Russia   1 – 12 (F/8)   Netherlands Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava
Attendance: 290
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Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Round 2 edit

Pool C edit

Standings edit

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 edit

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
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September 18, 2014 Germany   4 – 10   Netherlands MBS, Brno
Attendance: 280
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September 19, 2014 Netherlands   14 – 5   France MBS, Brno
Attendance: 200
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September 19, 2014 Spain   4 – 3   Germany MBS, Brno
Attendance: 170
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September 19, 2014 Czech Republic   1 – 9   Italy MBS, Brno
Attendance: 687
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September 20, 2014 Spain   10 – 5   France MBS, Brno
Attendance: 89
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September 20, 2014 Germany   5 – 2   Czech Republic MBS, Brno
Attendance: 620
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September 20, 2014 Italy   0 – 5   Netherlands MBS, Brno
Attendance: 410
Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Classification game edit

7th/8th place game edit

September 18, 2014 Belgium   12 – 2 (F/8)   Russia Strawberry Field, Blansko
Attendance: 162
Boxscore

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Pool D edit

Standings edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Final standings edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2014 European Championship awarded to Czech Republic". ibaf.org. IBAF. October 7, 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ^ Maxime Zech (September 22, 2014). "Netherlands beats Italy for '14 European Championship". nltimes.nl. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Home Run happy Netherlands 2014 European Baseball Champion". mister-baseball.com. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "European Championships Seniors '14: Standings". baseballstats.eu. baseballstats.eu. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "European Championships Seniors '14: Schedule". baseballstats.eu. baseballstats.eu. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

External links edit

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