2003 European Baseball Championship

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2003 European Baseball Championship
File:2003 European Baseball Championship logo.png
Tournament details
CountryNetherlands
Venues3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates11–19 July
Teams12
Defending championsFile:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (18th title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Third placeFile:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
← 2001
2005 →

The 2003 European Baseball Championship was the 38th edition of the European Baseball Championship. The tournament was held in the Netherlands from 11 to 19 July 2003 and was contested between twelve national teams of the Confederation of European Baseball.[1]

Netherlands won the championship, its 18th title, defeating Greece in the final. Spain won the bronze medal, defeating Sweden in the bronze medal game.[2] The tournament also served as the qualification for the 2005 Baseball World Cup, with the top four teams qualifying for the championship.[3][4]

Venues

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Haarlem Rotterdam
Pim Mulier Stadion Neptunus Familiestadion
Capacity: 4,500 Capacity: 2,200
File:Haarlemse Honkbalweek 2006.jpg File:Neptunus stadion.jpg
Amsterdam
Sportpark Ookmeer
Capacity: 2,000
File:Amsterdam Pirates.jpg

Qualification

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Main article: 2003 European Baseball Championship – Qualification

The following 12 teams qualified for the 2003 European Baseball Championship.

Pool A Pool B
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium		 9th, 2001 European Baseball Championship File:Flag of Germany.svg
Germany		 7th, 2001 European Baseball Championship
File:Flag of Croatia.svg
Croatia		 8th, 2001 European Baseball Championship File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain		 10th, 2001 European Baseball Championship
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic		 5th, 2001 European Baseball Championship File:Flag of Greece.svg
Greece		 Winner of Nagykovácsi Pool
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg
France		 4th, 2001 European Baseball Championship File:Flag of Italy.svg
Italy		 File:Bronze medal europe.svg 2001 European Baseball Championship
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands		 File:Gold medal europe.svg 2001 European Baseball Championship File:Flag of Russia.svg
Russia		 File:Silver medal europe.svg 2001 European Baseball Championship
File:Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden		 Winner of Alby Pool File:Flag of Spain.svg
Spain		 6th, 2001 European Baseball Championship

Opening round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (H) 5 5 0 29 3 +26 1.000 — Advance to Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 5 3 2 10 13 −3 .600 2
3 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 5 2 3 21 20 +1 .400 3
4 File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France 5 2 3 17 14 +3 .400 3
5 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 5 2 3 16 16 0 .400 3 Advance to 9th–12th place round
6 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 5 1 4 5 32 −27 .200 4
Source: European Baseball Confederation
(H) Hosts
11 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg 0 – 4 File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore
11 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 0 – 7 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem
Boxscore
11 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1 – 0 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
Boxscore
12 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 6 – 0 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem
Boxscore
12 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg 4 – 6 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore
12 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		France File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 9 – 1 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
Boxscore
13 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		France File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 1 – 7 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem
Boxscore
13 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 1 – 2 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore
13 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 5 – 3 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
Boxscore
14 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 3 – 2 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem
Boxscore
14 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1 – 0 File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore
14 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 2 – 10 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
Boxscore
15 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg 0 – 10 (F/7) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem
Boxscore
15 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		France File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg 3 – 5 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore
15 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg 5 – 0 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
Boxscore

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 5 4 1 34 7 +27 .800 — Advance to Knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5 4 1 29 10 +19 .800 —
3 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5 4 1 21 13 +8 .800 —
4 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 5 2 3 19 29 −10 .400 2
5 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 5 1 4 14 33 −19 .200 3 Advance to 9th–12th place round
6 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5 0 5 13 38 −25 .000 4
Source: European Baseball Confederation
11 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1 – 4 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem
Boxscore
11 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 1 – 0 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
Boxscore
11 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 2 – 10 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore
12 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 4 – 5 (F/10) File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem
Boxscore
12 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Greece File:Flag of Greece.svg 11 – 0 (F/7) File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore
12 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 7 – 5 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
Boxscore
13 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 1 – 2 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem
Boxscore
13 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 7 – 6 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore
13 July 2003
19:00 (UTC+2) 		Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 9 – 2 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
Boxscore
14 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1 – 10 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem
Boxscore
14 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg 0 – 6 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore
14 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg 5 – 2 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
Boxscore
15 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 5 – 1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem
Boxscore
15 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 3 – 5 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore
15 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Greece File:Flag of Greece.svg 11 – 4 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
Boxscore

9th–12th place round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB
1 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3 3 0 16 5 +11 1.000 —
2 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 3 2 1 12 13 −1 .667 1
3 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 3 1 2 8 6 +2 .333 2
4 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3 0 3 6 18 −12 .000 3
Source: European Baseball Confederation
17 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg 5 – 3 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore
17 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1 – 0 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Neptunus Familiestadion, Rotterdam
Boxscore
18 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Germany File:Flag of Germany.svg 0 – 8 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem
Boxscore
18 July 2003
13:00 (UTC+2) 		Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg 2 – 10 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Sportpark Ookmeer, Amsterdam
Boxscore

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands8
 
 
 
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia0
 
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands21
 
 
 
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden0
 
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy2
 
 
 
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden4
 
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands2
 
 
 
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece0
 
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece11
 
 
 
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France1
 
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece10
 
 
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain0 Third place
 
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic5
 
 
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain9
 
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden2
 
 
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain5
 
 
5th–8th placeFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia3
 
 
 
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy9
 
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy2
 
 
 
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic1
 
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France0
 
 
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic2
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia0
 
 
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France5

Final standings

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Pos Team W L
File:Gold medal icon.svg File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 8 0
File:Silver medal icon.svg File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 6 2
File:Bronze medal icon.svg File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 6 2
4 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3 5
5 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 6 2
6 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 4 4
7 File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France 3 5
8 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2 6
9 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 4 4
10 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 4 4
11 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 2 6
12 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 0 8

Awards

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References

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