2007 European Baseball Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Venues | 3 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 7 – 16 September 2007 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Defending champions | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (20th title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 42 |
| Attendance | 19,456 (463 per game) |
| Best BA | United Kingdom Brant Ust (.600) |
| Most HRs | Netherlands Raylinos Legito (2) |
| Most SBs | Netherlands Roger Bernadina (4) |
| Best ERA | France Nicolas Dubaut (0.00) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | United Kingdom Brant Ust |
The 2007 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held from September 7 to 16, between national baseball teams of the Confederation of European Baseball. The tournament was held in Barcelona, Spain and served as a qualifying competition for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Netherlands won the tournament for the fifth consecutive time and qualified for the Olympics in Beijing. Great Britain and Spain advanced to a final qualifying tournament in Taiwan. Prior to the tournament, Greece was removed by the European Baseball Confederation and replaced with Austria.[1] Czech Republic was downgraded to last place at the end of the tournament and its wins in the preliminary round vacated due to the use of ineligible players.[2] This was the first time that five teams, rather than two, were relegated to the B-Pool.
Qualification
[edit | edit source]Round 1
[edit | edit source]Pool A
[edit | edit source]Standings
[edit | edit source]| Qualified for Pool C | |
| Did not qualify for Pool C |
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | - |
| 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | |
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 |
| 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 |
Source[3]
Schedule
[edit | edit source]| September 8, 2007 | Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 1 – 9 | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 250 | |
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| September 8, 2007 | Czech Republic |
4 – 1 (Forfeit) | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Sant Boi, Spain Attendance: 150 |
| Boxscore |
| September 8, 2007 | Austria |
0 – 22 (F/5) | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 300 |
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| September 9, 2007 | Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg | 2 – 11 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 400 |
| Boxscore |
| September 9, 2007 | Germany |
10 – 0 (F/7) | Sant Boi, Spain Attendance: 102 | |
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| September 9, 2007 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 11 – 0 (F/7) | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 400 | |
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| September 10, 2007 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 14 – 2 (F/7) | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 106 |
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| September 10, 2007 | Czech Republic |
6 – 2 (Forfeit) | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 150 | |
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| September 10, 2007 | Germany |
8 – 7 | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 303 |
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| September 11, 2007 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 6 – 3 | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 350 | |
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| September 11, 2007 | Austria |
3 – 8 | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 300 |
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| September 11, 2007 | Czech Republic |
1 – 2 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 200 |
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| September 12, 2007 | Germany |
6 – 1 | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 500 | |
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| September 12, 2007 | Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg | 0 – 13 (F/7) | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 250 |
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| September 12, 2007 | Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 4 – 1 | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 105 | |
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Source[4]
Pool B
[edit | edit source]Standings
[edit | edit source]| Qualified for Pool C | |
| Did not qualify for Pool C |
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | - | 1-0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0.800 | - | 0-1 | |
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 1 | 1-0 |
| 3 | 2 | 0.600 | 1 | 0-1 | |
| File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | 1 | 4 | 0.200 | 3 | – |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 0 | 5 | 0.000 | 4 | – |
Source[3]
Schedule
[edit | edit source]| September 7, 2007 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 12 – 8 | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 2,500 | |
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| September 8, 2007 | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 0 – 13 | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 100 | |
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| September 8, 2007 | France File:Flag of France.svg | 4 – 2 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 400 |
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| September 9, 2007 | Spain |
5 – 4 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 400 |
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| September 9, 2007 | Italy |
1 – 5 | File:Flag of France.svg France | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 750 |
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| September 9, 2007 | Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg | 7 – 10 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Sant Boi, Spain Attendance: 500 |
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| September 10, 2007 | France File:Flag of France.svg | 6 – 2 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Sant Boi, Spain Attendance: 71 |
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| September 10, 2007 | Spain |
4 – 0 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 600 |
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| September 10, 2007 | Italy |
6 – 0 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 200 |
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| September 11, 2007 | France File:Flag of France.svg | 3 – 4 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Sant Boi, Spain Attendance: 303 |
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| September 11, 2007 | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 4 – 3 (F/11) | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Sant Boi, Spain Attendance: 56 |
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| September 11, 2007 | Italy |
4 – 6 | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 1,200 | |
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| September 12, 2007 | Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg | 2 – 7 | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 300 | |
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| September 12, 2007 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 9 – 0 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Sant Boi, Spain Attendance: 500 |
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| September 12, 2007 | Spain |
6 – 2 | File:Flag of France.svg France | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 850 |
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Classification games
[edit | edit source]11th/12th place
[edit | edit source]| September 13, 2007 | Russia File:Flag of Russia.svg | 7 – 2 | Sant Boi, Spain Attendance: 100 | |
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9th/10th place
[edit | edit source]| September 13, 2007 | Ukraine File:Flag of Ukraine.svg | 1 – 2 | File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 250 |
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7th/8th place
[edit | edit source]| September 13, 2007 | Czech Republic |
2 – 7 | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 300 | |
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Source[4]
Pool C
[edit | edit source]Standings
[edit | edit source]| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | – |
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 1-1 (7.50 RA/9) |
| 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 1-1 (7.50 RA/9) | |
| 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 1-1 (9.00 RA/9) | |
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | – |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 | – |
Source[3]
Schedule
[edit | edit source]| September 14, 2007 | Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 7 – 10 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 100 |
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| September 14, 2007 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 18 – 0 (F/7) | File:Flag of France.svg France | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 1,000 |
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| September 14, 2007 | Germany |
3 – 11 | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 1,000 | |
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| September 15, 2007 | Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 0 – 10 (F/7) | File:Flag of France.svg France | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 200 |
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| September 15, 2007 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 5 – 7 | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 200 | |
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| September 15, 2007 | Spain |
8 – 10 (F/11) | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 2,000 |
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| September 16, 2007 | Germany |
7 – 1 | File:Flag of France.svg France | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 100 |
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| September 16, 2007 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 6 – 1 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Montjuïc, Spain Attendance: 500 |
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| September 16, 2007 | Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 5 – 8 | Viladecans, Spain Attendance: 1,200 | |
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Source[4]
Final standings
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Awards
[edit | edit source]The CEB announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.[3]
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Pitcher (RHP) | Netherlands David Bergman |
| Pitcher (LHP) | |
| Catcher | United Kingdom Mike Nickeas |
| First Base | United Kingdom Ian Young |
| Second Base | Netherlands Yurendell DeCaster |
| Third Base | Netherlands Raylinos Legito |
| Shortstop | United Kingdom Brant Ust |
| Outfield | Netherlands Roger Bernadina |
| Designated Hitter | Netherlands Sharnol Adriana |
Attendance
[edit | edit source]- Total Attendance: 19,546
- Average Attendance: 465
See also
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