2014 European Baseball Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Countries | Czech Republic Germany |
| Dates | 12 – 21 September 2014 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Defending champions | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (21st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| Third place | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 45 |
| Attendance | 20,234 (450 per game) |
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
[edit | edit source]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.
Round 1
[edit | edit source]Pool A
[edit | edit source]Standings
[edit | edit source]| Qualified for Pool C | |
| Qualified for 7th-8th place game | |
| Did not qualify for Pool C |
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 54 | 14 |
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 27 | 26 |
| 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 30 | 17 | |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3 | 29 | 22 |
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 13 | 37 |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5 | 15 | 50 |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu[4]
Schedule
[edit | edit source]| September 12, 2014 | Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | postponed | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 0 |
| September 12, 2014 | Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg | 7 – 12 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 307 |
| Boxscore |
| September 12, 2014 | France File:Flag of France.svg | 3 – 2 | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1121 | |
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| September 13, 2014 | Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 1 – 7 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 335 |
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| September 13, 2014 | Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg | 12 – 3 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 837 |
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| September 13, 2014 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 5 – 9 (F/10) | File:Flag of France.svg France | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1077 |
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| September 13, 2014 | Germany |
6 – 2 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1937 |
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| September 14, 2014 | Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 0 – 11 (F/6) | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 397 |
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| September 14, 2014 | Germany |
9 – 0 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1511 |
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| September 14, 2014 | Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg | 12 – 2 (F/8) | File:Flag of France.svg France | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 353 |
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| September 15, 2014 | Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg | 5 – 0 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 174 |
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| September 15, 2014 | Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 3 – 8 | File:Flag of France.svg France | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 367 |
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| September 15, 2014 | Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg | 5 – 1 | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1711 | |
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| September 16, 2014 | France File:Flag of France.svg | 5 – 4 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 165 |
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| September 16, 2014 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 1 – 13 (F/7) | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 281 |
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| September 16, 2014 | Germany |
12 – 8 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | Armin-Wolf-Arena, Regensburg Attendance: 1192 |
| Boxscore |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]
Pool B
[edit | edit source]Standings
[edit | edit source]| Qualified for Pool C | |
| Qualified for 7th-8th place game | |
| Did not qualify for Pool C |
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 68 | 10 |
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 61 | 28 |
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 37 | 20 |
| 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 18 | 40 | |
| 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 16 | 63 | |
| File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 16 | 57 |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu[4]
Schedule
[edit | edit source]| September 12, 2014 | Greece File:Flag of Greece.svg | 3 – 15 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 210 |
| Boxscore |
| September 12, 2014 | Croatia |
2 – 19 (F/5) | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 115 |
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| September 12, 2014 | Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | 5 – 0 | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 315 | |
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| September 13, 2014 | Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 18 – 2 (F/6) | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 75 | |
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| September 13, 2014 | Russia |
14 – 1 (F/7) | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 250 |
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| September 13, 2014 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 7 – 0 (Suspended F/5) | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 580 |
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| September 14, 2014 | Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 12 – 0 (F/7) | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 85 | |
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| September 14, 2014 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 11 – 0 (F/7) | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 92 |
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| September 14, 2014 | Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | 13 – 2 | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 195 | |
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| September 15, 2014 | Croatia |
10 – 3 | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 98 | |
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| September 15, 2014 | Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | 17 – 2 (F/6) | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 250 |
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| September 15, 2014 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 19 – 7 (F/7) | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 123 |
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| September 16, 2014 | Greece File:Flag of Greece.svg | 10 – 0 (F/7) | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 96 | |
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| September 16, 2014 | Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 9 – 2 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 350 |
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| September 16, 2014 | Russia |
1 – 12 (F/8) | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Arrows Ostrava, Ostrava Attendance: 290 |
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Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]
Round 2
[edit | edit source]Pool C
[edit | edit source]Standings
[edit | edit source]| Qualified for the Final | |
| Did not qualify for the Final |
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 55 | 16 |
| File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1 | 32 | 13 |
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2 | 34 | 35 |
| File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 19 | 33 |
| 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 15 | 24 | |
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4 | 18 | 52 |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu[4]
Schedule
[edit | edit source]| September 18, 2014 | Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg | 6 – 4 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | MBS, Brno Attendance: 250 |
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| September 18, 2014 | France File:Flag of France.svg | 3 – 14 (F/7) | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | MBS, Brno Attendance: 340 |
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| September 18, 2014 | Germany |
4 – 10 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | MBS, Brno Attendance: 280 |
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| September 19, 2014 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 14 – 5 | File:Flag of France.svg France | MBS, Brno Attendance: 200 |
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| September 19, 2014 | Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 4 – 3 | MBS, Brno Attendance: 170 | |
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| September 19, 2014 | Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | 1 – 9 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | MBS, Brno Attendance: 687 |
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| September 20, 2014 | Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg | 10 – 5 | File:Flag of France.svg France | MBS, Brno Attendance: 89 |
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| September 20, 2014 | Germany |
5 – 2 | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | MBS, Brno Attendance: 620 |
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| September 20, 2014 | Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg | 0 – 5 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | MBS, Brno Attendance: 410 |
| Boxscore |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]
Classification game
[edit | edit source]7th/8th place game
[edit | edit source]| September 18, 2014 | Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg | 12 – 2 (F/8) | Strawberry Field, Blansko Attendance: 162 | |
| Boxscore |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]
Pool D
[edit | edit source]Standings
[edit | edit source]| relegated to Division B |
| Teams | W | L | Pct. | GB | R | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | – | 26 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 14 | 12 |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 11 | 29 |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu[4]
Schedule
[edit | edit source]| September 18, 2014 | Croatia |
11 – 10 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 85 |
| Boxscore |
| September 18, 2014 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 10 – 4 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Na Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 92 |
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| September 19, 2014 | Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 2 – 0 | File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 165 |
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| September 19, 2014 | Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | 9 – 0 | Na Hvezda, Třebíč Attendance: 180 | |
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Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]
Final
[edit | edit source]| September 21, 2014 | Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg | 6 – 3 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | MBS, Brno Attendance: 840 |
| Boxscore |
Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]
Final standings
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External links
[edit | edit source]- European cup 2014 Germany official site (in German)
- European cup 2014 Czech official site (in Czech)
