2023 European Baseball Championship

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2023 European Baseball Championship
File:2023 European Baseball Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
CountryCzech Republic
Dates24 September – 1 October
Teams16
Defending championsFile:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Final positions
Champions Spain
Runners-upFile:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Third placeFile:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Fourth placeError creating thumbnail:  Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played48
Attendance23,438 (488 per game)
Awards
MVPSpain Wander Encarnación
← 2021
2025 →

The 2023 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by WBSC Europe. It was held in five cities in the Czech Republic, from September 24 to October 1, 2023. The championship marked the first time in history, excluding three occasions when they did not enter the tournament, that the Netherlands did not feature in the final, having lost 7–6 to Spain in the semi-finals.[1][2][3]

Qualification

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The top 14 teams of the 2021 European Championship qualified automatically for the tournament. After the expulsion of Russia, who had finished 10th, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the remaining three spots were filled through a qualification tournament, that saw Hungary, France, and Switzerland qualify.[4] Slovakia was the only team from the 2021 championship that did not qualify in 2023.

Team Qualification method Team Qualification method
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands		 Gold 2021 European Baseball Championship Error creating thumbnail:
Germany		 9th, 2021 European Baseball Championship
File:Flag of Israel.svg
Israel		 Silver 2021 European Baseball Championship File:Flag of Austria.svg
Austria		 11th, 2021 European Baseball Championship
File:Flag of Italy.svg
Italy		 Bronze 2021 European Baseball Championship File:Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden		 12th, 2021 European Baseball Championship
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Spain		 4th, 2021 European Baseball Championship File:Flag of Ukraine.svg
Ukraine		 13th, 2021 European Baseball Championship
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic		 5th, 2021 European Baseball Championship File:Flag of Greece.svg
Greece		 14th, 2021 European Baseball Championship
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Great Britain		 6th, 2021 European Baseball Championship File:Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary		 Qualifier tournament winner[4]
File:Flag of Croatia.svg
Croatia		 7th, 2021 European Baseball Championship Error creating thumbnail:
France		 Qualifier tournament winner[4]
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium		 8th, 2021 European Baseball Championship File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland		 Qualifier tournament winner[4]

Venues

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The tournament took place in six different stadiums across the Czech Republic.[5]

Prague Třebíč Brno Brno
Eagles Park Stadion Na Hvězdě Sports area Hroch YD Baseball Arena
Matches: 6 Matches: 10 Matches: 6 Matches: 14 (including final)
File:Eagles Park z balónu.jpg
File:Brno, Komárov, městský baseballový stadion (3).jpg
Ostrava
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2023 Baseball European Championship venues
 Blansko
Arrows Park Strawberry Field
Matches: 6 Matches: 6
File:Arrows Ostrava 4.jpg

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. The bottom two teams entered the 9th–16th place play-offs.[6][7]

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).[7]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification Spain Czech Republic Greece Austria
1  Spain 3 3 0 36 2 +34 1.000 — Qualified for Quarterfinals — 9–0 14–1 —
2 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (H) 3 2 1 23 9 +14 .667 1 — — 14–0 9–0
3 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 3 1 2 12 34 −22 .333 2 Qualified for Relegation Round — — — 11–6
4 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 3 0 3 7 33 −26 .000 3 1–13 — — —
Source: [8]
(H) Hosts

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24 September 2023 (2023-09-24)
11:00 		Greece File:Flag of Greece.svg 1–14 (F/7)  Spain Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 173
Umpires: Mojmír Jankovič (HP), Fabien Carrette-Legrand (1B), Tiska Tiihonen (3B)
LP: Dimitrios Kourtis (0–1) Boxscore WP: Anderson de León (1–0)
HR: Kasey Caras (1) HR: Omar Hernandez (1), Gabriel Lino (1), Edison Valerio (1)
24 September 2023 (2023-09-24)
18:00 		Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg 0–9 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 1,980
Umpires: Christopher Feuerecker (HP), Richard Wessel (1B), Fabien Carrette-Legrand (3B)
LP: Christian Tomsich (0–1) Boxscore WP: Tomáš Ondra (1–0)
HR: Matěj Menšík (1), Martin Červenka (1)
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25)
11:00 		Spain  13–1 (F/8) File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 312
Umpires: Fabien Carrette-Legrand (HP), Tiska Tiihonen (1B), Mojmír Jankovič(3B)
WP: Jorge Balboa (1–0) Boxscore LP: Julian Faulhaber (0–1)
HR: Andrés Angulo (1), Edison Valerio (2)
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25)
17:40 		Greece File:Flag of Greece.svg 0–14 (F/7) File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 1,576
Umpires: Richard Wessel (HP), Christopher Feuerecker (1B), Tiska Tiihonen (3B)
LP: Jonathan Kountis (0–1) Boxscore WP: Ondřej Satoria (1–0)
HR: Eric Sogard (1), William Escala (1)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26)
11:00 		Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg 6–11 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 286
Umpires: Tiska Tiihonen (HP), Mojmír Jankovič (1B), Richard Wessel (3B)
LP: Ryan Rupp (0–1) Boxscore WP: Peter Maestrales (1–0)
Sv: Dimitri Lettas (1)
HR: Sammy Hackl (1), Felix Zimmerle (1) HR: Kasey Caras (2), Panagiotis Dudunakis (1), Ari Sechopoulos (1)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26)
17:40 		Czech Republic File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 0–9  Spain Arrows Park, Ostrava
Attendance: 2,017
Umpires: Christopher Feuerecker (HP), Richard Wessel (1B), Fabien Carrette-Legrand (3B)
LP: Marek Minařík (0–1) Boxscore WP: Pablo Guillén (1–0)
HR: Gabriel Lino (2), Wander Encarnación (1), Omar Hernandez (2)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification United Kingdom Sweden Italy Hungary
1 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3 3 0 37 13 +24 1.000 — Qualified for Quarterfinals — 4–0 — 22–3
2 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3 2 1 25 14 +11 .667 1 — — 8–3 —
3 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 3 1 2 28 21 +7 .333 2 Qualified for Relegation Round 10–11 — — 15–2
4 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 3 0 3 12 54 −42 .000 3 — 7–17 — —
Source: [8]

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24 September 2023 (2023-09-24)
11:00 		Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg 2–15 (F/7) File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 168
Umpires: Edwin Louisa (HP), Sergii Bolilyi (1B), Jason Lillebo (3B)
LP: Sean Fekete (0–1) Boxscore WP: Mattia Aldegheri (1–0)
24 September 2023 (2023-09-24)
17:30 		Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg 0–4 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 183
Umpires: Vladimir Richter (HP), Alex Lazaro (1B), Sergii Bolilyi (3B)
LP: Benjamin Johnson (0–1) Boxscore WP: Austin Hassani (1–0)
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25)
11:00 		Hungary File:Flag of Hungary.svg 3–22 (F/5) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 190
Umpires: Sergii Bolilyi (HP), Jason Lillebo (1B), Edwin Louisa (3B)
LP: Ádám Piros (0–1) Boxscore WP: Jacob Esch (1–0)
HR: Nick Ward (1)
25 September 2023 (2023-09-25)
17:30 		Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg 3–8 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 260
Umpires: Alex Lazaro (HP), Vladimir Richter (1B), Jason Lillebo (3B)
LP: Gabriele Quattrini (0–1) Boxscore WP: Per Sjörs (1–0)
HR: Joel Johnson (1)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26)
11:00 		Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg 17–7 (F/8) File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 82
Umpires: Jason Lillebo (HP), Edwin Louisa (1B), Alex Lazaro (3B)
WP: Oskar Syrén (1–0) Boxscore LP: Robert Ogg
HR: Leonard Bäckström (1) HR: Graeham Luttor (1)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26)
17:30 		Great Britain File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 11–10 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Třebíč Na Hvězdě, Třebíč
Attendance: 360
Umpires: Sergii Bolilyi (HP), Alex Lazaro(1B), Vladimir Richter (3B)
WP: Chris Messer (1–0)
Sv: Demoi Hodge (1) 		Boxscore LP: Alex Bassani (0–1)
HR: Nick Ward (2), Harry Ford (1, 2) HR: Robel Garcia (1, 2)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification Netherlands France Croatia Ukraine
1 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3 3 0 40 5 +35 1.000 — Qualified for Quarterfinals — 9–0 15–2 —
2  France 3 2 1 13 10 +3 .667 1 — — — 10–0
3 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 3 1 2 14 19 −5 .333 2 Qualified for Relegation Round — 1–3 — 11–1
4 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 3 0 3 4 37 −33 .000 3 3–16 — — —
Source: [8]

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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification Error creating thumbnail: Israel Switzerland Belgium
1 Error creating thumbnail:  Germany 3 3 0 32 9 +23 1.000 — Qualified for Quarterfinals — 2–0 — —
2 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 3 2 1 25 11 +14 .667 1 — — 14–1 11–8
3 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3 1 2 13 31 −18 .333 2 Qualified for Relegation Round 5–15 — — —
4 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 3 0 3 14 33 −19 .000 3 4–15 — 2–7 —
Source: [8]

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Play-offs

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 28 September, 12:00
 
 
D1
Error creating thumbnail:  Germany 		6
 
 29 September, 12:00
 
C2
 France 		5
 
 Error creating thumbnail:  Germany 4
 
 28 September, 18:30
 
 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 8
 
B1
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 		12
 
 1 October, 18:30
 
A2
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 		2
 
 File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 2
 
 28 September, 18:30
 
  Spain 11
 
C1
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 		12
 
 29 September, 18:30
 
D2
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 		2
 
 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 6
 
 28 September, 12:00
 
 Spain 7 3rd Place
 
A1
 Spain 		18
 
 1 October, 12:00
 
B2
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 		3
 
Error creating thumbnail:  Germany 4
 
 
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5
 

Placement round 5th–8th place

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Classification games5th place
 
      
 
 29 September, 18:30
 
 
 France 1
 
 30 September, 18:30
 
 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 11
 
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 5
 
 29 September, 12:00
 
 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 1
 
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 6
 
 
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 4
 
7th place
 
 
 30 September, 12:00
 
 
 France 13
 
 
 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 0

Relegation rounds

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Relegation round9–12th places9th place
 
          
 
 28 September, 10:00
 
 
D3
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 		9
 
 29 September, 12:00
 
A4
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 		2
 
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3
 
 28 September, 12:00
 
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 12
 
B3
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 		15
 
 30 September, 18:30
 
C4
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 		0
 
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 6
 
 28 September, 15:00
 
 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 5
 
A3
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 		4
 
 29 September, 18:30
 
D4
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 		5
 
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 5
 
 28 September, 18:30
 
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 7 11th place
 
C3
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 		9
 
 30 September, 12:00
 
B4
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 		2
 
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland3
 
 
 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 8
 

13–16th places classification

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13–16th places13th place
 
      
 
 29 September, 10:00
 
 
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 0
 
 30 September, 15:00
 
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 9
 
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 4
 
 29 September, 15:00
 
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 8
 
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 19
 
 
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 14
 
15th place
 
 
 30 September, 10:00
 
 
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 15
 
 
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 5

Final standings

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Rk Team W L Pct. R RA
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain 6 0 1.000 72 13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 5 1 .833 59 30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5 1 .833 63 18
4 Error creating thumbnail:  Germany 4 2 .667 46 23
5 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 4 2 .667 41 23
6 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 3 3 .500 34 32
7  France 3 3 .500 32 27
8 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2 4 .333 32 51
9 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4 2 .667 61 29
10 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 3 3 .500 35 32
11 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 2 4 .333 32 47
12 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2 4 .333 28 53
13 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 3 3 .500 43 57
14 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine^ 1 5 .167 17 60
15 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria^ 1 5 .167 24 56
16 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary^ 0 6 .000 33 97

^ - Relegated to B Pool European Qualifier

Honors and awards

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Statistical leaders

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  1. ^ Chris Messer (GBR), Carlos Garcia (CRO), Tomáš Ondra (CZE), James Sanders (SUI), Ondřej Satoria (CZE), Pablo Guillen (ESP)
  2. ^ Ben Couvreur (FRA), Tomáš Ondra (CZE), Joseph King (GBR)

Home runs

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There were 74 home runs hit in 48 games, for an average of 1.54 home runs per game.[10]

4 homeruns

3 homeruns

2 homeruns

1 homerun

Awards

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Award Player Ref.
Most Valuable Player Spain Wander Encarnación [11]
Leading hitter Hungary Graeham Luttor [12]
Outstanding defensive player Netherlands Didi Gregorius

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