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)

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

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

Pool A

Standings

Qualified for Pool C
Qualified for 7th-8th place game
Did not qualify for Pool C
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Italy501.000–5414
 France41.80012726
 Germany32.60023017
 Belgium23.40032922
 Great Britain14.20041337
 Sweden05.00051550

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[4]

Schedule

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

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Pool B

Standings

Qualified for Pool C
Qualified for 7th-8th place game
Did not qualify for Pool C
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Netherlands501.000–6810
 Spain41.80016128
 Czech Republic32.60023720
 Russia14.20041840
 Croatia14.20041663
 Greece14.20041657

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[4]

Schedule

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

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Round 2

Pool C

Standings

Qualified for the Final
Did not qualify for the Final
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Netherlands501.000–5516
 Italy41.80013213
 Spain32.60023435
 Czech Republic14.20041933
 Germany14.20041524
 France14.20041852

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[4]

Schedule

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

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Classification game

7th/8th place game

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

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Pool D

Standings

relegated to Division B
Teams W L Pct. GB R RA
 Great Britain301.000–265
 Greece12.33321412
 Sweden12.33321318
 Croatia12.33321129

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[4]

Schedule

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

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

Source: www.baseballstats.eu[5]

Final standings

References

  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. 1 2 3 4 "European Championships Seniors '14: Standings". baseballstats.eu. baseballstats.eu. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "European Championships Seniors '14: Schedule". baseballstats.eu. baseballstats.eu. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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