2021 European Baseball Championship

2021 European Baseball Championship
Tournament details
Country	Italy
Dates	12–19 September 2021
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (24th title)
Runner-up	Israel
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Games played	48
MVP	Roger Bernadina
	← 2019 2023 →

The 2021 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. The 2021 Championship was held September 12–19, 2021, in Turin, Italy.

Qualification edit

The 12 teams of the 2019 European Championship qualified automatically for the tournament. Four additional teams, Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Greece, qualified from the 17-team B-Pool tournament.

Team	Qualification result	Team	Qualification result
Netherlands	2019 European Baseball Championship	Great Britain	9th, 2019 European Baseball Championship
Italy	2019 European Baseball Championship	Austria	10th, 2019 European Baseball Championship
Spain	2019 European Baseball Championship	Croatia	11th, 2019 European Baseball Championship
Israel	4th, 2019 European Baseball Championship	Sweden	12th, 2019 European Baseball Championship
Czech Republic	5th, 2019 European Baseball Championship	Greece	Winner of the Utena qualification group against Lithuania^[1]
Germany	6th, 2019 European Baseball Championship	Russia	Winner of the Moscow qualification group against Belarus^[1]
Belgium	7th, 2019 European Baseball Championship	Slovakia	Winner of the Bratislava qualification group against Ireland^[1]
France	7th, 2019 European Baseball Championship	Ukraine	Winner of the Belgrade qualification group against Serbia^[1]

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	3	3	0	41	7	+34	1.000	—	Qualified for Quarterfinals
2	Belgium	3	1	2	19	30	−11	.333	2	Qualified for Quarterfinals
3	Austria	3	1	2	26	39	−13	.333	2	Qualified for Relegation Round
4	Greece	3	1	2	21	31	−10	.333	2	Qualified for Relegation Round

Source: ^[2]
(H) Hosts

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12)	Belgium	11–12	Austria	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12)	Greece	3–13 (7)	Italy	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)	Austria	13–14 (12)	Greece	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)	Italy	14–3 (7)	Belgium	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)	Greece	4–5	Belgium	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)	Austria	1–14 (7)	Italy	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

Group B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	42	2	+40	1.000	—	Qualified for Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	3	2	1	17	17	0	.667	1	Qualified for Quarterfinals
3	Germany	3	1	2	19	28	−9	.333	2	Qualified for Relegation Round
4	Ukraine	3	0	3	8	39	−31	.000	3	Qualified for Relegation Round

Source: ^[2]

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12)	Germany	2–8	Croatia	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12)	Ukraine	0–15 (5)	Spain	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)	Croatia	9–3	Ukraine	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)	Spain	15–2 (7)	Germany	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)	Ukraine	5–15 (7)	Germany	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)	Croatia	0–12 (7)	Spain	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

Group C edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Israel	3	3	0	23	5	+18	1.000	—	Qualified for Quarterfinals
2	Great Britain	3	1	2	17	20	−3	.333	2	Qualified for Quarterfinals
3	Russia	3	1	2	12	13	−1	.333	2	Qualified for Relegation Round
4	France	3	1	2	7	21	−14	.333	2	Qualified for Relegation Round

Source: ^[2]

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12)	Russia	1–2 (10)	Israel	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12)	France	2–7	Great Britain	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)	Great Britain	6–7	Russia	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)	Israel	10–0	France	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)	Great Britain	4–11	Israel	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)	Russia	4–5	France	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

Group D edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	37	6	+31	1.000	—	Qualified for Quarterfinals
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	20	15	+5	.667	1	Qualified for Quarterfinals
3	Sweden	3	1	2	17	21	−4	.333	2	Qualified for Relegation Round
4	Slovakia	3	0	3	3	35	−32	.000	3	Qualified for Relegation Round

Source: ^[2]

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12)	Czech Republic	6–1	Sweden	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

12 September 2021 (2021-09-12)	Slovakia	0–11 (7)	Netherlands	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)	Sweden	11–0 (7)	Slovakia	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)	Netherlands	11–1	Czech Republic	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)	Sweden	5–15 (7)	Netherlands	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)	Slovakia	3–13 (7)	Czech Republic	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

Play-offs edit

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

16 September, 20:30

C1 Israel	3
		17 September, 20:30
D2 Czech Republic	2
		Israel	11
16 September, 15:00
		Italy	5
A1 Italy	8
				19 September, 20:30
B2 Croatia	5
				Israel	4
16 September, 15:30
				Netherlands	9
B1 Spain	5
		17 September, 15:00
A2 Belgium	2
		Spain	8
16 September, 20:30
		Netherlands	9	3rd Place
D1 Netherlands	7
				19 September, 15:00
C2 Great Britain	5
				Italy	2

				Spain	0

Quarter-finals edit

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) 15:00	Italy	8–5	Croatia	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) 15:30	Spain	5–2	Belgium	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) 20:30	Israel	3–2	Czech Republic	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) 20:30	Netherlands	7–5	Great Britain	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

Semi-finals edit

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 16:00	Spain	8–9	Netherlands	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 20:30	Israel	11–5	Italy	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

Bronze-medal edit

19 September 2021 (2021-09-19) 15:00	Italy	2–0	Spain	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

Final edit

19 September 2021 (2021-09-19) 20:30	Israel	4–9	Netherlands	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

Placement round 5th–8th place edit

Classification games		5th place

17 September, 15:30

Czech Republic	17
		18 September, 20:30
Croatia	2
		Czech Republic	8
17 September, 15:00
		Great Britain	5
Belgium	11

Great Britain	12
		7th place

		18 September, 15:00

		Belgium	8

		Croatia	12

Classification games edit

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 15:00	Belgium	11–12	Great Britain	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 15:30	Czech Republic	17–2	Croatia	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

7th place edit

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 15:00	Belgium	8–12	Croatia	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

5th place edit

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 20:30	Great Britain	5–8	Czech Republic	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

Relegation rounds edit

Relegation round		9–12th places		9th place

15 September, 16:00

A3 Austria	4
		16 September, 10:30
D4 Slovakia	3
		Austria	4
15 September, 15:00
		Russia	14
C3 Russia	15
				18 September, 15:30
B4 Ukraine	5
				Russia	1
15 September, 15:30
				Germany	4
D3 Sweden	10
		16 September, 16:00
A4 Greece	0
		Sweden	2
15 September, 20:30
		Germany	13	11th place
B3 Germany	3
				18 September, 11:00
C4 France	2
				Austria	5

				Sweden	0

Relegation round edit

15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) 15:00	Russia	15–5 (7)	Ukraine	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) 15:30	Germany	3–2	France	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) 16:00	Austria	4–3	Slovakia	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

15 September 2021 (2021-09-15) 20:30	Sweden	10–0 (7)	Greece	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

9–12th places classification edit

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) 10:30	Austria	4–14 (7)	Russia	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

16 September 2021 (2021-09-16) 16:00	Sweden	2–13 (7)	Germany	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

11th place edit

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 11:00	Austria	5–0	Sweden	Giovanni Paolo II municipal sports facility, Avigliana
		Boxscore

9th place edit

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 15:30	Russia	1–4	Germany	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

13–16th places classification edit

13–16th places		13th place

17 September, 10:00

Slovakia	4
		18 September, 10:30
Ukraine	5
		Ukraine	5
17 September, 10:30
		Greece	4
Greece	12

France	9
		15th place

		18 September, 10:00

		Slovakia	5

		France	6

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 10:00	Slovakia	4–5	Ukraine	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 10:30	Greece	12–9	France	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

15th place edit

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 10:00	Slovakia	5–6	France	Stadio Valter Aluffi, Settimo Torinese
		Boxscore

13th place edit

18 September 2021 (2021-09-18) 10:30	Ukraine	5–4	Greece	Paschetto municipal stadium, Turin
		Boxscore

Final standings edit

Rk	Team	W	L	Pct.	R	RA
	Netherlands	6	0	1.0	62	23
	Israel	5	1	.833	42	21
	Italy	5	1	.833	56	23
4	Spain	4	2	.667	55	15
5	Czech Republic	4	2	.667	47	25
6	Great Britain	2	4	.333	39	46
7	Croatia	3	3	.500	36	50
8	Belgium	1	5	.167	40	59
9	Germany	4	2	.667	39	33
10	Russia	3	3	.500	42	26
11	Austria	3	3	.500	39	56
12	Sweden	2	4	.333	29	39
13	Ukraine	2	4	.333	23	52
14	Greece	2	4	.333	37	54
15	France	2	4	.333	24	41
16	Slovakia	0	6	.000	15	50

Statistics leaders edit

Batting edit

Statistic^[3]	Name	Total/Avg
Batting average*	Edison Valerio	.682
Hits	Edison Valerio	15
Runs	Roger Bernadina	13
Home runs	Matěj Hejma Assaf Lowengart	4
RBIs	Assaf Lowengart	13
Walks	Roger Bernadina	9
Strikeouts	Jordan Petrushka	13
Stolen bases	Ray-Patrick Didder	7
On-base percentage*	Edison Valerio	.731
Slugging percentage*	Edison Valerio	1.136
OPS*	Edison Valerio	1.867

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game

Pitching edit

Statistic^[3]	Name	Total/Avg
Wins	5 players	2
Losses	4 players	2
Saves	Wendell Floranus	3
Innings pitched	Heorhii Hvrytishvili Joey Wagman	16.0
Hits allowed	Jonathan Kountis	19
Runs allowed	Drew Janssen	18
Earned runs allowed	Drew Janssen	13
ERA*	Alexander Webb	0.00
Walks	Alex Gounaris	10
Strikeouts	Joey Wagman	18

* Minimum 1.0 inning pitched per game

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia and Greece qualified for the European Baseball Championship 2021". Confederation of European Baseball. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Standings". Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Stats". Retrieved 9 September 2021.

External links edit

Official website

[Qual-1] "Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia and Greece qualified for the European Baseball Championship 2021". Confederation of European Baseball. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[Teams-2] "Standings". Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[Stats-3] "Stats". Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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