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. 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. This was the first time that five teams, rather than two, were relegated to the B-Pool.

Qualification

Round 1 Pool A Standings Qualified for Pool C Did not qualify for Pool C Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 - 4 1 .800 1 3 2 .600 2 2 3 .400 3 1 4 .200 4 0 5 .000 5 Source

Schedule

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Pool B Standings Qualified for Pool C Did not qualify for Pool C Teams Pct. GBTiebreaker 4 1 0.800 - 1-0 4 1 0.800 - 0-1 3 2 0.600 1 1-0 3 2 0.600 1 0-1 1 4 0.200 3 – 0 5 0.000 4 – Source

Schedule

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Classification games 11th/12th place

9th/10th place

7th/8th place

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Pool C Standings Teams Pct. GBTiebreaker 5 0 1.000 – – 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) 1 4 .200 4 – 0 5 .000 5 – Source

Schedule

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Final standings

RkTeam1 2 3 4 5 6 Failed to qualify for Pool C7 8 9 10 11 Originally placed 8th12

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Awards The CEB announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.

+ All Star Team Position Player Pitcher (RHP) David Bergman Pitcher (LHP) Catcher Mike Nickeas First Base Ian Young Second Base Yurendell DeCaster Third Base Raylinos Legito Shortstop Brant Ust Outfield Roger Bernadina Daniel Figueroa Sasha Lutz Designated Hitter Sharnol Adriana

Attendance Total Attendance: 19,546 Average Attendance: 465

See also Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

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