The 2016 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by Confederation of European Baseball. The 2016 European Championship was held from September 9 to 18, 2016 in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. It was organized by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB), the city of Hoofddorp, and the local baseball club Hoofddorp Pioniers.

Qualification

The top ten teams of the 2014 European Championship qualified automatically for the tournament. Two additional teams qualified from the B-level tournament. Qualification started on 29 July 2014 with C-level qualifiers for the B-level tournament.Qualifier European Championship Seniors C-Level to be played in Ljubljana this week

Pool Czech Republic Pool Regensburg 7th, 2014 European Baseball Championship 2014 European Baseball Championship 4th, 2014 European Baseball Championship 6th, 2014 European Baseball Championship 10th, 2014 European Baseball Championship 5th, 2014 European Baseball Championship 2014 European Baseball Championship 9th, 2014 European Baseball Championship 8th, 2014 European Baseball Championship Winner of Karlovac group 2014 European Baseball Championship Winner of Vienna group

Round 1

Pool A

Standings

Qualified for Pool Winners Qualified for 7th–8th place game Qualified for Pool Losers Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 – 42 7 4 1 0.800 1.05 28 17 3 2 0.600 2.0 23 15 2 3 0.500 3.0 21 25 1 4 0.200 4.0 17 44 0 5 0.000 5.0 15 38

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Schedule

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Pool B

Standings

Qualified for Pool Winners Qualified for 7th–8th place game Qualified for Pool Losers Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 – 43 5 4 1 0.800 1.0 67 17 3 2 0.600 2.0 38 31 2 3 0.400 3.0 30 28 1 4 0.200 4.0 16 45 0 5 0.000 5.0 5 68

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Schedule

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Round 2

Pool Winners

Standings

Qualified for the Final Did not qualify for the Final

Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 – 39 10 4 1 .800 1.0 30 8 3 2 .600 2.0 38 16 2 3 .400 3.0 19 28 1 4 .200 4.0 10 28 0 5 .000 5.0 9 56

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Schedule

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Classification game

7th/8th place game

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Pool Losers

Standings

relegated to Division B

Teams Pct. GB 2 1 .667 – 30 15 2 1 .667 – 25 6 1 2 .333 1.0 5 30 1 2 .333 1.0 12 21

Source

Schedule

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Final

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Final standings

relegated to Division B

RkTeamWLPct.R RA 901.0006417 Lost in Gold medal game 72.7785712 Failed to qualify for Gold medal game 6 2 .750 87 25 4 5 3 .625 42 34 5 4 4 .500 32 30 6 3 5 .375 44 61Failed to qualify for Pool Winners 7 3 3 .500 37 33 8 2 4 .333 26 32 Failed to qualify for the 7th/8th place game & Pool Winners 9 2 5 .286 40 42 10 2 5 .286 31 51 11 1 6 .143 10 88 12 1 6 .143 18 60

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

Individual Awards Name Most Valuable Player Stijn van der MeerBest hitter Yurendell DeCasterOutstanding defensive player Luis Guillorme

Statistics leaders

Batting Statistic Name Total/AvgBatting average* Yurendell DeCaster .543Hits Yurendell DeCaster 19Runs Alessandro Vaglio 17Home runs Kalian Sams 4RBI Mattia Reginato Kalian Sams 12Walks Gianison Boekhoudt Daniel Martínez 11Strikeouts Maximilian Boldt Matej Hejma Randolph Oduber 9Stolen bases Roger Bernadina Felix Brown Alex Liddi 4On-base percentage* Alessandro Vaglio .658Slugging percentage* Alessandro Vaglio .920OPS* Alessandro Vaglio 1.578 * Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game

Pitching Statistic Name Total/AvgWins Rhiner Cruz 3Losses 5 players 2Saves 9 players 1Innings pitched Antonio Horvatić Enorbel Márquez 16.0Hits allowed Dimitrios Kourtis Andrey Lobanov 19Runs allowed Dimitrios Kourtis 15Earned runs allowed Dimitrios Kourtis 15ERA* Antonio Noguera 0.00Walks Denis Leonov Per Sjoers 8Strikeouts Denis Leonov 18 * Minimum 1.0 inning pitched per game

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