The qualification for the 2019 European Baseball Championship started on July 25, 2016, in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Miejska Górka, Poland. The tournament was originally planned for 2018, but was moved back a year to 2019 to serve as a qualification for the 2020 Olympiad.
2016 Pool C
Miejska Górka Group Qualified for Final Did not qualify for Final Teams 4 0 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 3
Final
Qualified for B-level Tournament.
Final standings # Teams 1 2 3 4 5
Ljubljana Group Qualified for Final Did not qualify for Final Teams 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3
Final
Qualified for B-level Tournament.
Final standings # Teams 1 2 3 4 5
2017 Pool B
Top team from each group qualified for the playoff, winner of which (Austria) qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship, bottom team from each group was relegated to C-Pool.
Pool 1 – Belgrade Qualified for Final Did not qualify for Final Teams 4 1 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 1 4
Final
Qualified for Playoff Series Relegated to C-Pool
Final standings # Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6
Pool 2 – Miejska Górka Qualified for Final Did not qualify for Final Teams 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3
Final
Qualified for Playoff Series Relegated to C-Pool
Final standings # Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6
2018 Playoff Series Winner of the best-of-three playoff series qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. Playoffs were hosted by Wiener Neustadt.
qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.
2018 Pool C
Two groups of 5 nations competed, with the winner of each group advancing to the B-Pool. The better of the two second-place teams (based on record, with first tie-breaker based on runs per inning differential) also advanced to the B Pool as a wild card.
Ashbourne Group
Qualified for Final Did not qualify for Final Teams (H) 4 0 1.5575 3 1 0.4738 2 2 −0.1366 1 3 −1.0549 0 4 −1.6517
Final The final was a rematch of Ireland vs. Greece; Ireland won the group round game 10–0 in eight innings and the final 12–2. Ireland advanced to Pool B as the winner. Greece, as the runner-up, also advanced as the wild card after Ukraine beat Romania in the Kropyvnytskyi group. Greece's 3–1 record in group play was better than Romania's 2–2 record.
Qualified for B-level Tournament.
Final standings # Teams 1 2 3 4 5
Kropyvnytskyi Group
Qualified for Final Did not qualify for Final Teams (H) 4 0 1.7418 2 2 0.0000 2 2 −0.1613 2 2 −0.7097 0 4 −0.5572 The three-way tie between Romania, Georgia, and Estonia at 2–2 was won by Romania with a Team Quality Balance within games played between those three teams of 0.5125 against Georgia's -.0625 and Estonia's −0.4183.
Final The final was a rematch between Ukraine and Romania; Ukraine won the group round game 13–0 in seven innings and the final 3–2 (again in seven innings, due to weather). Ukraine, as the winner, advanced to Pool B. The better runner-up between the two groups also advanced, but Romania's 2–2 record in group play was worse than that of 3–1 Greece (the Ashbourne group runner-up).
Qualified for B-level Tournament.
Final standings # Teams 1 2 3 4 5
2019 Pool B
Pool B featured 14 teams competing in two groups of 6 and 8 teams. The two group winners faced off in the playoff for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Championship, which was won by Team Israel.
Teams Nine teams remain from the 2017 Pool B competition:
Five additional teams advanced from 2018 Pool C.
Group 1 - Trnava
Pool A Qualified for Semifinals Did not qualify for Semifinals # Teams 1 3 02 2 13 1 24 0 3
Pool B # Teams 1 (H) 2 12 2 13 2 1 4 0 3
Play-offs
Semifinals Semifinals order will be switched, because home team advanced to this round.
3rd-place game
Final
Classification round – Pool C Pos. Teams 5 3 06 2 17 1 28 0 3
Final standings Qualified for Playoff Series # Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Group 2 - Blagoevgrad
Qualified for Final Did not qualify for Final # Teams 1 5 02 4 13 3 24 2 35 1 46 (H) 0 5
Final
Final standings Qualified for Playoff Series # Teams123456
2019 Playoff Series The winner of the best-of-three playoff series qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship. Playoff host was Utena, Lithuania.
qualified for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.
References
External links
2016 Pool C Miejska Górka Site 2016 Pool C Ljubljana Site 2017 Pool B Belgrade Site 2017 Pool B Miejska Gorká Site 2018 Playoff series Site 2018 Pool C Ashbourne Site 2018 Pool C Kropyvnytskyi Site 2019 Pool B Trnava Site 2019 Pool B Blagoevgrad Site